The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-26

tomorrow the Speaker will, it is said, decide
they are admissible, on the ground that Sun
day is not legislative day, and that to-
morrow will consequently be the first of
the last six days of the session.
During the remainder of the week, besides
dsnosing of the proposed new rules and river
and harbor bill, the House will have to act
upon the general deficiency bill and upon
the conference committee reports concern
ing various other appropriations still pend
ing, and finally upon the so-called Senate
tariff bill, if the last mentioned measure be
| sent to committee of conference, and be
| reported back in some altered shape for ac-
| ceptance or rejection as whole. Five con-
I tested election cases also remain to be dis
/ posed of by the House, in all of which
| the elections committee recommend
| that the contestants be seated, even at
this late day. for the combined purposes of
doing historic justice, and of enabling them
to draw pay for the past two years NOM
| inal tenure of their positions. In awarding
| the floor for individual motions to suspend
the rules. the Speaker will, it is understood,
| be mainly guided by the expressed wishes
of the various committees in regard to
measures heretofore reported for passage
| and now on the calendar. By this means
number of important public bills will
| probably be brought before the House this
week. In the intervals of action nappropra-
ton and revenue measures among which are
prominently mentioned the Senate bill to
create Court of Appeals for the relief of the
Supreme Court, the joint resolution for
the abrogaton of the fisheries articles of
the treaty of Washington, the bill to create
an agricultural commission. the bonded
whisky bill the Senate bill to provide for the
adjudication of French spoliation claims, and
in the event of failure to obtain final action
on the House internal revenue bill and its
| Senate amendments a bill to reduce internal
revenue taxation as proposed by the pend
ing bill, together with the reduction of
| customs duties on steel rails and sugar The
Sherman bill to appropriate $50,000,0 900 in
| five annual installments for the support of
the common schools went over yesterday at
| adjournment under q demand for the previ-
Gus question, but whether it will again be
reached this session and whether it will Sc
cure passage are alike doubtful.
The unfinished business to be laid before
| the Senate tomorrow is the House bill to
provide for the payment of claims originat-
| ing in the border States quarlermaster and
| commissary supplies, known as the fourth
| judiciate, and as soon as this bill shall have
| been passed the Senate will resume consider
alton of the Utah and bigamy bill reported
from the judiciary committee, and partly
discussed last week. A day or two may then
| possibly be devoted to the shipping bill or
| some other general measures, but the sundry
| civil bill the river and harbor bile. if it
passes the House, and the general deficiency
| blll SOOh W IcdCl llS DSildtC, anu ali
other business except a possible conference
report on the tax and tariff bill or new
House measure on the same subject will be
| promptly laid aside in their favor. The
present condition of the annual appropri alton
bills, briefly stated, are as follows: The
pension, the agriculture and Military Acade-
my bills have become laws and the consular
and diplomatic bill has been sent to the
| President for his signature; the Notifications
and postoffice bills are in the hands
| of the conference committee; the army,
navy and District of Columbia bills have
| passed both branches of Con-
| gress, and are now with the
| House appropriation committe, subject
| to report on the Senate amendments. The
| legislative, executive and judicial appropri-
alton bills passed the Senate ~yester-
| day, and will be returned to the
House tomorrow. The four last
named will all be- doubtless, passed in confer
ence by Tuesday. The sundry civil bill will
be examined by the Senate committee on APP
preparations and reported back to the Senate
| probably before Wednesday. The river and
harbor bill and general deficiency bill, which
complete the annual list, are on the House
| calendar awaiting action.