The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-30
1HE WORK OF CONGRESS-
Remedial Legislation Must Come
from the Senate.
MANY HOUSE BILLS REPORTED,
Tho Most Important Measures Now on the
Calendar Are the Pacific Railroad Fund.
ing Bill and the Nicaragua Canal Bond
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Calendar Are the Pacific Railroad Fund.
ing Bill and the Nicaragua Canal Bond
Bill.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3O-It Is not proba.
bic that the house at the coming session
OF congress, which begins next Monday,
can dispose of much of the proposed legis.
iation which encumhcr Its calendars, Lit.
tie Is usually accomplished at the short
session beyond the passage of tho regular
supply bills, Still, tho house, with its in.
Gtrumentalities tor the expedition of bust,
ness can accomplish n great deal in d
brief time. The question Of legislation
Tor additional revenues for the govern
mcnt will depend on the senate TO which
body the house sent the Dingloy bill almost
ayaar ago. Should it be impossible, or be
deemed inezpedient, to press that measure
through the senate there Is, of course
possibility that the proposal to increase
the revenues by an additional tax on beer
or the imposition of duty on ten coffee,
otc., may take tangible form, and If SO,
such legislation must originate, under the
constitution, in the lower branch Of con.
gress.
There are on the several calendars of the
house | ,i65 bills reported from the various
committees and the proportion which will
pass at the coming session must be neccS'
sarily almost inflnitesimal. Most of them
are, of course, private bills (of which there
nre 1OM but there nre also e5S bills on
the calendar on the state of the union,
and % public bills on the regular house
calendar, Soma of these are of very great
ublic importance, and those Interested
,yill no doubt do ali in their powcr to so.
cure action upon them
Tho powers lodged in the hands of the
COMMITTEES ON rules which give tho mem.
pers of that committee control of tbs
house program. will mike that comnitteo
tbc practical arbiter of what shall be SUBJ
entitled TO thc house for its action. That
rommittee is composed as at present con.
etituted. ottbe sneaker, Mr.. Henderson Of
Town, MIR. Dalzcll of Pennsylyania and
Mr, Mcmillan of Tennessee. The death
sf OK Sneaker CrisD createS n vacancy at
4he head of the minority of tho commit.
tee. which must be filled by the speaker
,G'he names principally mentioned In con.
1,ection with the vacancy are Mr.. Bailey
of Texas, Mr.. Catchings of Mississippi t
nIr. Turner of Georgia Mr.. Richardson Of
Tennessee and Mr. Dockery of Missouri.
The bill which, In many respects, il
fraueht at this time with most interest,
mud which will press hardest for consider.
alton, is the Pacific railroad funding bill
The bonds guaranteed by the government
are payable early in the coming year, ana
either an extension or foreclosure stnrcs
,he road in the face For reight years fund
iuQ bills have occupied u good share of the
attention of congress The present bill,
of which Mr.. Powers of Virginia is the
author. was rcpurted shortly before tho
close of tho last session. Everything will
la done by those Interested in it to secure
consideration, The friends of the Men.
rapua canal arc also bending every energy
Ia secure action on the bill reported by
Far Doolttle. which provides for II guar.
antee by the United States of 100000, 900
Of bonds for the construction of the canal
The war claims committee, which showed
Rpht on several occasions in the last ses.
sion promises to renew their aggressive.
mass this winter. especially for the plssage
NJ the cloims awarded under the Bowman
sct and tho French spoiation claims.
These claims the former amounting to
sbs2 d59 and the latter to S2, 7us, 1876, were
mt on tho sundry civil bill at tho last ses.
sion AS n rider of the senate, but the bill
was vetoed by the presidentand they were
tbeu dronped. Mr.. Mahop. who is chair.
man of the war claims committee, will
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