Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-14
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. HAMMERED BY THE RULES. The House PoWerless To
 Go Ahead. PROGRESS if THE SENATE. Paupers Killed. Off To Make
 Money. TWELVE LIVES LOST BY FIRE. A Husbands Chase After
 His Wife.
TWELVE LIVES LOST BY FIRE.
A Husbands Chase After
 His Wife.
THE WORK OF 66saRHss.

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 One week spent For Nothing The
 Meuse Helpless Hi, the Rules Are
 Fixed-A Strong Opposition Devo.-
 opitig to the New Code.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 13-Congress has been
 in session a week and yet legislation is only
 fairly started at one end of the Capitol The
 Senate has organized, bills have been intro l duced and measures are likely to be reported, [ discussed and passed by that body during
 the coming week, while in the House the revolution in the business methods of that body contemplated by the pending proposi- tions to amend the rules brought thin. $ to a standstill there during the past week and I bids fair to occupy much of the time of the | coming week. There is some doubt as to what progress the Senate will make during | the coming week. It is probable that the presidential succession bill and the joint code of rules will be reported from committees l and passed. By the middle of the week the Presidents first batch of recent appointments may he reached and in that event the re- mainder of the week will be mainly spent in executive sessions. Some Senators are disposed to postpone on these nominations for
 
 is probable that many of the new federal officers will receive the impress of senatorial sanction before the end of the week. Scenes of unusual interest are anticipated in the House during the coming week. When that body meets tomorrow the Committee on Rules will submit it's report and ask that it be printed. request will be made that the States and territories be called for the intro duetion of bills and this will lead to a spirited debate. Quite a number of mem- bers had already stated that it is folly to in- troduce bills until the new code of rules are adopted, because there are no committees to receive them and rules to govern their reference or direct their care. Objection will be made to a call of the 1 States and then the question whether ob- l jections can be entertained except they come l from 8 majority of the House will probably 1 be raised. The best parliamentarians say | that only town meeting rules can govern the | House at this time and consequently it will | be an easy matter to bring about | 8 snarl and disorder. There is lit 1 for call of the States will prevail, for it will be seconded by the Com mittee on Rules, that course, it is said having been determined upon yesterday afternoon 1 when it was agreed to report MT. Morrison's ,ode. A call of the States and territories for he introduction of bills, etc., will occupy rom four to six hours, so that if much time s lost tomorrow before the work 8 done it will consume so much of Tuesday that the question of ules will not cone fairly before nlch n Sf s Teinsi of srs S week On irst call of the States in the last Congress here were presented 1, ,739 bills and almost wo days were consumed in the call. It ooked yesterday though the opposition to he report of the Committee on Rules would | ,e so feeble that it would take ut day to dispose of the whole ubject. Tonight, however, it is reported hat the opposition will be quite formidable. t will be led by Messrs. Randall and Holl l nan on the Democratic and Canon and Ryan n the Republican side of the House. On his point MT. Warner of Ohio, said tonight: There is going to be good deal more op- osition to the report of the Committee on Jules than the majority of the committee ex- ect. The opposition will be stern, too. I ont think there ought to be a call for bills o-morrow, because we wilt need all of the ime to consider the new code of rTllaR D |