Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-11
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. CONGRESS AT LEISURE. Not Yet Settled Down To
 Business. A MILLION DOLLAR FIRE. Bismarck Receives Honor
 From The Pope. POISONED PASTRY AT A PARTY. A Woman Brought Back
 To Life.
POISONED PASTRY AT A PARTY.
THE nARORs OF CONGRESS.

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 No Settled Programme of work Yet Arranged-Things To Re Run On Catch-As-Catch-Can Plan-ImpOr~
 tanr Measures To Come Up At An
 Early Date.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Congress has not settled down te business and the proceed
 ings this week may be dull and ineohsedten- tial, or they may be full of surprises and sensations. But little has been mapped out and things will be on the cateh-as- -catch-can plan for two or three weeks yet After that time some important measures will be report ed from committees of both branches of Con- gress and the machinery will begin to run regularly. In the House there is nothing on the Speakers desk and the proceedings will have to take the run of the rules recently adopted and up to this time very little un- derstood. Tomorrow the States and terri tories will be called for bills, and although over three days have already been consumed in tkis work since the holidays and thousands of bills have been introduced, it is probable that the call will consume all of the session to-morrow. On Tuesday the committee will be called for reports. It is not likely that any will be received unless it be from the President, which has the presidential success sion bill already passed by the Senate under consideration. The committee will have meeting before the House convenes on Tues day and 1t Is believed the bill will be re ported. Should the presidential succession bill be reported on Tuesday it will likely come up almost immediately for eonsidera- ton and the debate will consume several days. If the bill is not reported the proceed ings in the House will be mostly spontaneous, there being nothing further in view at this time. After the morning hour in the Senate tomorrow the bill fixing the sala ries of the several judges of the United States District court at $5, 900 per annum and for other purposes will come up as un- finished business. MT. Harrison's resolution relative to certain statements made in the last annual report of the cemmis sioner of pensions and calling for all investigation will follow next in the order of consideration. Other calendar business which may come up probably on Tuesday is MT. Hoar's bill to fix the day for the meeting of the electors of President and Vice President and to provide for and regulate the counting of the votes for President and Vice President and the dis cussions arising thereon, also MT. Beck's reso- lution relative to the payment of customs dues and the disbursement thereof, and MT. Hoar's bill establishing q uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States.
 MT. Harrison, from the committee on ter ritories, will report the bill on Monday pro viding for the admission to Statehood of South Dakota and the organization of North Dakota territory and that may come up for consideration during the week. There are a number of reports of committees on nomina tions ready to be submitted to the Senate in executive session. From what can be ascer- tained it would appear that comparatively few nominations will be rejected. Republi can Senators seem more anxious to put the President record for political purposes rather than to defeat his nominations.