Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-03
WORK FOR CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY STATE
HOOD BILL TO-DAY.
The Appropriation and the Retaiiatory
biiis to be Further Considered This
Week-weather Crop Balistin - PEN
sions to ohioans-Men Needed In the
Architects Office.

WASHINGTON, September 3.-Appropria-
tion bills and the fisheries question will
continue to occupy great deal Of time in
Congress this week. The Senate intends to
take under consideration to-day the bill to
admit TO Statehood Washington Territory.
Mr.. Stewart, of New York, who has
charge of the measure, says he intends to
push 1t to conclusion, beginning consid-
Grafton Immediately after the morning
hour. On Tuesday Mr.. Pasco will speak in
opposition to the Chandler resolution res
olution relating to election outrages in the
South. A number of Senators are booked
to speak on the fisheries question and kin
dred subjects.
The Committee on Foreign Relations
have virtually taken under consideration
the Presidents message on the fisheries
question, although the message is yet pend
ing before the Senate ON a motion entered
by Mr.. Sherman TO refer il to the commit
tee. A number of copies of the message
and the documents giving informatian upon
the subject it treats have been printed and
distributed among the members of the
Committee on Foreign Relations, and by
the time the motion to refer the message
has been adopted the committee will be
ready to make report But this will not
be for sometime yet The morning hour
each day will be devoted TO the calendar.
he Committee on Appropriation expect
TO report the deficiency appropriation bill
about the middle OF the week
To-day is individual suspension day in
the House. Whether the Committee on
Appropriations will oppose the observance
of the order with the Sundry Civil appro-
priation bill, which is pending as unfin-
ished business, is not known. If the day is
given up to individual motions TO suspend
the rules and put bills upon their passage,
Mr.. Hooker, of Mississippi, will ask the
House to pass his joint resolution
placing cotton bagging on the free list.
Chairman 0Neill of the Committee ON
Labor intends to make an effort to get his
convict labor bill up to-day or Tuesday,
when the retaliation bill is to be taken
under consideration. The latter measure
viii probably consume considerable time
as a number Of members want to speak on
the fisheries and retaliation. The fortifica-
tion appropriation bill will be reported
from the committee TO the House some
time during the week. Mr.. Springer is
watching every opportunity to secure fur
ther consideration of the Oklahoma bill.
There are at present four unfinished ap-
preparation bills before Congress: The
General Deficiency is before the Senate
Committee; the Sunday Civil Conference
report is before the House; the Fortifica-
tions is before the House Committee on
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conference. The chances now are that the
bone of contention between the two houses
the heavy ordnance question-wiil be
transferred from the army appropriation
TO the fortifcation bill and a pure and
simple army appropriation bill be allowed
to pass. Members of the Senate Appropria-
ton Committee desire, however, TO
have some assurance from members
OF the other Appropriation Committee
who are likely to be on the Conference
Committee that they will accept the fortifi-
cation bill in its present shape or with
reasonable modification before yielding
from the Senate amendments to the army
bill. Those who have surveyed the situa-
tion believe that such assurances will be
received from the House conferrees. 1t is
probable, now, that fortifcation bill will
be passed, and while no doubt changed
considerably from its present shape, the
one important feature which has provoked
SO much discussion-the appointment of
an ordnance board to control the appropri-
ations made-is likely to remain.