The Portland daily press., 1894-07-16

On Inc conference Report When 1t Comes
from the Committee-A System of sala-
ries for United States Court Officers
Proposed With the Lapsing of the sys-
tenn of Feeing-The Committee on
Rules Has Mapped out Programme
For this Week.
Washington, July 15.-The managers of
the House think they see daylight ahead,
and the present week will put all the meas
ures of general interest .and Importance
out of the way. Tomorrow willsbe given up
to the consideration of Representative
Pailey's bill for sthe uniform system of
bankruptcy, and vote on it's passage twill
be taken at 4.30, in case the bill is out
of the way in time. The judiciary commit
tee will be recognized before adjournment,
SO it will have all Tuesdays session for
the discussion of measures reported from
it. Nine bills are selected by the commit
tee for presentation, but it will be .impossi-
BILE to consider them all. One of these con-
sidered of much Importance, is to establish
system of salaries for marshals, CLERKS
and attorneys of United States courtssand
abolishing the practice of paying fees.
The bill in some sense is,the outcome of
the investigation into the reported abuses
by officials of the United States courts
in Massachusetts and Alabama.
Wednesday will be given to the committee
on military affairs to clearsup more import
ant bills, the passage of Which it has recon-
mended.
This is as far as the committee on rules
has disposed of the week, but the -probabili-
ties are that before the week closes the
bill to amend the interstate commerce act
to permit railroad companies to arrange
freight and passenger points, will be called
up. Considerable opposition to the bill is
expressed and several applications have
been made to the committee on rules not to
let it have day until the next session
The expediency and Justice of the PROPOSE
tion is recognized by the managers, and
they say it shall have consideration. Unless
the friends of the measure consent TO
strike out the provision permitting appeals
taken from the rulings of. the interstate
commerce commission, it is doubtful
whether the bill will pass. The Senate
made such rapid progress with the apropria-
tion bills, it is quite possible the close of
the week will see all the departments of the
government provided for, for the present
fiscal year. When this is accomplished,
the minority will occupy a position of
| singular adva ntage in regard to the confer
| ence reports on the tariff bill. Should those
features of the House bill which s'conser-
vatixe" Democrats and Republicans most
object to, be reinstated lin the conference
report it will be in their power to say:
I'VE were quite ready to vote to adjourn,
orsstay here and discuss this matter until
the fourth of next March if need be. There
is no rule by which you can shut off debate
or,compel the adoption of "a conference
report which does not concede something
to our views.''
If, after the appropriation bills are dis
posed of, the Republicans in the Senate
and House should combine to break the
quorum, it is doubtful whether the Demo-
Gratis would be able without an extraordi-
nary effort TO hold their forces together
and command sufficient votes to adopt the
conference report. Some of the more
aggressiv e Republican opponents of the
tariff bill are already limiting at possibili-
ty cf such contingency arising. better
opinion seems to be for some kind of ad-
justment to be arrived at, though not until
after the first of August, the date now
fixed for the bill to take effect. August 10
is the date which one of the most active of
the.conferences names as the time when he
hopes to see the bill signed by the Presi-
dent. No other important measures are
pending between the two Houses, which
the Senate has any humor to take up. The
anti-option bill was talked to death in the
Senate in the last Congress, sand would
meet an equally strong opposition if called
up for Senate action at this session. AL
most as much opposition would await the
bill to forfeit unearned railroads land
grants which the House passed last week