Morning journal and courier., 1884-04-07
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Happy All Acknowledgements and Re-
PWblIcans Satisfied with the Order OF
Things I'm ConRr ess-The Programme
for the Coming Week.
/ WASHINGTON, April Con its face the
Senate programme seems very simple for this
week. It was agreed yesterday after an ex-
citing debate to get rid of the educational bill
tomorrow, no matter how long the days sss-
sion be. The Senate very often decides to
do things and then changes its digniied
mind. This particular matter, however. Is
likely to be acted upon as near the scheduled
arrangement as possible. Senators on both
sides are tired of the Blair bill and its consti-
tutional problems. Mr.. Logan said Jester-
| day that it could have been disposed of in
| few days if the constitution. which has
been SO ably, yet confusidly discussed by the
regular expounders, had been eliminated from
| the debate. There will be little chance for
the constitution to morrow. Regular talk is
to stop at 5 o'clock. MIR. Brown, of
Georgia, has the floor first, in support of the
bill. MIR. Voorhees, is also down for a speech.
1t will probably be three o'clock to
the minute before these gentlemen
conclude their speeches. Then the
amendments will be discussed under the
i've minute rule. On Tuesday the naval
appropriation bill will be taken up. There
are number of amendments to this meas
ure which increase the several appropria-
Gons and leok to the consummstion of the
steel cruiser policy as recently endorsed by
the Senate. The bill may occupy the rest
Of the week. Mr.. Hale is confident the Sem
ate committees amendment will be agreed
to. If they should be endorsed the result
will be an exciting time later on in confer |
enoe committee and a protracted wrangle |
about questions of naval policy.
It now appears to BIS generally understood |
that the Morrison tariff bill will not be called
up till Tuesday of next week, although the |
tariff question will come up tomorrow on Mr.. |
Converse's motion to suspend the rules and |
pass bill restoring the duty on wool to the |
rates prevailing before the last change. On |
the first Monday in March Mr.. Converse was |
on the list for recognition for the motion, |
but the House, on motion of Mr.. Cox, OF
New York, at the instance of Mr.. |
Morrison, adjourned to avoid the issue for |
which neither side appeared ready. This
motion cannot come up until after the call
reference, and is also to be preceded by a |
motion of Mr McCord of Iowa. who is first |
on the list to suspend the rules and pass /
bill for public building in Iowa. The Nor |
rison men say they are ready to meet the /
issue on Mr.. Converse's motion and that l
gentleman is confident his measure will carry. |
The Republicans are likewise ready, believ- |
ing that whatsoever wing of the Democracy
wins it will inure to their benefit. So all |
parties seem for once in a satisfied condition
of mind How they will feel after the vote
remains to be seen. One or two motions to
suspend on matters of less interest will fill
up the time of Mondays session. Tuesday
is likely to be spent mainly ia
disposing of the bill TO declare
forfeited the land granted in aid of
likely to be amended SO as to exempt from
forfeiture the land actually earned under that
construction of the law which makes the
issue of the title valid for eaea section as
completed in opposition to the other view of
law that failure to carry out the conditions
of the grant works forfeiture of all land
granted. This will be followed by the PEN
sion appropriation bill After this there
are several special ORDERS the bill for
a Congressional library building, Mr.. Rea
CANS Interstate commerce bill, the Ding;ey
shipping bill and Mr.. Eaton's presidential
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of these will be considered depends upon the |
temper of the House at the moment The
library bill is generally regarded as urgent,
the difference of opinion being mainly on the
question of location, and the bill is likely to
be taken MP, though less likely to
pass, there being strong prejudices
on thu matter of locality Saturday has
been designated by an order of the House
after o'clock for eulogies of the late Thomas
Fl. Henderson, member reelected from
Alabama, but who died before taking seat in
the present Congress. Mr.. Hopkins will, in
accordance with previous notice, call up his
report in the Keifer -Boynton case it being
prolonged report. Should General Kei
fer desire to speak in his own
defense he will be afforded the
opportunity and will be followed by some or
ali of the committee; otherwise the previous
question will be called and the matter dis
posed of without debate. A few warm days
which may be expected soon would intensity
The feeling of apprehension of a late day for
final adjournment A resolution to adjourn
sarIy in June and resolution to meet at II
introduced and sent to the Ways and Means
committee where they are likely to remain
until warmed into life by the hot
days that are coming. Ia debate on the
floor few days ago the fact was stated that
although the House had been in session over
four months, not once during that time had
It gone to business either of the general
calendars. Yet bills continue to como in
from committees and go of necessity to
these calendars an1 sleep there unless taken
up by unanimous consent or reached in order j
at such time as the House shall decide to go I
to business on one or other calendar.