St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-21
Three Days of This Week Set
Apart for the Bland
Bill.
Free Coinage Men Will Try
to Force a Vote on 1t
81 Early.
Behring Sea Arbitration and
Russian EXtradition Are
Senate Topics.
Secretary Foster Arrives
Home From London, Much
Improved in Health


WASHINGTON, March 20.-The pro-
ceedings in the house during the COM
ing week will be more than usually in
teresting, as it has made the Bland
silver bill special order for three days,
beginning Tuesday. Ordinarily tomor-
row would be devoted to the passage of
measures under suspension of the rules,
but it is probable that the army apple
priation bill will be called up, and that
its consideration will consume the
whole day. Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday are set apart for
the consideration of the Bland silver
bill. A great many members desire
to speak on the silver question. and an
effort has been made to reach all agree
ment between the friends and the
opponents of free coinage to provide
that the debate and consideration Of the
bill by paragraph shall run the whole of
the week. No understanding has yet
been reached, however, as the silver
men want the agreement to include a
stipulation that vote shall be taken at
the end of the week, without indulgence
in fiIibustering tactics; but the anti-free
coinage Democrats are not, as a body,
willing to bind themselves in this par
ticular. Some of the opponents of the
bill
Discourage Filibustering,
but others believe they should use every
proper means within their reach to de-
feat it. Unless the silver question runs
through the week, Friday and the first
two hours of Saturday will be given up
either to bills relating to private claims
or to the naval appropriation bill. I'm
der special order of the house Satur-
day afternoon, beginning at 2 O'Clock,
has been set apart for the delivery of
on the late Representative
ly all of the senate's time during the
open sessions this week is already
practically allotted. The Indian
appropriation bill is to be
taken up tomorrow. The West
Virginia direct tax bill is the spe-
eiaI order for Tuesday. and the senate
has resolved that Immediately after
this bill is disposed of, it will consider
two bills of much public interest. name
Iy, the Mississippi river and Columbia
river improvement bills, involving an
aggregate appropriation OF about $1S,-
COG, 900 to De expended on the improve
ment of these great waterways. The
bill for the relief Of settlers on the pub
lie lands is also within easy reach. On
Thursday legislative business will be
for several hours while the
senate listens to eulogies upon the
late Senator Hearst, of California.
The most interesting proceedings of
the senate, however, are expected to
occur in executive session, as was the
tration treaty is pending, and action
upon it will doubtless be taken as soon
as possible after the reception of Lord
Salisbury's response to Wharton's last
note. But blocking the way of the
Behring sea treaty is another matter
over which the senate has been much
agitated during the last few days,
the
Russian ExtraditiOn Treaty.
This precedes the Behring sea treaty
on the calendar of executive business,
and promises to give rise to much dis
cussion in addition to what has already
taken place. 1t appears that strong OPP
position has developed to that clause of
the treaty which relates to the eXtradition
charged with capital Offenses.
1t is understood to be substantially SIM
liar to other treaties in that respect, but
in view of the peculiar political condi-
tionS existing in Russia an effort has
been made to secure an amendment OF
the clause, the effect of which would be
to except from eXtraditiOn persons COM
hitting even murder for political rea-
sons, which is construed to exempt from
extradition nihIlistS attempting regi-
eide. 1t has been stated that If so
amended the treaty will be obnoxious TO
the Russian government, and Incident
ally strong arguments were made to
show that it should be ratified as it
stands, if not from a spirit of comfy, at
least from international considerations.
1t was urged that it would be foolhardy
for the United States to impair the
of the ties of friendship and
interest which now bind together the
Dmted States and Russia, and thus lose
the moral aud perhaps. the physical sup
port of one of the first military powers
in the world at time when diplomatic
complications exist in the relations of
the United States and Great Britain,
which might in certain contingencies
result in actual war. These views have
already been eXpOunded at length to
the senate, but there will doubtless be
q further discussion of the subject dur
ing the week.
TIC BE No Extension
It is understood tonight that the ar
between the silver and anti
silver wings of the Democratic party,
by which in return for a promise of the
anti-silver men not to filibuster against
the Bland bill, the time was ex-
tended from three to five days,
is off. AS stated in these dis
patches, Mr.. Harter, of Ohio, was will
Ing to make the promise. but Messrs.
Tracey and Williams, who are III charge
OF the Democratic opposition to the bill,
refused to thus be bound. The time is
to be divided among the parties,
so that the anti-silyer Democrats
and Republicans will have half
between them. Representative Abner
Taylor, of Illinois, has charge of
the time for the Republicans, Mr.. Tracey
for the anti-silver Democrats and Mr..
Bland for the silver men. Speaking of
the probabilities OF the situation, Mr..
Tracey today said:
eve don't know how the speaker is
going to rule. Speaker Crisp's rulings
have been so arbitrary and SO uDprece-
dented that we cannot predict what he
will do. He decides point and refuses
to give his reasons. When he declines
to consider motion of consid-
Grafton or to lay Oh the table,
he is liable to refuse anything.
He may not Let us offer amendments to
the bill: If lie allows the previous
question, we are cut off, but if the bill
is read by sections, we have a right to
offer amendments. At any rate, we
havethe right to offer two amendments,
a snh and an amendment to the sub.