New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-02
pants OF both vehicles were thrown to the pavement
but escaped injury.
GENERAL WASHINGTON NEWS.
IMPORTANT WORK BEFORE CONGRESS.
THREE MEASURES TO BE ACTED UPo;; N A SHORT
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WASHINGTON, Jan. both houses will meet to-
morrow with just Hfty-one working deys
in which to complete the record ofths Congress- The
time is short within which to accomplish the three
great tasks which the country demands-the pas
sage Of the Civil Service Reform BILL the adoption
of the Tariff Commission bill and the reduction OF
internal revenue. But the whole can be achieved
if Congress will make up its mind to do it,
The Civil Service subject comes up first to-mOr-
row, If Mr.. Kasson redeems his partial promise
to report back the Senate bill on that day. Some
fears were expressed. when ii was referred
to Dir. Kassons committee, that owing to his well.
known preference for his own BILL some of its es-
sential features might be engrafted on the
Senate bill to Its injury, or its
passage endangered in some way; but
its friends are confident that Mr.. Kasson will
not disregard the repeated votes of the House on
the question of postponing his own bill,
which were virtually votes of preference
for the Senate bill. In fact, as one
observer of the reform debate pointed out the other
day, there Is popular demand for any of the dis
tinctlye features of the Kasson bill The principal
one is that setting fixed term for clerks-an idea
which, as this gentleman well said, does
not take any hold on popular attention, and evil
uOh1lJ uOCS pCOpLc uc
any very necessary object
One interesting fact is the apparent dsinclination
of some prominent members OF the House,
who are in full sympathy with the reform move
ment, but who evidently do not feel sure yet where
it is to come out, 10 say much publicly
on the subject. One of these said to-
day that no would DO glad to see
the Senate bill reported back unamended and passed
under the previous question. He did not propose to
speak On it himself because he did not
care to define his position on that ques-
ton just now. A feeling kindred TO this
gives the Senate bill much of its strengt b.
Men who are scoffers in secret at Civil
Service reform, and men who wish ii well
bat are doubtful OF its results, join in favor
ing the PendetOn bill and no other; because
they know it was prepared by the Civil Service
reformers themselves and because they believe in
giving them just what they want. putting il out Of
the power of the reformers hereafter to say if the
reform should Tail, that it was because Congress
would not go about it in the way they pointed out.
No ono seems to entertain any doubts of rea-
sonably easy passage for the bill
through the House Tho length of time
which Is being consumed by tho Ways and Means
and the Finance Committees IN revising the work
OF the Iarih Commission, and the marEed differ
ences in some cases between the rulings OF the two
committees, has caused some anxiety 10 the pros
pcct OF getting tariff oil through before adjourn
ment. 10 House Committee has IN many instances
marked up the figures OF the Iarltf Commission,
while the senate committee has pursued a much
more moderate course The Tariff dill. If one Is 20
pass At all. Will I've one which q Conference Com
mIttee viii evOiy from the divers bIis Of the Two
houses, md u - OBVIOUS that If any great amount
of time is 10 be lost at any stage of their progress
the chances of getting through viii be lar
from good. Members OF bOth committees speak
with confidence about this however They say that
the work of tne Commission was necessarily crude,
owing to The short time al their disposal and that
n absolutely needs revision and they think there
Will bo no dicuitY in recOusldcrlng the differences
between the houses. he danger that hes in the
shortncss OF the time, however. is seen 50
clearly by some that there is talk of
passing the Ways ana Means bill through the
llOuss under the previous question rs they believe
hat II 1t Is once opened to amendment ii will never
become a law.