Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-02
ComINc wEEK Ir CoNcnRss.

Business Being Shaped in the Senate With a Determination to Adjourn March 4-Free Coinage Men in the House Growing Festive.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The senate is
 shaping it's business with firm determin-
 ation to adjourn March 4, without leaving
 end the t'steering committee" of the repub-
 ican majority has already arranged pro-
 gram that would of itself occupy the at
 tention of the senate for two weeks. This
 arrangement, however, is not final, as it
 must be formally approved by the repub
 ican caucus, and besides it is subject to
 interruption by the appropriation bills.
 The fertilization appropriations bill comes
 up tomorrow as the unfinished business,
 and the pension appropriation bill now on
 the calendar of the District of Columbia
 appropriation bill, soon to be reported, twill
 follow in order. In the morning hours an
 effort will be made to pass the Indian
 depreciation claims bill and sandwiched be-
 tween the appropriation bills will probably
 be the eight hour bill and the copyright
 bill. An attempt is also being made to
 secure action upon the house bankruptcy
 bill.
 Although the house has been engaged
 practically the whole of the past week in
 consideration of the regular annual appro- priation bills these measures are still in an unusually backward state, and it is the in- tention of the majority to permit substan- tially no legislation except the shipping bill to engage attention until the scene of action on the appropriations is very gene rally transferred from the house to the senate wing of the capitol. It is the pur- pose of the committee on the merchant marine to make an effort to call up the | shipping bill and press it to final vote as soon as the consular and diplomatic appro- priation bill now under consideration is | passed, but there is some question as to | the ability of it's friends to carry out their | intention. The Indian and the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bills | are on the calendar awaiting action and | will be called up at the first favorable op- portunity.
 MT. Bland and other free coinage silver | men are growing more restive daily at the | failure of the committee on coinage to act | on the senate silver bill and have an- nounced their determination, if the con- mittee do not settle the matter at the next | regular meeting on Wednesday, to precip- | itate the fight to the floor of the house l W1GnOuG Wa1ClnS TOT COmm1Cte0 report. | Only four weeks and three days remain of | the Fifty-frst congress and not a single | one of the thirteen regular annual appro- | priation bills has been finally passed by | both branches of congress and sent to the | president. But one of those bills has | passed the senate-the army bIl-which | went through yesterday with number of | on which the action of the | house is needed. The pension and forti- | fcations bills are on the sen | ate calendar ready for considers ton. Three other bills, namely: Those | making appropriations for the District of | Columbia, the military academy and the navy, have passed the house, but have not been acted on by the senate committee. Of the remaining appropriation bills, the consular and diplomatic, the Indian and the legislative have been reported to the house, and the sundry civil and agri- cultural bills will be placed on the calen- dar this week so that the general deficiency and the postoffice bills will be the only ones left to be reported from committed | While the present condition of the appro- priation bills is not encouraging as com pared with their state of progress in pre- vious congresses, no doubt is entertained by experienced members of both the house and the senate of the ability of congress to complete it's absolutely necessary legisla- tion before noon of the 4th of March