Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-28
A BUSY WEEK.
Work Mapped Out for the Statesmen in
Congress.

WASHINGTON, May 27th.-The bills for
the admlssion of North Dakota, Montana
and Washington Territories are special or
ders on the Senate calendar for the coming
week. The Indian appropriation bill will
probably be called up Monday or Tuesday,
and Will consume day or more, and the
river and harbor bill, which will be re-
ported tomorrow, may be called up before
the end of the week.
The fisheries treaty remains the matter
of dominant interest III the Senate, and
promises to displace the special orders and
all other business, except the appropriation
bills. until acted upon. The course of
events, however, depend largely upon
the action of the Democrats in the eau
Gus to be held tomorrow morning. They
have the power to delay action indefinitely
upon the motion to consider the treaty
with open doors, which is the pending
question, but actual tilibustering, so long
threatened, has not yet begun. There are
other matters of executive business of
great importance before the Senate or its
committees in respect 10 which the Demo-
Gratis desire early action--among them the
nomination of Fuller to be Chief Justice
and all of these must probably be DELAYED
as consequence of any diletory move
ments i'll connection with the motion to
take up the treaty. The belief is expressed by
Senators of both parties that at the next
secret session decision will be
reached, and that the Democrats will con-
tent themselves with voting in the mega
| tive. They will thus help make quorum,
and will allow the majority to be response
BILE for admitting the public to hear the
discussion.
Should all this take place, however, it
Will still remain in the power of any two
Senators-under rule which is applied to
| legislative as we'll as executive business
to eject the public and close the doors at
will. The rule has been invoked in recent
| years only to summarily shut off some
Senator who wished to have an open vote
on proposition to admit the public
| to executive sessions, and ii seems
| to have been intended for use in
| just such cases. But it is well
adapted to other uses, and inasmuch as a
strong minority of the Senators are bitterly
| opposed to the present proposed innova-
ton, it is apprehended that its use may be-
come common during the fisheries debate
Only one executive session with open
doors can be recalled by men whose memo
| rleS cover proceedings of the Senate for a
period of more than forty years. This was
| the session of one or two minutes held on
! the last day of President Arthur's Admin
| lstrahon, on which occasion a message
| nominating General Grant for General on
| the retired list of the army was received
and acted upon. This exceptional course
was recommended by the President and
| adopted in defiance of rules by the Senate as
! an extraordinary mark of respect to the
nominee.
| The House tomorrow will probably con-
tinue consideration of the Legislative, Exc
cutive and Judicial appropriation bill. The
| tariff bill will then be taken up for con-
| sideration, a debate under the five-minute
| rule being in order. The Republicans will
! doubtless pursue policy of opposing every
! paragraph of the bill by offering amend
ments and demanding votes upon them
| So the end of the week is not likely to
show any material progress towards the
| final disposition of the bill
The state of the appropriation bills does
not compare favorably with their condition
| during the last long session, although busi-
ness was then much below the average
| Up to the present Gate but two of the four
| teen appropriation bills have passed both
| houses-the Military Academy and pension
bills. Two more have passed the House
| the Postotfice, diplomatic, District of Co.
lumbia Indian, and river and harbor bills.
One (the Legislative) is now pending Six
| bills have not yet been reported from the
| committees. These are the sundry cisil,
| army, navy, fertilization, agricultural and
| general deficiency appropriation bills. At
| the corresponding period in the 49th Con-
gress nine of the appropriation bills had
| passed the House and three had passed the
Senate, which was just one third more
than has been similarly disposed of this
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