Evening journal., 1895-02-25
CONGRESS- LAST WEEK.
Night Sessions Are Soon to Be
Begun In Both Houses.
MANY BILLS YET ON THE CALENDAR

The House Has the Regular Appropria-
iion Bnis Wen Under Way, but There
VIII BE Great Rush In the senate to
Finish Up Business.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. To-day the house
enters upon the last week Of the session,
and the usual rush which characterizes the
closing hours of every session Of congress
viii begin. Under the rules the last six
days Of every session arc suspension days.
and members recognized mny call up bills
and have them acted on under suspension
Of the rules
There are 88l public bills on the calon-
dar, 2l7 OF which must be considered in
committee Of the whole and ll4 on the
rcgalar calendar In addition TO these
there are over 800 bills on tine private call
endar. OF course only n very Insignificant
percentage Of these bills can be passed,
but the press for precedence win be ter
rifle, and many exciting scenes are almost
sure 10 occur.
lt is quite probable that several night
sessions win be held, and it is almost GER
tain that congress will remain in contin-
uous session from Saturday until Monday
next on which day congress expires by
limitation az noon
The regular appropriation bills are I'M
usually well advanced So far as the house
is concerned, only one (tho deficiency be-
ing unacted upon, and it VIII go to tho
senate today. The two which are consid-
cred dangerous that is, liable to fail or
bo vetocd-are the sundry civil and Chr
diplomatic and consular. TO the former
the senate committee on finance has re
ported an amendment for 3 per cent coin
bonds, with provision requiring the sec
reiary Of the treasury to advertise for bids
in ease of another bond issue.
An Exciting Week. Ahead
To the diplomatic and consular the sem
ate has added the amendment for the Ha-
waiian cable II these provisions prevail
despite the protest of the house, it is
Thought that President Cleveland may
veto them. The committee on Pacific rail-
roads is pressing for an opportunity to se-
cure q vote on the funding bill as amend
ed, and the committee on public build
ings is equally insistent upon its demand
for chance to settle the question Of the
| printing office site, which has been hang
/ ing fire for several years. 1t is probable
| that the committee on rules will give both
| time during the coming week in case op-
| portunity otfors. AS whole, the week
promises to be both interesting and ex-
citing.
The senate programme for tho remain-
der Of the session, which will close at IL
| O'Clock today week, is to follow the sum
dry civil bill, the consideration Of which
will begin today, with the legislative, OK
ecutive ana judicial bill, and then to take
up tho naval bill and lastly the general
deficiency appropriation bill While it is
understood that there viii probably be
spasmodio attempts to get up other meas
ures Of general Importance, the best opin-
ION Is that none Of these will be successful
in eases whore there Is objection.
1t Is possible that Senator Butler will re-
new his efforts in behalf of the pooling
bill, and that Senator George will alsC
again attcmpt to restore the bankruptcy
bin to its position as the unfinished bust
moss, but it is not in the least probable
that the efforts Of either win be success
full Senator Faulkner is also hopeful o.
securing brief consideration Of the terri
torlal admission bills, but there is no lon
ger possibility Of passing the bills. An
order has already becn madc for nigh
session Tuesday for the consideration o
bills to which there are no objections.
Night Sessions Probable.
| J. ne llIDDiIlAAtAN1 AIiAtANA lltttA Tk11AAtiA
every night after Tuesday, continuing
virtually through the nights Of Saturda!
and Sunday and also a session next sun
day during the day. These, it is believed
will he necessary in order to dispose Of tn
appropriation bills thcre being many pro
visions in those remaining uneonsiderci
which win lead to prolonged debate. Their
is alsoa probability of debate over the neS
conference committee report on the dip
lomatic Uil, involving the appropriation
for ;he Hawaiian cable
Thcre is moi much in the legislative bn
to lead to debate, hut the other three bill
an contain provisions which, IL they ar
not withdrawn, are sure to cause shar
discussion II is intimated that the cel
tifcatc amendment TO tho sundry civil bill
may Be withdrawn. IL it IS this wi
! simplify the situation somewhat but thor
viii stiN be material for many speechc
and reasons for prolonged sessions. scr
ators do not consider the outlook disc0ui
aging, and they predict that the bills wi
an be passed by the time fixed by the col
situton for adjournment on the #th /
March.