The morning times., 1896-11-27
SENATE has lots OF WORK
Important Measures Which Are
Made Special Orders.
STATUS OF THE DINGLEY BILL
1t Is On the Calendar and Can Be
Called Up-Immigration Act Is
Also Pending-ElectiOn of Sem
atOrs by the People Measure Has
Day.

When the Senate meets a week from
next Monday 1t will find n calendar loaded
with biils that require careful attention,
many OF which were debated during the
last session and which are now aw waiting
Iinal action. The interregnum OF nine
months SO far as the legislative condition
OF Diils Is concerned am cunts to no more
Than an adjournment over night
According to the order made on May
last, the bill for the erection OF a bridge
across the Detroit river at Detroit, which
was hotly contested before the Committee
onCommercc, and which has been rs warmly
discussed on the floor, is made the special
order for the first NJ onday in Deccmbe
the opening day of the session.
The unfinished business is House bill
ii. r., 1854, an act to amend the immi-
grafton laws, as reported To the Senate by
Mr.. Lodge, With Some material amendments
The Joint resolution proposing an amend
inent 70 the Constitution, providing for The
election OF Senators by popular Vote, Is the
special order for NJ onday, December IA,
at O'Clock.
OTHER SPECIAL ORDERS.
Other special orders are Senate bills to
prevent the Dissertation OF the national
flag; House bill to prevent the cxtermina-
ton Of the fur-bearing seals of Alaska,
and House bill to reduce the cases in which
the penalty OF death may be inflicted.
Apropos OF our relations with Spain. it
may be stated that the comprehensive forth
fications bill or Senator Squire, appropriat-
Ing $1OO,OUO,00O for defenses, is Still
Oh the calendar, also Mr.. Hale's bill au-
thorizing the Secretary OF the Navy to
enlist additional men. which was amended
and passed and since May 20 has been
pending on motion to reconsider; a bill
for the establishment OF lighthouse on
Swan Island, in the Caribbean Sea, be-
longing IL the United States. and the bill
oconstructa dry dock at Key West.
IS elsewhere stated the stringent con-
current resolution OF Senator Davis rela-
tive To the enforcement and assertion OF
the Monroe doctrine, which was called
out by the attitude Of Great Britain to-
ward Venezuela. still remains upon the
calendar and can he called up at any time
for consideration.
STATUS OF THE DINGLEY BILL.
The Dingley bin is still ON the calendar,
having been reported to the Senate with
the tariff features eliminated and a free
rolnage rider attached, February l. last
1t will be in order to move to take the
bill up and put iU upon its passage or to
recOmmlJ II TO the committee, eituer with
or without instructions. The bill passed
the House December 20 last, and was in
tended to make temporary provision for
meeting the expenses Of the government,
its provisions being limited to August l,
1897.
Inc first two sections imposed duty
on raw wool equivalent to so per cent Of
the duties OF the Mckinley act, and a
similar duty upon all manufactures of
wool; also duty OF 60 per cent ON lumber
ami Its manufactures The last section
provides for horizontal advance OF 10
per cent upon the Wilson law in all its
sections except wool and lumber, as In
dicated above, and on sugar, which was
not touched.
duties should, in no case, increase the
rate of duty on any article beyond the
rate OF the Mckinley act. In such case
the Mckinley rate is to prevail.
OTHER MEASURES PENDING.
There is also on the calendar "A com
prehcnsive measure involving thorough
revision OF the navigation laws, under
the title OF q bill to amend the laws re-
latlng To navigation The Statehood bills
for the Territories of New Mexico and
Arizona Will also lead to some debate, as
viii also the bill to establish a UNIFORM
system OF bankruptcy, reported by Mr..
Teller.
The proposition to refund the Pacific
Il last, after Il protracted hearing. is an
important measure that Will be antagonized
by Mr.. Morgan and others under his lead
Cur relations with Hawaii will again as
SUN ueimpOrtance when Mr.. Frye calls up the
bill to facilitate the construction OF a
cable between the United states and the
Hawaiian Islands, a bill that is on the
Cal endar, and which will probably be
pushed during the short session
RAILROAD POOLING BILL.
The railroad pooling bill is still in COM
| mittee, but measure OF Importance TO
| shippers now on the calendar is the bill
| directing the Interstate Commerce Com
mission 10 prepare Il uniform freight classi-
| fIcatiCn. Ii is doubtful whether Mr.
| Morgan will seek during the few weeks
| this session will be convened to call up
| tHc NIC.Ird.uan canal Din. The proba-
| biIties are that he will he content to let
| it rest until the Fifty-fifth Congress.
| 0nthe calendar are thirty-four House and
| twenty-five Senate pension bills which Will
| probably be passed at an early day
| Taken altogether there is abundance Of
| work upon which the Senate can labor
| while the House is getting the annual ap-
| ~, ,t,r, Of fh.