St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-23
Everything Must Be Consid-
cred Briefly and Disposed
OF in a Hurry
Both Houses Will Give Most Of
Their Attention to Appro-
priation Bills.
The Supreme Court Adopts a
Rule Which Will Have a
Good Effect.

branches of that body will probably be
marked by the haste that is usual in the
closing days of a short session. The
chief effort in both houses will be to Sc
cure early and complete action on>the
appropriation bills, of which but two,
the army and the fortification, have yet
become laws. The status of the re-
naming appropriation bills is as fol-
lows: The naval bill awaits the ap-
proval of the conference report by the
house; the pension, District of Colum-
bia and military academy bills are
in conferences; the diplomatic and
consular bill is awaiting an Or
der for conference by the house;
the sundry civil bill has been
reported by the senate committee,
and is on the senate calendar; the leg
islative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill and the Inaian appropria-
ton bill are in the senate committee;
and the postoffice, agricultural and gen
eral deficiency bills await the action of
the house. 1t is expected that the senate
will devote It's time during the week
mainly to the appropriation bills, be-
ginning with the sundry civil bill to-
morrow, and following with the legis-
latiye and Indian appropriation bills.
These unpostponable measures and SIM
ilarly urgent conference reports on
other appropriation bills are likely to
leave
But Little Time
for other subjects Professionally pro-
vided for in the order of business ar
ranged by the Republican caucus. The
Nicaragua canal bill is the unfinished
business in this category, and, although
it will be laid aside tomorrow in favor
of the sundry civil appropriation bill,
and efforts made thereafter to give its
place to some other measure named in
the caucus order upon the ground that
it threatens to consume more than its
privileged consideration, the friends of
this measure are confident that it will
retain its position as against other mis-
cellaneous business until brought to a
final vote. The miscellaneous measures
following it on the caucus programme
are the pure food bill and the
Conger lard bill, the reorganization
bill, the interstate commerce bill. the
bankruptcy bill, the land court bill, the
bill to transfer the revenue marine
service to the navy department, and the
Pacific railroad funding bill. Unless
expected progress is made. even with
the aid of night SESSIONS, it is hardly
PROBABLE that they can be reached in
time for action this week, although it is
perhaps within the bounds Of proDabil-
ity that action may be obtained Oh the
revenue marine bill, to which the OPP
position is smaller. The house adj
journed yesterday in very bad temper,
row will have considerable effect on the
course of legislation during this week.
There are number of important mat
terS, which the majority earnstly desire
to have been passed upon by the house
before final adjournment. and the
order in which they ars brought
up will largely depend ON the
situation as it is developed from day to
day. The friends OF the shipping bill
have been assured of the report from
the rules committee of a special order
setting apart one or two days early in
the week for the consideration of this
measure. but the representatives III
charge of the appropriation bills are i'll
SlSlng on
Right of Way.
and the Democrats, with few excep-
tions, intend to exert all their power to
prevent the enactment Of the shipping
bill into law, relying for success partly
Oh the near adjournment OF congress
and the apparent necessity Of devnting
much of the time to the appropriation
bills. The pOStOffice appropriation bill
has gone through the committee of the
whole, and now awaits the action OF the
house, and the consideration of the agri-
culture and deficiency bills has not be-
gun. Conference reports Oh other ap-
propriation bills will also consume part
of the time during the week. In
addition to these measures there
are the copyright, the appellate court
and the Indian depreciation UillS, which
have passed both houses but need to be
advanced throughthe conference stage of
legislation before they can go upon the
statute book. The report of the Raum
investigation and the recommendation
of impeachment in the case of Judge
Boarman, of Louisiana. are matters OF
the highest privilege, on which action
of the house is desired. 1t will thus be
seen that the house has large amount
of work to accomplish within the next
nine days, but the Republicans need
only three additional members to make
mp quorum and are confident of their
ability to expedite business to the eX-
tent necessary to carry out their pro-
gramme. The silver bill is not included
in the schedule of business arranged by
the majority. The silver men are dis
heartened at the prospect for currency
legislation during this congress, but eX-
pect to make one more effort to compel
a vote on the silver bill, although in
order to do so it will be necessary 10
make some motion commonly regarded
as not within the purview of the rules
or of parliamentary practice.
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