Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-11
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. WORK OP CONGRESS-. Measures Coming up Dur-
 ing the Week. BANKRUPTCY AND CIVIL SERVICE, Their Disr rosal Likely t0 Consume
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Business of Consress--A Glance at
 the Coming Weeks york--The Bank-
 ruptcy and Civii Service BIIIs--C>eneraI
 News and Gossip mt the Capital.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The work of the Senate this week is not definitely mapped out It was arranged to finish the bankruptcy bill to morrow, but the concluding debate is likely to be interesting, as Senator Browns amendment is designed to get the opinion of the Senate as to whether any bankruptcy leg. islation is needed at the present time. Sena- tor Pendletons civil service reform bill comes up after the bankruptcy measure is disposed of. A number of amendments are to be of fered and the debate may last several days. Senator Edmunds will renew his effort to- morrow to have the propositions relating to political assessments referred to the civil ser vice committee. It is understood that an amendment will be offered from the Demo- cratic side changing the scope of the pro- posed inquiry so that the Senate may vote directly on the question early this week. per haps tomorrow. The committees set ting down to work and the appropriation bills passed by the House will be reported in few days. A Republican caucus will proba ply be held this week to agree upon a defi- nite policy on pending legislation
 The principal feature of the probable events of the week in the House will be tho Kasson civil service bill which is looked for Tuesday. MT. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, de- clares his intention when the bill comes up of attacking the proposed tenure of office section maK12SS ':S principal point against the effects of such Q plan on the internal revenue system. A lively discussion is ex- ma fn xUi6 discussion is the bill reported at the last ses- sion by the Commissioner of Public Lands for ascertaining and collecting the amount due from the western and southern States upon the basis of a per cent. tribute from all lapds sold within their borders proyi ded for by law upon their admission into the Union. Very many delegations are person. ally interested in the result of this measure. Tomorrow Mir. Rollins will call up his oIution asking for statement of the tax as- sessments of the several horse railroads of tho District of Columbia, in which he de- clares that such roads shall be deemed real estate liable to regular real estate taxation. number of Senators take considerable in- terest ir the matter on account of the prece- dent for other cities that the passage of the bill might establish.
 Mir. Edward Quntard, formerly of the Del aware, Lackawanna and Western railroad and for many years of the Citizens Savings bank of New York city, has been chosen presi-
 
 place of W. J. Best
 The young Duke of Newcastle, who has been here several days, registered at Arling- ton simply as Newcastle" It was not until the following day that the proprietor discov cred the rank of his guest. Immediately upon this discovery, however, he was assigned the best apartments available. The Duke is making a systematic inspection of the city and expresses keen interest in the navy yard observatory and government departments.  ! and will to morrow witness the scenes in the Senate chamber from the diplomatic gallery. In the Senate yesterday the time was most ] ly occupied in discussion of MT. Beck's reso- lution for Investigating the assessment of l government employees in the last political ! campaign. Senators Voorhees,, Cockrell and l Beck waxed eloquent in denouncing the methods used by the Hubbell committee for raising funds to carry on the campaign, and their arguments were answered by Senator l Hale on the Republican side, who alluded in scathing terms to the interest taken by the liquor interest in the success of the Demo- cratic party. In the House Mir. Page, of California, precipitated discussion on the river and harbor bill by reporting resolu- tion calling on the Secretary of War for in
 formation as to whether any moneys appro priated by the last river and harbor bill were appropriated for works or objects that are not in the interest and do not benefit com
 merce and navigation, and if so. the names
 of such works and objects and the respective
 amounts so appropriated; whether any o1 l the money has been used on works not in the
 interest of commerce and navigation, and ! if so, the names of such works and whether 1 the expenditure of any money authorized by 1 that act has been withheld or stopped, and, i l so, how much and for what cause the amour
 likely to be on hand at the close of the cur
 rent fiscal year, and how much of such busi 1 ness comprises money which has been car | al f0 O0 mi
 ance with the conditions of the law making 1 such appropriations, and to furnish the esti
 mates of the engineer department for theyea 1 1884, which have not been transmitted b,
 the Secretary of the Treasury in conformit
 with section 3,669 revised statutes Mr
 Kasson of Iowa, reported 8 bill to improv the civil service.
 The rumor is revived to night that Secre
 tary Folger will shortly resign It is said h will succeed Lowell minister at the court
 of St. James. Little reliance is placed ol
 the report.
 There is a rumor to night that Sam Ran
 dall is to give up the contest for the Speaker
 ship and support Blackburn of Kentucky fo the position.
 Considerable comment has been cause here by the business like activity of Genera B. F. Butler on his recent visit here. H.
 came ostensibly to conduct case at court ! but all his spare time was devoted to calls a
 the various departments. He dlned ono
 W!tn the Eresldent ana nao long conlefehc with Secretaries Folger and Chandler, an
 even spent half an hour in the private oftic
 of Commissioner Loring. The fact that Col l lectOr Warrington. of Boston, IS we'll know
 here as having exerted himself to favor tn
 Bay State Governor elect is coupled witt
 Buffers assiduity in Washington, and theme | has grown the rumor that Butler is at leas l seeking, if he is not already confident of, tn l aid of the administration in defeating the re l election of Senator Hoar That gentlema ! 1 refuses to be interviewed on the subject, bu
 a Boston Congressman says he has heard M, l Hoar say that he presumed the aid of the il ternal revenue system of his State would b