Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-30
TELEGRAPHIC.
LEGISLATIVE WORK.
MOI Much Expected from tho House
the Coming Session.
THE QUESTION OF MORE REVENUE
aha Pacific Railroad iundirg Bill AID
other Mta,ur,s Tia ming
Att,ntiO

WARRINGTON, Nov. 29.-It is not
nrobsb. % that ,he House at the coming
s,,.iop OF Congress, which begins
week from tomorrow, can dispose OF
much of the proposed legislation which
.pcumbsrs i,s calendar. Little lie usu-
aIIy accomplished at the short session
beyond the passage OF the regular sup
nlv bills, Slill the Houte, with it's
iustrumentaiiiies for the expedition OF
business. can accomplish great deal
in brief time. The question OF ad-
ditional revenues for the government
will depend on the Senate, to which
body the House sent the Dingley bill
almost year ago. Should 1t be i'm
posslbIe or be deemed inexpedient to
ptess that measure through the Senate,
there lie, OF course, a possibility that
the proposal to increase the revenues
BY an additional tax on beer or the im-
position OF duty on tea, cole, ETC.,
may take tangible form, and II s0,sucn
Ierirlstion must originate, under the
Constitution In the lower branch Of
Congress. There are on the calen.
dars OF the House 1866 bills reported
from the various committees, and the
proportion which will pass the coming
session must he necessarily almost H.
fnitssimaI. Most OF them are private
bills (of which there are l,lOU), but
theirs are also 25B bills on the cslenusr
Oh the state OF the u nion anu SO pub
ltc bills on the regular House calendar.
NJ NJ ptlhiis
Importance, and those interested viii
tciion upon them.
The power lodged in the hands OF
the committee on rules, which gives
the members OF that committee control
OF the House program, viii make that
committee the practical aroiter OF what
shall DO submitted to the House for Its
action.
The bill, which In many respects IL
iraught at this time with much inter-
ett snd W hich Will press hardest Tor
consideration, is the Pacific railroad
funding bill. The bonds guaranteed
by the G government are payable early
IN the coming year, and either an ex.
tension or foreclosure stsres the rosds
In tue ince. For eight years iunuing
bills have occupied good share OF the
attention OF Congress. The present
bill, OF which Mr.. Powers Of Vermont
Ia the author, WAS reported shortly be.
fore the close oi the last session.
Every thing Will BIZ done by those in.
teresied in IL to secure consideration.
This friends OF the Nicaragua canal
are also benuing every energy to Sc
cure action ON The bill reported by Mr..
Doolittle, which provides for a guar.
sntes by the United States OF $780,
100000 OF bonus ioI the CONSTRUCTION
of the canal.
The war claims committee, which
showed Fight on several occasions at
The last session, promise to renew their
aggresti veness this winter, especially
for the passsge OF the claims awarded
under the Bowman act and the French
spolistion claims. These elaine, the
former amounting TO Sl62, i59 and the
latter to S2,70S, 1876, were put In the
sundry civil bill at the last session as
riuer of the Senate, but the bill was
vetoed by the PTesiden', and they
were then dropped.
Mi. Mahon, who Is chairman OF the
war claims Committee, Will also press
the Pennsylvania border claims, W hich
have been pending III Congress Tor
yeaFs.
The Loud bill to cure the abuses OF
the law relating TO secon1 class mat.
ter, by which the newspaper matter Is
transmitted at l cent per pound, and
which has been the subject OF much
criticism in the postotlioe department
because OF the advsntage taken Of the
Jaw In various ways for the transmits.
Jon OF books and pamphlets will also
he preset, Us will the rickler service