Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-25
CONGRESS LAST WEEK.
EhS House Has the Regular Appropria- tion Hills We'll Under Way. but There win Be Q Great Rush In the Senate to Finish Up Business.

fton bille Well Under way, put There
 wm Be . Great Rush In the Senate to
 Finish Up Business.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. 5.-Today the house enters upon tho last week of the session, and the usual rush which characterizes the closing hours of every session of congress will begin. Under the rules the last six days of every session arc suspension days and members recognized may call up bills and have them acted on under suspension of tho rules.
 There arc S3l public bills on the calen- dar, a17 of which must be considered in committee of the whole aud IA on the regular calendar. In addition to these there are over 500 bills on the private cal endar. Of course only a very insignificant percentage.of these bills can be passed, but the press for precedence will be ter rifle, and many exciting scenes arc almost sure to occur.
 It is quite probable that several night sessions will be held, and it is almost cer- tain that congress will remain in contin- uous session from Saturday until Monday next, on which day congress expires by limitation at noon.
 Tho regular appropriation bills are un- usually well advanced SO far as the house is concerned. only ono (the oeficicncy) be- ing unacted upon, and it will go to tho senate today. The two which are consid- cred dangerous-that is, liable to fail or be vetoed-nrc the sundry civil and the diplomatic and consular. To the former the senate committee on finance has re- ported an amendment for per cent coin bonds with provision requiring the sec retary of the treasury to advertise for bids in case of another bond issue.
 .. An Exciting Week Ahead. |, To the diplomatic and consular the sen ate has added the amendment for the Ha- waiian cable. If these provisions prevail despite the protest of tho house, it is thought that President Cleveland may veto them. Tho committee on Pacific rail roads is pressing for an opportunity to se- cure a vote on the funding bill as amend ed, and the committee on public build ings is equally insistent upon its demand for a chance to settle the question of the printing office site which has been hang ing fire for several years. It is probable that the committee on rules will give both time during the coming week in case op portunity offers As whole, tho week promises to be both interesting and cX- citing.
 The senate programme for the remain der of the session, which will close at 12 o'clock today week, is to follow the sun dry civil bill, the consideration of which will begin to-day, with the legislative, cX- ecutive and judicial bill, and then to take up tho naval bill, and lastly tho general deficiency appropriation bill. While it is understood that there will probably be spasmOdic attempts to get up other meas ures of general importance, the best opin- ion is that nOno of these will be successful in cases where there Is objection. It is possible that Senator Butler will re- now his efforts in behalf of the pooling bill, and that Senator George will also again attempt to restore the bankruptcy bill to its position as the unfinished busi- ness but 1t is not in tho least probable that the efforts of either will bo success full. Senator Faulkner is also hopeful oi securing brief consideration of tho terri | torial admission bills, but there is no lon l ger possibility of passing the bills An order has already been made for night session Tuesday for the consideration ot bills to which there arc no objections. Night Sessions Probable. The probabilities include night session. every night after Tuesday, continuing l virtually through the nights of Saturday and Sunday and also a session next Sun day during the day. These, it is believed | will be necessary in order to dispose of tho 1 appropriation bills there being many pro 1 visions in those remaining unconsiderct
 which will lead to prolonged debate. Thcrt
 Is also probability of debate over the nox l conference committee report on tho dip
 lomatic bill, involving the appropriation | for the Hawaiian cable
 There is not much in the legislative bil
 to lead to debate, but the other three bill
 all contain provisions which, if they ar'
 not withdrawn, arc sure to cause sharl
 discussion. It is intimatcd that the cor
 tiflcate amendment to the sundry civil bil l may be withdrawn. If it is, this will i simplify the situation somewhat, but ther
 will still be material for many specchc
 and reasons for prolonged sessions. Sen
 ators do not consider the outlook diScour
 aging. and they predict that the hills vii
 all be passed by the time fixed by the con
 stitution for adjournment on the 4th O | March