St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-16
Both Houses Considering Bills
Which Appropriate Mill
ions of DucatS.
The Senate to Tackle the
River and Harbor Bill
This Week.
A Little Silver Cloud Is Re-
ported Arising in the
House.
Senator Vanee'S Illness Re-
suited From His Own
Imprudence.

WASHINGTON, May Is. = Pressing
questions of revenue and expenditure s
are likely to occupy the attention of tine
senate all the time of the coming week
that can be devoted to legislation. Sen
ator Barbour's funeral tomorrow will
prevent the transaction Of any business
until Tuesday. 1t is an almoSt un-
precedented occurrence to have two
senator's funerals (Messrs. Plumb and
Barbour in the same session. The dis
cussion of the $4,000. .000-item added by
the senate committee to the naval ap-
preparation bill for battleship, a har-
Dor defense monitor. four light gun
boats and six torpedo boats will
will be resumed as the first
business. That bill disposed of,
the s22, ,740, 900 river aud harbor bill will
follow. These two measures and the
consideration of revenue and increased
taxation which they involve will proba-
bly, occupy the balance of the week and
leave little room for the special orders.
These are, first, bill abolishing COM
pulsory state pilotage, measure in
which Mr.. Frye, chairman of the COM
mittee on commerce, takes strong inter-
est, which he has unsuccessfully tried
to push through the last three con-
crosses, and which he now desires the
senate to take early action upon, as it is
his purpose to leave the city on private
business as soon as it is disposed of.
Next comes the foreign relations bill to
give United States courts jurisdiction
of violations of the
Treaty Rights of Aliens.
which runs counter to the state rights
theory and of some of the senators, and
will be opposed on that ground. After
that Mr.. George, of Mississippi, has a
notice on the paper of an intention to
call up a bill which appropriates $4,000
for the establishment of five expert
mental silk culture stations, measure
which has a slim chance of passing un-
der existing conditions. Last on the
LISTS the bill reported from the judi
eiary committee by Mr.. Vest, ,,of Mis-
sour, revising and readjusting the
compensation of all the district attor-
neys of the United States, an importan
measure, which can scarcely get
through at this advanced stage
of the session. Ii the present inten-
tiOns of the chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations are carried
out, the house this week will devote all
it's time to the consideration Of apprO-
priation bills. MIR. Holman said today
that, in view of the funeral of the late
Senator Barbour at 1 o'clock tomorrow,
he did not expect the house to transact
any business of Importance before Tues
day. Then he would ask the house to
resume consideration of the sundry
civil bill. continuing from day to day
until a conclusion is reached. Then he
would bring up the poStOffice and forti
fications bills in the order named. 1t
was possible, be said, but not probable
that all three of them would be disposed
OF in the house before the week ends.
Free Coinage Again.
Before the consideration of the sun
dry civil bill has proceeded very far
Mr.. Livingston (Democrat, of Georgia,
will propose an amendment to the sec
tion, covering the appropriations for the
age of silver. This amendment Mr..
Bland offered one day last week, but
afterwards Withdrew it for the reason
that it met the criticism that 1t did not
pertain to the subject under discussion.
There is but little likelihood of gen
eral silver debate being precipitated
thereby, as the amendment will doubt
less be met by point OF order, and be
declared out on the ground that
it is not german to the measure.
When the sundry civil bill has
been disposed of Mr.. Hatch will en-
deavor to bring up the anti-option bill,
but, as stated, Mr.. Holman expects the
house to support him in his demand for
consideration of the postofflce appro-
priation bill. The resolution to expunge
one of the speeches of Representative
Walker, of Massachusetts,, because of
alleged unpariamentary, not to say
uncomplimentary, expressions regard
ing his mugwump colleagues from that
state, is the special order for tomorrow.
but 1t will probably fail to come up for
want of time. What will become Of it
in that ease cannot be definitely stated.
Another postponemert is the most
likely solution.