The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-30
DRAWING TO A CLOSE.
Nearly All the Annual Appropriation Bills
Disposed OF.

Nearly All the Annual Appropriation Bills
Disposed OF.
WASHINGTON, June 29-The Notifications
bill, the last of the annual appropriation bills,
will be taken up and disposed of by the House
tomorrow. The sundry civil bill, the only
measure before the Senate committee on appro
priations, will be disposed of tomorrow night,
leaving the committee in readiness for the forti
fcatons bill on Tuesday. With these measures
out of the way, the two committees can devote
their time to conferences The army, the post
Office, the navy and the Indian appropriation
bills have each been once in conference, result
ing in disagreement and now await further ac-
ton by the two houses. The legis-
lative consular and diplomatic and the
deficiency bills have been passed by
both houses and await the action of the con-
ferees upon the Senates amendments. While,
however, the work of Congress is thus being
arranged with view to the resolution passed
by the House some time since fixing tomorrow
as the day for final adjournment, the resolution
itself has not been taken up by the Senate and
will not be until all the appropriation bills are
out of the way The points OF difference be-
tween the two houses are numerous, and in
respect to some of them it will be a work of
difficulty to reach common conclusion The
conferees have made no progress on the navy
by some of the House conferees that
appropriations upon the basis of last
years bill will be continued for six months leav
ing the pending bill open until next session. The
differences upon the consular and diplomatic
bill are serious among them being the question
of reducing the pay of ministers and consuls,
the House having made very sweeping reduc-
tons in the compensation OF a large number of
those offices; the question of approprating money
for the Nicaraguan canal project in the legis-
DrOh1hlV most
one in the list for the confereeS to deal with.
The Senate made 276 amendments to the bill,
among them being those relating to reduction
and consolidation ofinternal revenue and GUS
toms districts, and the provision for private sec
retaries to senators
Although the sundry civil service bill has not
yet been reported to the Senate, it is known the
committee will strike out Mr.. Springers provis
ion substituting salaries forfees to United States
court officials.
The river and harbor bill will probably be
passed by the Senate to morrow, and it is the
present intention of the committee on appropr.
atoms to bring up the sundry civil service bill
on Tuesday if possible, but at any rate on
Wednesday,
In the House, after the Notifications bill is
passed tomorrow, the Indian bill will be called
up and may be disposed of before adjournment
Should the time of the House during
the week not all be take up in dis
cussion and passage of appropriation
bills, the Mcpherson funding bill and the bill to
forfeit the Northern Pacific land grant are more
likely than any other measures to receive atten-
ton. Aside from the appropriation bills, tho
most important measures now in conference are
the Mexican pension bill and the electoral count
bill. Should the work upon the appropriation
bills not be substantially concluded by next
Friday night, the session will probably not end
before the 10Th or goth of the month 1t is not
expected a quorum can be retained in either
house during the progress of the Chicago con
vention.