Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-02-23
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
BEGINNING OF THE end
Congress Nearing Its
Last Days.
COMMITTEE WORK ON SUNDAY.
The Ceremonies At The
Monument.
CARVER WINS AT new ORLEANS.
A Peep Into A Nihilist's
Den.
THE WORK oFcoNGREss.

AA~A1SSs
Business Well On Its Way-The
Bills Coming Up i'm Both Houses
Contested Election Cases in the
House-Members Looking For a
Chance to Push Through Appro-
prfatfons.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The Senate on
Monday, after the morning hour, will I'LL
doubtedly proceed with the postoffice appro-
priation bill, though strictly speaking the
Galv eston harbor improvement bill. as q
special order, has the right of way. The
silver men are reserving that measure to head
off If possible further consideration of Mr..
Morrilrs trade dollar retirement bill because
of the obnoxious amendment attached to
that bill by the Senate Committee on FL
nance providing for the suspension of the
further coinage of the silver dollar unless by
q given time the States of the Latin union
agree to remonetize silver. Mr.. Morrill, has
shown strength enough to cali up the bill by
q majority vote once during the past week.
Should he succeed again and the Senate
seriously enter on discussion of the ssilver
question Mr.. Hoar has openly declared that
an extra session will be the result. Even
without this contingency it is difficult to see
the way clear for the Senate i'll the eigh and
q half days left them to dispose of
the Ave great appropriation bills which nave
still to come before them, viz: the legislative,
the sundry CIVIL Notifications, and
deficiency bills-to say nothing of TIE river
and harbor bill, should that ever get through
the House, and emitting more than reference
to the army, Indian and pension bills now
tied up in conference and the pending post
Office bill which is sure to give rise to a long
debate The House struck out from the last
named bill the mail subsidy clause, but the
Senate committee on postothces and
post roads have favorably reported
an identically similar provision and Mr..
FRYE will press for its insertion in the bill.
To prepare the way for the passage of this
subsidy measure the Senate on Friday and
Saturday deliberately went back on itself
and restored to the postoffice bill general
legislative provisions which the Appropria-
tons committee had stricken out, thus re-
versing its own action in the case of the pen
sion BILL where admittedly wholesome legis-
lation was stricken out simply because it was
legislation and was therefore prohibited by
the Senate rules. Altogether the outlook for
a clear docket by March is not a promising
one so far as the Senate is concerned.
Tomorrow after the reading of the journal
in the House the States and territories will
be called for the introduction of bills for ref
creme to committees, and although everyone
knows they will never be considered in COM
mittee and not acted on by the House, there
will be number introduced and printed at
the public expense on which the member
introducing them will be able
to 90 to his constituents
with the assurance of having done his duty.
After this there is likely to be struggle be-
tween the Appropriations and River and
Harbor committee for right of way with
their respective measures. If the latter can
carry their point, they will go into commit
tee of the whole on the river and harbor
bill. There is an appeal pending from the
decision of the chair ruling out the Hennepln
canal project on a point of order. Now a
point of order is a sweet morsel for about
twenty-five or thirty members, each
of whom is thorough convinced that
he individually understands and can proper
ly contrive the rules, equally convinced that
nobody else can. If it comes up the point
of order will occupy the best part of the days
session If the Appropriations committee
secures control the debate on the naval
bill, or rather on the second section provid-
ing for new navy, will go on for three hours.
and the consideration of the bill be con-
cluded at a night session. On Tuesday it
is the intention of the Committee on
Elections to call up the contested election
case of McLain vs.. Brodhead. This case
turns on the rejection when offered or the
subsequent throwing out as illegal OF a
''mixed ticket on which the name OF Nc
Lain was printed. The registration has been
since held by the courts as unauthorized by
law. Judge Brodhead will, however, retain
the seat 1t is probable that this will be fol-
lowed by the North Carolina case of Pool vs..
Skinner, in which the point at issue is the
election of a member in district under the
new appointment to fill vacancy in an old
district. Mr.. Skinner also will likely re-
main.
Wednesday motions to suspend the rules
will be in order unless the parliamentary ex-
pedient is resorted to of telescoping one leg
isIative day into successive calendar days by
series of recesses without regular ad-
journment. Such course would be very
agreeable to Randall and Holman and is
likely to be pursued up to Saturday, when
the adjournment on that day would
be the close of Wednesdays SEES
sion A large number of members
have bills which they hope to pass under q
suspension of the rules including bills for
public buildings in nearly every State in the
Union. The new congressional library bill,
which passed the Senate year ago, is on the
calendar, and if Mr.. Singleton, of MISSISSIPPI
pi, can secure recognition it will doubtless
pass. As rule it is favored by the Repub-
licans, and now that the expenditure of the
money is to be controlled by their party the
other side is more favorable to the work.
The necessity for the building is great and
the cost of the site is very largely increased
every year by the improvements that are
made on the property.