Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-21
AN INTERESTING WEEK
Is What the One That Begins To-Day
viii Be in Congress.
THE SILVER BILL WILL COME Up
For Consideration in The House and VIII Likely
Consume the Wsek-The Senate Has Several
Treaty Matters to Look Aher and the
West Virginia Direct Tax Bill

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2O.-The
proceedings in the House during the
coming week will be more than usually
sinteresting as it has made the Bland
silver Dill a special order for three days
beginning Tuesday. Ordinarily tO-mOr-
row void be devoted TO the passage Of
measures under suspension Of the rules
but it is probable that the army appro-
priatiOn bill will be called up and that
its consideration will consume the whole
day.
A great many members desire to
speak on the silver question and an ef
fort has been made TO reach an agree
ment between the friends and the Op-
DOnents Of free coinage to provide that
the debate aud 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 70 include a
stipulation that a vote shall be taken at
the end Of the week without indulgence
in flibustering tactics, but the
anti-free coinage Democrats are not,
as body, willing to bind
themselves in this particular. Some OF the
opponents OF the bill discourage filibuS-
tering, but others believe they should
use every means within their reach 10
defeat IL. Unless the silver question
runs through the week, Friday and the
first two hours of Saturday will be given
up either 10 bills relating 10 private
claims or 70 the naval appropriation
bill.
Under special order Of the House
Saturday afternoon beginning at two
o'clock has been set apart for the de-
livery Of eulOgieS on the late RepreSen-
tatiye Francis G., Spinola, OF New York.
Nearly all Of the time Of the Senate
during the open session this week Is
already practically allotted. The In
dian appropriation bill is to be taken up
tomorrow. The West Virginia direct
tax bill is the special order for Tuesday,
and the Senate has resolved that i'm
mediately after this bill is dis
posed OF il will consider two
bills OF much public interest;
the Mississippi river and Columbia
river improvement bills, involving an
aggregate appropriation OF about
eighteen million dollars 10 be expended
in the Improvement Of the these great
water ways. The bill for the relief Of
settlers in the public lands is also with
in easy reach. On Tuesday the legisla-
tive business will be suspended for
several hours while the Senate listens
20 eulogies upon the late Senator
Hearst, Of California.
The most interesting proceedings OF
the Senate, however, are expected TO
occur i'm executive session, as was the
case last week. The Bering Sea arbi-
tration treaty is pending and action
upon il will doubtless be taken as soon
as possible after the reception Of Lord
Salisbury's response to Mr.. Wharton's
;ast note. But blocking the way Of the
Bering Sea treaty is another matter
over which the Senate has been much
agitated during the last few days; the
Russian extradition treaty. This pre-
cedes the Bering Sea treaty on
the calendar OF executive buSi-
ness, and promises to give rise
10 much discussion in addition TO what
has already taken place. Ii appears
that strong opposition has developed 70
that clause Of the treaty which relates
to the extradition of persons charged
with capital offences. IL is understood
10 be substantially similar TO other
treaties In that respect, but in view of
the peculiar political conditions exist
Ing in Russia, an effort has been made
to secure an amendment Of the clause,
the effect of which would be 10 except
from extradition, persons committing
even murder for political reasons,
which Is construed TO exempt from eX-
tradition NihiliStS attempting regicide.
IL has been stated that II so amended
the treaty will be obnoxious to the Rus
sian Government, and incidentally
strong arguments were made TO show
that It should be ratified as ii stands, II
not from spirit OF comfy, at least
from international considerations. IL
was urged that 10 would be foOlhardy
for the United States 70 impair the
strength OF the ties of friendship and
interest which now bind together
the United States and Russia,
aud thus lose the moral and perhaps the
physical support OF one Of the first mill
itary powers in the world at a time
when diplOmic complications exist in
the relation Of the United States and
Great Britain which might in certain
contingencies result in war. These
views have already been eXpounded at
length 70 the Senate but there will
doubtless be a further discussion Of the
subject during the week.