Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-19
THE REPUBLICAN PROGRAMME.

Will necessarily DO 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 a final vote before
Tuesday, as the chairman OF the
committee on appropriations will then
claim the floor as an Indispensable
condition OF securing tufi lent time
for action upon the annual a%ppropria-
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 zach
day as the session draws to q close,
but the shipping bills may possibly
obtain confederation in Tho SENATE
towards tho end CT the week unless
the number CT appropriation bills
a ready on the calendar be means hale
augmented by the Legislative, execu.
tive and judicial appropriations bill,
which now awaits the report OF the
committee on appropriations. The
regular order In the house tomorrow
will DO the call of committees for
mstions to suspend 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 a 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 $4,000, OO0
to GAO, coo 900 per annum. 1t Will
probably obtain the requisite two
thirds majority. Other committees,
low on the list, will offer motions a.
follows: Judiciary, to pass the sen
ate bill to establish q court of appeals.
This 10 q measure commonly known
as the "Davls bill," designed to
relieve the supreme court OF
q part Of ita accumulat-
ing business } Commerce, to fix
O day for the consideration of amend
ments; Towusend'S bill creating a
commission to investigate the subject
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
inter. state transportation and traffice.
II this can be set aside, the regular
order will be the announcement of the
SPEAKERS decision on Carlisle'spoint of
order %interpoaed against Haskelrs mo-
ton 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 ii its
consideration be resumed to morrow
1t will probably be laid aside again dur
ing Tuesdays session, iasorder 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 the 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 committee throughSecrstary les
Folger and Lincoln and Commissioner
Loring, and the board ofltrustees, and
will be distributed through agents of
the Associated press.