Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-11
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
THE WEEKS WORK MAPPED
OUT FOR CONGRESS.

What Win Be Done in Both Houses-
FOrty-five Hundred Bills on the House
Calendar-The Bill to Prevent the
Spread of Contagious Diseases Among
Cattle to be Further Discussed.
W WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-A letter has
been written to j. R. Sneed. which will
be referred to the Chairman of the River
and Harbor Committee. The letter
favors Habersham's cut for a passage
through ROmney Marsh.
IN THE SENATE.
The Senate having adjourned immedi-
ately after the passage of the Mexican
land grant bill last Friday there Is no mn
finished business to be laid before that
body tomorrow, and the day will proba-
bly, be devoted to the consideration of
miscellaneous business on general calen-
dars without reaching, in regular order.
any measure of great national impor-
tance.
The bill to provide for the erection of a
Congressional library building has been
made a special order for next Tuesday
and the Mcpherson banking bill. now on
the calendar with favorable report from
the Finance Committee, is set down for
consideration as special order on
Wednesday. The discussion of the last
named measure, and ofYariOus important
amendments already proposed as a substi-
tute for it, will doubtless ruff throughout
the remainder of tue legislative week.
IN THE HOUSE.
More than 1900 bills, most of them of a
private nature, have been introduced in
the House OF Representatives during the
present session of Congress. OF this num-
Der less than 200 have been acted upon bv
committees and reported to the House for
actl0n. Tomorrow another rOppOrtunitywill
be Onered to increase the number of Dend-
ing legislative measures, under the usual
Monday call of States and Territories for
bills and joint resolutions. Randall will
call up the naval appropriation bill on
Tuesday, and it is probable that two days
will be occupied in its consideration.
A bill to prevent the spread of conta-
gIous diseases among cattle, it is expect
ed, VIII be brought before the House for
further discussion in the latter mart of
the week, and it is barely possible that
the shipping bill may also be reached in
the committee of the whole bv Thursday,
In view of the formidable opposition al
ready manifested against The former
measure, members interested in it's pas
sage are apprehensive that it will not
command majority vote.
Inc retirement OF Alfred PleaSantOn as
Major General, will be a question to be
considered next Friday, private bill dav.
The committees of the House have a
number of important measures on their
d0ckets for consideration this week. The
Ways and Means Committee will hear
the arguments of business men on vari-
GUS phases of the proposed 4aritf legisla-
ton. 1t is believed by members of the
committee that MorrisOn's bill will not be
reported to the House for three Or four
weeks.
The Public Lands Committee EXPECTS to
take action this week ON bills which pro-
vide for fOrfeiting alleged unearned land
grants of the Northern Pacific and ATTAIN
tic and Pacific Railroads.
The Coinage and Weights and Measures
Committee will probably report a bill
providing for the withdrawal of the trade
dollar from circulation.
The Foreign Affairs Committee has re-
solved to insist that the House should re-
fer to 1t correspondence received from the
State Department last week relative to
the prohibition of American pork in
foreign countries, on the ground that the
question is one of treaty obligation. The
Commerce and Agricultural Committees,
however, both claim jurisdiction of the
same subject, and the question of refer
ence Will probably give rise to a spirited
discussion.