Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31
WORK BEFORE CONGRESS.
PRESENT POSITION or THE APP
PROPRIATION BiLLs.
0reat Pressure on ~ TLma ID the Son.

Great Pressure ON the Time Of the Sen.
ate Of Measures AS Yet Untouched-The
Open Executive Session Resolution
Doomed TO Defeat Legislative APP
pointments to Follow OloOmargarine.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-Following Is
statement Of the present position OF tho
fourteen annual appropriation bills: The
Indian bill has become a law; the Dis
trict of Columbia and post office bills
have passed both Houses and are In the
hands OF the conference committees; the
consular and diplomatic, army, pensions
and military academy, agricultural and
river and harbor bills have passed the
House and are before the Senate commit
tees the legislative and naval bills are
on the House calendar awaiting action;
the notifications, sUudry civil and gen.
eral deficiency bills are not vet
reported iron; the House committees The
pressure upon the time of the Senate for
consideration Of bills yet untouched is
very great, while no less than five impOr-
tant measures which nave been consider
ably discussed are in an unfinished cons
ditiOn. These are the bankruptcy, rail-
road land taxation. Northern Pacific for
feiture and anti-Chine8e bills and the
open executive session resolution.
RIVALRY FOR THE FLOOR.
The friends of these various measures
are j0stling each other for the floor. while
the sponsors for number of other meas
ures on the calendar are pleading with
the Republican caucus for a chance. The
caucus last wesk having accomplished
nothing, the caucus committee has re-
sumed the work of fixing the older Of
business for the immediate future. While
its programme is yet incomplete, it is
conceded that the pending unfinished
business, except the Open session resOlu-
tion, shall be carried 90 the point OF action
before any new business OF importance la
entered upon.
Senator Piatt is making struggle to
prevent further stponement OF the open
session resolution, but with Indifferent
prospects.
DOOMED TO DEFEAT.
The resolution is apparently doomed to
defeat, Notwithstanding the fact that all
the arguments made upon it, backed by
unanimous public opinion, have been Ia
It's favor, and some, even OF its friends, are
therefore urging postponement on tho
theory that time can be more pr0htably
spent upon measures which have a chance
OF passing at least one OF the two houses.
The Senate Committee on ApprOpria-
tions expect to report the consular and
diplomatic, the agricultural ana army
bills, aud hope to secure the passage Of
two, If not all, of them before the end of
| the week.
THE oLEOMARGARINE BILL.
After having occupied an entire week
Of the time OF the House, the OieOmarga-
rinsbill Will again be brought up when
that body reassembles on Tuesday. The
friends OF the measure are hopeful of Sc
curing final action upon it in one day,
despite the vigorous and determined oppo-
| sitiOn Of the minority.
Mr.. Holman stands ready, under In
structlons from his committees, to call up
the legislative appropriation bill immedi-
ately alter final disposition OF the OleO-
margarine bill. The appropriation bill
contains several provisions affecting the
operation Of existing civil service rules,
which, undoubtedly, will give rise to a
long and animated debate. lt is there
fore probable that the remainder Of the
week, after action upon the OleOmarga-
rine measure, will be consumed by the
legislative appropriation bill