St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-06
GRIST TO Be GROUND.
Finish of the Fisheries Treaty
Possibly This
Week.
Senate Amendments Tackled
on to Various Bills From
the House.
Comparison of the Business
of This Session and Pre-
vious Ones.
Consul Jonas Plan for Pre-
venting Undesirable I'M
migration.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The long-de-
ferred hot wave struck Washington
yesterday, and for awhile it made one
of the hottest places in the country.
The air was saturated with moisture,
the heat was felt by everybody, and
congressman from the cooler climates
had a particularly unpleasant time of
it. The hottest part of the day was be-
tween 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
At that time the thermometer registered
sc deg, 10 deg. hotter than the maxi
mum temperature of the preceding day.
| To-day has been quite as oppressive as
! yesterday, and many congressman left
the city to spend Sunday at the various
| river and mountain resorts.
There is determination on the part
OF almost every senator to dispose of the
| fisheries treaty some time during the
week. 1t was for this purpose that the
senate Oh Friday fixed the hour for
meeting each day at II o'clock. The
| question to be voted upon first, when
| the senate comes down to the DISPOSE
| ton of
THE WHOLE SUBJECT,
| is Mr.. Morgan's motion to postpone
| action on the treaty until next Decem-
Der. 1t is probable that after all of the
speeches have been made the DEM
| OcratS will propose some amendments
for the purpose of trying to secure Re-
publican support of the treaty when it
comes to its passage. The Republicans
say, however, that there is no prospect
of the treaty securing even majority
of the votes, much less the necessary
two-thirds to ratify. The debate on the
treaty will probably consume almost
the entire week.
| Tomorrow is individual suspension
day in the house of representatives. If
the committee on appropriations do not
antagonize and defeat the observance of
| the regular order and insist upon the
cy appropriation bill, it is the intention
of members, under the suspension of
rules, to call up the
NICARAGUA CANAL BILL,
and if there remains time to ask a con-
| sideratiOn of some public buildings
bills. Mr.. Cultivate may make an eff
fort to take up his Pacific refunding
bill, which was filibustered against a
short time since. On Tuesday, if not
Monday, the house will continue the
debate on the French spoliation claims,
provisions for which are in the def
| cheney bill. There yet remains seven
hours for general debate on this one
clause. The prospects are that the bill
will consume half of the week. After
the general deficiency will come amend
ments to the sundry civil bill, or SEN
| ator Hawley'S ordnance amendment to
the army bill. The Hawley measure
may develop considerable debate, and
surely will if an effort is made to get a
vote on instructions to the conference
committee to
ACCEPT THE SENATE AMENDMENT.
Members of the house committee on
military affairs are in favor of this in
Struction, and are confident that the
house will decide to accept the Hawley
amendment. If this is done the fortifi-
cations bill now on the calendar from
the committee on appropriations will
not be called up, as the senate amend
ment to the army bill makes ample pro-
visions for Notifications. If opportunity
is offered Mr.. Springer intends to ask
further consideration of the Oklahoma
bill, which is unfinished business. The
only appropriations bills pending are
the general deficiency, sundry civil.
army and Notifications These. it is be-
lieved, will be disposed of by
THE LAST OF NEXT WEEK.
A large number of amendments of in
terest to the army were incorporated in
the Sundry civil bill by the senate, and
among the many items of differences to
be adjusted by the conference commit
tee when appointed. Among them are
items making appropriations for erect
ing frame buildings for officers quar-
ters at the New York arsenal, and fol
new hospital building and other i'm.
provements at the Rock Island arsenel
The appropriation of S1,250,OOO, made
by the house for the construction OF
| N Mt .,f
itary posts as the secretary of war NAV
designate, was reduced by the senate
from S1,250,0O0 to S300,OOO, but other
amendments were added appropriatine
$1,000 for completing the Fort RILEY
Cavalry Ond Artillery school, 500, ,O0(
for continuing the work on the build
lngs at Denver, Col, and $4,000 each
for Forts Robinson and Niobrara, Neb
lnasmuch as the fisheries treaty and the
appropriation bills will occupy the sen
ate during the next two weeks, there
has been no necessity for the senate
| committee on finance to hasten
ACTION ON THU TARIFF BILL,
which has been in preparation for some
time. Members of the subcommittee
having the bill in charge say it will no
be ready to report to the full committee
or caucus before the middle Of mex
week, and that there is no prospect Of
its coming up in the senate before the
Goth inst. 1ntimations are thrown out
however, that the public will be sur
priSed at the brevity of debate on tht
tariff bill, and that an effort is to bt
! made to pass it by the end of the frs
week in September. A meeting of thu
! conferees on the naval appropriation
bill will probably be held tomorrow i
Senator Hale, the chairman of the sen
ate committee, returns to the city. Th,
, chief items of difference to be adjusted
by the committee are those under tn,
! head of increase of the navy. manv O.
the other senate amendments hayins
! received the conference of the house
!. and the remainder being
MATTERS EASILY ADJUSTED.
The real bone of contention will b.
, the amendment of the senate strikin!
r out the appropriation of three and
! half millions allowed by the house for
heavily armOred cruiser of $500 ton
! displacement. The house conferees. i
!, is believed, will be willing to accept tn
+ senate provisions for the three gul
. boats and probably for the steel prac
+ tice vessel for cadets, but it is not likel
that they will yield without a stron
/ fight to the proposition to strike out TIN
a provision for the heavily armore,
I cruiser, as that is the vessel Secretar
! Whitney contemplateS building upo
q q the plans lately purchased from Si
f Edward Reid, and the house cOnferee
! built. The senate cOnferees, ON tn
= other hand, are not pleased with tn
particular type of ship, and it is thei