Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-27
WEEK OFORATORY
Promised by the Situation in the
National Legislature.
FOREIGN AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS

Will be the Subjects. the Latter Being the
One to the Front in the Senate-Frce
Silver Bill Likely to Pass with Major
ty of About Five Votes-House Has q
Yeast of Foreign Subjccts-Capital City
News Miscellany.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The silver sub
stitute for the bond bill and the Monroe
doctrine declaration will continue to DO
the chief subjects for consideration in the
senate during the present week. Jones of
Arkansas, in charge of the silver bill, has
given notice that he will attempt to secure
a vote on the bill on Thursday, and that
he will ask the senate to remain in session
Thursday night until this is accomplished;
but it is considered probable by the friends
Of the bill that he may not succeed TT that
time in getting vote, and that this will
not come until Friday or Saturday.
Silver Bill Expected to Pass.
The opponents of the bill are not, SO far
rs has been discovered, seeking to delay
the final disposition of the measure, and
its advocates will have no object in fur
ther postponement after the initiation of
the Utah senators into their duties as sem
ators; but there are a number of senators
who desire to speak on the bill who have
not had an opportunity, and they will be
afforded that privilege before the vote is
decided upon. These include Hill, Cock
rell, Bacon, Nelson, Hansbrough, Mitchell,
of Oregon and Others. The silver bill is
expected to pass, but even its friends do
not place the majority at to exceed five
;,tivc votes from both the Utah senators
the majority will not exceed three.
As to the Davis Resolution.
Thurston is the only senator who has
given nouGe OF speech on the Davis Mon
roe doctrine resolution, but there are other
senators prepared to speak to this when
opportunity shall offer. Davis, the author
of the resolution, will be absent from the
city during the week, and consequently the
| resolution will not be pressed to n vote.
| The friends of the revenue tariff bill will
make an effort to get that measure into
| the senate in some shape during the week
| A meeting of the finance committee will
| BE- held tomorrow. If Jones of New ada is
present ut that meeting his vote will dc
eide whether the bill shall be reported fa
vorably or adversely; if he is not present
\ il is probable that the COMMITTEES will in
form the senate of its failure to reach an
agreement, and make Il report without
recommendation.
| The New Senators from Utah.
The first business OF the session will bt
| the induction of the Utah senators, Can
| non and Brown, into Office. After taking
the oath of Office will draw lots for the
| classes to which they shall be assigned
| The senate is divided into three classe:
fixed by the time OF the expiration OF thcil
| terms of Office. Ono OF the Utah senator
will be eligible to the 80 class and tn,
other to the '99 class. The one who draw
into the first class will serve until the It'll
of March, lsg7. and the one who secures
admission to the other class will serve I'm
| til the same date in 1872
Much Oratory Promised in the House.
The week in the house promises
| spirited discussion of our foreign rcla
tons. The diplomatic and consular ap
preparation bill will be taken up
This bill will open the gates to q genera
debate on foreign affairs and compiled
tons in all parts of the world. The China
Japanese war, the dcpredations on Amer
lean missionaries in China, the Nens
zuelan dispute the Corinto incident, tn
outrages in Armenia with all their at
tendant European complications, the in
vasion of the Transvall and the arrest c
Americans ut Johannesburg by the Boa
government, the Alaska boundary di:
pute, the award of the Bcring sea com
mission, the Cuban war for independents,
! the Waller incident and the Bayar
speeches may all or any of them be dii
cussed.