Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-23
DOWN TO III SINESS.
Republicans of the House Determine
to Have no Delay.

The republicans of the House, since they
are to be deprived of their holiday recess
have determined to proceed with the work
of the session, and have other committees
improve the time while ways and means
is engaged in the preparation of revenue
bill. Their object is to make this a short
session and bring about the final adjourn
ment as early in the summer practic-
able. Chairman Cannon of the appropria-
tons committee will get that body at work
at once on the first of the appropriation
bills, and hopes to make good record for
finishing business within reasonable time.
Chairman Hittt of foreign affairs says
that he will call a meeting for an early
day. The Venezuelan British Guiana
boundary question is a present out of the
province of the committee, because Con-
gress has delegated it's consideration to
President Cleveland and his commission
to be appointed So far as known the mat
ter will not come before Congress again
until the report of that commission is
made, or unless the President should call
the attention of Congress to some new
phase of the dispute. But there are sew
eral other international questions that the
committee will soon have to deal with,
and some of them are SO conspicuous in
interest that its action will prove of great
Importance.
foremost among tneSe Is the movement
by the Cuban insurgents and their Ameri-
can supporters to secure recognition of
their status as beligerents Even if it was
disposed to pos tpone this delicate question,
and no such disposition is manifest, 1t
would be difficult to- ignore it for several
reasons, and a great number of petitions
have already been referred to the commit
tee. Chairman Hit says that this will be
one of the first matters to be taken up.
There is talk. which has not CrystallZed
into any definite movement, that the most
feasible plan of dealing with the question
would be to appoint a delegation TO inves-
tigate and report upon the standing of the
rcvolutionists.
In addition to Cuba and Venezuela the
Waller case and the alleged attempt of
Great Britain to advance its Alaskan
boundary will have to be considered, be
cause resolutions calling for information
have been introduced and some of these
are privileged resolutions, which call for
consideration within seven days, under the
rules.
The banking and currency committee
held a meeting today and formulated sew
oral requests for information to the con-
troler of the currency to be used III the
preparation of the currency bill that Will
be formulated after the holidays. Among
the inquiries is one calling on the con-
troller OF currency for information to
the relative stability of large and small
banks. Mr.. Walker the chairman Of the
committee. expects the bill reported to fol-
low closely the lines of the bill he offered
in the last Congress, which provided for an
extension of the national banking system
and the issue of circulation against de-
posits of greenbacks
The House committee on foreign affairs
will hold a meeting tomorrow, and the
members will probably call upon Secretary
Olney at the State Department to pay
their respects.