Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-18
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A Gr1,ERAL DESIRE TO GET RID
OF THE BLAIR BILL.
IT'S FATE WILL SOON BE SETTLED,
Tho Calendar OF the House-A Busy
Week In Prospect-There VIII be q
Spirited Struggle over tho Mudd.
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WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE senate
is to continue the consideration of the
Blair educational bill internationally
during this week until Thursday, when
a vote is to be had. Dir. Plumb has
threatened to antagonize the bill with
some other measure this afternoon, but
it is not likely that the senate will agree
to lay it aside. There is a general de-
sire to get rid of it, for it has occupied
the attention of the senate to the ex-
clusion Of other important business for
several weeks now.
The fate of the bill is problematical.
Mr.. Blair claims that it will pass by a
small majority. Senators Aldrich and
Faulkner, who have taken a great in
terest in the opposition to the bill, be-
lieve that there is good majority of
the senate pledged against it. They
are assured that several senators who
have voted for the measure in past
years will vote against it at this time
and they are counting on the votes of
the senators from the new states to de-
feat it. Mr.. Hawley is booked for a
speech on the bill this week and Mr..
Evarts will close the genera al debate. 1t
has been agreed that on Thursday at =
o'clock Mr.. Blair shall be given the
floor for an hour to make final appeal
in behalf Of the measure and that de-
bate on the amendments shall be con-
Quoted under the five minute rule.
A Struggle for Precedence.
When the final vote on the Blair bill
has been taken there will be struggle
for precedence among the friends of
several important measures. The SUBJ
committee having in charge the
Mckinley under valuations bill has
been working upon it with view to
reporting it to the finance committee at
the regular meeting Tuesday morning,
so as TO get it into the senate in time to
antagonize with 1t any other measure
which may claim the right of way after
the Blair bill.
Among the other measures which
will be pressed are the bill for the ad
mission of Wyoming into the Union,
the Pacific railroad funding bill, the
Sherman antitrust bill and the Hale
bill for the increase OF the naval estab-
lishment. The Montana election case
will be reported to the senate early
next week and it will have right of
way if the committee feels disposed to
press it, but it will likely go over for a
week at least The urgent deficiency
bill, the first of the appropr iation bills to
reach the calendar is now pending and
it will be taken up before the end of
the week and passed without much de-
bate.
Secret Session Topics.
In the secret session the Dolph COM
mittee may bring up something new,
although what it will agree upon is not
known to the members of the commit
tee yet. The examination of witnesses
has not been concluded. The committee
has gone on q new tack recently. a re-
porter for The Washington Star who
was called before the committee denied
that he had said in conversation with
the sergeant-at-arms of the senate that
he would tell the Dolph committee
where certain secret session leakages
were if three members of the commit
tee would withdraw. 1t is understood
the committee believe this statement
can be controverted and that it ha sdis-
cussed the possibility OF having the re-
porter indicted for perjury.
Other matter to be debated in secret
session is the contest over the nomina-
tons of the district judge and attorney
for the northern district of Florida.
Mr.. Call has given notice that he will
ask the senate today that these nomina-
ton be considered with open doors. His
suggestion does not meet with much
favor, and the nominations will likely
be considered in secret.
In the House.
In the house the direct tax bill, the
measure that caused the long deadlock
in the house last year, is to be brought
up for consideration by the Judiciary
committee some day this week.
The contested election case of Mudd
VS.. Compton, from the Fifth Mary
land district, will be called up on either
Tuesday or Thursday If nothing inter-
yenes. 1t will be pushed to conclu-
sion by the Republicans, who will seat
Mr.. Mudd. There is promise of another
bitter party struggle over this case. To-
morrow the election committee expects
to take action on the case of Bowen VS..
Buchanan, of the Tenth district of Vir-
ginia. and there is chance that it will
also be brought up IN the house and dis
posed of before the week has passed.
This is the day on which committees
are privileged to bring up bills and have
them disposed of under suspension of
the rules. Saturday will be devoted to
eulogies on the life of the late Repre-
sentative Gay. of Louisiana. There is
a probability that the pension appro-
priation bill will be brought up for con-
sideration and the outlook is for busy
week.
The Lines OF Battle at Chickamauga.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-lnquiries
have reached the war department from
various quarters asking whether there
is any appropriation available to pay
the expenses of veterans visiting the
battlefield of Chickamauga for the pur-
pose of aiding in identifying the lines
upon which they fought. There is no
fund available for that purpose. Upon
the passage of the Chickamauga park
bill, which is expected early this sum-
mer, officers will be sent to the field to
confer with all veterans who will gather
there to assist in establishing the lines.
Until then the time and expense of
visiting the field would be entirely
wasted, since no one can be there to
make an official record Of the informa-
ton gathered or to officially mark points
which might be designated by the visit
ing veterans.
Postmasters Appointed.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-Fourth class
postmasters were appointed as follows
in Pennsylvania: ]. NJ. Beardsley, Cold
Creek; j, r. Rooms, Huntington Mills;
H. L. Kessler, Pine Station; d. A. F.
Crossman, Pleasant Valley; 7. Larson,
Ridgebury; L. F. Clemmer, Tuckerton.