Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-20
OUR LEGISLATORS.
Forecast of the Weeks
Congressional Work.
MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES.
Probability That the Fisheries
Treaty Will be Made Public
by the Senate.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALr

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, February 10. - The
Senate will probably devote Monday
and tuesday of the coming week to
the onsideration Of the miscellaneous
matter on it's calendar, and on We'd
nesday it will take up the Under-val-
uation bilk 1t is Senator Alli-on' g
purpose to ask that the usual adjourn
ment from Thursday to the following
Monday be dispensed with this week,
unle.s this me 7sure shall have been
passed by Thursday night, which is
not likely. The executive calendar
contains little to occupy the time OF
the Senate, except the nomination OF
nsul-General Rathbone, of Paris,
whose confirmation is vigorously op-
posed, but the fisheries treaty, which
is expected tomorrow. will perhaps
give rise to some discussion during
the week. 1t is the intention of some
of the Senators to ask that the treaty he
made public at once, and the majority
ia doubtless in favor of such a cours =,
but as the precedents and traditions
of the Senate are against it, the result
is doubtful. 1t has happened before
this that when both the Senate and
State Departments were willing or de-
sirous to have matter of this kind
m ade public, neither felt at liberty to
take the initiative, and there was no
way OF accomplishing the publication
except to have the matter cabled from
some country where precedents were
less embarrassing.
TIE HOUSE.
Unless the report of the Secretary
of War upon the Boutelle battl--fag
resolution should be transmitted to
the House Of Representatives to-
morrow, and the day consumed in po-
Ii'ical discussion, the Speaker, after
the introduction of b lis for reference,
will call committees for motions
to suspend rules. None OF the
committees have as yet de-
cided what measures they will
submit for action under this call, but
many of them will hold sessions to-
morrow for that purpose. 1t is proba-
BILE that the Ways and Means Com
mittee will endeavor to obtain pas
sage by the House OF Mills joint reso-
luton providing for the investment of
the surplus in the treasury, and that
the Judiciary Committee will request
action upon Hoar's resolution propos-
ing aconstitional amendmentto to change
the date of Inauguration day. If the
Postoffice Committee is reached, it
will present a resolution fixing the
date for further consideration of the
Pacific railroad telegraph bill, which
in the regular order of business would
not probably be avain reached on the
calendar during the present month.
In consideration during the morning
hour the bill for the sale OF the Black
Bob Indian reservation in Kansas is
unfinished business and will occupy
the hour.
The committee on territories will
call up one of the measures relating
to the territories, the most important
of which upon the calendar is that
providing for the organization of the
territory Of Oklahoma.
The sessions of Tuesday, Wednes-
day. Thursday and Satu day, after
consideration Of the morning .hou'
each day have been assigned for the
public building bills and friends of
this class of legislation are numerous
enough to prevent any other business
displacing the special. Although an
adjournment over Washinglon's birth
day is spoken of, Fri'iay will be de-
voted to private hills, interrupt ID only
by the port of the committee on
manufacture upon a resolution
directing the secretary of the treasury
to institute inquiry into the New York
sugar trust, which may give rise to a
hriat debate