Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-12
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. MAKING UP THB LAWS. The Labors of the Nations
 Representatives. MATTERS COMING UP THIS WEEE The Backward State of the ApprO-
 priatiOns. WARD TO FACE THE MUSIC. Willing No Surrender To
 His Creditors.
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
 The Work of COngress-SOIOns LabOrfng
 to Bring Forth Laws for the Nation
 Prospects of Adding to theStatutes this
 WeeK-The Way the Appropriations
 Now Stand.
 WASHINGTON, May 11.-Unless Mir. Frye withdraws his motion to send the shipping bill to a conference committee to morrow promises to be an interesting day in the Sen ate. MT. Becks appeal from the decision of the chair In ruling this motion in order comes up at 2 o'clock. No little indignation was expressed on the Democratic side when the Senator from Maine made the motion and the debate which followed was waxing warm when the Senate adjourned Thursday even- ing. A peculiar discrepancy between the journal and the Congressional Record was discovered on Friday morning. The former read 8 simple motion to send the bill to a conference The latter quoted MT. Frye as moving for a conference committee Son the dissgreeing votes of the two hous es. , Inasmuch as the House had not had an op- portunity of passing upon the Senate amend ments, there could be no conference on disagreeing votes. Mir. Edmunds explained his general plan to restate verbatim motions in their proper parliamentary form and the journal clerk took them accordingly. The journal was not changed. There is no Edmunds ruling on the motion as given in the journal will stand the test of strict psr- Iiamentary construction; but as the appeal was mainly based on the language MT. Frye used in making it, there is likely to be an in- teresting wrangle on technical points which may branch into 8 crossfre about politic cal sharp practices. MT. Frye, however, may content himself with yea and nay vote on the passage of the bill so that it may go to the House with the strong backing of large senatorial majority. The Indian appropria- ton bill is the unfinished business. It may pass to morrow evening, although the pend ing amendment to increase the appropriation for the education of Indian children in Alaska from $1O, 900 to $25, ,OOO is likely to furnish other orstorical powers of philan- thropists and philosophers of the Senate. MT. Blair is anxious to get to work on the House bil to establish bureau of labor statistics. He will try to have it made the unfinished busi- ness after the Indian bill is out of the way. MT. Hoar is equally anxious for considers tion of the Mormon bill and there will be 8 struggle between the Senators for first place.
 For the coming week in the House there is prospect for lively competition between the members who desire te bring forward different measures and the struggle of last Thursday may be repeated daily unless the House decides by strong vote on Tuesday to push the appropria- tion bills right along. This the Appropriation committee propose to urge and say if it is done all the appropriations can be got out of the way in six weeks. Under the lead of MT. Payson, of Illinois, the land re- formers will urge 8 resumption of considers ton of the bill declaring forfeited the lands of the Oregon Central railroad and the con sideration of other land grants for future bills. The friends of the several bills for public buildings will collectively press the special order for the considera- ton of remaining bills on the calendar MT. Singleton, chairman of the Library com mirtee, and many of the older members of the House are deeply impressed with the ab- solute necessity for some additional accom- modatiens for the national library and will urge consideration of the Senate bill to erect library building which has had quasi en- dorsement of the House by having been made special order If Mir. Reagan is well enough he will not fail to press his faVorite bill to regulate interstate commerce. Should the House decide to go on with the
 
 lematic, the army and District of Columbia appropriation bills are on the calendar, and the others are now in such condition that l the House can be kept busy on them during the three days of each week on which they | can be considered Tomorrow after the call of the States for the introduction of bills is assigned for legislation for the Dis- 1 trict of Columbia. Friday is assigned to the consideration of private laws and Saturday n xt has been given for the consideration of | bills from the Naval committee other than | for new vessels. Of the seventy four gen eral appropriation bills one is the military academy. The naval and the postofice ap- propriation bills have reached a conference committee; but with no brilliant prospects of an early agreement and the agricultural, | Indian and pension bills have passed the l House and gone to the Senate. The consu- 1 lar and diplomatic, the river and harbor, the | army and the District of Columbia bills have been reported to the House for it's action. The legislative, executive and judicial, the | sundry civil, the fortifcation and deficiency three of them the most troublesome of the series, are yet in the hands of the Appropria tion committee.
 | The Tariff Refor rmers-A Conference TC Patch Up Future Plans.
 WASHINGTON, May 11.-There was con- ference at the residence of Congressman Hewitt last night in regard to the advisabilitJ of again attempting general tariff Legislation this session. Speaker Carlisle and Represen tatives Morrison and Jones, of Arkansas
 were present. The whole matter was care l fully discussed, but no agreement arrived at It WAS the general belief that it would be m
 wise to reopen the question. What MT Hewitt nay do is also uncertain. It is said however, he will introduce his bill to remove certain difficulties in the way of the ef6cien administration of the present tariff law | Owing to the opinions expressed at the con l ference MT. Hewitt does not feel disposed tt