Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-16
THE WEEKS PROGRAMME.
WHAT WILL BE DONE IN CONGRESS
 THIS WEEK.

Bureau of Industry fSlit Co be COnsid-
 cred in the senate-Plenty of House
 Bushes. After the Deadlock.
 WASHINGTON, April 16-The bills for the admission of the state of Dakota into the Union and establishing bureau of industry will occupy ths time of the senate during the week. The Republican senatorial caucus committee will have another meeting on Tuesday or Wednesday and consider the order of business, but it is unlikely that any thing will be agreed upon for the current week.
 In the house there will be medley of affairs during the next six days To-day is committee suspension of rules day. The first of the call rests with the committee on com merce, which committee intends to take up the bill to extend the time for completing bridge across the Staten Island sound.
 The next committee under the call is rivers and harbors, and Chairman Blanchard in- tends to move suspension of the rules for the passage of the river and harbor bill It is probable that there will be some objection to this, and a lively skir1nish may ensue, and occupy the entire day.
 A telegram has been sent to Chairman Bel mont, of the committee on foreign affairs, re- questing his presence in the house to-day for the consideration of the consular and diplo- matic appropriation bill in the event that measure can be taken up.
 The Indian appropriation bill is unfinished business, and that will be taken up again at the first available moment
 Tuesday, according to notice given at the time when the Mills tariff bill was reported from the committee on ways and means, is the day fixed upon for taking up that meas ure for general discussion. There is a report in circulation to the effect that the chairmen of committees having appropriation bills on the calendar and @ number of Republicans will attempt to force consideration of appro- prlation bills to morrow, to the exclusion of the tariff bill, for the double purpose of clear ing up appropriation bills before the tariff de- bate is begun, and postponing action on the tariff to the latest day possible; but most diligent inquiry has failed to locate any such intention. The committee on ways and means and leading members on both sides of the house say that there is no doubt of the tariff bill being taken up tomorrow.
 The committee on agriculture has con- tinuing order, which gives it two days for the consideration of revenue and general appropriation bills, and Chairman Hatch will likely urge recognition of his order. This may disjoint the present order of business.
 It is not known, and will not be till Tues day, just how much time each week the committee on ways and means will demand shall be given to discussion of the tariff bill 7, but the general impression is that five day and night sessions will be devoted to the measure.
 Friday is set aside for the consideration of private bills The tariff bill will at times be laid aside for portions of days, when confer ence reports and appropriation bills are to be received and considered.
 Wednesday some time ago was set apart as special order for measures from the com mittee on labor, and Chairman O'Nel has called an extraordinary session of his com mittee for this morning, when he intends to arrange for demand of the house to observe his special order, and permit the considera- tion of various bills he will ask to be taken up The bills the committee on labor especially prefers to have action upon are those provid- Ing for the arbitration of labor disputes, prohibiting the sending of convict made goods out of the state in which they been manufac- tured, and amending the act prohibiting the importation and immigration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement. The committee on labor is very strong in the house, and will make a formidable demand.
 The appropriation bills are very generally delayed-much more so than usual Only two appropriation bills have become laws during this session, both deficiency bills. There are on the calendar of the house the pensions, consular and diplomatic, military academy, Indian, river and harbor, post office and the legislative executive appropria- tion bills-seven. Others pending in com mittee, and yet to be reported, are the agri- cultural, army and navy, sundry civil, forti- fcations and general def1ciency-in all six.