The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-19
TIE WEEKS PROGRAMME.
An Immense Amount of Work Laid o
Ahead.

An Immense Amount of Work Laid Out
Ahead
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The programme of
the dominant party in the Senate for the
coming legislative week is substantially iden-
teal with the untitled programme outlined
last Sunday for the week which ended yes
terday. Final action upon the House bill to
reduce internal revenue taxation, with it's
multfarious tariff amendments, is now con-
fidently predicted for tomorrow night, the
chairman of the finance committee having
given notice that he will insist upon pressing
the bill to a final vote before Tuesday, as the
chairman OF the committee on appropriations
will then claim the time as an indispensable
condition of securing sufficient time upon
the annual appropriation bills. OF these the
army bill is first to be considered, leaving the
navy, the fertilization and District OF Co.
lumbia appropriation bills to be called up
from the calendar for action by the Senate
during the remainder of the week The
chances for general legislation are, of course,
"a pidly diminishing each day as the session
draws to a close, but the shipping bill or
Dakota bill may possibly obtain considera-
ton in the Senate toward the end of this week
unless the number of appropriation bills
already on the calendar be meanwhile
augmented by the. legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation BILL which now awaits
report by the committee on appropriations.
The regular order in the House of Repre-
sentatives morrow will be the call of the
committees for motions to suspend the rules.
The first important committee to be reached
on the list tomorrow is the ways and means
committee, which will offer Tor passage by
this method a bill identical in terms with the
internal revenue provisions of the bill now
pending in the Senate as amended by the
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duee taxation by an amount variouslY esti-
mated from 100000 900 to $40 900, 900 per
annum will probably obtain the requisite
two-thirds majority.
Other committees standing lower on The
list will offer motions a follows: The
Judiciary, to pass the Senate bill to establish
Court OF Appeals (this is the measure COM
monty known as 1.-The ID Wis bill" designed
to relieve the Supreme Court of part of the
constantly accommodating business) The
committee on commerce. to fix day for the
consideration of Amos Townsend's bill Gre
atng a commission to investigate the sub
ject of interstate commerce. Agriculture,
tC pass the Anderson bill to create
an agricultural commission (the principal
duties proposed for this commission
are to investigate the movement of agricul-
tural products and to report upon all ques-
tons relating to the maintenance Of a rea-
sonable and just interstate transportation
/ tariff. If this call be set aside, the regular
order will be the announcement of the
Speakers decision on Mr. Carlisle's point of
order interposed against Mr. HaskelPs mo-
ton to cut off debate on the remaining sched-
ues of the tariff bill regardless of the ma
ture of this forthcoming decision. ' 20
There appears to be no prospect of bring
ing the penal bill to point of final ac-
ton nv the House, and even If its con-
sideration be resumed tomorrow, it will
probably be laid aside again during Tues
days session in order to take up the sundry
civil appropriation BILL which ordinarily
occupies several days, and which in turn
may be followed by the river and harbor bill
or possibly by the general deficiency bill.
Upon the expected early receipt by the
House of the tax and tariff bill now pending
! in the Senate that measure will be laid on
the Speakers table, and the problem which
now gives rise to SO much speculation as TO
the means of reaching it for action on the
Senate amendments will then doubtless be-
come the subject of much discussion. and if
the present very formidable difficulties be
not speedily surrounded all idea of effecting
comprehensive revision OF the tariff this
Congress must necessarily be abandoned.