Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-28
This Week nCongress.
An Interesting Week in Senate
 and House Promised.
FISHERIES TREATY SESSIONS.
Consideration of the Legislative, Execu- tive and Judicial Appropriation Bill Nearly Finished-To be Followed by Tarif Speeches-washington Gossip.

pTOceeulHSS Will unQOuDC0Qly De Iull or VlGOr. The senate intends to consider pension bills. the North Dakota and other territorial state hood bills, and the fisheries treaty. The Re- publicans believe that they will succeed in securing open sessions for the debate on the fisheries treaty, but it is likely that the reso- lution which will be adopted making the pro vision will despol the party of it's victory by a clause that upon objection of two sena- tors at any time when secret matters to be spoken of the doors may be closed.
 The house will to-day continue considera- tlon of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill and will likely complete it by Tuesday evening.
 When this bill is out of the way the debate on the Mills tariff bill will be resumed under the five minute rule and will probably hold the floor without interruption until the end of the week.
 Democratic members say they will ask to have the tariff bill set aside during week after next, so as to permit as many of their members as wish to attend the Democratic national convention at St. Louis
 If this is done next week will be occupied with appropriation bills These bills are far ther behind now than for many years at this period of the session. At this tinf n the first session of the last congress nine Wppro- priation bills had passed the house; now but six have passed that body. Three had passed the senate, while this year but two have been disposed of Only two regular appropriation bills have passed both houses during this con gress--the pension and military academy The diplomatic, District of Columbia, Indian and river and harbor and postoffice appro- priation bills have passed the house and gone to the senate, while the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill is now pend ing in the house. The following appropria- tion bills have not yet been reported to the house: Sundry, civil, Notifications, army, navy, agricultural and general deficiency.
 Tonight the Democratic members of the house will hold another caucus to further consider the amendments which have been offered to the tariff bill.
 Congressman Mills does not hesitate to dis cuss the prospects of his tariff bill and, in- deed. rather enjoys the subject. He says the bilfwll surely pass the house, and that sev- eral members who have been spoken of as doubtful have assured him of their support He expects that amendments will be accepted, but says he is at liberty to state that there will be no departure from the general prin- ciples of the bill.
 It is authoritatively reported that Com mander w. M. Folger, of the steamship Quinnebaug, is to succeed Commander Alex ander H. Mccormick in charge of the Wash ington gun foundry; also that when Inspector General Baird, of the army, retires on Aug. 20 next he will be succeeded by Col. Roger Jones, who is now inspector general of the division of the Missouri.
 It is again rumored that Secretary Bayard contemplates retiring from the cabinet, to assume the leadership of the minority in the senate. The rumor, however, appears to have no substantial foundation, and is surely premature, if not entirely erroneous. At least such is the information obtained from a very reliable source.
 Persons interested in the appropriation con- tained in the river and harbor bill to continue the work of improvement on the Potomac flats express fears of presidential veto, because of the large appropriations which the bill carries, and which, they argue, are in some cases for comparatively insignificant improvements The work on the Potomac flats has reached that stage that to neglect it would prove dis astrous, and, to great extent, render useless what has already been accomplished toward making the river front of the capital whole l some as well as pleasing to the eye. Tine amount embodied in the river and harbor of failure to secure the appropriation through the river and harbor bill, an effort will be made on the part of citizens of the district to persuade congress to appropriate the money by passing an independent measure. l The river and harbor bill will be reported to the senate to-day, with aggregate of nearly $3,0O0, ,000 more than it contained when passed by the house. The bill in it's present shape appropriates about s21, ,O0o, 900. The Kentucky congressional delegation, headed by Senator Blackburn, accompanied by ex-Governor J. Proctor Knott, Col. Blan- ton Duncan and other distinguished Ken tuckinns, will call upon President Cleveland today and invite him to visit Kentucky in the early fall.
 Bishop elect John P. Newman will leave here to-day for New York, where he will be consecrated on Thursday. The conservation ceremonies will be participated in by African,
 Chinese, Japanese, Dutch and American
 bishops. The place of Dr. Newman's resi-
 dence will be determined by a conference of
 the bishops, to be held within couple of
 weeks It is understood that he will either
 remain in Washington or go to San Fran
 cisco. Professor Windows played fourteen
 airs on the chimes of the Metropolitan church
 in honor of Bishop Newman's election on the fourteenth ballot.
 MT. Beecher's Successor Chosen.