St. Paul daily globe., 1884-11-24
THE SHORT SESSION.
Some of the Important Measures to be
Considered by Congress this
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Especial Telegram to the Glcbe.l


Especial Telegram to the GlGbe.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-The next session
OF congress will begin on Monday, Dec. 1,
but after deducting the two weeks usua ally
appropriated for the Christmas recess and
the Sundays, there will remain
only about seventy-fve working
days. OF these days the regular
annual appropriation bills will consume a
large portion, and though there is not now
the same inducement to make huueor be
speeches as in the past session, it is t.;r TO
assume that some time viii be wasted in
partisan crimiuanon ana recr.mination.
Tlere will thus be comparatively little
time for measures outside OF the apnronria-
ton bills.
The house has passed and sent to the
senate divers measures intended to secpre
the rights of the people as against grea, cor
porations-bills to declare forfeited certain
land grants, a bill to compel the payment
Of the cost of surveying, selecting and
conveying lands granted to aid the Pacific
railroad and bill to amend the Thurman
act aud provide for the settlement of the ac-
counts of the Pacific railroad with the gov
ernment, As the senate declined to pass
these bills with the motive of a presidential
contest pending, the Republicans are not
likely to- let them 90 through
now. The house bin to retire and receive
the trade dollar may perhaps receive favora-
ble consideration. Tue senate has passed
bill to provide for the accom- modatiou of the
library, which is made a special order of the
fgfA q,
is bill to provide for
the construction of additional vessels for
the navy. 1t is not unlikely that the house
OF representatives may agree to d guarded
but liberal measure, provided the new ad-
ministration and not Mr.. Chandler is to
carry out the appropriation. The Blair bill
To provide for the establishment Of a tempo
rary support for the common schools has
good chance to pass. There is also chance
for the senate bill or some similar measure
TO establish uniform system of bankruptcy.
bill to provide for the performance of the
duties of the office of president in case of the
death, removal, resignation or Inability of
the president and vice president will be apt
10 receive early consideration. Other sem
ate bills there will hardly be time to con-
slider.
The house Of representatives viii go on, II
there be time to complete its action of last
session restoring TO the public domain the
forfeited land grants. 1t is not likely that
there will be any bills for the admis-
sion OF Dakota or other ter
ritories passed at this session.
Dakota and Washington Territories
will be brought in undera Democratic ad-
ministration. There viii beNan effort to
pass Hewitt's bill to carry out the Mexican
reciprocity treaty, but since Mexico is giving
the same privileges 10 other countries as tC
the United States, the opposition to the bill
will be much stronger, and it may prevail,
despite the lobbying of the state department
and the railroads
On the important subject of the reduction
OF the present surplus in the treasury it il
difficult to make a positive prediction. Both
parties are pledged by their platforms to
reduction of the surplus, but the difficultiei
in the way of the passage of the tariff
| bill at this short session are
so great that it is not likely
tlat any bill modifying the tariff or internal
| revenue will be passed. Mr.. Arthur will
probably repeat his recommendation to re.
duce the surplus, and this is on the line o.
Secretary McCulioch's views, but Ii
anything is dore it will not be
a general tariff bill. There is
no time for carrying out the scientific views
OF the doctrines, and even at the long ses-
sion Mr.. Morrison took in his despair
short cut to the temple of fame for tarif
| reformers. The session will be an easy and
| jolly one, and plans for the future and dis.
eussion of civil service reform will have
large place.