The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-01
In the Senute.

WASHINGTON, May 31.-The senate
will begin the week with the intention
of making it the last of the session if
possible. Some senators set the day of
adjournment as early as Thursday and
still others think it will be impossible to
conclude before the first days of next
week.
The imperative work before the senate
in order to reach adjournment is to dis
pose of the conference reports on the
ordinary appropriation bills, to vote upon
the bond prohibitory bills and to con-
slider the proposition to pass the river
and harbor bill over the presidents veto
in case the bill receives the necessary two
thirds vote in the house to bring it TO
majority, also feel they are
UNDER OBLIGATIONS
to press the filled cheese bill to a final is
sue, but there is a sufficiently strong
minority opposed to this measure to pre-
vent congress remaining in session for
the sole purpose of passing 1t after the
appropriation bills are out of the way
1t would, therefore, appear the hope of
the friends of this bill must rest upon
getting it through before all the appro-
priation conference reports are disposed
Of. Considerable time will necessarily be
spent upon bills on the calendar to which
no objection is made and also in executive
session on nominations awaiting confirm
alton.
Senator Morgan probably will make an
effort to get up the Cuban question The
anti-bond bill will be pressed TO finish
before adjournment Tuesday, unless there
should be a violation of
THE UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT
which was entered into on Friday The
debate on this bill will consume the
greater part of the time of the senate
after o'clock Monday and Tuesday, and
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tend the Tuesday session into the night
in order to give all who wish to speak
an opportunity to do so. Senator Butler
has by no means finished his speech on
of a set speech and Senator Cullom is also
anxious to find opportunity for the de-
livery of q prepared speech. 1t is be-
lieved the bond bill will have a majority
of about five votes in its favor.
The appropriation bills still in confer
ence are the Indian. naval, sundry civil,
District of Columbia, Notifications, post
Office and general deficiency The others
have either become laws or are in the
hands of the president. The conferees on
THE PosToFFICE BILL
were in session Saturday and reached
an understanding on all items of dis
agreement except on the senate's amend
offices with large ones, ana this will prob
ably be arranged Monday.
The items of serious dispute between
the houses are the Indian schools and the
fees of attorneys in the Indian bill, the
battleships and the price of armor plate
in the naval bill, and the question of the
distribution of the charity funds in the
District of Columbia.
1t is not expected that there will be
any prolonged debate over the river and
harbor bill if it is sent to the senate by
the house. There were only nine votes
against this bill when 1t passed origin
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no difficulty in passing it a second time
Notwithstanding the presidents objec-
tons Beginning Tuesday or Wednesday
the sessions of the senate will probably
commence at II o'clock and several night
sessions are among the probabilities of
the week.