Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-02-21
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS
The Cuban Resolution and the
Bayard Matter to Come Up.
SPEECH OF SENATOR DAVIS
win Address the Senate on the Monroe
Doctrine The Appropria-
ton Bills.


time of the house this week will be ia
ken up with the consideration of appro-
priation bills. The agricultural bill.
which was taken up yesterday. should
be disposed of tomori ow unless pro-
longed demand should be precipitated
on the question of seed distribution by
the agricultural department.
The Indian and army appropriation
bills are ready and the committee ex-
pect to have the executive, legislative
and judiciary bill reported by Wednes-
day.
The foreign affairs committee will call
up the resolution to censure Ambassa-
dor Bayard as soon as those in charge
of the appropriation bills, which have
the right of way, afford an opportunity
to do so. The foreign affairs commit
tee is also working on a Cuban resolu-
ton and it may possibly be reported to
the house this week
The trend of opinion in the committee
favors resolution expressing it as the
sense of congress that a state of war
exists in Cuba and requesting the pres
1dent to issue his proclamation recog-
nizing the insurgents as belligerents
The report on the contested election
case of Van Horne VS.. Tarsney from the
Firth Missouri district can be called UP
by the committee al any time as 1t is
matter of higher privilege than the
appropriation bill. The report is in ia
vor of the contestant, but a minority
report will be filed on Tuesday recon-
mending that the case be re-committed
and the testimony reopened
IN THE SENATE.
Washington, Feb. 16.-The prospects
are for a busy week in the senate, but
outside of the fact that Senator Davis
will speak on Monday in support of the
Monroe doctrine and that the appropri-
alton bills, which have been reported
VIII be taken up and probably disposed
Of no definite forecast of the proceed
ings can be given.
Senator Davis speech is expected to
be strong and logical expression of
the views CT the more advanced advo-
Gates Of the Monroe doctrine.
There are three of the appropriation
bills on the senate calendar, but it is
not believed that any of them, unless
1t be the consular and diplomatic bill
VIII arouse any prolonged debate It
Is possible the diplomatic bill may not
excite debate. This bill affords an op-
portunity to discuss foreign affairs gem
orally and it is very rarely allowed to
pass without senators availing them
selves of this opening to discuss diplo-
matte questions. 1t is also possible that
the pension bill will be taken advan-
tage of to discuss the penion question at
some Length.
The military academy appropriation
bill will be the first of a series to be
taken up.
The Cuban resolution has already been
given the place of precedence after the
appropriation bills but 1t is not vet
certain that this subject will be taken
up seriously until the senators who may
wish to speak upon 1t shall have an
opportunity to prepare themselves
The senate committees have been I'M
usually active since the holidays with
the consequence that there is an accu-
mutation of business sufficient to cover
n pages of the calendar, embracing
subjects in which all the senators are
interested. There is therefore a general
desire to get to work on the calendar
and the proba bilities are that with the
appropriation bills out of the way. the
calendar will be resorted to and large
number of bills of minor Importance
acted upon. There continues to be more
or less discussion of a private nature
among senators as to the proba bilities
of getting up the tariff bill in some
form, but this depends almost wholly
upon whether the friends of the bill
can obtain assurance of success in
whatever move they make.
The reports of both the majority and
minority of the committee on privileges
and elections on the Dupont case, the
former favoring the seating of Dupont
as senator from Delaware and the latter
opposing that course, will be made to
the senate tomorrow, but the senate,
which is sure to concur on this ques-
ton, will postpone it until later in the
session There is beginning to be a great
deal of talk in the senate of an early ad-
journment.