The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-29
LAw-MAKING WORK.
The Bills to be Acted on by
Congress.
TIE STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Indian Outbreak Imminent-A Bark
Wrecked-HAncock 81 emorial
Servtces-Other Notes.
The Congregational State.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 27.-The
bills for the admission of North Dakota.
Montana and Washington Territories
are special orders" on the Senate
calendar for the coming week. The
Indian appropriation bill will probably
be called up on Monday or Tuesday,
and will consume day or more. The
&iTer and harbor bill, which will be re-
ported tomorrow, may be called up be-
fore the end of the week. The fisheries
treaty remains a matter of dominant
Interest in the Senate, and promises to
displace the special orders and other
business, except appropriation bills,
until it is acted upon. The course of
events, however, will depend largely
upon the action of the Democrats in
caucus to be held to morrow morning.
They have power to delay action in
definitely, upon a motion to consider
the treaty with open doors, which is the
pending question; but actual hlibnster-
ing, though so long threatened, has not
yet begun. There are other matters of
executive business, of great importance,
respect to which Democrats desire early
action, among them, the nomination of
Mr.. Fuller to be Chief Justice; and all
of these must probably be delayed as a
consequence of any dilatory movements
in connection with the motion to take
up the treaty. The belief is expressed
by Senators of both parties that at the
next secret session vote will be
reached, and that Democrats will con-
tent themselves with voting in the neg
alive. They will thus help make a
quorum, and will allow the majority to
be responsible 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 I'M
der the rule which is applicable to
legislative, as well as executive business,
to eject the public, ana close the doors
at will. The rule has been invoked in
recent years only to summary shut off
some Senator who wishes to have an
open vote on proposition to admit the
lSGblic to executive sessions, and it
seems to have been invented for use in
Just such cases. But it is well adaped
to other uses, and inasmuch as strong
minority of Senator'S are bitterly OPP
posed to the present proposed innova-
ton, it is apprehended that its use may
become common during the fisheries
debate. Only one executive session
with open doors can be recalled by men
whose memory covers period of more
than forty years. This was a session of
Two or three minutes, held on the last
day Of President Arthur's administra-
ton, on which occasion a message
nominating General Grant for general
on the retired list of the army was re-
kaI
tional course was recommended by the
President, and adopted in defiance of
the rules by the Senate as an extra
ordinary mark of respect to the nom
inee.
The House, tomorrow, will probably
continue consideration of the legisla-
tive, executive and Judicial appropria-
ton bill. The tariff bill will then be
taken up for consideration, debate I'M
der five minutes rule being in order.
The Republicans will, doubtless. pursue
the caucus policy of opposing every
paragraph of the bill by Offering
amendments and demanding votes upon
them, so that 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 faYorably with
their condition during the last long
session, although business was then
much below average. Up to the present
date, but two of the fourteen appropris-
ton bills have passed both Houses, the
military academy and the pension bills
Five more have passed the House;
namely: Postofhce, diplomatic, Dis
trict OF Columbia, Indian and river and
lRSrbor bills; one, legislative, is pend
aTg. Six bills have not yet been re-
p0rted from the committees. They
are: Sundry civil, army, navy, fortifi-
cation, agricultural and general de-
fciency appropriation bills. at the
corresponding period in the Forth
ninth Congress, nine Of the appropria-
ton bills had passed the House, and
three passed the Senate, which was Just
one-third more than have been similarly
disposed of this session.