The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-11
WORK BEFORE CONGRESS
TEE APPRoPRI ALTON BILLS TO BE
PUSHED.

No Other Legislation to be Allowed
TO Crowd Them Aside For Any Ma
terial Period-rhe Democrats Work
ing for a Mdsumms sr Adjournment.
The Appropriation Bills IN an
Advanced Stage.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-Atter several
weeks devoted more or less steadily to the
tariff question, the appropriation bills will
now have the right Of way in the House for
some time to come. All the appropriation
bills which have accumulated on the caleu-
dar during the time spent in the tariff dis
cussion will be acted upon before any other
legislation of much Importance is permitted
to come forward, and several appropriation
bills now in the hands of the comnittees
are expected to be reported In season to be
taken up by the House Immediately after
the bills now ready for action. This ear y
continuous consideration of the appropria-
tion bills is in pursuance of the policy of the
democratic majority in the House TO make
adjournment of congress possible before
midsummer.
IN AN ADVANCED STAGE.
The appropriation bills are now in al ad-
vanced condition Of forwardness for this
stage of the long session of congress, and If
rhe programme outlined by the party lead
ers for the next two or three weeks will be
carried out, the question of an early ad-
journment will then rest with the Senate.
The House, however, is pursuing policy of
retrenchment in all branches of the govern
ment expenditure, 80 that long and to some
extent probably acrimonious conferences
between the two branches Of congress must
follow the action by the Senate on the ap-
preparations before the bills can be enacted
into a law.
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
Tomorrow is District of Columbia day
| under the rules, but it is proposed to spend
part of the day in action on the urgency
deficiency appropriation bill q, and the dis
| trict will, doubtless, secure only a part OF
| the time. The Indian and District of Co
| lumbia appropriation bills, which have
| passed the Senate, will be put in conference
| during the week.
The naval appropriation bill will be taken
| up tuesday unless some unforeseen semer-
| gencY prevents. Its considerationswil oc-
cupy at least two days, and may possibly
run until almost if not quite the close of
| the week. There will be little discussion or
the bill as a whole, but the republicar
minority aided by some democrats who are
opposed to the recommendation of the ma
jority Of the naval committee that only
| one new cruiser be authorized, will mako al
earnest fight to have the bill amended 20 a!
to authorize the construction of two new line
of battleships, and perhaps some new tor
| pedo boats. Mr.. Boutelle, aided by Messrs
| Lodge and Dolliver, will lead the minority
| in this fight. 1t is not their purpose to dwell
| upon the recent foreign complications as IN
| dicating any special necessity for an increas
| in the navy, but naturally the discussion
| will have some reference to the Chilean anC
| Boring sea troubles, and upon the extent *
| which these matters enter the debate de
| pends TO some degree the number of days il
will take to pass the bill through the House
THE OTHER APPROPRIATION BILLS.
| The sundry civil appropriation bill will
follow the naval bill and will probably oc-
| cupY the rest of the week, If there be any
| part of it left. Besides Shese bills there ar,
| on the calendar the consular ana diplomatic
and river and harbor appropriation bills
which, the following week, will lie takeI
| up in the order named.
The committees are at work on the appro
priatlon bills lot yet reported to the House
and before the bills now on the calendar arr
acted upon most of the following bills will
| have been reported to the House: The post
| office, agriculture, legislative, executive anC
| judicial, Notifications and general deficiency
| bills.
IN THE SENATE.
The Senate is to listen to several Sc
| speeches this week. Mr.. Galiinger ha
| given notice Of his intention to speak to
morrow on a subject of popular interest
viz: his bill for the creation Of nationa
sanitarium for pulmonary diseases; and hi
cole 1gue, Mr.. Chandler, is to follow with
speech on the subject of the election o
senators by the direct vote Of the people.
The West Virginia direct tax bill is tn
special order for Tuesday. but it is subjec
to further postponement. owing to the ab
sence of Senator Morgan.
The Hoar bill amendatory Of the circuit
court of appeals act is the unfinished busi
ness, but before 1t is taken up again til
Senate. according to its recent order, will
devote two whole days to the considerable
of bills on the calendar which do no
encounter objections It is also expecte
that during the morning hours OF tn
present week additional speeches on th
subject of silver will be delivered by MI
Teller, one Of the foremost republican
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