Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-17
THE WEEKS WORK.
ME mousE rNOoRAMME.


Washington, ID. c., March 16.-Il
the house tomorrow Representative
Hatch proposes urging the passing o
the agricultural appropriation bill.
The committees on railways anC
canals will ask immediate considera
ion for the bill providing for improve
ment of the Erie canal, for construc
| ton of the Maryland and Delawar,
ship canal and the canal between
Puget sound and Union lake in Wash
ington territory.
Representative Willis will ask, IL OPP
portunity offers, for the passage of the
bin making an appropriation in aid Of
| the support of common schools.
Discussion on the postollce appro.
priation bill will probably he con.
tinued, and If possible vote upon ii
may be had before the end of the day.
The bill to establish a board of com
missioners of Interstate commerce and
TO regulate such commerce, has been
made the special order for Tuesday.
This order cannot, however, interfere
with prior orders Of the house, which
include measures for the retirement
and recoinage of trade dollars and the
shipping bill. The friends of the bill
To extend the bonded whisky period
viii make an effort 10 secure the pas
sage of that measure ut the first OppOr-
tuuity.
1t is expected the Indian appropria-
ton bill will be completed early this
week. y
THE SENATE PROGRAMME.
Washington, March l5.-In the SEN
ate Plumb's joint resolution to appro.
pirate $50, 900 for tho suppression of the
foot and mouth disease is unfinished
business for the morning hour on
Monday, Bayard having the floor. The
question of states rights has entered
to some extent into the discussion of
the subject thus far. Bayard is eX-
pocted TO take tile ground that congress
has no constitutional power to author
ize or direct the slaughter of cattle be-
longing 10 citizens of the several
states.
The bill to establish bureau of sta
tistica of labor is likely to meet resist
ance in It's present shape, though some
provision for the collection of labor
statistics will undoubtedly he made.
probably by imposing the duty upoIi
the present statistical bureau of the
treasury department.
When the pleurO-pneumOnia bill
comes up, IL Is expected the house bill,
with the amendment suggested by the
senate committee, will be substituted.
1t may lead TO considerable debate.
When Senator Blair's educational
bill Is taken up, Senator Morrilps bill
relating to the same subject to estab.
fish An educational fund and apply n
/ portion of the proceeds of public lands
to public education, and provide for
the more complete endowment and
| support OF colleges for the advance.
ment of scientific and Industrial edu-
cation, Will probably be
| proposed rs a substitute
and discussed conformity with the oth.
ers, 1t differ from the Blair hi
which appropriates spscilic sums nm.
nually for stated Number of years
providing that all receipts OF the sale
of public laud forever and one.holf tho
receipts from railroads shall be d cvoted
| TO educational purposes, to be distrih'
uted on the basis OF illiterucy, Tbo
bill was reported back from Tia com
mittee on education without amend
ment, so that the senate MIGHT have
the two before them for iolnt consid.
GRAFTON and comparison.
II Is also possible that Senator LOGAN
may take occasion to set forth ill.,
merits of his bill to appropriate and
eNpend 100000 600 derived nom inter
nal revenue taxes and the sale of pnb.
ne land for the education of all the
children in the United States. This
measure was introduced In Deceolber
put Is not yet referred to any commit,
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