The record-union., 1896-04-06
CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST.
APPROPRIATION BILLS TO HAVE
PRECEDENCE.
The River and Harbor. Postof1ice and
Fortifications Bills VIII be
Considered.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-Appropri-
alton bills will take precedence in the
Senate this week, the Postoffice bill now
under consideration possibly requiring
two more days before it can be passed,
the Indian and Naval bill to follow.
Morgan has given notice that he will
take the floor on Tuesday to address
the Senate in favor of his Pacific Rail-
road bill, which gives the Court of APP
peals of the District of Columbia juris-
diction in all foreclosure suits and sim
liar suits that may be brought in con-
nection with these roads.
PETER will endeavor to press his mo-
ton for an investigation of the bond
sales, but will not stand in the way of
appropriation bills.
Meanwhile the Dupont case is still
before the Senate and speeches are yet
to be delivered by Senators Gray,
Brown, Chandler, Villas, Palmer and
Burrows.
Frye has given notice that he will
call up the determination of fur seals
bill. Senators Mantle and Teller desire
to defend their course in preventing the
taking up of the tariff bill.
The proposed treaty with Great Brit
sion of damages growing out of the
seizure of Canadian sea1ers still re-
mains to be finally acted upon in exec
utive session, the State Department
urging the Senate to abandon it's inten-
tion of amending the text of the treaty
as submitted. A vote upon the adop-
ton of the Senate resolutions relating
to Cuba will be the first item of busi-
ness in the House. The vote is to be
taken Immediately after the reading of
the journal tomorrow. There is no rea-
son to doubt that the resolutions will
be agreed to by a large majority, al
though the vote of Friday developed
an unexpected amount of opposition to
any declaration on the subject by Con-
gress, and the antagonists of the con-
ference report assert that the vote
against it's adoption will be largely in
creased over the vote cast against the
resolutions originally passed by the
House. The Cuban matter out of the
way, Hooker, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Rivers and Harbors. will
make an effort, tomorrow being sus
pension day under the rules, to take
up the appropriation bill reported by
him on Friday and proceed with it's
consideration under suspension of the
rules. 1t is not the intention, it is ex-
planned, to ask the House to finally dis
pose of it within the limited time al
lowed for discussion of bills so taken
UP, but to give a reasonable time for
its consideration. The determination
of this reasonable time" will necessa-
rily be the subject of unanimous agree
ment, SO that it is impossible to fore
cast now what it will be.
Hayne, Chairman of the Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, will
ask consideration of the bill reported
from his committee to abolish the COM
pulsory pilotage system. when the
river and harbor bill has been dis
posed of, and these measures, together
with miscellaneous business coming up
from day to day, 1T is expected, will
occupy the time and attention of the
House until the Notifications bill be
reported to the House. 1t was stated
Friday that this would be ready the
latter part of the week, and the APP
preparations Committee desires that it
shall be placed upon its passage as
seAon as copies of the bill and report
have been printed.