The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-17
WAsHIxsrox. Sept. @. 1879.

h eight weeks, Congress will be ! here again, and until July politics ! and politicians will rule the hour. T.
 is Idle 10 speculate now what Con
 gress will do Ut the coming session
 Che ihiag caa be discounted, that is,
 that fl will be political session. I'm
 poltant impending political events in
 Ohio and New York, make it idle
 10 s.y more, aad the action of the
 DeaocT--...c majority will be govern
 ed largely by the rcsi.it of the cleo
 lions now so near Both parties u.;ii
 play for the Presidential stake. There
 are positiolas to cAcozes the plan of
 attack to a.sFiage; spcecAes to o-eludc
 the people to 5c male, etc. Leaders
 will move cautiously 10 feel She pub
 lie pulse There are several leaders
 who will gather in the nationai halls
 w:io dream of the Presidency. aud
 the more they dream of this coveted
 priz- the moi, timid do they become.
 Hence tie session will be one of pol icy as well as politics, and with just
 eaongii busincss sandwitched in it 10 occupy tie attention of the business community.
 WHAT BILLS WILL BE INTRoDucED.
 During the special session of tl.e 33ili Congress, enough t,iiis were in tredured to keep the body busy until it terminates its official life Not one ih ten will ever be considered. Not one j.. ten thousand will ever be- come laSTs. Scores of pension and other private iiils will sip through. bat it is reasonable To predict iliat ne important public measures wlil be l3asse,l, for liIe reason that political strategy will give way to the demands of the public veal, and every effort will be ceniered upon the Presidea- iial stake. The more important bills i which will confront Inc secoud ses- sion of tle 45t!i C2a esess areIiiose of ] q financial naturc, and upon them l there is liable 10 be divisions in beth l parIies-
 THE wA3HER SILVER BILL. Which passed the House, and which is now in tie hands of the Finance Committee of the Senate, will prove the most troublesome. Saould Gen. Ewing, loose Ohio, and Senator Bay ard Fe--.ain antagOaistic to the biiI, lie will he able lo keep it strangIed in his committee room. Probably ! which the House wifi be called upon 10 pass upon, will be he report of lie Committee on Rules. fine recon. of the Committee are known to I"p over fifty ot the 'uies now in force, and to make weeping changes tending to simpli y the present system. \ gain, there liay be an effort made to rcadopt the )ld joint rules of ihe House Other wise, ii no bi;l is passed providing or the count of the electoral vote, he Democrats will have decidedly he advantage of the Republicans in .ounting ihe PresidenliaI vote h. Iced. if they sIw it, there is nothing 0 prevent thcm counting iD q Presi- lent. Under the old joint rule, No. 2. it was provided that the vote 0f tate should not be counted 10 which Ifher House objected. Under ihc present. constitutional provision, as It ouId be interpreted, 1lle vote of any tate can be thrown out by the con uTrcnt vote of beth Houses This ives the Democrats a good deaf of average, ioasnuch as thev control oth b.ancIi"s. FroIa indications. here will be seyaT;,l Investigations { uring the srsS:n1. There may be Il effort made tc pass q bill restrict ng Chinese immigration l. is good apital for inc Democratic party to iroy inie Califofnia. and they viii ' ardiy miss tiie chance Inf giving the ; resident 2 second opportunity to etc il. AUGUST.