The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-19
APROSY WEEK IN CONGRESS-
TiibuSteTing in the House and ROu-
tine Work in the Senate.

Llll " UlA III III ONHulNs
The Contest of John ]. o'Nein for the
scat of Charles Frederick Joy to
Cause the Fight in the House-The
Tariff Bill to Be Reported to the
Senate Tomorrow or Next Day.
Washington, March s.-Fiibustering
IN the House and routine calendar bust
ness in the Senate seem to be the proba-
bic congressional programme for the
week The House is likely to begin over
sgain the struggle which became so
familiar pending the passage of the Bland
sai-niorage bill to secure a quorum.
which will submit to be counted on q roll
call. An election contest will be the bat
tle round on this occasion Charles
Frederick Joy, rep, was re
turned elected at the last election
for the Eleventh Missouri, (St. Louis dis
trict by plurality of 81 votes over John
O,NeilI. the popular democrat, who has for
several previous terms represented that
district in congress. Mr.. Joy holds the seat,
but on a contest by Mr.. O'Neill, the com
mfttee on elections, by Strict party vote,
decided to report in MIR O'NeilIs favor
As soon as the pending sundry civil bill
Is disposed of-and Mr.. Sayers,
chairman of the committee on ap-
propriations, thinks this can be done
during to-morrow's sessiOn-it is
the purpose to call up the O'Neill-Joy
election case, and the report of the com
mittee on elections recommending the
, ig 4
stood, will be antagonized by the republi-
cans. who will require the majority to
secure the presence of a quorum of their
own number to carry out the purpose of
the committee. Until that quorum of
democrats appears, the expectation is
that no business will be transacted tn at
does not meet unanimous approval.
A CASE FROM CALIFORNIA.
In the meantime the committee may re-
port the English-HilbOrn case from Cali
foruia where a similar conclusion has
been reached-that the republican sitting
member, Mr.. Hilborn, must give way to
Mr. English, the democratic contestant,
and ask that the two cases, together
with that of Williams VS.. Settle, from
North Carolina, be disposed of
only when the presence of quorum is
established and thus clear the calendar
of this class of cases so far as the COM
mittee has prepared them for action by
the House. In the North Carolina case the
committee has decided to report in favor
of Mr. Settle, the sitting republican, but
MI Williams, the un successful demo-
cratic contestant, is determined to carry
the contest TO the floor of the House.
ADMISSION OF NEW MEXICO.
Delegate Joseph has announced his in
. r1l-F hOI a. 1,A
week to take up the bill providing for the
admission of New Mexico to statehood
But thisl will meet the same obstacle
interposed in the path of the reports on
the contested election cases-repub lican
nOu-actiOn. This can be avoided, how
ever, by the democrats consenting to an
amendment which will admit Oklahoma.
But at present there seems to be no pros
pc Of this being done.
After the election cases have been dis
posed Of, the present intention of the
leaders Of the House is to return to the
consideration of appropriation bills.
There are now on the calendar the mill
tary academy bill, the post Office bill and
the diplomatic and consular bill. 1t is
expected that before the week ends these
will be increased by the adoption of the
river and harbor, naval military and
Indian appropriation bills, all of which,
IL is uuuerSJOOu, are pfdCtlcdIIy COul-
plet
Mr. Hatch has also stated that his
anti-option bill will be reported before
the end Of the week.
THE TARIFF BILL.
The tariff bill will probably be reported
to the Senate Tuesday or Wednesday, and
on that question and the fruitful Hawaiian
topic. some remarks may be made. Mr..
Vest will probably, some time during the
week, call up the much discussed bill to
provide new site for the government
printing Office, which is the unfinished
business.
Should the President return the Bland
seignlorage bill with a veto, a topic of Bit
ter discussion and exciting interest will
be thrown before both branches of the
national leriSlatnrR