Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-19
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. TALKED. TO DEATH. The Fate In Store For The Tariff.
 NO CHANGE AT THIS SESSION. House Members Too Full off EIOquence. |THE ANGRY WATERS BACKING DOWN. IA Rriohter Outlook In Incl
NO CHANGE AT THIS SESSION.
THE ANGRY WATERS BACKING DOWN
A Brighter Outlook In The
 Flooded Cities.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

# The Tartff-The Last Hope Of Its Passage % AbandOned-TOo Much EIoquence Kill
 ed it-The Few Remaining Days of the
 Session Occupied by Other Businss.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-In neither house
 of Congress yesterday was any progress made
 on the tariff bill beyond what may be termed
 Advancement in the outlet of pent-up elo-
 quence of members in ventilation of their Individual theories in connection with par |ticular schedules of the bill. In the Senate 1t was steel the members chose as pretext
 Ito steal time. On an amendment proposed
 by Mr. Sherman the entire time was occupied until adjournment, no vote being reached
 In the House the pending amendments were those offered by Messrs. Bayne, of Pennsyl
 vania, and Kasson, of Iowa, the one reducing the duty on sugars between Nos. 13 and 16 Dutch standard from three to two and half cents per pound, the other fixing the rate at two and three quarters. On these various members occupied the floor, but no vote was reached when the House adjourned. According to MT. Morrill's announcement the| &Senate will sit out it's tariff bill to-morrow| night. A long debate is expected on MT.
 
 and opinions vary as to whether they will pass or not. The appropriation bills will bel pushed as rapidly as possible after the tariff 8bill is out of the way. The fertilization bill His the first in order. The army and navyE bills are still in the Senate committees. Anl effort will be made during the week to passI the shipping and bankruptcy bills. To morrow, under the rules of the House. isl 5 for motions to suspend the rules and passs 5 such measures as may be moved on behalf of 3 the several committees of the House. Thel same rule applies to the last six days of the. xsession, which covers all of the next week sol that in fact there are but five days remaining. of the session for legitimate legislation. MT. Hiscock has given notice that he will bring up the sundry civil appropria- stion bill on Tuesday. This will requireE lat least two or three days and in the present Sdispoistion on both sides to run of into po- Slitical controversies may occupy the week. This must be followed by the deficiency bill land the river and harbor bill to come back Ito the House again. The explosion in the sHouse yesterday, which was only terminated Eby the special erder for eulogies of Mir. zShackleford, is regarded on all sides as des- stroying the last lingering hope of tariff bill E lat the present session. The Ways and Means scommittee will tomorrow have to pass the little revenue" bill under a suspenslen of the rules and the Commerce committee may try the river and harbor bill The whiskey men will probably make test of the strength of their forces in the House. though they cannot ex- 7pect two-thirds vote and even majority will be quite surprising. After the two re- smaining appropriation bills are out of the E way there will be but little general legislation land efforts to pass special bills will probably be the principal matters occupying the atten- Etion of the House. Excepting the appropri aation bills in the Senate and few bills in [ the House that should be reported sto the next Congress committee work shas been entirely abandoned. Even the Ways and Means. the Judiciary, sCaims and that class of House committeess meet now only by special call, while the minor committees will not have special meetings. The deficiency bill will be begun by the House Appropriations committee and come lin at the flag end of the session.
 5 It is said an effort will be made toK Estrike from the river and harbor bill sthe appropriation to continue the work at sthe Plum Point reach. The recent floods washed one thousand feet of the work away, which demonstrates the impracticabiEty ofk sit This will be an outgrowth of the work sof the special committee on the improvements zof the Mississippi.