The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-25
NIGHT SESSIONS IN VIEW.
CONGRESS- WILL HAVE TO HOLD
 THEM TO DO ALL THE WORK.

Only Three'of the Great Appropriation Bills
 Have Received the Approval of the Ex-
 ecutiVe-Six Are Now in Conference-
 Hard w OrIS Ahead for the Senators and
 COngressmen-Sugar Bounty May be
 Stumbling Block.
 Washington, Feb 24.-The situation An the senate to-day Is no more critical than in the closing days of previous short sessions of congress. There is time in which to dispose of all the pend ing appropriation bills unless a delib crate effort is made to defeat some of them No such contingency is deemed likely to arise. There is, however, no time to spare, for the business to be Drought forward during the present week is of great importance and is bound to lead to debate that may run through day and night until the session ends Only three of the thirteen great appropria- ton bills have received the approval of the executive. Six are in conference and in some of them radical points of difference between the two houses are involved. Chief among them is the dip lomatic bill, which carries the senate appropriation of $50o,000 for the com mencement of the work of laying a ca ble between this country and the Ha- Waiian islands.
 The house has refused to agree to this amendment, and the senate by good majority has directed it's mana gers to insist upon it, Some senators say that they are willing to permit the whole bill to fail rather than allow the s,,, 4 I,z -I--..
 MT. Blackburn, one of the senate con ferees, is authority for the statement that the president would veto the meas ure if this provision were left in. The Indian appropriation bill, which went to conference yesterday, will be a mat ter hard to manage, for the senate has engrafted new legislation upon it. Four of the appropriation bills remain to be acted upon, the sundry civil having been made the unfinished business for tomorrow. The amendment to the civil reported by the appropriations commit tee providing for the issue of treasury certificates to meet current expenses will be antagonized by the silver men.
 MT. Mills proposed amendment re- pealing authority for the issue of bonds in the future will also be strongly op-
  thortiy found in the resumption act as the only barrier between the treasury and silver basis The sundry civil bill also carries the senate amendment ap- propiating nearly $5O,OOO,OOO for the payment of the sugar bounty earned prior to the passage of the new tariff law. This one item, it is thought, will furnish a serious stumbling block for the conference committee.
 The next bills in order will be the ex- ecutive and legislative and naval bills 1 The friends of the navy will endeavor to see to it that the three battle ships l permitted to remain in the bill are ] not disturbed. A majority of the senate l the committee are said to be against the | construction of the three battle ships | and may make a report to the senate | reducing the number and thus precipi- l tate 8 fight. Advocates of the battle 1 ships will have the unanimous sup port of the senate naval bill, which | endorsed the bill as 1t passed the house. |
 Night sessions will be the order this | week. The senate will begin on Tues | day, when unobjected bills will be taken | up for action. There is a probability | that on Saturday, March ?, the senate may remain in session all night, taking l a recess for few hours only during the middle of the day on Sunday.
 No program has been arranged for | the last weeks business of the ses- sion In the house and none can be outlined in advance. The general non- deficiency bill is still undisposed of and MT. Breckinridge will doubtless con- test with Chairman Hard of the com mittee on affairs of the District of Columbia for the right of way to- Under the rules of the house | the district committee is entitled to the day, but the exigencies of the ses- sion will induce the house to proceed with the deficiency bill yielding to the district another day if it shall be de- sired.
 Beginning with Tuesday it will be in order in the house to move the sus- pension of the rules and the passage of any bill on the calendar at any time until the expiration of the session.But the rule can only be made effective by the cooperation of the speaker, whose acquiescence must be secured before the member can be cer- tain of getting recognition So far Speaker Crisp appears to have made | no promises. The indications are that l with the exception of some private bills for which consideration may be had by unanimous consent no further legislation will be accomplished at this session save appropriation bills. Near l ly all of these now, or will be in the course of the week in conference and the consideration of the reports upon ( these will occupy the greater portion of the week.