The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18
Scarcely Time Enough for the
Appropriation Bills
SMALL HOPE FOR POOLING BILL
The Appropriation Bills Sufficient TO
Keep the Senate Busy.
Indeed, Financial Dehaters May Crowd
Out Some OF the Appropriations In
the House the Nicaragua Bill Has a
Bare Chance.

DsgsnniE 10 De Siignt uneaS2neSS on
tbs Democratic side Of the senate that
svne OF the appropriations may fail
There remain only L more working
days OF the session, and four q the m st
snporsant Of eheSe bills are still en-
tirely uncons dsred in the senate. These
are the Indian. the sundry civil, the
legislative ard the general deficiency
b.fis. each Of which is considered more
likely TO afford ground for debate than
sny OF the Appropriation bills which
hive already received attention. This
anxiety is not vet. however. very pro-
rsounced. IL would be more marked but
for the fact that 1t Is generally believed
that the Republicans are sincere in
Their protestatons that they do not
desire 10 prosong debate sufficiently to
cause the failure of any OF the bills
ard thereby sender themselves amen
able to the charge of making an excuse
for an extra session. The Democratic
managers expect TO gain considerable
time by moving at an early date for IL
O'Clock sessions and pnoIong.ng the
daily sessions into the night They had
expected not to hold IL O'Clock sessions
untfi the ssindry civil bin should be
taken up. but when they reached that
decision they had supposed that they
would be able to dispose of the post
office bill, and the Indian and agricul-
turaa bills last week. Instead, they sue
ceeded only in passing the post-office
bill. The agricultural bill is only parti-
ally considered and the Indian bill Is
untouched. II IL becomes apparent that
he 1<fH mill mr.
portionate TO that put in on the post
Office or District OF Columbia bill. the
motion for earlier meetings. which is
already pending. will be pressed early
in the week. The agricultural bill will
be disposed of Monday. and after that
is out of the way the sundry civil bill
viii be taken up. The sundry civil bill
has not yet been reported from COM
mittee. but 1t is hoped that IL will be
reported tomorrow--oerteinly ii will be
before the Indian bill can be gotten out
of the way, 50 there Is no prospect for
the senate finding itself without an ap-
propriation measure TO proceed with.
There is very little prospect for much
consideration of any other subject, and
the probability for any general iegisia-
tion, such as that proposed in the pool-
ing. territorial admission, Pacific rail-
roads. navy personnel and bankruptcy
bills, Is growing smaller every day.
There will be a strong effort to get
up and dispose OF the pooling bill, but
there win be determined opposition. and
some of It's best friends are growing dis
couraged over the prospects. The proS-
abilities for the week also include a
discussion OF the territorial bills, but
the prospects are against their passage.
There are several financial bills
and resolutions which may be called
up. and the rules of the senate permit
such latitude of debate that financial
speech may be injected at any time. re-
gardless of the measure in hand. There
is still occasional reference to the agree
ment which came so near being COM
pietexi Thursday last for a two days.
debate at the beginning OF the week on
the Jones bill, with. a vote at the close,
and the matter may be revived with or
without unanimous consent. Senator
Jones still insists that either his bill
shall be considered on its merits or
that its opponents shall show their in
disposition to consider II by fiIibustering
notice Of an effort to can UP his gold
bond bal tomorrow. and by doing 50 Is
Liable to precipitate a financial Discus
sion at the beginning of the week )
work. Altogether the outlook is for a
busy week in the senate.
In the house for the past week the
members have been crowding for the
consideration cf bills by unanimous con-
sent. This week the rush will be more
apparent whenever the regular arspro-
prIation bills, conference reports and
other privileged matters are up before
the house. Two appropriation bills are
Yet undisposed of by the house. the
naval and general deficiency. The form
sr has been considered for two days.
AMI IL viii probably require two more
fTuegday and Wednesday,. tomorrow
under the rules being suspension day.
The general deficiency bin. which wa.l
follow. VIII take up two days Confer
eDce reports RiIl consume the rest of
t;te week urless another opportunity is
given to the Pacific railway committee
TO secure a vote on the funding bill.
which has again been reported favor
ably. with an amendment In the share
cT pfvtAS.4t pE TOT ti4e ius11 faEGflfs
10 settle the account with the govern
Gnent by tbs payment oe the principal
OF the debt due. Among the bills upon
which action viii be asked under sss-
pension Of the rules Tomorrow IL e.ne -
be reported frozn the eon7-nfttee on pen
sions to sqnallze the Iay % Mexican
veterans.
The National Council of Women.