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Show THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS I : ... TJie Presidential . Snccession and the Dakota . Bills, With Nominations, . Will Occnpy the Time. Several of the Members Primed Up With Speeches on the Silver Question. A Cleveland Ghost Story That Pnts to Blush the Spoek Liar of - " . the " Tribune." j Measures Before Congress. Washington, January 10. The House of Representations to-morrow's first business will be the regular call of States for the introduction in-troduction of bills. As the past week has been principally devoted to this business, and members have for the most part relieved their desks from bills which had accumulated, accumu-lated, it is not likely, that to-morrow's call will consume much time. The rest of the business for the week is the call of committees com-mittees for reports, but in view of their very recent appointment there is little expected from them during the next few days. the senate pbesidential' succession -bill, May, howeverybe reported to the House from the committee .on that .subject by Tuesday or Wednesday. In this event the discussion will probably consume the re-! mainder of the week, as many members have already expressed to the Speaker their desire to speak upon the subject. The Committe on Coinage, Weights and Measures will not organize until the middle of the week, and as that committee is supposed, sup-posed, to be about evenly divided on the silver question, it is not thought that any measure . . 1 . . . ; ; . . E elating to the coinage of silver, Either in the line of suspension or free coinage, coin-age, or of compromise between radically opposite views, will be brought before the House until the committee shall have care fully considered all the various propositions. I The judicial salary bill remains unfinished business in the Senate. The electoral count and bankruptcy bills are to be brought up for consideration, if an opportunity is found, and THE DAKOTA BILL May be pressed toward the end of the week if the printing of the accompanying report is then completed. Under ordinary circumstances circum-stances any one of these measures would furnish material for a week's debate, but as the subjects were all fully discussed during the last Congress, the coming debates may be somewhat shortened. bevebal speeches on the silveb question Await an opportunity for delivery ; and Mr. Manderson has given notice that he will address ad-dress the Senate to-morrow on the bill to promote the efficiency of the infantry branch of the army. The Executive calendar is understood to have only about fifty nominations upon it, and these comprise not more than one or two over which contest is deemed practicable ; but it is understood that a considerable number of nominations have been aoted upon favorably by committees and are ready to be reported back as soon as opportunity is afforded. Senators express a wish to begin be-gin active work upon the nominations as soon as possible, and it is probable that much of the week will be devoted to this duty. . . ' |