Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-02
THE OUTGOING CONGRESS.
PREPARING FOR ADJOURN
MENT ON TUESDAY.

PREPARING FOR ADJOURN
MENT ON TUESDAY.
What will be Done the Last Two Days
The Bankruptcy Bill to be Called up
TO-day-ROach and the Pacific Mail
Subsidy Lobbyists-The Democratic
National Committee.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The impor-
tant interests of the remainder of the ses-
sion centre in the Senate Committee on
Appropriations and in the conference
committees. The former has to-day fin
ished consideration of the sundry civil
bill, and it will be reported to the Senate
at 8 O'Clock tomorrow morning. The
bill has been considerably changed as
respects amounts, but no conspicuous
features have been added. The deficiency
bill will be taken up by the subcommittee
tomorrow morning, and it is expected
that it will be reported to the Senate on
Tuesday. The Notifications bill, which
will then be the only remaining regular
annual appropriation bill untouched by
the Senate, contains very few items, and
will be quickly disposed of on Tuesday
night or Wednesday morning.
The bills in conference are the pen
sions, army, post Office, Indian and legis-
latiVe bills. The first two contain no
conspicuous features of difference, and
conclusion respecting them will be easily
reached.
The conferees upon the post office bill
are holding their first meeting this
evening, and expect to agree be-
fore adjournment upon everything
except the so-called subsidy clause.
will doubtless be required. The legisla-
tive bill has been agreed to by the con.
ferees with the exception of the provision
for clerks to Senators, and it is expected
that the House will recede from its posi-
tiOn in this regard as it did last year.
The Indian bill presents scme diff
culties, the solution of which cam
not at this time be fore
seen. The amendments relating
to the amounts of the various appropriae
tions have all been agreed to, but the pro-
posed new legislation incorporated in the
measure by the House is still at issue,
and neither party manifests as yet ary
disposition to recede. The House con-
ferees urge the merits of the proposed
legislation, while the Senate stands upon
its rule, which fOrbids new legislation
upon appropriation bills, and declares,
moreover, that the House propositions in
with the Indians. The naval bill has
not yet gone to the conference
committee. The Senate amendments were
discussed by the House Committee on
Appropriations to-day, and the latter,
with two or three minor exceptions, failed
to concur with the Senate. The differences
will all be easily harmonized except the
provisions for the completion of the mOni-
tors, and that Tor the armament of the
new cruisers and gunboats.
Very little more business, except the
consideration OF the appropriation bills,
is to be expected from the present Con-
gress, though the friends of several i'm
pOrtant measures in tine House will en-
deavor to secure action. At this stage of
the session it practically requires unani-
nous consent for the passage of any i'm
portant measure, since a very small MI
nority may by resOrting to parliamentary
methods Of delay exhaust the remaining
time.
Among the measures which are likely
to be pressed upon the attention of the
House are the Grant retirement bill, the
bankruptcy bill, the educational bill,
the Mexican pension bill and the Nation
al Library bill. The Committee on Elec-
tions has signified it's intention of press
ing the election contests, but there is de-
termined opposition by the minority, and
hlibustering will be resOrted to if neces-
sary to defeat their consideration.
In the Senate such time as is not de-
voted to the consideration of appropria-
ton bills will be taken up in dispOsing of
the House bills upon the calendar, pref
erence being given generally to the pen
sion bills. The bill to forfeit certain
lands granted to the State of Iowa to aid
in the construction OF railroads has al
ready been under discussion, and will be
urged to action if the opportunity occurs.
The $5,000,000 substitute for the usual
riveT and harbor bill is in the hands of
the Senate Committee on Commerce, and
its fate cannot be foretOld.
THE FEAR OF AN EXTRA SESSION.
Speaker Carlisle and Chairman Ran
dali, OF the House Appropriations Com
mittee, agree in saying that they do not
believe there will be an extra session.
They think all the necessary apprOpria-
tiOn bills will 60 through, and they regard
the threat of an attempt to force an extra
session, made by some Republican Sena-
tors yesterday, as intended to move the
House from it's position respecting the
Pacific Mail subsidy. From this position
the House will not bulge an inch.
This the senator's now understand, and il
is believed that their knowledge of this
fact will serve to make the Senate back
down. At all events the House will not,
anu Jne senate VIII not, IL IS D6leVeQ,
dare to 90 to the country on the Pacific
Mail subsidy issue. John Roach is here
the fight for the subsidy in per-
son, but this does not help him.
CHANCES OF THE BANKRUPTCY BILL.
The friends of the bankruptcy bill,
crowded out in the House yesterday by
the Notifications appropriation bill, are
very hopeful that tomorrow Mr.. Morse
will be recognized and the bill may be
passed under suspension OF the rules.
WINDING UP IT'S AFFAIRS.
The Democratic National Committee
men are coming in tonight to attend the
final meeting of the committee called for
tomorrow. The meeting was called
simply for the purpose of winding up the
affairs of the last campaign. The ac-
counts have all been prepared for audit
ing. Chairman Barnum says there is no
deficiency to be made up. Every demand
has been met, and the committee has a
small surplus.