The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-24
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The Senate hes dfaWh ~ parallel line IN
NE laler STATE commerce bhi, aad lf naW
pfsrafed 10 range u alongside We sml
laf lice draws w lhe Iloass The day is
ftsd for salogio' % The late senator ~
thony rfstious 10 caffYlBg out ibis 90.
der % 90 t.moffow jHe latest the ma.
tsa will be made " Substitute tho sen.
ate's bill iof MI ihe provisions ~ The
Resgan House blll, aflof tho cnactlng
clause The decisive maloflilrs by which
the Senate has voted down some II the
leading provisions u The Reagan bill,
which Mf slater, Mf Vance and others
sought 10 cngrait on The Senate measure
leave no doubt that this mo.
llon will eventually prevail, though
probably more talk viii be had before ac.
tlon IL taken The senate will then send
20 the House bill which differs 10 wide.
ly from the House enactment on the same
subject that II Is preposieroug to expect
the House 10 agree 20 II and the House
will Insist upon bin, the leading pro.
visions Of which have been ncgatlycd IA
the Senate by very nearly atwo.thIrds
vote. Thus another lesson Will be given
IN the noble art OF "how not 10 do II"
The Senate conicrces on the bill for.
fcltlng the lands granted 10 the Oregon
Central Railroad appointed Saturday,
will also be In a position In few days TO
give another lesson on the same subject;
aud every Indication points 10 still
further excmplllcstlon OF the same great
science Of doing nothing In respect to the
Nicaragua aud Spanish treaties
An effort will probably be msdc In the
House TO 20 ON with tho Indian appro.
prlatlon bill after the call Of States, to-.
day, which will be resisted In the Inter.
est Of those committees having the right
10 move 10 suspend the rules and pass
upon any proposition they may present.
The call under this order rests with the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, which had
intended 10 move the passage Of the
French spollatIon bUl, but that meas ure
having been disposed Of, they are at
liberty to present smother bill.
The Military Committee follows, and
II the suspension order prevails, may call
up the original Grant retirement bill
passed by the Senate last session.
The Naval Committee is next on the
list, bat has nothing OF general interest
TO offer
The Postoflicc Committee Ii fourth,
and II reached, Mr.. Money will ask the
House 10 pass, under suspension Of the
rules, the bill prepared by that commit
tee providing for the leasing OF telegraph
lines by the Government, for the trans
mission Of postal telegraph business.
The Public Lands and Indian Affalri
committees follow, but are not likely Il
be reached before the days session
closes.
Tuesday, after 2 p. m, has been as
signed for eulogles on the late J. II
Eyins, Of South Carolina.
Wednesday and Thursday are likely I,
be occupied with the Indian approprla
tlon bill, and any spare time there may b
will be used In conflict between tn
several special orders for precedence.
Hr. willis (of Kentucky, chairman o
the River and IIarb0r Committee, hope
" get that bill up Saturday or early mex
week. Its hardly probable that othc
than the Indian Of the appropriation
bills will be considered this week. Al
agreement upon the six months navy bill
Is expected To be reached when the con
ferees hold meeting.
Of the fourteen general appropriate
bills for the next fiscal year, not one ha
| yet gone TO the President for his sigma
, ture. The only regular appropriation bill
which has yet reached the scnate--th
pension BILLS tied up In COMMITTEES
pending an attempt 10 pass, through III
Senate as separate measure, the lcglr
,, la1ye provisions, which the House ha
inserted In the bill, and which the Sen
ate, by lis rules, Is prohibited from con
sidering In the bill itself.
There are thlrty.seven working days q
the session remaining. OF these undc
| the rules i've Mondays will be- devoted 4
the introduction oi bills, motions 10 su-
pend, and 10 the District Of Columbia
five Fridays tO private bills, two days
January goth and z6th 10 euloglcs, Feb
ruary llth to counting the electoral votes
, aud February 2lst TO the washlngto
! Monument ceremonies, making total q
4 u. To these add the last six days ,
!. the session, when motions TO suspen'
J. the rules are In order, and II will be see
that all but seventeen Of the remalnin
days Of Congress are pre-empted. ~
sides the eleven remaining appropriate
bills, there are on the calendar Of III
House over three hundred bills for ger
!, eral legislation, and i've hundred prital
bills, In addition to nearly three hundre
Senate bills ON the Speakers table, tia
n have not even been referred 10 eOmnii
tees. II lsoks every day more like q
extra session, the pfotesiAtlons Of Sent
q tors and members, To the contrary, no
" withstanding.
e The following figures will give an Ind
Il cation Of how the time OF the House an
Il Senate has been spent since the begii
a ming Of the session. The House had q
n TO Friday night been 10 session ls0 houl
r. and six minutes, and had furnished mi
II terial for ,2f3 columns Of the Congre
II sonal Reoord; while the Senate had bee
h In session l02 hours aud furnished bt
h t9s columns for the Rseord.