St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-13
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS.
Dupont Election Case in the Senate
and Appropriations in the House.


WASHINGTON, April 12-The Dupont cleo
ton case will be reviewed in the senate to-
morrow, when Senator Chandler will make
speech in support of the committees report
favorable to seating Mr.. Dupont. He prob
ably will be followed by Senator Gray in op-
position to the report. This matter will prob
ably consume the greater part of the day.
If there is any time left, the consideration OF
the Indian appropriation bill be proceeded
with.
There will then be an effort to go on with
the Indian bill until It shall be disposed of,
but there are several Especial orders on the
calendar for the week which may interfere
more or less with this programme. There is
a unanimous agreement to take up Senator
PETERS resolution for the investigation OF
the bond issues fer Che past two years, on
Tuesday. If not set aside, the question prob
ably will give rise to "a spirited financial de-
bate of uncertain duration. The bill to re-
duce the cases in which the death penalty
may be imposed in the United States courts
is a special order for Wednesday. Senators
Lodge and Nelson have given notices for
speeches on Thursday on the immigration
bill reported by Mr.. Lodge from the com
mittee on immigration.
No one has any definite idea of the time
which will be required to conclude the con-
sideration of the Indian appropriation bill.
The sectarian schod question is still un-
disposed of and the debate on this may re-
quire another day. Either Senator Platt or
Senator Jones will propose the amendment
agreed upon by the committee Indian af-
fairs looking to change of the land system
and the breaking up OF the tribal relations of
the Indians in Indian Territory The friends
of the amendment believe it will be accepted
by the senate, but 1t probably will not be
without elaborate explanation from its auth
ors. A disagreement of the conferees of the
two houses on the legislative executive and
judicial appropriation bill probably will be
reported Monday on the portions of the bill
relating to salaries of United States marsha1s
and district attorneys and of senate employees,
and the consideration of the report, if made,
will consume some time.
With those questions out of the way, the
naval appropriation. bill will be taken up.
IN THE HOUSE.
The general deficiency appropriation bill
the last of the supply bilIs-is in process of
preparation in the appropriation committee,
and pending thesreporting Of that bill to the
house a variety OF matters, which have been
held In abeyance in order that the appropria-
tion bills might be pressed, will, be brought
up for action. The most important of these
is the bankruptcy bill, to which 1t is expected
the house will devote several days. There
are also several minor banking bills, in
eluding bill to Increase the circulation of
national banks to the par value of the bonds
deposited, and Sne or two general pension
bills. Tomorrow is District Of Columbia day,
but district matters will occupy but a short
time, and 1t is expected that the fertilization
bill, which is on the calendar, will be nassed
before adjournment tomorrow nights