The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-18
WILL CAUSE A STORM
GORMAN's CERTIFICATE "RIDER'
NOT TO HAVE EASY SAILING.
Vigorous Fight Against 1t Will BE
Made in the HOuse-Several APP
preparation Bills In Peril. .
special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-THE sundry civil
appropriation bill which carries the German
rider" authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue, in his discretion, one
hundred million emergency certificates bear
ing per cent. interest, promises to become
a mighty storm center before it receives
the Presidents signature. In the first place,
the administration will bend it's energies
to the defeat of the German rider, because
Mr.. Cleveland wants no aid from that
quarter But this will be only an incident
OF the sundry civil bills fight for life. The
Senate is proverbially generous with the
peoples money, and the present body,
which marks the end of Democratic rule
In Congress-, is no exception. The sundry
civil bill when 1t has passed the Senate is
expected to have added to 1t the appropria-
ton for the bounty for the sugar crop of
194-1695, which was abolished by the new
tariff law; the French spoliation claims and
some five or six hundred war claims. The
sugar bounty means an addition of about
six and a half millions; the French spolia-
ton claims mean about million and a half
more, and the war claims may foot up only
about seven or eight hundred thousand
dollars. To all three Of these additions the
appropriations committee OF the House will
be bitterly opposed. 1t will be remembered
that only a week ago Chairman Sayres, of
the House appropriation committee, assisted
by Mr. Dockery, defeated the rules COM
mittee and all the friends Of the bill to pay
about 100000 Of war claims. Both he and
Mr.. Dockery declare that the sundry civil bill
shall not contain the three obnoxious items
In It's final shape. Both are ready fighters,
Dockery being particularly dangerous be-
cause Of his familiarity with parliamentary
rules and complete mastery of the history
of all past attempts to legislate for the
French spoliations and war claims. The
bill will hardly return to the House before
the next week. which will .be the beginning
OF the closing days of the session. Every
member who has a bill to rush through
before he retires permanently from Con-
gress, will be clamoring for time and Mr..
Sayres will need all his ability not to be
swept OFT his feet in the rush to get him
and his bill out OF the way for private
legislation.
The general deficiency bill. the last OF
the appropriation bills, has been reported
to the House and carries an appropriation
OF 100000 for the payment of those letter
carriers claims WHICH have already been
passed on by the Court of Claims This
practically assures the payment of these
claims as there is no likelihood that the
Senate will attempt to strike out the APP
preparation. The House added this amount
only after careful consideration, and as Mr..
Sayres is now the watchdog, whose snarl
must be quieted before any such appro-
priation can be gotten in the BILL the fact
that he has allowed this item practically
guarantees its remaining in the bill. The
list OF the letter carriers in Indiana and
the sums awarded them were printed in
tho Journal last week
There Is beginning to be q slight uneas-
ness on the Democratic side of the Senate
that some of the appropriation bills NAV
fan. There remains only twelve more work.
ing days of the session. and four of the
most important of these bills are still en-
tirely unconsidered in the Senate. These
are the Indian. the sundry civil. the legis-
lative and the general deficiency bills, each
OF them considered as more likely to afford
ground for debate than any of the appro-
priation bills which have already received
attention This anxiety is not yet how
ever, very pronounced. 1t would be more
marked but for the fact that it Is generally
believed that the Republicans are sincere
in their protestatlons that they do not de-
sire TO prolong debate sufficiently to cause
the failure OF any OF the bills and therepy
render themselves amenabie to the charge
or making an excuse for extra session
considerable time by moving at an early
day for IL o'clock sessions and following
this soon by prolonging the daily sessions
into night. They had expected not to press
the question of IL o'clock sessions until the
sundry civil bill should be taken up but
when they reached that decision they had
supposed that they would be able to dis
pose of the postottice, the Indian and the
agricultural bills last week. Instead thew
succeeded only in passing the postoffice bill
and in. having the agricultural bill still only
partially considered and the. Indian bill UNI
touSheu: II II becomes apparent that the
Indian bill VIII require time proportionate
10 that put In on the postoffice or District
or Columbia bill the motion for earlier
meetings which Is already pending Will be
pressed early in the week The agricultural
bill VIII be disposed of Monday, and after.
this is out of the way, the sundry civil bill
VIII be taken up. The sundry civil bill has
not yet been reported from committee, but
IL is hoped that 1t will be reported to-mor-
row-certainly 1t VIII be before the Indian
bin can be gotten out of the way, so that
there Is no prospect of the Senates finding
itself without an appropriation measure to
proceed with. There is very little prospect
FOR much consideration of any other subject
and the probabilities for any general legisla-
ton such as that proposed In the pooling
territorial admission, Pacific railroad. navy
personnel and bankruptcy bills are growing
smaller and smaller every day. There will
be a strong effort to get up and dispose
of the pooling bill, but there Will be a de-