Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-02-19
THE REPUBLICAN PROGRAMME.

Will necessarily be abandoned.
THE REPUBLICAN, PROGRAMME.
The programme of the republicans
in the senate for the coming week is
substantially identified with the un-
fulfilled programme outlined last Sun
day. Final action upon the house
bill to reduce internal revenue taxa
ton, with its multifarious tariff amend.
ments, ia now confdentially expected,
for to morrow night, the chairman OF
tho financial committee having given
notice that he will insist upon press.
ing the bill to final vote before
Tuesday, as the chairman OF the
committee on appropriations will then
claim the floor as an Indispensable
condition OF securing tuffi lent time
for action upon the annual appropria-
ton bill. OF these the army bill Is
first to be considered, leaving the
navy for,i6cstions and District OF
Columbia bills to be called up from
the calendar for action by the senate
during the remsinder of the week
The chances for general legislation
are of course rapidly Diminishing oach
day as the session draws to close,
but the shipping bills mey possibly
obtain consideration in Tho senate
towards tho end CT the week unless
the number of appropriation bills
ready on the calendar be meanwhile
augmented by the Legislative, execu.
tive and judicial appropriation bill,
which now awaits the report OF the
s1mmittee on appropriations. The
regular order In the house tomorrow
will DO the call of committees for
mstions to suspsnd the rules. The
first important item to be reached on
the list to morrow Is the ways and
means committee, which will offer for
passage by this method bill identical
In terms with the internal revenue
provisions Of the bill now pending In
the senate, as amended by the senate
to the present date. This bill is to
reduce taxation by on amount vari-
ousiy estimated at from $50, 900, OO0
to GAO, 100000 per annum. 1t will
probably obtain the requisite two
thirds majority. Other committees,
low on the list, will offer motions as
followa: Judiciary, to pass the sen
ate bill to establish court of appeals.
(rhis 10 q measure commonly known
as the "Davls bill," designed to
relieve the supreme court OF
part Of ita accumulat-
ing business Commerce, to fix
o day for the consideration of amend-
ments; Towusend'b bill creating a
commission to investigate the euhJeet
of inter-atate commerce; agriculture,
to pass Auderson's bill to create an
agriculture commission. The pripci-
pal duties proposed for this commits
sion are to investigate tho movement
of agricultural products, and report
upon all questions relating to the
maintenance of reasonable and just
interstate transportation and traffice.
II this can be set aside, the regular
order will be the announcement OF the
spaaker's decision on Carlisle' point of
order interposed against Haskell's mo-
tion to cut off debate.
On the remaining schedule OF the
tariff bill, regardless of the nature OF
this forthcoming decision, there up
pears to be DO prospect of Bringing
the pending bill to the poiut of final
action by the house, and even it it's
consideration be resumed to morrow
1t will probably be laid aside again dur {
ing Tuesdays ssssioD, l,sor0er 20 axe
up the sundry civil appropriation bill,
which ordinarily occupies several
days, which in turn may be followed
by the river and harbor bill, or posi-
bly, by the general deficiency bill.
RELIEF FOR OHIO VALLEY.
The American association OF tho Rad
Gross reports the associate societies at
New Orleans, Vicksburg, Memphis
and Rochester at work for the suffer-
ers Of the Ohio Valley. All money
contributions will be received by the
central lcommittee, through Secretary les
Folger and Lincoln and Commissioner
Loring, and the board ofltrustees, and
will be distributed through agents of
the Associated press.