The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-25
scents A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIAlES-A-WEEK 81 A YEAH
LAST WEEKS OF CONGRESS.
ALL THE APPROPRIATION BILLS
PASSED EXCEPT ONE.

The General Deficiency Bill the On
~ Measure Remaining and IL Is to
BE Called Up To-day-A Vote on
the Butler AntI-Iond Bill Expec-
ted To-day or TO-morrOw-status
of the Appropriation Bills Now in
Conference Committees.
Washington. May 2f.-The Senate COM
mitiee on appropriations Is surprised at
the headway 10 has been able to make in
the matter OF pushing its bills through the
Senate. OF the fifteen great annual bud
gets. all have now passed the Senate but
the general deficiency bill. and Mr.. Hale.
in charge Of that measure. has given no.
tice that he will call It up tomorrow. It
Is unusual for this bill to be reported so
far In advance OF the generally accepted
date Of adjournment. 1t being catch-all
for appropriations and deficiencies that
cannot be got untn the last minute. owing
to the rapldlty with which this bill has
been acted upon. 1t may be necessary be-
fore adjournment to pass a small urgent
deficiency measure, covering items that
the treasury may yet call to the attention
Of congress
IL IS expected that an agreement will be
reached that viii result In vote on the
Butter anti-bond bill either tomorrow Oh
Tuesday.
The "nlled cheese" bill which Mr.. sher-
man is urging is in "parlous" shape owing
TO the numerous proposed amendments.
Now that the House had acted on the ims
migration measures before It Mr. Lodge ob
Massachusetts viii seek TO pass one OF ths
measures through the Senate, so that out
Of the many connicting plans, some law
may be secured that VIII remedy what are
held 20 be existing evils IN our present im-
migration statutes
SIX Of tho great appropriation bills ara
now laws, one, the agricultural, without
the Presidents approval.
The Indian bill has been agreed to with
the exception Of four items, the most inn
portant OF which Is that relating to ap-
proprlatlons for sectarian schools.
The final report on the legislative bill
was agreed TO In the House yesterday
but the Senate has not acted upon Il.
There has been no conference on the
pOstOftce bill up to this time. When that
occurs there viii undoubtedly be a strug-
gle between the two houses, and the Ques-
ton Of the subsidies authorized In the
Senate. The naval bill has been agreed
TO with the exception Of the Senate reduc-
ton In the number OF battleships the
provisions as to the price to be paid for
the armOr plate and the prohibition OF
the employment by government contrac-
tors of naval officers on leave. 1t Is ex-
pected that the agreement win finally re-
suit In three new battleships. as a COM
promise AnInOFILGQ
| the House and the two authorized BY the
| Senate
A partial report on the sundry civil bill
was agreed to Yesterday. and one more
| conference Will doubtless get this large
/ budget out Of the way. The District Of
| Columbia and the forthcation bills are in
| conference.
The river and harbor bill awaits the
| Presidents approval or veto or monaco
| tlon.
The leaders of the House expect that
/ a m
/ for the session two weeks from Tomorrow.
| which Will be June s. That was the state-
ment made this evening by Mr.. Dalzel
or Pennsylyania, q member Of the COM
/ mittee on rules. The programme Of busi-
ness in the House, in these two weeks,
| Will be a matter Of arrangement from day
| TO day, and only the most general outline
/ can be given now. The committee on af-
| fairs Of the District Of Columbia are enti-
| tied to the session Tomorrow under the
rules and should Chairman Babcock
claim Il, only conference report or the
| determination of the House to consider a.
contested election case viii prevent him
/ from having II.
The committee on rules are desirous OF
/ clearing up the election cases now on the
/ calendar, three Of which, especially will
provoke some debate. They are. Murray
| vs.. Elliott from the First district OF South
/ Carolina Johnston VS. Stokes, from the
| Seventh district Of South Carolina, and
/ Mitchell VS. Walsh from the Eighth district
/ o. NeW ork. IN an ol these tne commits
/ tees report recommending that the con-
| testants be seated, In the case Of Yost VS..
/ Tucker from the Tenth district Of Virgin
/ la, the committee recommends that Tucker
| retain his seat. but Gen. Walker, the sin
/ gle republican member from that state,
| will make a vigorous effort to bring In o
/ political colleague. 1t is the expectation
/ that these cases will be disposed Of this
| week, should the consideration of confer
| ence reports, which is always first in or
/ der, leave time enough.
| Before the session ends II IS possible the
! committee on territories will be given a
| day in which to present two or three bills
/ demanding
/ the probabilities that another effort will
| be made to pass the Phillips labor commis-
| sion bill.