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It is durable, always ready to‘ ‘go” but never drips, the ink flowing steadily and uniformly. They are in use in this office, giving the best of satisfaction, and they are in use in the he. 5, insurance and business oflices and among all classes of users of pens in Norwalk and vicinity. Orders are received from all parts of the country. Samples to be seen and orders received at the GAZETTE ()FB‘JUE. You may think it cannot possess merit or durability, the price is so low; 111111111111:— Ai Wise Man Keeps his Home Insured Against Fire..- I: 11111_ 11111111111111 1111111111111. 111. 11. 1311111117111.- 17 9"-1 ‘ V'THEEV Aug. 1. can delegations in Congress. . .. no 3101111111; 1301111 . . . , ’ I ,' I, 1111-1111211“ 111.911.. EEEE SPEAKERP l’SPtANS He Hopes to Make the Present Session Brief. L. LIA L. 2.4 MAY GET THROUGH APRIL 1 Appropriation Bills Ordered to Be Hurried Iii—Cuba’s Friends May Block the Speaker’s Schemes—The Civil-Service Fight. W'ashington, vDec. 13.—-It is given out upon the authority of member‘s very close to Speaker Reed that all' the ap- propriation bills, save two—the Sundry Civil and Deficiency bills—will be put through the House before the 15th and possibly before the lst of April. The chairmen of the several committees having charge of the annual appropria-~ tion bills besides the Committee on Ap— priations have been notified by Speaker Reed to prepare and report their bills not later than Feb. 1. The Speaker is determined to beat the record of short sessions if possible, and as the House rules effectually choke off filibustering there is the best of reasons to believe that he will succeed in carrying out his policy so far as the House is concerned. There will, of course, be a sharp con- test over the Rivei and Harbor bill, and in spite of the Speaker’s efforts the bill reported from the-committee, of which Mr. Hooker, of New York, is chairman, will be loaded down in the Committee of the Whole and further lncreased in the Senate. The terms of several Senators expire with this Con- gress, and they will, it is believed, "pool their issues,” and as usual se- cure large increases for rivers and harbors in their respective States, most of which will disappear in conference, for the bill, as it reaches the Senate, will greatly exceed a, prudent and proper limit. _ The extra ses sicn called by President Cleveland Aug. 1,893 did not adjourn until Nov. 3, while the second, or wnat is known as the regular or "long” ses- sion, which commenced on Dec. 4, did not terminate until Aug. 28, 1894. Sev— eral of the leading Senators have ex- pressed the opinion that Congress will certainly remain in session a part of the Summer and that there is little likelihood of an adjournment before The Senate, however, will de- termine the time of adjournment, as it has nearly always done. If the opposition, which includes the Democrats, Populists and Silver Re- publicans, shall decide to push the cur- rency question forward and also to hold up two or three of the more im- portant appropriation bills until a vote has been reached in the House on the Cuban question, then it is certain Phat Speakei Reed’s policy of an early ad- journment will. come to grief. The Speaker is said to urge very earnestly the argument that'an early adjourn- ment means less appropriations as well as less trouble for the Administration, though it is given out that the Speaker will antagonize the President on the question of the annexation of Hawaii. ANNENATION IN THE SENATE. Supporters of the Bill Will Consider It in Executive Session. Washington, Dec. 13.—The supporters of Hawaiian annexation have definitely decided to consider the question in ex- ecutive session of the Senate. In order to do this it will be necessary for them to take up the annexation treaty rath- er than a joint resolution providing for annexation. Some few "of those Who support Hawaii in this matter were at first inclined to believe that unless it became evident that the two-thirds vote necessary to secure the ratifica- tion of the treaty was assured from the beginning it! would be a waste of time to take the matter up at all upon the basis of the treaty, but they ap— - pear to have changed theii minds, and to be at least disposed to defer to the opinions ofthe majority, who oppose this course. It is now stated on be- half of the pro- annexationists that to , abandon the treaty at the pi esent time would create the impression that they had surrendered the fight entirely. _ The stanchest friends of. annexation admit that it will be well nigh impossi- ble to secure the two—thirds vote neces- sary to ratify the treaty, but they co'n- tend that they Will come very near reaching the necessary number. The House bill to prevent the'free use of timber onthe public lands for commercial purposes is being consid- ered by the House Committee, 011 Pub- lic Lands. House heretofore, but killed in the Sen- ate. Mr. McRae', of’Arkansa's, the au- thor of the bill, is confident of its pas- sage in the House, and believes that the recent aggressions on the" Govern— ment's timber in the Western States will tend to secure favorable action in the Senate. ATTACK CIVIL SERVICE; Republican Means to Alter the Present Law. Washington, Dec. 13.—A meeting of Republican Representatives gress was held Saturday night at the River and Harbor Committee rooms to devise means for securing a change in the present civil-service law. About sixty members were present, repress 1:- lng most of the States having chub -:._ It noticeable, however, that'Speaker Reed. Mr.’ Dingley and other leaders of the ,. . 311.5.) . House did not attend. Representativo Hepburn acted as chairman. The dis— cussion took a. wide range. The main speakers were Grosvenor. Cormotly. Evans, Farts, Mahaney and Darr. It was determined to name a" commit-' tee to “examine the bills pending be- fore the Committee on Reform of the Civil Service and report to a subse- quent meeting of this conference by~ bill or otherwise.” . Mr. Grosvenor is chairman of the committee. The advisability of attack— . tng the civil-service items in the Legis— lative, Executive and Judicial Appro~ priation bill, which will come before the House this week, was discussed, but opinion was against that course. Representative Brosius, who is chair- man of the Committee on Reform of the Civil Service, said yesterday morn— ing that the law would not be modified to any appreciable extent, and he doubted If any legislation would be en~ acted on the subject of- civil service at this session. Other leaders, including Dingley, of Maine; Cannon, of Illinois, and Johnston, of Indiana, expressed. , the same opinion. - ' ., The bill was passed by the ' Congressmen Devising _ in Con- = G . —g—FOR—-¥ l- lhe vening [31211 News Boys (I News, this. ' OVER $100.00 WORTH 0F PRIZES. WILL‘BE AWARDED TO THE BOYS 0R GIRLS MAKING THE LARGEST SALES PREVIOUS T0 DECEMBER TWENTY-FIFTH. . Each boy or girl will receive on coming to buy a stock of papers, a number. . 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