Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-14
AN OUTLINE
OF What the House and Senate
May Do This Week.
The Senate Will Consider the Naval
and Indian Bills.
FortiHcations Bill VIII BE Up-The Com
tested Election Case of Goodwin VS..
Cobb VIII BE Considered by the
House-Also Appropriation Bills.

WASHINGTON, April 13.-As soon as
the Indian bill is disposed of in the
senate, Mr.. Hale will call up the naval
bill which was reported Wednesday
last. Incidentally there will be a
variety of questions called up during the
morning hour. Monday Mr.. Chandler,
according to notice, will speak on the
Dupont election case and will probably
be followed by Mr.. Gray, of Delaware.
Mr.. Squire has given notice that on
Tuesday he will address the senate on
the comprehensive bill for the erection
of Notifications, reported by his COM
mittee some weeks ago. A spirited de-
bate is expected on Wednesday, Mr..
PETER having secured unanimous con-
sent to call up on that day his bond-sale
investigation resolution.
House bill to reduce the cases in
which the penalty of death may be in
flicted has been made the special order
for Wednesday. Mr.. Lodge has given
notice that on Thursday he will call up
the immigration bill providing for an
illiteracy test.
Meanwhile the joint resolution of Mr..
Cannon directing the secretary of the
interior to open for public entry the
Uncompahgre reservation, holds its
place on the calendar as the unfin-
ished business.
Under the rules of the house Monday
is District day, that is, the day set
aside for the consideration of matters
presented by the committee on affairs
of the District of Columbia, but that it
will be so devoted is uncertain. Two
other matters are pressing for consid-
Grafton now-the Notifications appro-
priation bill and the contested cleo
tion cases of Goodwin VS.. Cobb
bama, in which the committee on
elections No. 1, recommend the
seating of the contestant, Goodwin.
Judge Daniels, chairman of the COM
mittee, gave notice ten days ago that
he should ask the house to dispose of
the case Monday, but it is understood
that he will not antagonize Chairman
Ba bcock, of the district committee,
when the latter moves to take up dis
trict business. But Mr.. Cannon, chair
man of the committee on appro-
pTldtlOuo, may hoo uC oo lchiShoiy
disposed, and the house may have to
determine the order of business for
itself. The probabilities seems now to
favor the fortifcation bill as the first
item, and at the conclusion of it's con-
sideration the rest of the day is to be
given to the district committee. Mr..
Cannon was of the opinion Saturday
that he could get the bill out of the
way in an hour and half. He may
find it different at the beginning of the
week.
However they are arranged, these
two matters will hold the boards
against all other business until dis
posed of unless conference report on
appropriation bills shall be presented.
The preliminary report upon the
Legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill has been agreed
upon and will be presented Mon
day or Tuesday. 1t relates
only to those items about which there
was practically no disagreement among
the conferees and further conference
will be ordered on the matters of more
serious differences.
AS opportunity presents itself the
general pension bills reported by the
committee on invalid pensions and the
bankruptcy bill will be considered, but
no time can be fixed at which they will
be taken up: