Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-27
THE WEEK IN congress.
Decisive Action On General Measures
Promised.
The River and Harbor Bill Due in
the Senate-A Possibility Of a
Presidential Veto of This I'M
portant Measure-The Condition
Of the Treasury and the Deficit
for the Fiscal Year.

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preparation bills will devote the bal
ance Of session, except SUCH appropl ia
lions as are consumed by conference
reports, 10 clearing up such matters
as opportunity affords. This week
promises acSion on several measures.
The Picker general pension bill, which
was under debate last week for three
days. will be voted on tomorrow II the
clamor for more time for debate is not
too importune, in which case the de-
bate may be allowed to run on for sew
eral days. Mr.. Picker, however. be-
lieves a vote can be obtained to-mor-
row. The measure will probably re-
ceive every Republican, and quite a
number of Democratic votes. 1t has
been agreed that the bill to empower
the President TO retire John NJ. Quack-
enbush as a commander in the navy
shall be taken up Tuesday. Comman-
der Quackenbush was courtmartialed
and dismissed from the navy in 1874
on charges of excessive intoXication.
He has now reached the age when, had
he not been so dismissed, he would be
retired.
The House has also agreed to take
up
THE BANKRUPTCY BILL
this week and devote three days TO its
consideration. Should these three
measures be disposed of before the
end of the week, there are several con-
tested election cases pending OF course
everything will have to give way if
conference reports on appropriation
bills are presented.
The Senate programme for this week
so far as determined upon includes on
ly the consideration of appropriation
bills, beginning with the naval bill on
Monday. and following that closely
with either the river and harbor or the
District Of Columbia bill, probably the
former. There may be spasmodic eff
forts to get up other measures, but the
probabilities are that nothing will be
taken up which will lead to general de-
bate if the committee on appropria
tionS can control the order of business.
II is expected tht there will be an eff
fort on the part of Senator German
and other Senators to amend the naval
bill so as to provide for the construc-
ton of only two battleships instead of
four, as the bill provides.
There is also an element in the SEN
ate favorable to increasing the number
TO six 1t is therefore expected that
this bill will develop considerable de-
bate.
RIVERS AND HARBOR BILL.
The river and harbor bill will I'M
doubtedly be made the subject of
severe attack by Senator White and
others, who stand with him on the
Southern California deep water harbor
question, unless there is a change of
the present decision of the commits
sion, which is in favor of Santa
Monica.
A large majority of the Senators, al
most all of them in fact, now regard
early adjournment as quite definitely
determined upon. If the Democrats
and Populists ever had any idea of at
tempting to prolong the session be-
yond the national convention they ap
pear TO have given it up, and few of
them now fix the date beyond the first
of June.
Senator George, who is the especial
champion of the voluntary bankruptcy
bill, said to-day that ne had received
no encouragement in his efforts to get
up that measure and that he had no
hope of doing so. Senator Mitchell,
of Oregon, says that. contrary 10 re-
ports, he is anxious to secure Il vote up
on the resolution to seat Mr.. Dupont
as Senator from Delaware, and that he
is willing to take the chances On tne
result.
Senator PETER will not. for the pres
ent, press his bond resolution in antag-
onism to the appropriation bills.
The Senators are taking the
POSSIBILITY OF A VETO
of the river and harbor bill into ac-
count in their calculations on adjours-
ment. Such a fate for the bill has been
considered among the probabilities ever
since its passage by the House and re-
cent expressions on the part OF those
near the President have increased the
apprehensions of the friends of the bill
on this score. Hence there will be an
effort to so arrange the business of
the session as to hold Congress in ses-
sion during the ten days which he is
allowed to consider a bill, in order to
secure an opportunity for passing the
bill over the Presidents objections in
case of his disapproval.
THE TREASURY DEFICIT
| for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896,
will be. approximately, $25 100000. This
is the opinion of officials and others
best qualified to make an intelligent
estimate of the result OF the fiscal OPP
erations of the year. In his annual es-
| innate. sent to Congress at the begin
ming of the present session, the Secre-
tarv of the Treasury estimated the re-
| GENTS from customs during the fiscal
wear at S172.OOO,0OO. So far, with
nearly ten months OF the year gone,
the customs receipts have reached
about s137. OO0, 900, with a fair prospect
of increasing TO S165, 100000 by the
| close of the year. The estimate of the
REGENTS from internal revenue sources
was SIS. 600 900. Up TO this time they
have reached s120 zoo, 900, and it is ex
pected that the figures for the complet-
ed year will be about S146,000,0OO.
The receipts from miscellaneous
| sources are expected TO slightly
EXCEED THE ESTIMATES
! of SIS 600 600. making the total receipts
for the year about 1927 100000. The
Secretary's estimate OF the years ex-
penditures was 1862, 100000, which &C
cording to his figures would leave de-
ficiency of $4,000 900. The actual ex-
/ penditures. however. it is now thought,
will aggregate about 1852 100000, or
| $40. coo. 900 less than Mr.. Carlisle's es~
innate in December last so that the de-
| felt at the close of the year, it is be-
lieved will not show any very material