Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-11
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS.
Forecast of the Weeks Work
in Both Houses.
Many Appropriation Bills Still
to BE Acted Upon.
House Tariff Bills will Not Come
Before the Senate.
A Test Vote on the Free Coinage BEN
Will Be Taken in the House on
Wednesday-Its Fate Is
ProEfematioal.
By the Associated Press.l

| By the Associated Pressl
WAsHrNaToN, July 10.--The agricul-
turaI river and harbor, Indian, post
Office and pension appropriation bills
have received the signatures of the
speaker and vice president. and now
only await the signature Of the prssi-
dent to become laws. The army, diplo-
matte and consular, District of Colnm-
bia, military academy, naval and legis-
latiye appropriations are either still in
conference or With conferenee reports
unacted upon.
SENATE PROGRAMME.
Fhe Hundry civil bill, nearly disposed
lof by the senate, will come up again
| tomorrow, and an effort win be made to,
pass the bin before the senate adjourns.
! The fortification bill will follow in the
| senate, and after that the general de-
| iciency bill.
II all the annual appropriation bills
are not in the hands OF the preaident
before Friday next (very unlikely event)
congress win have to pass another joint
resolution extending the appropriations
for such branches as remain unprovided
| for.
There is no probability that any OF the
| tariff measures which have passed the
house will get before the senate this
session. The finance, committee to
which they have all been referred, is of
the opinion that If one were reported
the others would be urged; as that
would prolong the session indefinitely,
the committee is adverse to taking any
a. -, 10 <~f
tariff, however, will probably be heard
from again in the senate, either on
Hale's resolution as to the comparison
for protection and the Democratic
policy OF tariff for revenue only, or ON
Vests resolution directing the finance
committee to report back the house bill
putting wool on the free list.
The resolution for an investigation of
the Homestead conflict will probably be
reported tomorrow. The anti-option
bill and the bill to transfer the revenue
| marine service to the navy department.
are both to be brought up on Monday.
The bill for the development and en-
couragement OF silk culture in the
United States, is also unfinished busi--
ness, and bids fair to remain unfin-
nished when the Independents gavel
sounds the knell of the first session of
the ffty-second congress.
HOUSE FORECAST.
The week in the house will be, in
political sense, cloudy with silver lin
ing. The committee on rules will bring
in on Wednesday resolution designat-
ing that day and the next legislative
day. if Wednesday is insufficient, be
devoted to consideration of the free
coinage bill. Filibustering motions
will not be in order, and an opportunity
will therefofe be offered at the very
outset to test the relative strength of
the seconds and opponents OF the silver
bill by voting upon the resolution pro-
viding for its consideration by the
house. A majority vote against the
resolution, it is openly stated, will be
accepted by the advocates of free COIN
age as the absolute defeat of the meas
ure for the session, but they express
confidence that an adverse majority
cannot be and must not be mustered on
the question of consideration.
The anti-silver members have not vet
agreed upon course of action, but
conference for the purpose viii be held
tomorrow. Tas
luc lo1uiHR hSpuUllCAnu uSCllu0 w
state what position they will take, but
there is talk of allowing the Democrats
to make the fight among themselves,
and when the combat slackens, come in
as a reserve to support the anti-silver
faction.
1t is asserted that there will be a
majority of four to eight against the bin
upon direct vote, If it can be brought
to one by means of the cioture, or
majority suspension of the rules. But
the silver men scout the assertion and
declare that the bill will go through the
house if it reaches direct vote upon it's
merits.
If the measure succeeds in getting be-
fore the houee and the opponents fill
buster against final vote, the commit
tee on rules will be asked to report a
cloture rule. But as all the members of
the committee, except the Republicans
who would see in it justification of the
rules of the tifty6rst congress, are op-
posed to this method OF procedure, un-
less asked by majority of the total
Democratic membership OF the house,
such request will be met with re-
fusal.
Action on conference reports and de-
bate on the senate amendments to the
appropriation bills, may be expected to
occupy Tuesdays sessions and any sue
ceeding part of the week not absorbed
by the silver contest.