The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-17
BUSY AHEAD.
Appropriations Bills 10 Consume Most
Of the Time In the House.
CUBANs MAY BE RECOGNIZED.
Both Branches Show DISPOSE
ton to Settle the Matter.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Most of the time
of the house this week will be taken up
with the consideration Of appropriation
bills. The agricultural bill, which was
taken up Saturday, will be disposed Of to-
day. unless a prolonged debate should DO
precipitated OF the question Of seed dis
tribution by tho agricultural department.
The Indian and army appropriation bills
are ready, and the appropriation commit
tee expects TO have the executive, legisla-
tive and judicial bills reported by Wednes-
day.
The foreign affairs committee will call
up the resolution TO oensure Ambassadors
Bayard as soon ms those in charge of the
appropriation bills, which have the right
of way, afford an opportunity TO do so. This
committee is also working on a Cuban
resolution, and 1t may possibly be reported
70 the house this week. The trend of
opinion In the committee fayors n resolu-
ton expressing il as the sense of congress-
that a state of wal exists in Cuba and re-
questing the president to issue his procla-
nation recognizing the insurgents as bel
ligorents.
The report on the contested election case
of Van Horn VS.. Tarsney, from the Fifth
Missouri district, which has been SUBJ
mitted TO the house, can be called up by
the committee Mt any time, as 1t is a mat
ter Of higher privilege than an appropri-
alton bill. The report Is in favor OF the
contestant, but a minority report will DO
fled tomorrow, recommending that the
case be recommitted and the testimony re-
opened.
The Senate Forecast.
The prospects are for a busy week In the
senate. but outside Of the Monroe doctrine
and the appropriations bills no efln
forecast OF the proceedings can be given.
Senator Davis speech Is expected to be n
strong and logical expression of the views
Of the more advanced advocates OF the
Monroe doctrine.
There are three of the appropriations bills
on the senate calendar. but It is not be-
lieved that any OF them, unless it be the
consular and diplomatic bill, will arouse
any prolonged debate. This bill affords
an opportunity to discuss foreign affairs
generally, and IL is very rarely allowed to
pass without senators a~vailing themselves
of this opening To discuss diplomatic
questiors. 1t il also possible that the
pension bill will DO taken advantage Of to
discuss the question at some length.
lHt HllllAdiI 1ldNtlAlg bAi "a 10 sho
first of the series To be taken up.
Tn Cuban resolution has been given the
place OF precedence after the %appropria-
tons bills, but it Is not yet certain that
this subject will be taken up seriously
until the senators who may wish to speak
upon it shall have opportunity to prepare
themselves. Senator Call will speak on
the subject II no succeeds in getting it up,
and possibly one or two other senators
will be heard.
The senate committees have been In
usually active since the holidays, with the
CONSEQUENCE that there Is al accumula-
ton of business sufficient to cover 81 pages
Of the calendar, embracing subjects in
winch all the senator's are Interested.
There Is, therefore, a general desire to get
to work on the calendar, and the proba-
bilities are that with the appropriations
out of the way the calendar will be re-
sorted to and a large number OF bills Of
minor importance acted upon.
There continues TO be more or less dis
cussion of q private nature among senators
as 10 the probabilities of getting up the
tariff bill I'm some form, but this depends
almost wholly upon whether the friends
OF the bill can obtain assurance OF success
In whatever move they make.
The reports of both the majority and tho
minority of the committee OF privileges
and elections on the Dupont case, the
former favoring the seatingof Mr.. Dupont
as senator from Delaware and the latter
opposing that course, will be made TO the
senate today, but the debate which is sure
to occur On this question will be post
poned until later in the session.
There is beginning TO be n great deal OF
talk in the senate of IN early adjourn
ment. II IL is made evident that there
will be no tariff legislation, many sena-
tors think that an adjournment by June l
will be possible.