Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-28
CONGRESSIONAL. l!OTES.
What Will be Done by the Nations Lawmakers.
THE GREAT SAMOAN QUESTION.

Liable to Last a we.k-The House
 Action on the Tariff Bills Will Probably
 Mako an Extra Session Necessary.
 WASHINGTON, Jan 2s-The senate re- lieved of the incubus of the tariff bill, has succeeded in clearing its calendars of all necessary miscellaneous leg.,,ation and is ready now to take up half a dozen measures on. the calendar of importance second only to the tariff bill, but whose necessity was not so imminent. During the present week the senate will endeavor to dispose of the con sular and diplomatic appropriation bill, the Sherman antitrust bill, the Pacific railroad funding bill and the Chandler resolution for the investigation of tie Louisiana election MT. Chandler'S motion to strike from the Record the speech interpolated by Senator Gibson after the proceedings of Wednesday will come up for consideration when MT. Gibson is in the chamber It may cause dis cussion, but this is hardly likely. It is ex- pected that Mr. Sherman will call up his antitrust bill and try to have it disposed of to-day.
 The special committee having charge of legislation relating to the Pacific railroads will doubtless report to the senate on the amendment to the funding bill offered by Mr. Mitchell This amendment would bring under Jhe conditions of the bili now pending ill the senate the Central Pacific railroad.
 THE SAMOAN QUESTION.
 Senator Hale has given notice that he will call up the consular and diplomatic appropri- ation bill now on the calendar at all early day. This will postpone the consideration of the funding bill. As the appropriation bill contains the two amendments relating to Samoa it will bring the Samoan question be- fore the senate for discussion for the first time since the trouble. began brewing, and the debate on these two amendments, as it is likely to take the direction of criticism and defense of the course of the secretary of state will doubtless occupy the attention of the enate during all of the week.
 It is possible that the appropriation com nittee will report the legislative appropriation pill which is now under consideration in the committee, but it will not be called up for action until the coming week.
 AFFAIRS IN THE HOUSE.
 The house is all at sea. It will take two or ihree days to finish the sundry civil bill If he opportunity occurs MT. Clardy will present the conference report on the Nicaragua canal oin, which is expected to give rise to an anil mated debate.
 MT. Blanchard, who has the river and narbor bill under control, is anxious to have 1t disposed of, and be will watch his oppor- .unity to push it. Unless he can get it up shis week he will move next Monday to take 1t up and pass it under suspension of rules.
 The election cases-Smalls vs Elliott and Sullivan vs. Felton-are on the speakers table, and MT. Crisp desires to call them up this week.
 The action of the house last Saturday in giving the committee on foreign affairs the privilege of reporting at any time the senate Panama resolution, with three hours for de- bate, may precipitate debate on the general foreign policy of the government, which, in- stead of consuming three hours, may continue three days. Mir, McGreary says that he will bring the matter up during the week.
 TALK OF AN EXTRA SESSION
 The fact that the Mills bill, with the senate substitute, was sent to the ways and means committee, has revived, in Republican circles at least, the talk of an extra session The Re publicans accept the reference as an assur- ance that no tariff legislation will be had this congress They say that some reduction of the revenue is desirable and necessary, and this can be reached only by an extra session. MT. Mckinley who has heretofore been rather adverse to an extra session, Voiced the sentiment of the conservative element when he said that the vote of reference had done more to make likely an extra session than any, thing else in the past six weeks