The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-20
To Do soNE WORN.
Pensions May Take Mach Time. Dis
putes Ab1ut Mail SuosauIe~.

WASHINGTON. May To- CoucrcsS b.
settling down 10 hard wOrS. Last VT, /
the house gave an earnest of What II
proposes TO 10 heEcefurth. aud transact
ed more business than duriu- twi'- Jat
time at any other period og tl4e 5, s>lag.
This week also gives promise Jt ,h' 'val-
pletion OF an unusual ar}Csu.z "a UU /
ness IN the lower branch. I3ts4aIr,W 1,
suspension of rules day for counu.ttg,. -.
and the call rests with the yu.usu.t'fr .l
Pacific railroads. At the --latest rl.l, a
month ago, this committee ~urJ,ct,d ia
getting before the house the hill rJGu.g-
ing the Pacific railroads - pay the -,y-
ernment the cost OF survey ius. selecting
and conveying lands granted in all of
their construction. lut before action the
house adjourned. Nuw il vii, *. in or
der to have the Till considered. Ii time
remains under the call %. committees fJr
the suspension of the rul, :. ami the conl-
mittee on labor j, reached. hartman
UNeill Twill ask the house ta - aside
Tuesday, June >, for the consideration
Of measures FROM that committee. 1t is
likely there will he i scramble hy chair
men Of committees for special orders,
although it has become halitual Ia lSrc-
gard such orders For sonc time there
have been special orders ON the calendar
for the rest of this week in the house,
but Arrangements have been mat.e which
will work against all of them. Tuesday
has been ST aside for foreign affairs,
"Wednesday for Mr. S.celc's army till.
Thursday for banking and currency
measures; FRIDAY II private hilt day;
Saturday for NIr. nunn's free ship bili.
chairman Randall intends calling up
ON Tu,Sla,. the urgent deficiency apprD-
priation bill. This may consume two or
three days, a- items appropriations
50, Wl,0OO for pensions will open up the
whole pension question, and possibly the
management Of the pension office. On
that day the naval appropriation bill will
bc reported, anl some time during the
week the legislative, executive, and Judi
cial appropriation bull will 90 on the cal.
endar. The prospects are tlllt the Sen-
ate amendments To the po,toilice appro-
priation hill will come in for consilera-
bic time and attention. The house
committee on postoillcos and post roads
has reported n non-concurrcncc IN the
$SO, coo for postal agencies on the rail
and the $500, ,rOo subsidy for the Central
and South american mails. Both houses
seem determined tu have their way about
the subsidy the senate To- layo II passed
by the house. and the latter th lrEnat ii
ami as conference committees will lc
making reports oitrn, and the house
must discuss them, this question may
cut mp the work on the .loOr for II week
or two. Sometime during the week
I hartman toN. of the committee ON re-
form in the civil service. intends callue
up for action the report on the War'lcr-
Stealey investigation, which recon-
men,ls the dismissal Of W0rlcr from the
employ Of the house.
After . o'clnrk to-mo, row. the senate
will resume the consideration Of Mr..
Blars pension bill, The opinion has
been expressed by Il number ui senators
that the bill will lnot hr disposed OF under
three OF four days. Mr., iioar, when the
pension bill is on, of the way. viii insist
upon consideration Of his bankruptcy
bill.
Speaker Carlisle is quoted As saving
that it is possible for congress to al
iourn by June ?5.' That is in less than
six weeks from to day, The Prevailing
opinion. however, is that congress wiz
not get away before August.