New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-24
DRAWING NEAR THE END.
THE WORK TO Dr. DONE BY TIE PRESENT CONGRFss
IN THE FEW REMAINING DAYS OF THE SESSION
Tile PROBABILITIES.

IN THE FEW REMAINING DAYS OF THE SESSION
THE PROBABILITIES
IBY TELEGRAPH TO TRTBUSE.l
WAsHINGTON. Jan. %. Only thIrty-four working
days remain for the XLVIth Congress. Into this
brief period must be crowded all the legislation
that this COnGress IS to accomplish. Five of the
days which remain are Fridays, on which private
business alone will be considered in the House OF
Representatives, unless two thirds of the members
shall decide otherwise. In the House, too the first
and the third Mondays Of February will be con-
sumed by motions TO suspend the rnlcs and pass
bills. On the second Wednesday of February the
electoral votes must be counted 1t will thus be
that only twenty-si& days remain to the House
of Representatives for the routine business
of public legislation. Seven OF the general
appropriation bills yet remain to be acted upon by
that body. Only one of these. the Post Office bill.
has yet been reported " the House. The District of
Columbia bill will 1t expected, be reported early
this week. Later in the week the Legislative Ex-
ecutlye and Judicial bill, which s preparing.
will probably be reported to the House. IL is
thought that the Sundry Civil and the General De-
fcIency bills may be completed aud reported some
time next week.
The General Deficiency bill this year Will provide
for a very large appropriation, probably about
$25.OO0,O00 This unusually large Appropriation
will be due to two causes. FIRST ut the last session
the Democrats cut down appropriations low as
they dared in order to be abe to point to their
economy when they made stump" speeches in the
Presidential campaign. There IL o Pension de-
fciency amounting to ahout $lS.O00,000 Another
item of the deficiency will be about 81 000. 900 for
the War Department. About $500, 900 will De re-
quired to meet Deficiencies caused by inadequate
appropriations for the expenses of United States
,y;lI NJ nd VII for
United States marshals or their general or special
deputies, on which account there is a still
greater deficiency. The Agricultural Appropri-
alton bill is in course of prepara-
ton by the Committee Agriculture, and will
probably be reported to the House this week. The
Committee on COmnercc is engaged in the prepare
non of the River and HarbOr bill measure which
the House for mas not permitted itself to
debate THIS year will hardly be- m exception. 1t
is expected that the bill will be reported to the
House about the end of this week or the beginning
of next week.
Besides passing the appropriation bills Congress
will be able TO accomplish httlc. struggle over
tho electoral count resolutions would endapger the
passage oven the appropriation bills and probably
nccessitate an extra session of the XLYlIth Con-
greAs. An attempt will he made to pass a Reapp OF
tloument bill. and this will be likely to evDKe
this Congress may be regarded as very douDt full.
An effort will be made TO pass the Tariff Commission
BILL winch has already passed the Senate. and two
or three of the tariff measures reported by the Ways
and Means Committee at the last session, notably
the sugar bill and the one reducing the duty on
certain manufactures of iron and steel paper. etc.
\ strong effort will also be made TO pass some kind
of bill relating to interstate cOmmerce. Chairman
Reagan il esp .cially determined 10 press this
measure hoping II is understood. thus TO promote
his prospects for election to the United States
Senate.
Tho necessity of some legislation to prevent frauds
in pensions is keenly realized by members Of both
branches of Congress. and it Is felt that this Con-
greSs cannot afford to leave the matter III its present
state. Tho Rcfunding bill, It is generally
expected will bc returned To the House in form
that will be- anything but agreeable to majority
of the members of that body. Undoubtedly the
measurp If adopted nc all will finally be- the produce
tion of a conference committee list
even of the titles of bills on the
House calendar and which have received the
appreciation of committee wOnld ill four or five
columns of HE TRIBUNE. The calendar contains
nearly n hundred pages and Will not be very much
smaller at the end OF this Congress. IL will make
n very good tombstone for the detunct "dO-nothlDg'
Congress.