Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-28
GENERAL TOPICS.
Proceedings in Congress Pre-
dicted for the Week.
THE STAMFORD UNIVERSITY.
The Purposes for Which it Is In
tended : Sporting and
Other News.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

WASHINGTON, 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 Monday
or Tuesday, and will consume day or
more, and the River and Harbor bill,
which will be reported tomorrow, may
be called up before the end Of the week.
The Fisheries treaty remains the mat
ter Of dominant interest in the Senate,
and promises to displace special orders
and all other business except appropria-
ton bills, until it is acted upon. The
course Of events, however, depends
largely upon the action Of the Democrats
in their caucus 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
fillibustering, though 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 to
which the Democrats desire early action,
among them being the nomination of
Mr.. Fuller to be Chief Justice, and all
of these must probably be delayed as
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 the Democrats will
content themselves with voting in the
negative. They will thus help to make
a quorum which will allow the majority
to be responsible for admitting the pub
lie to hear the discussion. Should all
this take place, however, it will still re-
main in the power of any two Senators,
under rule which is applicable to leg
islative as we'll as executive business, to
eject the public and close the doors at
will. This rule has been invoked in re-
cent 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 it seems to
have been invited for use in just such
cases. But it is we'll adapted to other
uses. Inasmuch as a strong minority
OF Senators are bitterly opposed to the
present proposed innovation, it is appre-
hended 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 the proceedings of the
Senate for period of more than forty
years. This was a session Of two or three
minutes, had on the last day of President
Arthur's administration, on which occas-
ion the message nominating General
Grant for General on the retired list of
the army was received and acted upon.
This exceptional course was recommend
ed by the President and adopted in de-
fiance OF the rules by the Senate, as an
extraordinary mark of respect to the
nominee.
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 under
the five minutes rule being in order.
The Republicans will doubtless pursue
the caucus policy Of opposing every para
graph Of the bill by offering amendments
and demanding votes upon them, so that
the end Of the work is not likely to show
any material progress towards the final
disposition OF the Dill.
The State of the appropriation bills
does not compare favorably with their
condition during the last long session,
although business was much below the
average. Up to the present date but two
Of the present appropriation bills have
passed both Houses, the Military and
Pensions. Five more have passed the
House, namely the Postoffice, Diplomatic,
District OF Columbia, Indian and River and
Harbor bills; one Uegislative) is pend
ing. Six bills have not yet been re-
ported from the committees; they are
Sundry Civil, Army, Navy, Fertilization,
Agricultural and General Deficiency APP
preparation bills. At the corresponding
period in the Forty-ninth Congress,
nine Of the Appropriation bills had
passed the House and three had passed
the Senate, which was just one-third
more than had been similarly disposed
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