The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-11
CONGRESS- HARD WORK
A RUSH OF BUSINESS AHEAD AS
THE END DRAWS NEAR.

Six OF the Annual Appropriation Bills
Remain to Be Acted on Five of
Them Await the Presidents sigma
ture to Become Laws-The Silver
Bill Fight Before the House.
WASHINGTON, July 10.-Five Of the an
nual appropriation bills have received the
signatures Of the speaker and Vice Presi-
dent and now only await the signature of
the Presidents to become laws They are
the agricultural, river and hsrbor, Indian,
postoffloe and pension appropriation bills.
Six Of them are still in conference or with
the conference reports unacted on. They
ars the army, diplomatic and consular, Dis
trtct of Columbia. military academy, naval
and legislative appropriation bills.
The conference report on the military
academy bill has been agreed TO In the SEN
ate, but has not yet been reported in the
House.
The conference report on the naval bill
has been twice rejected in the House, the
trouble being over the Senate Amendments
authorizing the construction of one-line-of
battle ship and appropriatlnR $50 900 for
the proposed International review in New
York harbor and Hampton Roads, in cele-
bration of the discovery Of America.
The stumbling block in the legislative bill
Ia the Utah commission, and that in the
district bill is the provision as to the grand
army annual encampment.
The sundry civil appropriation bill has
been two days befors che Senate, and all
but few pages were disposed OF when the
Senate adjourned yesterday. A new sec
ton recommended by the Senate committee
on appropriations, diresting the coinage of
10, ZOO, 900 souvenir half dollars in aid of the
Columbian exposition at Chicago was the
point In the bill where progress was
blocked. IL will come up again tomorrow
and will be further discussed aud voted
upon, as well as Mr.. Quay's Amendments
requiring the exposition TO be closed oD
Sundays. The committee amendments
bill will be open to general amendment.
This phase of 1t may occupy
another day, but an effort will
be made to pass the bill before
the Senate adtourns. After that bill shall
have passed the Senate the Notifications
bill, which is now on the calendar, will be
taken up for action, aud. after that, the
general deficiency bill, which Is still in the
hands OF the Senate committee on appropri-
ations And that will be last Of the great
annual appropriation bills. II they are not
all in the hands Of the President before Fri
day next. very unlikely event, congress
will have to pass another joint resolution
extending the appropriations of last year
for such branches OF the service as remain
unprovided for.
THE TARIFF MEASURES.
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, ID Of the opinion that IL one
OF them were to be reported, the reporting
of the others would be urged; and as that
would prolong the session indefinitely the
committee is averse to taking any action In
the matter. The subject of the tariff. how
ever. will probably be heard from again in
the Senate, either on the Hale resolution as
to the comparison between the republican
policy Of protection" and the democratic
policy Of "tAriR for revenue only" or on
Mr.. Vests resolution directing the flnaRce
committe to report back the House bill put
ting wool on the free list.
The resolutions for an investigation OF the
Homestead conflict will probably be re-
ported back to-m7rrow from the committee
on contingent expenses, and may provoke
another such debate as took place on Thurs
day last
The anti-options bill and the bill for the
transfer OF the revenue marine service 10
the navy department are both to be brought
up tomorrow, IL not crowded out, as they
are likely to be by the sundry civil bill and
the debate on the Homestead resolutions.
Mr.. Washburn will, at ali events, seek the
floor Ia order TO address the Senate on the
anti-options bill as he has given notice Of his
intention to do so, even though he may
make no effort to bring up the bill then for
action.
Mr.. Butler has also given notice Of his
purpose to try to get action on the revenue
marine bill tomorrow.
The real uphaished busiuess-the bill for
the Developments and encouragement OF silk
culture in the United Stetes-bids fair to be
'unfinished" when the Vice Presidents
gsveI sounds the knell of the frat session of
the Ftfty-second congress.