Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. LIVELY TIMES AHEAD. The Senate Waking Up to Business.
 MATTERS TO RAISE A STIR. LOgan's Chance For His Greatest Effort.
 OSMAN DIGNA WILL. FIGHT. His Answer to General
 Graham's Demand
OSMAN DIGNA WILL FIGHT.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Our Time Killing COnRress-The 1abOrs
 That Are Marked Out For This
 Week-Lively Times Ahead I'm The
 Ssnate-PIenty of Talk Looming Up On The Programme.
 WASHINGTON, March 9.-There is pros- pect of an interesting week in the Senate. After the morning hour to morrow the Mexican treaty will be consideEed in executive session. This treaty was rejected by one vote some two months ago. A majority agreed to it's reconsideration on Thursday last. Its friends report change of sentl ment sufficiently strong to secure it's ratifca- tion. On Tuesday the bill to regulate the practice in patent suits will come mp as special order. There are two. special orders for Wednesday-the bills for the relief of Fitz John Porter, and to aid in the establish ment and temporary support of the common schools. The former takes precedence and is expected to lead to 8 lively discussion. General Logan spoke four days in opposition | to the measure last year. He is primed for another great effort. Mir. Ingalls, it is believed will speak against the bill. A few days ago he expressed his cordial concurrence l in the opinion set forth in memorial that the reinstatement of General Porter would be an insult to the loyal soldiers of the war who faithfully executed all orders for the l safety and preservation of the Union. Messrs. Sewell and McPherson will again take the 1 lead in supporting the bill. General Porter's friends think the Senate will pass it by about the same vote as of the last session. The special orders will undoubtedly consume the l oSK he inf next week.
 In the House the postofice appropriation bill has the right of way for the coming ! week md will probably. be passed as early as Wednesday or Thursday, after which MT. Dibrell will try and get up the agricultural appropriation bill This is 8 small bill, but the constituency is large and much time will | be needed to allow members to express their opinions on the matter and what they know on farming. Tomorrow after the call of l States, under & new amendment to the rules 1 will be given to the consideration of matters pertaining to the District of Columbia-the
 first given them in this Congress. Congress is 1 the only lawmaking power for the District l and is, on the second and fourth Mondays of the month, its legislature. Its sessions | on these days seldom exceed two and a half hours on District matters and generally | end without quorum so that there Is about | fifteen hours annually devoted to legislating for the two hundred thousand inhabitants of the District. Friday is private bill day. Aside from the question on which the House was voting when recess was taken last Friday there is nothing particularly objectionable in the way and some progress may be made in disposing of private bills. There is growing hostility to the transaction of business by unanimous consent and but little beyond the passage of the postoffce, and possibly the agricultural appropriation bill, need be expected the pres ent week. MT. Morrison's tariff bill will be reported early in the week and test vote on tabling it or striking out the enacting clause. The result will have 8 significance and weight beyond the face of the bill as a tri- umph of one or the other faction in the House led respectively by Mir. Morrison and MT. Randall. The latter gentleman scored one against his adversary yesterday in the defeat of the motion to go into Committee of the Whole to consider the bonded whisky ex- tension bill.