Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-19
PLENTY TO DO.
More Than Enough Business
Now Ready for Congress.
Contested Election Cases viii Cause
Filibustering by Republicans.
appropriations, Anti-0ption and OthsP lmpor-
iant Reasures 10 Come Up.

WASHINGTON, March lS.-Filibusteripg
in the House and routine calendar business
in the Senate seem to be the probable Con-
gressional programme for the week. The
House is likely to begin over again the
struggle to secure = quorum which will sub
init to be counted on roll-call. An election
contest will be the battle ground on this oc-
casion. Charles Frederick Joy, Republi-
can, was returned and elected at the last
election for the 1lth Missouri est. Louis)
district, with plurality Of 81 over John J..
O'Neill, Democratic, who for several pre-
vious terms repres ented the district in Con-
gress. Mr.. Joy hollis his seat, but on q
contest by Mr.. O'Neill, the committee on
elections, by strict party vote, decided to
report in Mr.. O'Neill's favor.
As soon as the pf ndipg sundry civil bill
is disposed of, and Mr.. Ssyers, chairman
of the committee on appropriations, thinks
this can be done during tomorrow's session,
it is the purpose to call up the O'Neill-Joy
election case and the report of the commit
tee on elections, recommending the seating
of Mr.. O'Neill.
This, it is understood, will be antago-
nized by the Republicans. who will require
! maj ority to secure the presence of quo
of the committee. Until that quorum of
Democrats appears, the expectation is that
40 business will be transacted that does not
meet unanimous approval.
In the meantime the committee may re-
port the English Hilborn case from Calfor-
MIA where similar conclusion was reached,
that the Republican sitting member, Hill
born, must give way to English, the Demo-
cratic contestant, and ask that the two
cases, with that Of Williams VS.. Settle,
from North Carolina, be disposed of at
once when the presence of quorum is es-
tablished. In the North Carolina case the
committee has decided to report in favor Of
Settle, the sitting Republican, Williams, the
unsuccessful Democratic contestant, being
determined to carry the contest to the
floor of the House.
Delegate Joseph has announced his in
tention Of asking the House, early in the
week, to take up the bill pending for the
admission of New Mexico to statehood,
and this will meet the same obstacle inter-
posed 10 the path of the representatives in
the election cases, Republican non-action.
This can be avoided by the Democrats con-
senting to an anne endment which will admit
Oklahama, but at present there seems no
prospect of this being done.
After the election cases are disposed of,
the present intention of the leaders of the
Honse is to return to the consideration of
the appropriation bills. There are now on
the calendar the military academy bill, the
post Office bill, diplomatic and consular
bills. 1t is expected that before the week
ends these will be increased by the addition
If the river and harbor, naval, military and
Indian appropriation bills. all Of which, it
is understood, are practically completed.
Mr.. Hatch stated that his anti-option bill
will be reported before the end of the week.
The tariff bill will probably be reported to
the Senate by Tuesday or Wednesday. Mr..
Vest will probably some time du,ing the
week call up the much discussed bill to pro-
vide new site for the government printing
vffice, which is unfinished business.
Should the President return the Bland
seigniorage bill with veto, the topic of
bitter discussion and exciting interest will
be thrown before both branches of the
national LIE gislature