The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-23

WA fuIKOToN March lh.-lNQiiNtpa Nn-
ence.l Tho lepgrtalial owe heroh1outs T.
hxed upCn sir. Samuel j. Randall ~ II
hasn't seen lxed for many DAY. To d!ol
the appropriation bills right IN the midst OF
their eoas,d ration, aud in the busiest part
of tue CONGREGATIONAL session ana speed away
10 Gramercy Park and remain oloseted Win
the democratic "greit mogul" Tor hve uhys
tho boys think means something ana We
effort Is now 10 catch the cue nom inc oily
Pennsy lyAnlan's conduct. What Mr.. Ran
dall's purposes are, now more than ever pe'
fore, are matters OF concern 10 the democrat
CIV generally; aud the majority OF the lower
house particularly. lie might be able I"
defeat the tariff bill. lie might mske
split ia - party, Wiil ne 20 w my
thar 40 matter what the views and purposes
Of the eastern, or protection democrats
the party must 40 longer Trim upon the
only gr, at question now before the country.
l-ns rexa. delegation. with the single ex'
cepion o. Oohilue,, aud he is OF tue Gal
weston, rather than the Texas delegation,
are united, il seems in the conviction that
the tariff or no tariff, or rather reformed
tarlh
by the present congress, and 70 doubtful
stand be taken thereon by the democracy.
The wisdom Of Ibis position ~, In your cor
respondents opinion, decidedly omen TO
question, but the delegation as whole and
beverAly Y, doubtless reflect the views Oh nine.
ienths al their constituents. The matter,
IL Is thought will come up for action IN me
house now ia about ten days or two weeks.
and 30 shall then SEQ what we thall zee
II the tariff bill gets under good headway
such a speech making rs was never heard W
likely 10 be witnessed aud WITH ahalt dozen
of the biggest and most important hppfo-
praio bills yet undisposed OF, the session
Is likely 20 be heightened far into mo sum
mer, possibly toto August. IN tho event
this great matter does not come UP Tor ueil'
mite action and discussion, the policy will
be TO press the appropriation bills 20 a
speedy passage and sdj)urn by the middle
OF Jnne a. the iarthest AT present no one
seems to have any geil-dehned idea as To
what to do. or what is going 30 ne done,
how long hey viii be here, or anything
else other than that
BUSINESS Is AccUnULArfso
at FAR more rapid rate than IL Is being dis.
p ssd OF.
Up to date over 900 bills OF ons kind
and another with equally as many or more
petitions have been introduced. The nusl-
Der Of bills on the calendar OF the whole
house On the state OF the Union wss day
or two since, 100 On the regular house cal
endar there are about 90 or 100, on the pri-
vate caleu DIR something over 500 and there
are ABOUT 100 euate bills on the speaker
table aud some eight or ten special orders.
lltTt eve, Aut4tltit, only hpput oVD WIS
that have come back from the committees
even out OF nearly 0OO referred. And
with this vast accumulation OF business and
the session half gone, only two Of the oight
or ten most important appropriation bulls
disposed or The committees, 10 the mean
time, are
as Busy As BEKs,
the more important ones having from 800 TO
eco bills before them, beside u formidable
collection OF petitions and memorials Ia.
Va.id Pensions is he committee receiving
the largest lumbgf OF bills and resolutions,
War Claims ana Pensions and Oeims COM
ing next, Military AlfAlTa third, Commerce
and Indian Alftirs nc1S, Pubic Lands next
and so On until about ten or twelve, QUE OF
the df.y committees ere reached that
hayen't had a reference or a meet ny, at any
rate not more Than one, so far during the
session. OF course the Appropriations
committee does great deal OF work, but
its bills are ofiginated In committee. The
Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs and
Naval Affairs oommittees, regarded as
among the more important OF the house,
do much lees work than many Of the Others
and arc more on the aristocratic order.
The committees do all the work OF con.
gress. Recommendations from them with
reference 10 bill either pass Or kill the Dill
ut once, and If a favorable report from
committee can be secured with anything
like unanimity, the bill l, safe, provided It
can ever thereafter be reached on the calen-
dars. Over one.half Of the bills introduced
in each congress-, die on the calendars. One
meets with an Infinite variety "of folk" bo
fore these committees In the persons OF at
torneys and claimants.
TRULY MOTLEY GROUP.
He will see Dr. Mary Waller, Belva A.
Lockwood, Princess Winnemucca, J. Milton
Turner, the negro orator aud ex.minister to
Liberia, ex.Secretary Belknap. how are the
mighty fallen, negroes Indians, all kinds
and classes OF attorneys and claimants,each
with his own or somebody else's bill for re-
liei IA charge, and haunting the committee
rooms day after day. The lobby has been
run cut OF the house precincts TO re-appeer
In greater numbers aud in different shape
before the committees. However, this 10 q
free government, and the average citizen
maiutnins jealousy his right to be heard.
Das lew peOpia Imagine tDo yaos ss.ia9 %
money that have been spent on public
buildings In this city, and the propositions
now before the house, having passed the
senate 20 put up a library building to cost
some 100000 mas caused me TO look up
tho following table OF the
COST OF TIE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES
here. from their commencement to couple
too. ma that the grand total reached,
on the Both oi June, 1883, the enormous
sum of s52, 10000 In round numbers, dis
tributed as follows: