The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-18
HOUSE FORECAST


Washington, Feb. 14.-In two weeks
from Thursday the present congress ex-
pres by limitation, and from this time
forward all things legislative will have
10 give way to the appropriation bills.
winch must be passed before the final
adjournment. Mr. Cannon the chair
man or the appropriations committee.
pointed out on Friday the necessity for
expedition. Although the house has dis
posed of ten of the thirteen regular an
preparation bills, two of the three that
remain, the sundry civil and the general
dehclency, are those containing the mis-
Gelialieous items, which provoke the most
pll!er opposition, both for their sins of
OMISSION ana commission. 1t is into
.lese TWO bills that the members seek
l? crowd appropriations which have been
Plseohholed throughout the session, and
nelolc measures are sometimes renuired
o9 prevent them being made the vehicle
Iac; eihilSins through appropriations and
legislation which the leaders have hoon
resolved to kill. The senate has nS, nIn,i
made a practice of loading nm these t,,a
| nllls especially, and the contests betwoo,,
the TWO houses over them are pnnoraIl,.
lLclolleed until almost the hour of anal
auJourhment. The refusal of those in
eollroi OF the legislation in the house to
Eve tiihe Tor the consideration of nuh,ic
buildings bills, more than 100 of which
,,Hve Deeh reported favorably by the com
| lll'tee so angered some of the mnmInrs
tlat they talked of being able 70 snrrro
| bill. '"e 'ohurF civil
nose VINO are Interested in river and
li;arDor projects authorized by tho inst
rye river ana harbor bill, for which M nrnD
o nniGn Is made in the sundry civil bin I'm
riu Wilmington, Del: Kentuckv
i intT' dalllS : and of the Ohio. OAR
iuHu; Cal, and Yakima, Orc ! arn
brlStllng with fight ''e''' arc
,r,d NE friends of the free home hill ne
Ii nue.! ny the senate. would like 70 s,d.
h; lin . ~ ~, measure also on the sundry civil
Tbo" u" .ne Only means of rcsurrectinr if
na,itio, az otner antagoniSmS. but the on
| hnon ill., - u1'eriy morganized and il has
Conno"n' er u'n by Speaker Reed and Mr.,
70 Enon i WHO are working like Troians
tomorr p uoT IL appropriations, to try com
auvantagc of the fact thai Il 10 ~ u,, LIKE
SION DAY and put through thc hin Su n,
suspension of the rules. The cona ono aii dc
;s on the measure closed yesterdau . u
n g, ,ne Dill can be passed tomorrow, 49, a.
3uSteliSiQn 1t will not only save tho III,
c GO Te days which it would re euu reFf te
consider hon it under the five mnnt orr r,,, 70
uu. II would cut off the danger of am rua,
would be subject. A'''' u "nich IL
n log-rol,; members succeeded in effectipr
los-f.oiling combination. octino nrS. ~,
f supOslton that the bill will he p nass saS
b Cn,orI row under suspension tho 1eaSors
d jave fo decided G to give tomorrow and Tues,
Tbo Vt tb private pension legislation.
s TIns WILL occupy the time until the naval
"pp rd bill is brought forw s n"t ta
"l Arc ,b the close of the week forward TO-
81 ns Inc session draws to a close r,rt;.
d aHShip Is cropping out as it did vp pat
very very lively GTa mere G will probably be some
fcinncr PREPARATION of the general de-
inc Tr ready tdy early next week The o cro %nI
ji nS ,TW va the close will be Greatly ra.
This Tn aa Gi Of the session SUSPENSION DAYS
im m1s VIII enable those in charge Of fd tbo
pnr pera az bills and the conference rue rn
os sfiS 10 secure direct vote on anv nrap
''On' with but twenty minutes a sl Se bs1p-