The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-09
THIS WEEK In CONGRESS.
APPROPRIATION BILLS TO FILL
TIE TIME IN TRH HOUSE,

Only Three Measures of This Glass Re-
main Unreported-A Parliamentary
Fight to Be Made to Keep the Anti
Options Bill On the Side Track-Phe
Work of the Senate.
WASHINGTON, May s.-Inasmuch as the
House will probably be engaged in consider
alton of appropriation bills most Of the week,
interest in ths proceedings Of congress will
will be largely confined to the Senate. where
certain matters Of national interest are to
figure. The Choctaw and Chickasaw claim
is to be discussed tomorrow until o'clock,
when vote will be taken upon the pending
resolution, which authorizes payment to the
Indians of about IS. .000,000.
The naval appropriation bill will be called
up for consideration Thursday.
By instruction Of the commerce commit
tee Mr.. Frye will report at the earliest op-
portunity the House bill to encourage
American ship-buiIding, which provides for
the admission TO American registry of the
Inman line steamers City of Paris and City
Of New York. He will doubtless make an
effort to secure immediate action upon the
bill and thereby give rise to discussion
which promises to be long and heated, as it
is expected to bring up the fruitful topics of
free ships" and protection 20 American
ship-builders.
The bill to provide for punishment of
violations of the treaty rights Of aliens will
be pressed upon the attention of the Senate
by the committee on foreign relations at
the trst opportunity, and is also likely to
give rise to much debate, involving as 1t
does the abstruse questions Of national and
state sovereignty.
If the Senate takes up the calendar dur
ing the week the first bill to be considered
is one to provide for Notifications
and other coast defenses, and
making an appropriation for the sites for
fortifioations Lying on tho presiding Off
GERS desk is the Presidents communication
relating to a bimonetary conference on
which Mr.. Morgan has given notice of his
intention to speak, and probably the oppor-
tunity will be utilized also by other senators
interested In the silver questions to set
forth their views upon this phase Of it.
In the House.
Unusually rapid progress was made with
the river and harbor bill in the House dur
ing the pact week and as a result the sun
dry civil bill will probably be taken up to-
morrow after part of the legislative day IL
consumed in business concerning the
District of Columbia. Like the river
and harbor bill, the sundry civil
bill is long measure containing
many items Of local interest to
| congressman and Of necessity its considera-
tion will require several days, aud, more
| over, the sundry civil bill is not satisfac-
tory to all the members of the appropria-
tions committee. the republican minority
| objecting to number OF items Of appro-
priation as insufficient, 30 that it will not
be surprising if it takes nearly if not the
entire week to bring the bill to final vote.
Congressman Hatch of the committee OF
agriculture will make an effort to secure
| consideration for the anti-option bill as
soon as the sundry civil bill is out of the
way. The anti-option bill is vigorously op-
| posed by many members, whO will use all
the devices known to parliamenta-
rians to keep the measure in the back
ground. The Notifications and postoffioe
appropriation bills are also on the calendar
and Mr.. Breckinridge of Kentucky will
antagonize the anti-optlons bill with the
first named measure. Only three of the
regular annual appropriations bills remain
to be reported to the House viz, the legis-
lative, executive and judicial, the agri-
cultural and the deficiency bills.