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Show in IBB luinll AlleiKlaure In ll.nl, Ilouara on jlll AireinileriliellullUnja. fHfil Wasiii.iiitun.U. C, Due. 18. With rffBl thu upproach of Ihe holidays the at- lAvB teudaucu In both liouie ot Congress Irfl has diminished tud It Is doubtful SBlB whither a quorum tan be malutalnud iVCS lu either house during thu few re- rualningiln)! before Christmas. This SEm statu ut affairs nigatlvca ll.epowlblllty Im of action ou matters of large popular 'aaufl lutereat, MHb lulboBouate morning hour Tues- sbB dsy tho McUirrahan bill will bu m further Ulscusscd. Tho antl-optlou jHH hill still hangs over Iho heads or tbo BV9 uenntun as iiutlulihud buoluen and iBfl will como up for further dlscuislou ! after tho morning hour ou each of the BnK threo woiklug duyi rcmaluiug before Bfl the rricis, but tt Is not expected that a SHaV Vuto cau be riaehed In that time BHMI Tomorrow In the House la suspension H day uud tho oiportuulty will be given inanw each committee to pans one bill, pro- 'Bl vldidltciu ncuro u two-thlrdi vote Saffl aud escape the ulDt of "no quorum," III hyovtn ouu number. The temr of BJ tue Housu Id not favorable to the lu- lBBt crease of tlio prlvalu obligations of thu Ssl government nnd It la doubtful If any pnnaloii or claims bill of touch lui- WKW purtauco can get through. Tuesday is wMM asieclulorderlor bills from tUecum- 9BH mittee ou public Ian Jd, and Wednesday BHu Is similarly allotted lo the commorcu aBBl committee'. Thursday Is ihlcfly set apart for ad- sjMB Jourulng over the Chrlslauoi rentes uud nwui apparently will not bo otherwise nolo- IWB worthy. After llinholldayiapproprla. IBB Hon bills will U gin lo tuouopuilxo the HBTh lime of the House. Itepresentatlve BB1 Oirtn Hcott, bf Illinois, la collecting HKti faatiand figures aud will Immmllstuly iSaV (I after tho helldays request the wayi aud ! U means commlttie to ncoord him u hear- i Rl 1 Ingou tho bill luinaslng the Internal ',J 1 revenue tax ou whisky. Thus far tho 1 I committee has given no Indication of ! -jit It attitude towatdt the Diraxirp, hut H h attracted WK'h attention , tbiougbout Hi" count!) lhat Huili eapectt coot defalk po operation in pressing It upon tint all.nllnti of all those deihlr.; erwdy muni of ln creailnstlholederelietonur. Thxliill Incrcasea the lun on distilled lrll mm ninety cent to $1.26 er itallon ad put a lax on whisky which woiilJ produce $99,000,1100 annually. Tliln will partially imply Ilia lot of "'" T I ha sugar chedule ol the Mclvlnly bill. lteprrtentallTe Wabwn, of Uaortfia, tald today he Intended to contest tha elfcllon of Mr. Jllaok In hla dlitrlct ou account e( llleital tollo. |