Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-11
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 FROM ALL QUARTERS. THR WORKOP CONGRESS-. Matters That Appeal To Legislative Wisdom. A BUSY WEEK IN PROSPECT. The Chances of MOrrisOn's
 Tariff Bill. STREETS TURNED INTO RIVERS Cincinnati En The Grasp Of
 The Flood.
STREETS TURNED INTO RIVERS
Cincinnati En The Grasp Of
 The Flood.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Work of COngress-Matters Mapped
 Out for the Coming Week-The Outlook
 for MOrrIson's Tariff Scheme-The App
 prOpr1atfons I'm a We'll Advanced Condi-
 tiOn-Keifer's Trouble With BOyn6On.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-The parliamentary tangle over the Greeley relief bill having been strengthened out in the Senate there will probably be another interesting debate on the proposed expedition tomorrow. Senator Hale has great hopes of persuading the Sem ate to recede from it's amendment opening the expedition to volunteers. He will again call attention to the urgency of the case and give assurance that the Secretary of the Navy will get together a commander and crew both willing and glad to go to the help of their countrymen in the Arctic regions
 Mr. Ingalls,, it is said, will again oppose the measuere He said on Friday that bill sp- propriating $500. 1000 and allowing volunteers to participate should be passed in fifteen minutes. Such bill will probably be intro duced should MT. .Rale's motion be disagreed to- The bill authorizing the construction of a congressional library building is 8 special order for Tuesday. Mir. Merrill thinks it can be speedily disposed of, but was warned last week that the debate may last fortnight. The bill to provide for the issue of circulat- ing notes to national banking associations is special order for Wednesday. This measure is also likely to lead to protractsd
 discussion. MT. Riddlebsrger will perhaps get a chance tomorrow to call up his resolu- tion relating to the discharge of employees by new officers of the House and Senate.
 The present indications are that the House
 will devote itself directly to business during the coming week. It seems probable that after the regular Monday morning call of
 States for bills for reference MT. Hatch, of
 Missouri, will be afforded an opportunity to have a vote on his bill erecting bureau of animal industry, etc., debate on which WAS suspended to discuss the report of the Con- mittee on Rules on Wednesday and Thurs day. There are three elements opposing the bill, the Texas cattle interest, which fears the quarantine of stock un. der certain circumstances at the Kan sas State line; the constitution guard. ians who fear an infringement of the State rights, and those who can only see the political aspect of the question and fear the appointment of Gan army of federal office
 holders to control the presidential election '' The three clements combined are strong enough to defeat the bill On Tuesday the naval appropriation bill, the first of the reg
 ular appropriation bills, has the right of way and if Mir. Hutchins', of New York health will enable him to be present
 The being chairman of the subcommittee that prepared the bilD it will be taken ur and can hardly be disposed of before Thurs
 day. In the event of it's earlier despatch the fortifeation bill will be put through, as it ii not likely to cause much debate. Should the navy bill not be taken up the DingIey
 shipping bill has the best chance to be con sidered. It is first on the calendar and tht speeches have been prepared for some time MT. Hewitt, of Alabama, is always at tht front with the bill to pension the soldiers o the Mexican, the Black Hawk and other Indian wars and may succeed in having it considered. if there is no appropriation bil in the way, some day this week. Friday comes again as private bill day. So far this session there have been but two private blll' disposed of-the Fitz John Porter bill and the bill to provide for the muster anc pay of certain officers and men of the l volunteer forces in the late war. Meanwhile 1 upward of one hundred and fifty bills of thil | class have been favorably reported and await the action of the House on the | successive Fridays of the session. Slxty-two | bills of general character are on the other l two calendars ready for final action by tht House and eighteen more which have beer passed by the Senate and sent to the House | for it's concurrence. There is great diversity ! of opinion among the members of the House l as to the time that will be required by the l Committee on Ways and Means for the con- l sideration of MT. Morrison's horizontal tariff i reduction bill. As rule members of the ma l jority are averse to answering any question or | this subject The indications point to 8 | protracted discussion of the measure in com 1 mittee unless the caucus, which IS expected to be called for Tuesday or Wednesday, shal l determine to push the matter. Mr. Morrlsor | expects to convince the caucus of the wisdom 1 and expediency of his scheme and to obtain | the support of large majority of the Demo cratic members on the general proposition | Criticisms of the probable action of Messr :. Randall and Hurd have already beel heard to the effect that the fornel 1 will demand 8 rigid investigation o | the bill, while the latter will attemp 1 to show how far it falls short of free trade 1 But little attention has thus far been paid bJ 1 Senators to the proposed reduction of tht 1 tariff although Senator Beck IS quoted as l saving that if the Committee on Ways anc Means report the right kind of a bill on th' | reduction of custom duties it will pass thu | Senate and that the Morris on bill fairly ex | presses the Democratic Idea of tariff reform | and as basis of committee action is doubt | less as fair a statement of the theory 1 of reform as could be had. The hearing 1 agreed upon by the Committee on Ways ant | Means will occupy the greater portion of tn present month and the fact that approprla ! tion bills will now be coming in every Weel l is almost conclusive evidence that the tar1t l question will not be brought before tn House for some weeks. Colonel John Ellis | Loui. jana, one of the hardest working member of the Appropriation committee, IS authorlt. l for the statement that no further delay VII l be occasioned in reporting the appropriation l bills several of which are now blocked on and only require action on details to eompiet I them, The work of the committee has bee I retarded somewhat this session owing to tn
 protracted illness of two or three or II
 members.
 Chairman Hopkins of the special commit
 tee to investigate the charges preferred b ! ex-Speaker Keller against General Boyntol
 expects to begin. work in few days. Gen eraI Boynton insists that the proceedings Q
 the committee shall be conducted witl l open doors and 1t is thought this plan vi be adopted. The indications point to som
 racy reading in the matter of testimony t
 be submit