The Portland daily press., 1886-07-26
Work in Congress Outlined.

The final adjournment OF Congress may
possibly take place the last OF this week, but
the concurrence of the best opinions on the
subject leads to the belief thatit will be post
poned until Monday or Tuesday of next
week. These opinions are, however, ex-
pressed with reservation, looking to the pos
sibility of important vetoes. All OF the ap-
preparation bills, except the general deficiency
and fortifcation bills, have passed both
houses, and to these two the Senate will de-
vote its earliest attention. The river and
harbor and legislative bills still linger in
conference, and the sundry civil bill Will
doubtless be made subject of conference
tomorrow. All the other appropriation bills
have gone to the President. Under special
privilege conferred by the rules, the public
lands committee will this week demand
action on the land grant forfeiture bills, while
the opOnents of those measures Will join
hands with the friends of the interstate COM
merce bill in an attempt to defeat this pur-
pose by raising the question of its consldera-
tion. The conference reports upon the river
and harbor bill may be expected to command
the attention of the House whenever they
are made, and time enough will be taken to
dispose Of whatever else may be in the way.
The amendments made by the Senate to the
sundry civil BILL notably the silver certli-
cate clause, will give rise to spirited and n.
perhaps prolonged controversy: Little diff
Guilty is anticipated in securing action on
the conference reports upon the remaining
appropriation bills. Should the Senate
amend the Morrison resolution it is believed
the House will accept the amendments with
out prolonged debate. A last effort will be
made by the pensions committee to secure
action on the amended pension bill, but its
fate is extremely doubtful. The greatest
element of uncertainty involving the ques--
ton of final adjournment is the action OF
the Senate upon the amendments which are
to be proposed to the forfeiture bill, possibly
increasing the amount appropriated by the
measure from less than $1,000,0O0 to more
than SIS, 100000. The deficiency appropria-
tion bill is the unfinished business of the
Senate. Although very long measure, it
contains few debatable items, and its con-
sideration is not expected to consume much
time. Ii the committee on appropriations
completes its work on the for
litigation bill tomorrow, that measure
Will next be taken up in the Senate.
Mr. Dolph, by order of the committee on
coast defenceS. will propose the amendment
to the appropriation of $2,000,000 for con-
structlon. OF Notifications and other works OF
coast defence, in accordance with recon-
mendatlonS OF the board of Notifications and
other defences, and Mr.. Hawley, by order Of
the same committee expects to propose
as amendments two bills already reported to
encourage the manufacture OF steel for mod
ern ordinance, one relating to the army and
the other to the naval ordinance, and appro-
priating $8,00000O for each. 1t is intended to
devote one POSSIBLY two day to the calendar
OF nominations in secret session after the
appropriation bills are passed. The Morri-
son surplus resolution, if reported as is ex-
pected ou Tuesday, will probably come next
in the order of consideration. Conference
reports and miscellaneous calendar may take
up the remainder of the week. The Senate
will be urgently invited to give preference to
the vetoed pension bills and fractional whis-
key bill over measures on the calendar. Pub
nc attention during the week will centre in
the conference committee room where the
conferences upon the river and harbor bill
seem to be slowly approaching an agreement
ON their several points of difference with a
prospect of complete reconciliation during
the week. 1t is likely that the two Houses