The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-05
WORK FOR THE HOUSE.
Tkc Business That VIII Engage Its At
tentiOn This Winter
Cincinnati Enquirer.J

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27-The calendar of the
House OF Representatives, which has just
been officially prepared, Is larger, say the
clerks, than any calendar that has been ready
for second session OF Congress for years. 1t
Is a document Of thirty-five pages, and con
tains seven reports OF committees and bills
undisposed of, which means that they have
had partial consideration; five House bills
and resolutions, with Senate amendments !;
ZIG from the Senate on first and second read
ing; four concurrent resolutions: ninety-one
bills in committee Of the whole on the
state Off the Union, and 225 bills on
eighth {: part OF these bills will get
through: One of the first bills to be taken
up next week will be reported by Mr. Knott,
from the Judiciary Committee, to provide for
the further distribution of the Geneva award.
| At the last session 1t was made the special for
| Wednesday next. Among the House bills,
with Senate amendments. is one to repeal 50
| much OF the resumption act as authorized the
| Secretary of the Treasury to dispose Of Uni
ted States:bonds and redeem and cancel the
the Senate on first and second reading are the
| followlng- Bill extending the time for
| the construction OF the Northern Pacific
Railroad; act directing the Secretary Of
uated near Columbus, Ohio now used by the
United States as cemetery; bill fixing the
date OF the commencement Of certain pen
sions, and granting arrears in certain cases !;
/ Htb W lubHOIlZb bUS )taJeS Oh ODlO, INDIANA
and Illinois, respectively, to commence and
prosecute suits against the United States In
the Supreme Court of the United States; act
to amend the act approved March 3, 1873, au-
thorlZlng the award to the Vincennes Univer-
sity OF certain vacant and abandoned lands
in Knox county, Indiana. Ia committee OF
the whole on the state OF the Union the first
/ bill on the list Is that granting pensions to
soldiers and sailors Of the Mexican war c'rhis
| bill laSt:ScsSion blocked the way OF all other
| h,1G hn M lnnH
as could be taken up by unanimous consent
or by II tWo-thrds vote. III it5 friends choose
to hold it there it will again block the way to
| the exclusion OF large number OF important
bills, among which ara the following: Pro
viding. for arrears Of PENSIONS providing for
| the transfer OF the Indian Bureau to the War
| Department; for the appointment OF com
mssion:tD investigate the origin and best
means OF destroying the cotton army worm TO
promote rtfunding the National debt and the
loan OF. savings to the United States for that
purpose; to provide for the deposit Of saw
Ings in % popular loan, and to provide for
funding the National debt In home bonds con
vertible into currency; extending the time for
the completion OF the Northern Pacific Rail
road; to establish a Postal Savings DEPOSIT
tory as: Il branch OF the Postoffice Depart
ment and to aid In refunding the interest
bearing. Indebtedness Of the United States.
Also a number Of bills relating to Pacific rail
| roads On the private calendar the bill to re-
imburse William and Mary College for prop
erty destroyed during the late war occupies
relatively. the same position as the Mexican
pension bill on the public calendar. 1t is the
first ON the list, and as there is bitter oppos-
ton to it, 1t blocks out all other business, and
SO long asst holds its place no bill on the pri-
vate calender can be got rid Of except by unan-
imOus consent on what is called objection day
About the only bills on this calendar that
have much show are those for invalid pen
sions. Every other private bill is looked on
with more or less SUSPICION.