St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-18
WEEK IN CONGRESS.
Business Outlined for the Next
Seven DAYS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Although the
house has not been able to act upon any
Of the hundreds of bills that have been
introduced by its members, the senate
is now in the full tide of legislation. A
dozen bills have already passed that
body and have been sent over to the
house. Among them are several bills
making appropriations for public build
lngs, class of measures which repre-
sentatives very much wish to father.
The work is to be kept up this
week, and as there are alreaoy
the senate calendar within easy
reach, the members of the house will
probably suffer some loss of prestige in
the eyes of their constituents through
the activity of the senate. There is
little beyond these measures as yet for
the senate to act upon. Tomorrow the
We'll and La Abra claims swill be dis
cussed in connection with the pending
bills to investigate the allegations of
fraud in their alliance. The bill reor-
ganlZing the system of printing and
issuing public documents may also be
provocative to debate, Senator Kyle will
talk about marriages and divorce, and
the executive sessions of the week will
probably develop some party feeling, as
1t Is expected that the judicial nomina-
tons and the Elmira postmastership
will figure in the proceedings.
After the introduction of bills tomor-
row, the house of representatives will
take up the measure reported by Mr..
Richardson. of Tennessee, from the joint
committee on printing, entitled IA bill
providing for the public printing and
binding and the distribution OF public
1nanmnntO ,, 10 hot
half OF the sessions of the house during
the week will be consumed in the con-
sideration of this measure The bill
makes general revision of the present
system of printing and distributing pub
lie documents, and as thefe are fifty
nine pages of it, and it contains
many things of public interest, and
others of special interest to the
congressman themselves. it is improb-
able that it can be brought 10 vote
speedily. On Saturday Messrs. McMil-
lin and Catchings, members of the
house rules committee, held their first
conference with the speaker on the sub
Ject of permanent code of rul IS for the
house Of representatives during the
Fifty-second congress. They hope to be
able toreport to the house early in the
week, i'll order that they may be taken
up before its close, but past experience
of the time necessary to accomplish con
greSsional work of such a delicate nat
| ure as the framing of set of rules
would Indicate that unexpected de-
lays may defer the report longer
than is anticipated. Besides, the
illness of the speaker neceSsitates slow
work. The rules of the Fiftieth congress
have been referred to the committee,
and will, with some notifications, con-
stitute the rules of this congress. The
| senate resolution making an appropria-
ton to defray the cost of transportation
Of American food contributions to the
famine sufferers III Russia is still pend
ing i'll the house, and is in position to
be called up on motion to reconsider
the vote by which the house emascu-
lated the resolution by striking out the
appropriation.