The record-union., 1895-02-11

| WASHINGTON. Feb. 10.-The greater
part of the week i'll the Senate will neces-
sarily be devoted to the appropriation
bills. The Postoffice bill will be the first
remaining unacted upon to receive the
attention of the Senate. This bill will in
all probability develop sufficient debate
to consume TWO days time il not more.
The Indian bill carries numerous amend
ments. Many of them will call for eX-
| plantations, and others will be attacked.
The discussion on this bill will probably
! open up the entire question of the man
agement of affairs in Indian Territory,
and this is a subject which has received
much attention at the hands of several
| Senators. 1t is said the agricultural bill
! will be taken up when the Indian bill is
! disposed of. if time be left.
| There will probably be spasmodic
| efforts during the week to get up other
! than appropriation bills. Senator Butler
| has given notice of an intention to move
| to take mp the pooling bill after the Post
! Office bill shall be disposed OF. Senator
! Allen is also to call up his resolution
| for the investigation Of the Alabama cleo
tiOns. Should the bankruptcy bill not
| be displaced by the pooling bill, the
| chances for its further consideration are
| very slight. Senator George, its special
| champion, says that he has a faint hope
| for it, but admits that the fight against it
| Is so bitter and persistent as TO render
| the prospect dou btful. The possibilities
| include more or less reference 10 the
financial and Hawaiian questions.
Tomorrow the House enters upon the
! last thr9e weeks of the session. AL
though the Presidents special message
relating to the bond issue sent to Congress
| on Friday Is being considered by the
| " avs and Means Committee. there is no
! present expectation that an effort will be
made to pass a bill authorizing gold
| bonds during the coming week. The
| majority OF the Repu blican members are
against it. and without their aid the Dem
| ocratic leaders believe it is useless waste
! OF time to consider such a measure in the
| House. The week will be devoted to
! routine business. Tomorrow the con-
! siGeration of legislative bills will be re-
| sumed, and if not completed IL will go
! over until " ednesday or Thursday by
| agreement. The general deficiency ap
| preparation bill, the last OF the regular
| bills, Is in process OF preparation, and if
the naval bill is disposed of before the
end of the week it Will be taken up.
TEXAS FEVER LINE.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. l0.-In accordance
| with the Act of Congress of May %, 1894
| ll6 SGCiSldIy Ol Agriculture mas issued
to Managers ana Superlntendents of rail-
ways in The United States. stockmen and
others the usual regulations concerning
transportation of cattle, to be in force
from the 10th day OF February to the 9th
| day OF December next.
The principal difference between the
| regulations and those Of last year lies in
! the fact that the Texas fever line, as it is
! called. has been extended westward to
! the Pacific Coast. The line from the Pa
| citic Coast to its junction with the old
| line, which formerly did not extend be-
yOnd W eStern Texas, is described as run
| ming from the extreme western point OF
! the county of Contra Costa, California
eastward along the northern boundaries
! OF Contra Costa and san Joaquin to the
! western boundaries OF AmadOr, thence
! north along the western boundary OF
| AmadOr TO the southwestern corner Of
! Ell Dorado, thence southwest to the
| boundary line OF California, thence south
! easterly along the eastern boundary of
| California 10 the western border OF Ari-
! ZOna, thence along the western border Of
| Arizona to the southwestern border OF
| the Territory and east along the southern
! boundaries OF Arizona and New Mexico
| to the Rio Grande, sOutheasterly along
| the Rio Grande to the southwest corner
OF The county of Foley, Texas, and then
northeasterly along that river TO the
| northwest corner of the county of Pecos
which WAS the extremity of the old line.
| The principal change in the old Texas
! fever line affects the Territory of Okla
! homa, large portion OF the northwestern
! part of that Territory which was for
| merly included within the line being now
/ left outside. There are also some slight
changes in the line in Missouri, Tennes-
! see and Virginia. The Bureau of AMI
NAL Industry is preparing the map for
! 1898, showing the Texas fever line in its
| entirety under the regulations, and it will
| be printed and ready for distri button as
soon as possible. The regulations i'm
! posed upon transportation companies,
| stocklnen and others in regard to the re-
moyal OF cattle from south OF this line do
not differ from those in force last year.
ARBITRATION TREATY WITH GREAT
BRITAIN.
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. - The recent
| visit to Washington OF Mr.. Cremer, the
| British member of Parliament, who was
| charged with the presentation to our
| Government of a memorial signed by his
! colleagues Ill Parliament urging the ne
! gotialiOn of an arbitration treaty with
| Great Britain, has resulted in stimulating
! interest in the project, which had rather
| Jagged since the introduction of the Alli-
! son resolution some years ago.
/ In Congress the proposition has tangi-
! BILE shape III a radical joint resolution
| submitted by Senator Sherman, and re-
! ferred TO the Committee on Foreign Re-
| lations, fully authorizing the President to
move in the matter. W hile this resolu-
| ton has not been entirely acceptable to
| the advocates OF the scheme, it has served
| its purpose of forming the basis of con-
| sideration by the committee.
| But meanwhile negotiations have been
opened. as yet only preliminary IN ma
| ture, between our Government and the
| British Em basSador, that will, it is said,
fDAxv
treaty, be fraught with the gravest con-
sequences, as far as the United States is
concerned. In its present shape the
proposition is extremely broad, though
it may be narrowed as the negotiations
progress, for ii contemplates nothing less
that general treaty TO which the United
States, Great britain and all the
European powers shall be party, by
which disputes OF the signatory powers
| which can not be adjusted by the ordi-
nary methods Of diplomacy shall be sub
mIlted 10 arbitration.
There is nothing substantially new in
| this proposition, which has been dis
cussed tor many years in various shapes.
but the fact that negotiations which have
actually begun, and is at least really
| within reach of possibility, have had the
| effect to draw the attention OF certain
Senators who must pass upon any such
treaty to grave consequences that might
| be expected to follow its ratification
| For instance, 1t has been urged that the
! Monroe doctrine upon which our pre-
dominance in this hemisphere depends
would be speedily dismissed as OF no
force in arbitration. Each Of the sig
natory powers would be represented on
the arbitration commission, and as the