Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-17


Of the Tariff Bill in the Senate
Senator Davis to Speak on the
Monroe Doctrine To-day.
Washington, D. c., February 10
Most of the time of the House this
week will be taken up with the con-
sideration of appropriation bills. The
agricultural bill, which was taken up
Yesterday, should be disposed of to-
morrow, unless a prolonged debate
should be precipitated on the question
of seed distribution by the Agricultural
Department. The Indian and army ap-
preparation bills are ready and the APP
preparations Committee expects to have
the executive, legislative and judicial
bill reported by Wednesday.
The Foreign Affairs Committee will
call up the resolution to censure Am
bassadOr Bayard as soon as those in
charge of the appropriation bills which
have the right of way, afford an OPP
portunity to do so. The Foreign Al
fairs Committee is also working on
A CUBAN RESOLUTION,
and it may possibly be reported to the
House this week. The trend of Opin-
ion in the committee favOrs a resOlu-
ton expressing it as the sense Of Con-
gress THAT a state of war exists in
Cuba, and requesting the President to
issue his proclamation recognizing the
insurgents as belligerents.
The report on the contested election
case of Van Horn VS.. Tarsney. from
the Fifth Missouri district. which has
been submitted TO the House, can be
called up by the committee at any time,
as il is a matter of higher privilege
than an appropriation bill The re-
port is in favor of the contestant. but
q minority report viii. be filed on Tues
day recommending that the case be
recommitted and the testimony re-
opened.
The prospects are
FOR A BUSY WEEK
in the Senate but outside of the fact
that Senator Davis will speak on Mon
day in support of the Monroe doctrine,
anu NAAAI NAlV opfl bpl Adt4bll blllo w illNI
have been reported will be taken up
and probably disposed of, no definite
forecast of the proceedings can be Civ
on. Senator Daviss speech is expected
10 be a strong and logical expression of
the views of the more advanced advO-
Gates of the Monroe doctrine
There are three of the appropriation
bills on the Senate calendar but il is
not believed that any of them, unless
it be the consular diplomatic bill, will
arouse any prolonged debate It is
possible that the diplomatic bill may
not excite debate This bill affords an
opportunity to discuss foreign affairs
generally, and IL is very rarely allowed
to pass without Senator'S availing them
selves of this opening to discuss
DIPLOMATIC QUESTIONS
1t is also possible that the pension bill
will be taken advantage of to discuss
the pension question at some length.
The military academy appropriation
bin will be the first of the series to be
taken up.
The Cuban resolution has been given
the place of precedence after the APP
preparation bills. but it is not yet GER
tain that this subject will be taken NJ
seriously until the Senators who may
wish to speak upOn IL snail have Op-
pOrtunity to prepare themselves. Sen.
atOr Call will speak on the subject il
he succeeds in getting it up. and pos.
sibly one or two other Senators will
be heard. The Senate committees have
been unusually active since the holl
days with the consequence that there
is an accumulation of business sufn
cient to cover twenty-seven pages O.
the calendar, embracing subjects il
which all Senators are interested
There is therefore a general desire t
get to work on the calendar. and tn,
probabilities are that with the apprO
priation bills out of the way the cal
endar will be resorted to and a large
number of bills of minor Importance
acted upon
There continues to be more or les
discussion of a private nature amoni
Senator's as to the probabilities of get
ting up
THE TARIFF BILL
wholly upon whether the friends o
the bill can obtain assurance of sue
cess in whatever move they may take
The reports of both the majorit,
and minority Of the Committee OF
Privileges and Elections on the Du
pont case, the former favoring TIT
seating of Mr.. Dupont as Senator from
Delaware, and the latter opposing tina
course. will be made to the Senate to
morrow. but the debate which is sur
to occur on this question will be post
poned until later in the session.
There is beginning to be a great dea
of talk in the Senate Of an early ad
journment. If it is made evident tina
there will be no tariff legislation. man,
Senators think that an adiournmen
by the first of June will be possible.