Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-11
FEVERISH HASTE
To Secure Action on Pressing
Matters of Legislation.
Measures OF General Importance
Brought Forward TO the Exclusion
of Minor Affairs.
The Appropriation Bills Alone Sure OF Atten-
tOn-AlIeged Outrages in Texas to Come
Up in the Senate.
CONGRESSIONAL Resume.

congressional Resume.
WASHINGTON, Feb l0.-That part
of the session is now at hand when
nothing is certain TO secure attention ex-
cept appropriation bills. The senate viii
begin the week with the consideration OF
the naval bill, and viii probably dispose
of it with little delay. On this event the
report of the committee on privileges and
elections i'll respect of the alleged out
RACES III Texas as the November election,
1886, will be called up for discussion to-
morrow in accOrdanc with the Republican
caucus programme, but il will not be
allowed to interfere with the appropria-
ton bill. Under the arrangement made
between Senators Edmunds and Hawley
at the adjournment Saturday, an effort
is to be made TO call up the bill to reorga-
niZe the militia of the District of Column
bia, and TO dispose of it. On Thursday
Mr.. Allison expects to present the sundry
civil bill to the senate, and in view OF
the large number of amendments TO
be reported, win ask its imme-
date consideration in order to get it
back to the house at the earliest practi-
cable moment. Ii there is any practical
interim Senator Hale win endeavoT to get
his census bill before the senate, and
Senator Paddock has announced his in
tention to call up his civil service bill,
introduced last week, for the purpose of
submitting some remarks. The Pacific
railroad funding bill is on the calendar
as unfinished business, and is likely 10 be
taken up at any time for consideration
on Mr. Mitchell 5 motion TO recommit
with instructions.
In view of the assent of Secretary Bay
ard to Prince Bismarck : proposition to
resume the Samoan conference ii is pos
sible the foreign relations committee will
not report on Senator Salisbury 5 resOlu-
ton requesting an expression of opinion
on the policy that should be pursued by
the government to satisfy the treaty OBJ
legations of
THE UNITED STATES.
Wednesday will be devoted 10 the
counting of the electoral vote for presi-
dent and vice-preSident of the United
States. Several bills are III conference,
and reports upon these are of the highest
privilege. Several of them will doubtless
be presented during the week, the most
important being that upon the adj
mission of the territories. An intiIna.
ton is made that the Republicans
will not long insist upon the present
status and that an agreement will be
reached by which the admission of South
Dakota at least will be provided for in Il
manner satisfactory to its residents. As
the DAYS of this congress diminish in num-
Der feverish haste begins to manifest
itself among the members of the house
to secure action on
PRESSING MATTERS OF LEGISLATION.
Every facility is given for the passage
of appropriation bills, and measures Of
general Importance are brought forward
to the exclusion of minor affairs which
would ordinarily have right of way. So
far as the programme for the coming
week is at present made up it includes
possible action upon such interesting mat
tiers as the report of the conferees on the
territorial bill, which is believed to affect
the probabilities of an extra session; the
Edmunds Panama resolution, which will
involve discussion of the Monroe doe
trine, and the report of Mr.. Ford COM
mittee on immigration, which will afford
opportunity for the presentation OF the
evils of the contract labor system. The
postOffice appropriation bill now pending
will be disposed of early in the week,
leaving only the Indian and deficiency
appropriation bills
TO BE ACTED UPON
originally by the house. With the excep-
ton of the military academy bill not
one of the regular appropriation bills has
yet been sent to the president for his
signature Notwithstanding this fact
their condition is generally favorable as
compared with the progress made at this
date in other short sessions, and work in
this line is particularly well advanced
in the house.
The following named bills have passed
both houses and are either in conference
or approaching that stage: District Of
Columbia, consular and diplomatic, PEN
sion, fertilization and legislative bills
The sundry civil, army naval and agri-
cultural bills have passed the house.
The postoffice and river and haFbor
bills await the action of that body and
the Indian and deficiency bills viii
probably be reported for action this
week.