Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-02
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
THE END At HAND.
Closing Days Of This
Congress.
GENERAL GRANTS NEAR END.
Ben Butler Called To
Account.
A Big BLAZE AT ALBANY.
Death I'm A Falling Floor.
IN THE CLOSING DAYS

IN THE CLOSING DAYS
Some Business r. emaIns To BE Bone
| HOW Matters stand I'm Both Houses
| some Sharp Work Necessary To
Make An Adjournment I'm Time.
| WASHINGTON, March LIN the House in
the two remaining days but little will he
accomplished beyond the passage of the ap-
preparation bills, if even they succeed in get
ting through. The,friends of the bankrupt
bill expect to get a vote upon motion to sus-
pend the rules and pass the Senate bill, but
only the most sanguine expect to be able to
| secure the necessary two-thirds vote. 1t is
expected that Mr.. Randall, in accordance
with his promise when the first Grant bill
was defeated, will call up the Edmunds bill
to place him on the retired list, and ask its
passage under q suspension of the rules.
If called up it will probably pass. Mr.. Sin
gleton, of Mississippi, expects to call up the
bill for new national library building which
has now become a national necessity. If
called up it will have the necessary two
thirds support The Democrats are anxious
to get up the contested election cases in Or
der to give the seat of Wilson, of Iowa, to
Fredericks, the contestant but the Republi-
cans will follow the example set them two
years ago and resort to 6libustering to pre-
vent it. The question of an extra session
hinges entirely on the temper Of the two
houses in the next fifty-six hours. There is
just possibility that by working without
rest or proper regard to grave public inter
ests the business remaining to be disposed of
may be scrambled through in some fashion
SO as to permit the departments of the gov
eminent to go ON until the Forty-ninth con-
gress meets in regular session in
December next. The decision rests virtually
with four or fivs mon in either house-Alli-
son, Hale, Plumb, Beck and Cockrell in the
Senate, and Randall, Holman, Townshend,
Cannon and Long in the House. Three of
the most important of the regular appropria-
ton bills-the deficiency, sundrv civil and
ortifcations-have not yet been laid before
the Senate by the Appropriations committee;
the last named, in fact, has not reached the
committee, having only passed the House
just before the adjournment yesterday The
deficiency bill will probably be ready for the
Senate to take up when it meets at 9 O'Clock
tomorrow. Simply the reading of the bill |
with its numerous amendments will consume
1
er. Still more time will have to be devoted |
to the sundry civil bill, both in committee |
and in the Senate. A very large share of |
the business of yesterdays session of the |
Senate consisted in the Offering of amend |
ments proposed to be inserted in this |
bill, which were all pitchforked into
the committee room without printing, the
time being too short to allow of that delay.
Assuming that these two bills and the be-
lated Notifications bill can be railroaded |
through the Senate with incoherent expedi-
ton there are still the delays and difficulties
Of the conference committees to be encoun-
tered. How great these dangers are may be
judged from the fact that important bills
still unreported, also are the postoffics
navy and legislative bills of more recent date.
Many of the points of difference between tbs
two shouses are radical and involve not only
some millions of the public money, but also
essential questions Of principle upon which
one side or the other will have to give in |
And to all other uncertainties must be added
possibility of some attempt at action by
,he Senate on the silver question and a pros
oect of hostile debate on that
Unfortunate sschangeling," the House lump
liver and harbor bill should |
It ever emerge from the Commerce commit
Zee, to whom it has been referred. The
members of that committee in the Senate do
1arbor States and they may give the bant-
ing SO rough nursing that it will not sur
7ive.
To recapitulate, of fourteen regular appro- |
oriation bills Counting the river and harbor
.s ono four have yet to be considered by the
senate, five are still in conference snd FIVE
have become law E. |