, 1881-01-29
John Sherman at Work on q Land
Speculation OF Large Pro.
portions.
Tho Time Of tic sonato Spent on tllc
Indian :Land I'ill-The 1nqul-
FAR BEHIND.

AN ExTIt.t SESSION ALMOST INEVITABLE.
Special Dispatch to THt Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. T., JAM, 9s.--Evcnts nre
beginning to Justify the, foar TINT u callud scs-
sion OF tho Forty-scventl, Congress may, after
MI, be cniised by tic vicious tncaracIty of tho
Democratic minority In theprrse,lt Congress.
This week Is likely 10 close without single
general appropriation bllf. Exactly three
weeks Of tic session which can hs devoted
to matters Of legislative routine will then re-
ma1,,. The three lnrgest mud most difficult
Of the general appropriation bills-the LcRis-
fative, Executive, and Jyltllcinf, the Suntlry
Civil, ant tho General Deficiency bilIs-haye
not yet been 1rportsd to tho 1Iouse, md tho
lust two Of them lnyc not yet been prepared
By the Silb.C ColnMlttoes of tho Appropriation
Committed. The Legislative bill may be re-
ported next Mondny. Tho District Of CO.
lllmbia 9ill Ing boel reported to tho House.
Its consideration by that body alone usually
Agricultural bill nor tho River md Iiarbor
bill l,as yet BEEN completed by tho Committee
having It In Charge. -:
TO TIE PENSION APPROPRIATION NIL,
whlcf, passed. tho 1[o.tset several weeks ago,
the Senate Is expected: to attach very inl-
portnnt amendments, and the. discussion Of
these will necessarily consume considerable
time In both branches uf Congress, Tie
netnndlng bill las not yet got out OF COLL
1ltttce III tho Senate. 1t will undoubtedly
60 buck to the House with very material
amendments, which WILL evoke much dis
c,lssion. Tho Committee on Ways and Means
fo'Yefy niixioiis to scet,ro nction lpot, sey-
eral matters rclntlng:.to internal rs,ycnuc and
the tariff, and will endeavor to get ono or
two tlnys allowed them for thnt purpose.
Tile Democrats are evidently determined to
treat
THE nEApronTioNMEST n1II.
as party nlaaailre, MID. to press its pnssnge
willis they still control boil, branches OF
Congress. The Democrats also express Il de-
Termination to pass the Electoral count rcso-
]utlons beforu wcek from next Wednesday,,
and 1t Is not impossible that most of tho In
teryentng time will 'be consumed III tic
struggle oyar this matter. II tho two meas
ures lnst mentioned should be passed, 10 ti,o
exclusion of the Isofundtng bili or
the appropriation bills, tho fnilure OF
some OF the latter would bo almost inyitab1e.
OK course, these will DO; vigorous efforts 10
secure actIon upon othcr necessary public
measures, like tho bill 10 prevent tho 8prcnd
Of plcuro- -pl,oullonia among cattle, tho inter-
State commerce bill, tho bill providing for
the allotment of lands In aeyeralty to III
d!ans, the National Bankruptcy bill, md
sCOIIEs OF OTHER MtATTE1,8
to which this Congress could protitnbly l,ayo
devoted Its nttentto44 IT, the majority Ind
not bccn SO utterly incompetent to deal
will, public questions, md su intent upon
nuIIitylng tho Election. laws md striving
III other ways to SECURE tho election Of a
Democratic President. but thero Is no
probability t!mt any actlun. will bc taken
upon tho scores Of bil!s' mcnttoned. The
great danger Is TINT oven tho Appropriation
bills and thu Refunding bill will be slurrctl
over and rushed through in tho l,urly-bnrly
attending tho last hours OF tho session. An
extra session Of tho next Congress may after
all become necessity, <