Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-12-04
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.

Congress met on Monday last. Ihere is
strong probability that the present session
will do very little of Importance beyond
passing the necessary appropriation bills.
Of these greater number are in readiness
for the consideration of the subcommittee
of the House committee on appropriations
than have been prepared at so early date
for number of years. These bills include
estimates for Indians, the army, the navy,
the military academy, and for the consular
and diplomatic, postoffice and District OF
Columbia appropriations. The members
of the appropriations committee are OF
opinion that one or two Of these bills will
be ready to report to the House this week.
It has been suggested by number of the
Representatives that Congress take recess
about the middle of the month to give an
opportunity for the members to attend the
opening of the New Orleans Exposition, and
that during this proposed recess the appro'
priations committee will consider the ap-
preparation bills, so as to have most of them
ready to report to the House upon the re-
assembling of Congress after the holidays.
Besides the appropriation bills, there are
on the calendars of the House of Represen-
tatives abut thirteen hundred bills in vari-
Gus stages of incompleteness. They are d.
vided as follows: In committee OF the
whole, 175; on the house calendar, 155; pri-
vate calendar, 400; Senate bills on second
or third reading, 4S0, and about forty 9TH
ers reported from the calendars and un-
disposed of, special orders, priviledged
reports and business on the speakers ia
BILE. With this formidable array to start
on, it will be readily seen that new meas
ures yet to be introduced will stand a very
Door show of fair consideration. The
bills that are pending before the various
committees of the house are half as many
thousands as these are hundreds.
There are two measures of the three upon
the speakers table which are party meas
ures, and will provoke debate. These are
the Mexican war pension bill and the bill
to forfeit certain land grants. These land
grant measures will be crowded by Mr..
Cobb and other Democrats. Another at
tempt will be made to secure legislation
looking to the reduction of the surplus in
the treasury. There are three election
cases pending. The Mexican war and land
grant measures are special orders, and, with
the public building bills, have the right OF
way, not to interfere with appropriation
bills.
The Senate was promptly called to order
at noon, and after prayer by the chaplain.
On motion of Logan, the Secretary was
instructed to inform the House of Repre-
sentatives that a quorum of the Senate had
assembled, and that the Senate was ready
to proceed to business. Sherman and Gar
land were appointed committee to inform
the President that the Senate was ready to
receive any communication that he might
be pleased to make.
After recess Of half an hour, the Presi-
dents message was received, and the read
ing of it was at once proceeded with.
After the message was read, the Senate
adjourned.
The House was also called to order at noon.
Only the usual formalties attending the
first day of the session were observed. AT
ter the reading Of the Presidents message,
Mr.. Aiken, of South Carolina, presented a
resolution declaratory of the sorrow which
the members experienced at the news of the
death of their late colleague, Hon. John II.
Evins of South Carolina, and at 2.55, as a
mark of respect to the deceased, the House
adiourned