The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-18
COMING EVENTS IN CONGRESS.
No Fixed Programme before the
House This Week.

Washington, May 17.-The programme of
business III the House Of Representatives
depends largely upon the developments
from day TO day, so that "a forecast for
the week. especially of the order in which
measures shall be considered. cannot be
given.
Tomorrow, under the rules will be sus-
pension day. and Mr.. Daizen. rep, of
Pennsylvania will ask for the committee
on ways and means, the passage Of what
is known as the package bill" This pro-
vides that packages of imported mer-
chandise. weighing less than 100 pounds,
and valued at less than 500, may be
transported in bond over the Canadian
railroads to destinations.
Mr.. Scranton. rep. of Pennsylvania has
given notice that he viii ask the House,
Immediately after the reading Of the Jour
nal tomorrow, TO reconsider the vote by
which it refused some days ago TO order
TO a third reading the bin 10 provide for
the election Of a delegate In congress from
Alaska. An effort viii be made to lay
that motion on the table, In case Mr..
Scranton presses it, but should that fail,
the subject will be open for discussion,
and may occupy a good portion OF the
Should there be any time left after the
House has disposed of the motions to pass
bills by suspension of the rules, it win
probably be given to the committee on
immigration for the consideration Of bills
reported by IL. This committee will proU-
ably have Tuesdays session az all events.
1t will present the Morrill, bill TO regulate
immigration from Europe, and the Corlisa
and Mahony bill, intended 20 relieve the
cities on the Canadian border of the COM
petition Of labor from Canada, which
does not find an abiding place In the Uni
ted States.
The committee rules are inclined TO give
the committee on labor day for the
Phillips commission bill, and the Erdman
arbitration bill, the latter embodying the
proposition of ex-Attorney General Olney
passed al the last session OF congress, ana
which, 10 is understood, the labor Organi-
cations have approved. The Phillips bill
appropriates $jO,OOO to enable a commits
sion to make an exhaustive Investigation
into the relations between labor ana cap
ital.
Another day will also be allotted to the
committee on territories, which wants
the House to consider the New Mexico
bond bill (as amended in the Senate), and
the bill to protect the salmon fisheries in
Should there then remain any time al
the disposal of the committee on rules
il will be devoted TO the consideration OF
the contested election cases on the cal
endar-three of which are likely to be
fought out with much earnestness-Mur-
ray vs.. Elliott, from the First South
1dIOllild ulSlIlCls ana johnson VS.. Stokes
from the Seventh South Carolina district
The appropriations committee intend tc
keep the Senate hard at work on appro.
priation bills during all OF this week
The District Of Columbia bill Is now the
unfinished business, and it is believed thai
this bill viii consume the better part OF
three days Especially is this true If the
subject of appropriations for the variou.
charities precipitate O. debate at all like
that in the House.
The fortifcations bill will come UP next
1t viii be reported to the Senate to-mor.
row. Considerable increase is understood
to have been made in this bill Wher
this comes up, Mr.. German will offer ar
amendment providing for the issue OF
$50, 600 or SlOO,000,00 of low interest bear.
ing certificates and viii make another
speech bearing upon the financial condE
ton of the country in connection with the
appropriations that are being made This
certificate amendment will. in all probable
ity cause discussion that will run Ovei
two or three days, but it will not be per.
mitted to indefinitely postpone the fina
vote on the appropriation bills.
The steering committee has decided thai
nothing shall interfere with the appropria.
tion bills, but if there should be an openine
between the bills, the immigra Ron ques
ton may be given a short time for consid.
Grafton.
An order of business outside of appro
priation measures has not yet been agreed
to, but the republicans will have another
caucus early this week to determine thai
subject