The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-04
LIVELY week IN CONGRESS
Questions That Will Provoke a Fusi-
lade OF OratOry
ANOTHER TALK OVER HAWAII
Programme for the Week Promises Any.
thing but Actual Busincss-Dcmoc.
racy HOpelessly Divided in the Sen.
ate-Financial Problems.
By the United Press,

oy LILO ~ Oulteu tDTeSS.
Washington, Feb. 1.-The Fifty-third
congress enters tomorrow upon the last
four weeG5 of its session. In both SEN
ate and house the few working days
now remaining before final adjourn
ment are likely to be crowded with
striking incidents and exciting debates
on topics, any one of which may pro-
duce dead lock and compel the call
ing of the Fifty-fourth congress in ses-
sion. Earnest efforts are being made
by the administration leaders to avoid
this contingency. The situation, how
ever, is rendered much less favorable
than it was at the beginning of the
session, by the fact that the Democrats
have practically lost control of the
senate and are so divided on financial
issues in the house as to be practically
in a minority in that chamber upon
many of the leading questions at issue.
The senate tomorrow, by agreement,
will take a vote upon the District of
Columbia appropriation bill, perfectly
inoffensive measure of local admins
tration which, in previous years, has
usually been passed as rapidly as it
could be read, but which this year has
occupied the attention of the senate for
three days, notwithstanding indignant
denials that any dilatory tactics We're
contemplated on this measure.
Much more important than the vote
on this bill will be the debate which
will be sprung tomorrow in the morn
ing hour on the motion Of Senator Nc
Pherson, of New Jersey, to discharge
the finance committee from the further
consideration of the bill introduced by
Mr.. Sherman for the relief of the treas
ury. Mr.. Mcpherson will speak to the
resolution himself, and Mr.. PETER has
a prepared speech on the general sub
ject which he has been anxious to de-
liver for several days.
Another Hawaiian Wranglc.
When the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill is called up early
in the week still animated political
debate is in prospect. The whole Ha-
waiian question will come up and, it is
expected, that with the accessions
given to the opponents of the admins
tration by the arrival of Senators Man
tie and Clark, of Montana, the action
of the senate last week, when, by a
majority of two votes, it adopted the
Vest substitute upholding the policy
of non-intervention in Hawaii, will be
reversed. This substitute has never
been acted upon as a finality, but is
still pending as an amendment to the
original resolution, which condemned
the action of the administration and
declared 1t to be the sense of the senate
that a shin chn,i11 ha ,t
Honolulu.
The appropriation recommended to
be added to the bill by the senate COM
mittee on appropriations for the con-
struction of an American cable to Ha-
wall, which indirectly conflicts with
the recommendations of the president
in his recent message as to the landing
place of Hawaii cables. will necessarily
provoke further debate. This amend
ment appropriates Sj00OOO and author
lies the president to contract for the
entire work of laying a telegraphic
cable between the United States and
the Hawaiian islands, and to direct the
prosecution of such work whenever
such contract shall be made. This will
be followed by another partisan de-
mended by the senate committee on ap-
propriations to appropriate $4,000 for
the execution of the obligations of the
United States in the protection of the
interests and property of the United
States in the Samoan islands, under
the existing treaty with the govern
ment of those islands and with the
governments of Germany and Great
Britain. Here again the recommenda-
tions of Secretary Gresham are antag-
onized Senators Aldrich, Hawley,
Lodge. Hoar, Chandler, Allison, Teller,
and Platt propose to take part in the
debate on the Hawaiian resolutions
and possibly on the Samoan question.
What Mr.. Allen Threatens.
Mr.. Allen is liable at any time to pre-
cipitate another partisan debate on a
privilege question by calling up his
| resolution to investigate the recent
election of a senator in Alabama. The
so-called credentials of Colonel Reese,
Senator Morgan's Populist opponent,
having been introduced and placed on
| file it is within the limits of possibility
| that Mr.. Allen may get the united Re-
| publican support for his resolution
which directs the appointment of a
committee with full power to investi-
gate and report to the senate.
The probable programme Of business
in the house is this: Monday will be
given to the consideration of what is
known as the omnibus claim BILL"
being a measure reported from the
committee on war claims, combining
thirty-seven separate war claims re-
ferred to that committee, and calling
for total appropriation of over $780,
600. Consideration of the measure has
always heretofore been antagonized.
Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday are
to be assigned to the consideration and
disposition of the latest currency and
banking bill reported on Friday last
from Mr.. Springer's banking and cur
rency committee.