Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

Washington, D. c., May 31.-The clos
ing days of the session in the House
will be mainly devoted to the considers
ton of conference reports, but the fs-
ture of the week will be the passage OF
the river and harbor bill over the Pres
ident's veto. All the friends, OF the bill
who are absent have received perempt-
DRY Geographic summons to be present
on Tuesday when the bill is reported
back from the Committee. The several
votes taken on it already demonstrate
that it has considerably more than a
two-thirds majority, and its friends ex-
press
NO DOUBT OF THE RESULT.
1t is not probable that much time will
be allowed for debate The conference
reports will be given the right of way
whenever presented. Under the rules
the last six days Of the session are sus-
pension days, and this fact will enable
the House to clear the calendar in a
brief time of several pending bills, in
Guiding the Phillips commission bill,
the EHdman arbitration bill and several
other bills. The JChnson-Stolles con-
tested election case, which was left
hanging when the House adjourned Fri
day. will be disposed of tomorrow. The
partiSans of Mr.. Johnson. whose title
to the seat was rejected on two votes,
viii be directed toward ousting Stokes
and thus declaring the-seat vacant.
Some fear of a veto of the general de-
ficiency bill is expressed among the
members Of the House because it car
ries the French spoliation claims.
IN THE SENATE.
The Senate will begin the week with
the intention of making it the last Of
the session if possible Some Senators
put the day of adjournment as early as
Thursday of the present week, while
others place it on Saturday, and still
others think it will be impossible to
conclude before the first days of next
week.
The imperative work before the Sem
ate in order TO reach adjournment is to
dispose of the conference reports on the
ordinary appropriation bills; to vote
on the bond prohibitory bill. and to
consider the proposition to pass the
river and harbor bill over the Presi-
dents veto in case the bill receives the
necessary tWo-tnirds vote in the House
to bring it TO the Senate. Some Sena-
tors, probably a majority, also feel that
they are under obligations to press the
flied cheese bill to
A FINAL ISSUE,
but there is a sufficiently strong minor
ity opposed to this measure to prevent
Congress remaining in session for the
sole purpose of passing it after the ap-
preparation bills are out of the way. 1t
would therefore appear that the hope Of
the friends of this bill must rest upon
getting it through before all the appro-
priation conference reports are dispos-
ed Of. Considerable time will necessar-
lily be spent upon bills on the calendar
TO which no objection is made and also
in executive session on nominations
awaiting confirmation. Senator Nor
gan will probably also make an effort
TO get up the Cuban question in some
connection.
The anti-bond bill will be pressed to
a finish before adjournment Tuesday,
unless there should be violation of the
unanimous agreement which was enter
ed into on Friday. The debate on this
bill will consume the greater part of
the time of the Senate after o'clock