Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-09
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. WORK OF CONGRESS. An Extra Session Almost
 Certain. THE WAR IN THE S0UDAN.- Gordon's Fate Not Ger
 tainly Known. THE ALASKA SAFELY IN PORT. Mail Coach Days In New
 England.
THE ALASKA. SAFELY IN PORT.
AN EXTRA SESSION LIKELY,

AN EXTRA SESSION LIKELY. The Coming Week To Settle The Ques- t1on-The Appropriation Bills Nm A Backward State-On1y Three Gone Through The Senate-A Deadlock Among The Probabilities.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Mr. Morril1s amendment tackled on the House bill for re-
 deeming the trade dollar, providing that un : remonetize silver before 8 certain date the coinage of the standard silver dollar shall be
 suspended, has the floor in the Senate and will doubtless call out much debate before passed upon. The special order next on the list is the bill to forfeit the land grants of the Texas Pacfe railroad. Three of the fourteen of the general appropriation bills have passed the Senate, three others are in the hands of the Appropriation committee It depends upon the report of the Committee on Rules, which is expected tomorrow, and
 the action of the Senate thereon whether any
 considerable number of the remaining bills
 can become laws at this session. If the
 Senate continues to adhere to rule 16, which
 makes the consideration of general legisla-
 tive provisions in an appropriation bill i'm
 possible by the Senate, deadlock and an extra session of Congress must ensue. The
 coming week in the House promises to be an
 important one, affecting the. question of
 an extra session of Congress If the river and harbor bill is kept before the Houss
 there is danger that the regular appropriation
 bill will fail and if it is pushed
 aside there is danger that it's
 friends will obstruct legislation in order
 to force an extra session, so that aside from other reasons heretofore given the chances of an extra session increase. The Senate is dis posed to yield more than usual in the matter of appropriations and let the Democratic
 House be responsible to Democratic admin istration. Heretofore the Senate has en- deavored to meet the views of the executive departments and made large additions to the House bill. The situation afford to leave the responsibility with the House There is therefore but little proba- bility of serious conflict between the two houses in the matter. The greater danger
 lies in the want of discipline if not want of order in the House. A caucus is being monize things.
 To-morrow an issue will come up between the river and harbor bill and those from the Appropriation committee. The friends Of the former will resist by every effort the attempt to crowd them out and may delay it day or two, but before the end is
 reached they will be beaten. Anticipating this they will then endeayor to go on at night sessions. It is doubtful if they can get a quorum at night, and certainly they will not be permitted to go on without one. The threat is made that if the river and harbor bill is beaten (as it seems now probable) an easSion may he looked for through the defeat of other appropriation bills. Wednesday is set for the counting of the
 electoral vote, which this time is merely a
 clerical matter. sThe new Randall rule, un-
 der which one hour a day is devoted to pass ing bills against which there are not ten ob- jections, reduces the time for legislation equal to one day in each week and to that extent crowds out appropriation bills as well as other general legislation. If the riv- CT and harbor bill. which has already occu- pied eight days of the time of the House, is sustained, it is likely to use up the week.