St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-18
President Cleveland Reported
Ready to Make the Omni-
bus Bill a Law.
The Senate Expected to Put
in Most Of the Week on
Appropriation Bills.
In the Lower Branch There
Will Be a Sharp Tussle Over
Revenue Measures.
Ereoial Cable to the Globe.


Dakota. but all is well tonight.
Springer called on Platt and pre-
arranged matters for a conference to-
morrow. Senator Moody says: You
may quote me as saying that the Onni-
bus bill will pass both houses 10y
Wednesday next, and as soon as the
bill can be enrolled and reach the pFesi-
dent he will sign it. Therefore inside
of ten days we shall be out of the
woods" Concerning the possibility of
disapproval by the president, Sunset
Cox says: There is no doubt of Presi-
dent Cleveland's friendly attitude to-
ward the bill; but, aside from that, it
would be bad policy to disapproye it.
If that were done President Harrison
would call an extra session inside of a
month. With this bill passed and ap-
proved there will be no necessity for an
extra session." Present indications
point to week of business activity in
the senate. Mr.. Hale will tomorrow
call up his
CENSUS BILL
with the amendments recommended by
the committee, and heretofore outlined
in these dispatches. Tomorrow is also
the day assigned for the presentation to
congress by Senator Palmer. on behalf
of the state of Michigan, of a bronze
statue of Lewis CaSS, now standing
yelled in statuary hall. His speech will
be followed by remarks from Senator
Chandler, of New Hampshire, Cass' ma
tive state, and by Senators Pugh and
Morgan, who served in public life with
him. After a weeks hard WOr the
subcommittee in charge of the Sundry
civil appropriation have completed it
for submission to the full committee e
tomorrow morning, and probably to the
senate during the day, so that it may
be taken up Tuesday. The committee
amendments make large increase over
the amount appropriated by the house.
Chairman Allison expects that the en-
tire week after Monday will be oecu-
pied by the consideration of appro-
priation bills. These measures
are fairly well advanced for
lomatic and consular and military
academy bills have passed both houses
and gone to the PRESIDENT; the District
of Columbia fortifcation, Legislative and
pension bills are in conference; the
naval bill is before the house committee
Oh appropriations with senate amend
mentS; the sundry civil. army and
agricultural bills have passed the house
and are before the senate committee; the
Indian, poStOffice, deficiency and river
and harbor bills have been reported to
the house and are still
ON THE CALENDAR.
Ali these bills will undoubtedly get
through before the session closes, eX-
cept, possibly, the deficiency bill. If
they become laws in anything like the
shape given them by the senate, they
will go far towards diSposing of one
argument for8n extra session of con-
Sress this spring. The agreement upon
the direct tax bill wipes out about
S20,000,000 of the surplus. and
the appropriations that seem to
be agreed upon as necessary
will practically absorb the balance, for
the coming year, in tie '2'l.lon of those
who have made study of the bills. In
the past week there has been decided
change of sentiment on the question of
all extra session, and among senators at
least the conviction now is quite gen.
eral that an extra session will not be
called before October, if at all. One or
two reports of conference committees
upon appropriation bills are likely to
come in this week, where the differ
ences between the houses are small, as
In the case on the pension and the leg
islative appropriation bills. The dis
cussiOn of the Texas election report
may be continued to fill up time that the
appropriation committee cannot occupy.
This exhausts the list of probabilities.
The present week promises to be one of
interest
IN THE HOUSE;
and will probably be ushered in by
day of filibuStering on suspension
Monday" Mr.. Cultivate, of Ohio.
chairman of the committee Oh Pacific
railroads, stands ready to offer, under
the suspension of the rules, aresolution
fixing an early day for the consideration
of the Union Pacific funding bill, but he
expects to be met with the same unre
lenting opposition which he has ell
rOuntered on similar occasions in the
past. Messrs. Payson, of 1lliuois; An
derson, of Kansas, and Anderson, of
Iowa, have Oh their desks all assortment
of timG-wOrn measures, which, having
died of inanttion in the various COM
mittee pigeon holes, will be reSurrected
and introduced under the call of states,
in order that their reading may con-
sumo the day, and prevent Mr..
Cultivate from accomplishing his
purpose. Mr.. Mills has signi-
fed his intention of calling up
on Tuesday the resolution reported from
tHG ways anu lHGdliS, Ut
claring that the senate had no constitu-
ti0nal right to originate tax bill under
the guise of substitute for house bill.
This will undoubtedly give rise to de-
bate in which the constitutional ques-
ton Will be made subordinate to the
question of the comparative merits Of
the Mills bill and the senate substitute.
Dependent on the outcome of this de-
bate and the vote which will follow it is
the question whether or not
THE MILLS BILL
will remain upon the calendar as the
first barrier to be encountered by the
Wednesday or Thursday, Mr.. Randall
will ask the house to go into committee
of the whole for the consideration of
revenue bills. Should this barrier re-
main on the calendar and be success
fully surmounted, two more obstacles
will still have to be removed or over
come before the CowleS bill can
he reached. There are the meas
ures, now known as the McMillin
and Breckenridge bills, which have
been reported from the committee on
ways and means for the purpose of
placing in the hands of that committee
weapons with which to cope with the
committee on appropriations. The ad-
yocates of the CoWles bill, however, are
confident of their ability to defeat the
ways and means committee in any
event. Any cessation Of these hostili-
ties will be taken advantage of by the
gentlemen in charge of the remaining
appropriation bills to call them up for
action. Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia, will en-
deavor to call up the Sullivan-Felton
contested election case during the
week: but, i'll view of the necessity of
the immediate passage of the appropri-
alton bills. the interest taken in the in
tarnaI rnNanlla nnaStinn and tho M