Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-04
The Senate is Loaded Down With
Appropriation Bills.
The Committee ON Foreign Relations
Expected to Outline Policy in
Regard to Samoa.
Panama Canal and Appropriation Bills viii
Engage the Attention OF the HOuse-Aany
Measures Doomed.
CONGRESSIONAL RESUME -.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The senators
expect this to be busy week. To-mor-
row the appropriations committee win
report the legislative, executive and ju-
dicial appropriation bill and it viii be
called up for consideration on Tuesday.
The naval bill will be acted upon by the
committee as soon as received from the
house, and viii probably be reported to
the senate by the end of the week, if in
deed it be not passed by that time. Upon
the legislative appropriation bill there
may be discussion on some of the
amendments proposed by the senate COM
mittee that will carry the
bill over for a day or two, but
delay is not anticipated. When
the appropriations are out of the way Mr.
Hale will call up his census bill To-
morrow afternoon at > 'clOck the Pacific
road fuading bill comes up, as the unfn-
ished business and several speeches are
expected on it, but no definite action
There are several other measures pending
including Sherman s antitrust bill,
which are likely to be called up during
the week as opportunity affords, but upon
which accOrdmgto the present outlook
NO DECISIVE ACTION
seems probable. From time to TIME re-
ports from the conference committee
which are privileged matters may be re-
ceiyed and called up for action, OF these
the most important are those concerning
the Nicaragua canal, the Interstate
commerce bill and the omnibus territory
bill. An agreement may be reached on
the canal bill by the two houses, but new
conferees will probably be appointed on
the other subjects.
Under the resolution introduced by
Senator Salisbury and referred to the
committee on foreign relations that COM
mittee may be expected after its meeting
Wednesday to report in some form Il
declaration of its idea of what is necessary
and right to be done by the United
States to maintain the dignity of the
government and fulfill its obligations
under treaty with Samoa. Should this
come in it viii doubtless lead TO debate
of some length, probably in secret
session.
From present appearances the weeks
business in the house viii be made up Of
patriotic oTatory and
ROUTINE HARD WORK,
the former to be called forth by the Ed
mundS Panama canal resolution and the
latter occasiOned by the necessity of
dispOsing for the remaining ap-
preparation bills. Monday viii afford the
individual members one of their last OPP
portunities during this congress to secure
the passage of measures under suspension
of the rules and the speaker has been
fairly besieged by representatives who
have abandoned hope of getting their
bills before the house in any
other manner. Mr.. Blanchard
is hopeful of his ability to rescue the
river and harbor bin from IFS present
poFilOus situation and get it before the
house. The conference report on the
Nicaragua canal bill is expected to be
called up Tuesday The army bill viii
follow if not blocked by the report on the
Edmunds Panama resolution, and the
remainder of the week may be filed in
with contested election cases and posi-
bic report from the conferees on the ON
nibus territory bill.