National Republican., 1883-01-02
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Programme Tor tho Next Five Days I'm the
Two Houses OF Congress.

Both houses Of congress, by the terms of
their respective adoummcnts last week, arc
to rcasscmblc to-day There is good deal of
doubt whether there will be II quorum in the
house but, IN any event, the days session
will probably be utilized by continuing the
consideration of the army appropriation bill
in committee of the whole, leaving the con-
troverted questions to he voted on separately
when the bill shall have been reported back
for final action
Tho clause concerning the amount of COM
pcnsation to he paid to subsidized railways
for army transportation will probably give
rise to enough debate to keep the bill before
tho house throughout the whole legislative
day; but ii is expected that the house will
dispose Of this measure by Wednesday morn
ing at the latest
MIR. Kassou will then press the civil service
bill for consideration, with apparently su-
perior chances for success in his effort, al
though the shipping bill has been set down as
q special order for Wednesday, and although,
also, there is some talk of opposing its present
consideration by motion TO call up the to-
baCco bill.
The assignmentin favor of the shipping bill is
not continuing order and its friends will
not consent to have 1t go oyer, unless another
day be fixed for its consideration. A motion
for this purpose will be offered by Mr.. Ding
ley, in behalf of the joint committee which
framed the bill, or by Mr., Page, the chairman
of the commerce committee, which finally re-
ported IT, and some such motion will doubtless
be adopted.
II is the intention of Mr.. Knsson TO en-
deavor to limit debate on the civil service
bill to two days. If any part of the legisla-
tive week in the house shall then remain TO
be disposed of ! will probably be devoted TO
the naval appropriation bill or TO the legisla-
tive, executive, and judicial appropriation
bill, both of which measures are in state of
forwardness for report to the house during
tho next few days. The unfinished business
to be laid before the senate to-day, at
the termination of the morning hour, is
the bill for the relief of Fitz-John Porter, on
which Mr.. Logan has the door to finish the
speech begun by him last Friday. The pros
poets of reaching vote on the bill before
Wednesday are somewhat doubtful, but it
seems probable that the measure will be
disposed of before adjournment unless the
senate shah unexpectedly find itself to-day
without quorum. The bonded whisky
bill" will undoubtedly next be urged for con-
as its friends appreciate the mani
fest advisablity of securing action upon it
before the time and attention of the
senate becomes engrossed by tariff ques-
tions and the annual appropriation
bills The status of the latter in the
week. The military academy bill (which can
he passed promptly at any time) is still on
the calendar, ready for action; and the postal
appropriation bill remains in the hands of the
committee on appropriations who will not be
ready to report it before the last part of the
week. Meanwhile, the senate will have four
or five days to devote to general legislation.
The senate finance committee now expect to
report back the house bill for tho reduction
of internal revenue taxation, with complete
tariff bill added as an amendment" by or
before the middle of the month, and an effort
will be made to procure its immediate con.
sideration.
prominent member of the committee ex-
presses an opinion, based upon extensive in
quiry, that tho senate will not wait for The
house bill, now in course of preparation by
the ways and means committee, but will take
up the finance committees bill as soon as 1t is
with the result in this event. that
each branch of congress will soon be consider
ing its own tariff bill, and that prob1b lth
conference committee will have the Hhh
shaping of any measure to be enacted
The senate during the morning hour to-day
will resume the consideration of the bill TO
provide for the presidential succession.
In view of the fact that the tenures of Office
of the president pro tempore of the senate
and the speaker of the house of representa-
tives will both expire by constitutional limi-
tation ON the fourth of March, the passage
of this bill will be strongly urged by some OF
its friends rs u means of averting an extra
session of the senate, which, they assert, would
be otherwise practically necessary for the pur-
pose of choosing new president pro tempore'