St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20
The Presidential Party to-
Start on the Trip to Flor =.
ida Tuesday.
Only Six Persons in the Com
pany--They Will Return
on Sunday.
Both Branches of Congress
Inclined to Continue Do
ing Nothing.
The Fisheries Treaty to Get a
Little Attention Of the
Senators To-Day.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland will devote
most of the coming week to the Florida
trip. They will start on Tuesday and
return Sunday. The only stop which
the party will make before reaching
Florida will be at Savannah early on
Wednesday morning. The only persons
who will accompany the president and
Mrs. Cleveland are Secretary and Mrs.
Whitney and Col. and Mrs. Lamont.
Tomorrow is suspension-of-rules day in
the house of representatives. There
are, however, few measures of general
Importance likely to come up for con-
Sideration. The Judiciary committee
may ask action OH the bill it reported
some days ago, providing for cOnStitu-
tiOnal amendment making the 30th of
April Inauguration day for the preSi-
dent of the United States instead
of the 18th of March. Chairman Mills,
of the committee on ways and means,
may call up his resolution authorizing
the secretary of the treasury to pur-
chase from the surplus in the treasury
bonds of the United States for redemp-
ton. There is on the calendar the mil
itary appropriation bill, but, inasmuch
as Messrs. Tillman and CutcheOn of the
committee, are out of the city, and will
be absent for some days, it is not likely
that the bill will be taken up during the
week. The same may be said of the
pension appropriation bill. Mr.. Foran,
of Ohio, who has supervision of it, is on
the sick list. The committee on bank
ing and currency will ask the house to
fix day for the consideration of the
Dingley bill, providing for the invest
ment of IS per cent of the national bank
redemption fund in government bonds.
If the president should send to the
house the answer of the secretary of
war to the resolution of Mr.. Boutelle.
distribution of
THE BATTLE FLAGS, 3
lively debate may be expected. The
tariff bill is not anticipated in the house
under ten days or tWo.Weeks at least.
Both houses are expected to adjourn
over Wednesday,, which is Washington's
birthday. Very little has been done in
the senate towards fixing programme
for the weeks business Mr.. Allison
will ask the senate about Tuesday or
Thursday to take into consideration his
amendment to the customs undervalua-
ton bill. Debate upon this is likely to
occupy several days. There are twenty
one pages of the calendar, and dispO-
sitlOn is manifested to turn attention to
it and take up the bills upon it in their
order. The deficiency appropria ton
bill has been received from the house
and may be reported to the senate from
the committee on appropriations before
the adjournment is taken over next
week. There is nothing of a sensa-
tiOnal or absorbing interest in the c0un-
try at large on the calendar of either
house at present, and the outlook
is for quick session in congressional
proceedings. Mr.. Ingalls, may deliver
his long-eXpected speech on the surplus
and tariff during the week, and if he
does he will undoubtedly add a good
deal of zeSt and make the day an inter-.
eSting one. The executive calendars
contain little to occupy the time of the
senate, except the nomination of Con-
sui General RathbOne, of Paris, whose
confirmation is vigorously opposed, but
the fisheries treaty, which is expected
tomorrow, will perhaps give rise to
some discussion during the week. 1t is
the intention of some senators to ask
that the treaty be made public at once,
and majority is doubtless in favor of
such course, but as the "precedentS
and traditions" of the senate are against
it the result is doubtful. 1t has hap
pened before, when both the senate and
the state department were willing or
DESTROYS to have matter of this kind
made public, neither felt at liberty to
take the initiative, and no way of ac-
compliShing the publication was offered
except to have the matter cabled from
some country whose precedents were
less embarrassing.