Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-20
WHOLE NO. 11,495.
THE LAWMAKERS.
Matters that will Engross the Attention
of Congress this Week

WARRINGTON, February 19th.-The SEN
ate Will probably devote Monday and Tues
day of this week to the consideration of
miscellaneous matters on its calendar. On
Wednesday it will take up the under-valu-
alton bill. 1t is Senator Allison's purpose
to ask that the usual adjournment from
Thursday to the following Monday be dis
pensed with this week, unless this measure
shall have been passed by Thursday night.
which is not likely.
The Executive calendar contains little to
occupy the time Of the Senate (excep the
nomination of Consul General Rathbone.
OF Paris, whose confirmation is vigorously
opposed), bat the fisheries treaty. which is
expected tomorrow. will perhaps give rise
10 some discussion during the week II IS
the intention os some Senators TO ask that
the treaty be made public at once. and the
majority is doubtless in favor of such a
course; but, as the "preeedents and tradi-
t1oDs OF the Senate are against it, the re-
suit is doubtful. 1t has happened before
this, when both the Senate and State De-
partments were willing OF desiroas to have
matters of this lind made public, that
neither felt willing to take the initiative,
and no way of accomplishing publication
was offered except 10 have the matter eabIed
from some country where precedents were
less embarrassing.
Unless the repoT. of the Secretary of
War upon the Boutelle battle-fiag resolu-
ton should be transmitted 10 the House OF
Representatives tomorrow, and the day
consumed in political discussion. the
Speaker, after the introduction of bills for
reference, will call the committees for mo-
tionS to- suspend the rules. None of the
committees have as yet decided what meas
ures they will submit for action under this
call, but many of them will hold sessions,
tomorrow morning for that purpose.
1t is probable that the Ways and Means
Committee Will endeavor to obtain the
passage by the House of Mills joint reso-
luton providing Tor the investn ent of the
surplus in the Treasury, and that the Judi
ciary Committee will request action upon
the Hoar resolution proposing a constiru-
tonal amendment to change the date of in
auguration day. If the Postoffice Commit
tee is reached it will present a resolution
fixing the date for a further consideration
of the Pacific Railroad telegraph bill,
which in the regular order of business
would not probably be again reached on
the calendar during the present month.
For 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 Ter
ritories will call up one of the measures re-
laung to Territories, the most important of
which upon the calendar is that providing
for the organization of the Territory OF
Oklahoma
The sessions of Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday latter the consider
alton of the morning bour) have been
assigned for public building bills, and the
friends of this class of legislation are numer-
GUS enough to prevent any other business
from displacing them
Although an adjournment over Washing
toms Birthday is spoken of, Friday will be
devoted to private bills, interrupted only
by the report of the Committee on Manu-
tactures upon the resolution directing the
Secretary OF the Treasury to institute an
inquiry inro the New York sugar trust.
which may give rise to brief debate.