The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-27
THO WORK or COEGaESSe
What Has Been Done and What is
Yet to Do.
The Condition of the Appropriation Bills The
Important Liquidation Of the Session.
WAsn1NaroN. lnne %. ls1O.

action II would be better, perhaps, that many OF
them shohd be deloalea Openly and sqdarel.g 50
that their authors may understand that 1t WI 9e
useless % bring them in at another session. Bat the
time s 80 short that many measures already on me
stocks cSRnot be launched. Tie House is ahead Of
'9ha Senate With hsappropriation bills and' indeed
with all the measures Of prime importance Inc
only aggrCprglls9 ~ now psps%g Y W. Aspss
IS the sundrJ Civil Expense or OmhiDas
bnl. which includes all the odds and ends
not provided for in the regular appropriation bis.
THAT however, Is set down as special order for
next "wednesday, and will be ready 70 so 10 the
Senate on Thursday Friday OF next week.
The Legislative, Exec utlve and Judicial Apnro-
prietlon bill mas passed both houses and is IN q
ference committee, which is trying hard, but thus
far without success, 10 adjust the extravagant no
lions OF the Senate with the economic ideas OF the
House. The Senate put amendments to this bill
amounting TO s2,oo0,o00 more than was agreed upon
by the House, making the SUM total over S23 QUO.
The main points or difference are the appropriations
for the extension ANA improvements OF the Capitol
grounds and for n building for the Slate Depart
ment. These two Items reach in Ihe ncignborhood
OF $l,500,0o0.
The Army the Navy, The River and liarbor and the
Fertilization Appropriation bills have passed the
House and are pending IN ire Senate.
The Regular Pension bill has passed both houses
report Of yhe first having been rejected by the House
The managers the part OF the House for the first
conference were appointed the second, some
what unusual circumstance. But III view Of the fact
shat the House managers were outvoted by the
managers the part of the senate, IN conference,
IL is all right The great point OF differences about
tins bill is the Of paying the pensioners tie
House insisting upon a thorough reform and The
Senate preierring tae present system.
Ind tto I.ift hos OIL hot
houses. and is back IN The House on the speak
er's table, loadel down with senate amendments
OF course this bl will have 20 20 ID conference
committee, is the custom every session. for The
''indlan ring" which is stronc in the senate. ~
never satisfied with less tnan hair rs much more
the House appropriales for the 10 family aud the
swarms OF lnian agents who live and grow fat by
pteyng upon bosi the government aud the 10
family.
The Diplomatic ana Consular Appropriation bill
has passed both houses anl IS back in the House
with few amendments by way OF increase, as
usual puI 10y the Senate. IL VIII probably go 80
conference committee, In view OF She lgcr
that the Senate, the motion Of Mr..
Summer. has added hundred thousand dollars.
10 thc secret service fund OF rhe State Department
point which the House Committee Appropriations
will cciy concede The estimates OF the secretary
or State called for hundred thousand dollars for
1tS lteff, Dut te house cut III UDNu 10 MY iuoN-
sand and IL now stands IL is hundred and iity
thousand, or fifty more han The liberal estimates OF
The Department called for.
The Post ONCE Appropriation bill has g)ne through
both houses, and Is nov back IN The House with
several amendments. This VIII also go TO confe.
committee.
The bill for the reorganization OF the army has
already passed both houses gone through . com
msuee Of conference, ana the conference report has
s, :. = .ss .essf s .ag i nnqV .s1s1s !.
Tic acnaie, Il srpppoosed iuas there VII o. some
aicuity in getting it adopted By nc ssnate, and it
il whispered thai the plan Is to le. 1t die
there though senator Wilson, chairman Vi the Conf
mltiee on Military Affairs announces his intention
" eal 1t up and put 1t its passage, The confer
ence committee virtually agreed 10 the House bill,
better knosnas Lo9at's bill, which was very mate
rally aIDenie by The Senare. Whether The latter
body viii take the House bin, after ALL remain, 10
nc seen.
rhe Tax bl with the Tariff attached, hos passed
tie House ana is before the senatc. or course
this is one OF the that must be passed
its passage depends, III great measure, the sue
eesss OF he republican party at the approaching fall
elections. IN precisely what shape 1t win pass it is
iInposs bic at his stage TO predict. ii VIII con-
tain however, three prominent eatures nrst
the reduction OF tue internal taxes 70 the eH-
tent OF tlnrty-1ve 10 forty five millions !;
second, the reduction of the duties on imports to
third the creation Of the Internal Revenue ilrcau
Into separate department, under an officer who
Shall have a seat IL the Cabinet. This bil Ike many
Others, WI, no doubt, eventually be settled in a
conference committee.
Gaifeld's bin 10 facilitate banking aud 10 secure
more eGGitable distribution oi the currency, mas
passed both houses ana II nov IN conference com.
itiee It's fate ~ uncertain iOr on this subject The
House and Senate are widely divided, ana neither
body is Il unit among Themselves.
lhe Funding bill, as YOU are wei aware, has
passed the senate, and is now before Tue House.
T,ls Il one Of the measures which The party leaders
are anxious 10 pass Tor lalty eHect bu. tners ~
such a vide divergence OF views upon The part OF
the TWO houses ana between the secretary Oh the
Treasury and Congress that 1t IS thought BY some
tlat no funding bin VIII pass al his session.
The bill amcldatory o. The Naturalization laws has
PASSED the house anu Is pending IN the senate TINS
Inent 70 the constitution aud the bill to enforce The
same and Is regarded important 70 the dominant
party. Whether the senate VIII have time 10 luke IL
up and pass II cannot be declded a6 present.
The biil iof the appofnonmeni OF members OF Con.
gress among the several states under the census Vi
1870 naa been rec0mmitlel the Judiciary C0Ialit-
tee after having passed both no',scs. II came back
from Inc Senate with amendments, IN Which
the House refused TO concur. The chances are that
~ Will be inroducei again ard put through under u
suspension Of The rules but ITS prOspccis % success
TINS session are doubtful
The following Is iisl " bills fron the Senate on
their FIRST and second ling. now on Tie Speakers
table,
confirm Of publ. land IN certsin in
Joint reaoiu,ion to amend section
granting lands tue state q kansas % Aid y ne con
way Telegraph For! Riley Kansas, 10 Fort SMITH
ArAaDsas"
An aci amendatgry San protect the rights OF
sc'a settlers upon be pubic ialis q ne United STATES sod
Ion other purposes," approved ny ~, 1906.
JOINT resolution insirnrag ne prcsdcr, . nesoa'a
Indians upon the tnatAin reservation, ~ Oregon
An repeal act entitled IAN act 70 prevent tue m
poratjon persnns into States, where by
Zoe thereof their anssion ~ prphoised approx ed
February ~, ls52 IL
prescribing oath OF o1ee 10 be taken ny per.
partc psied late rebeon. pri who arc not
osduaiine1 ron holding by fourteenth amend
sDrui OF a constitution OF The United states
An act relating u records OF tie courts @! the tneo
ssaies
Al act 70 prevent The countereltng OF foreign iTahs
,DsFtf projected by reay sItppaisons, . 49,,
An act for the dspoal oi he lands wiiho t Foft hiugey
military reservation, Minnesota ,,,,
act 10 enileG An ACT 70 fslaohtn ana
% pfo;sct nat1ua came;erssh ,
An act % act entitled .n act Tor grant OF
lands TO Lhe state alternate sections TO an N
railroads aud telerraphs IA saa
state"
An regulate the or., and coasng trade on the
northeastern northwestern frontiers OF the
Uni;cd - ties and inr other purposes.