The herald., 1896-03-30
CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST
CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATION BILLS
WILL OCCUPY THE WEEK
In the Senate the Postofflce Bill. and In the
House the Sundry Civil Appropriation
Bill are Likely to Delay Cuban Re-
cognitsen-Reciprocity Talk
Associated Press Special Wire.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-The present
arrangement in the senate is to take up
the bill providing for settlement of the
accounts between the state of Arkansas
and the United States at the conclusion of
the morning hour on Monday, and to give
the day to that bill If necessary to dispose
of it. 1t is doubtful. however, whether
further time will be given the bill if it is
not out of the way when the adjournment
is reached on Monday night. 1t is ex-
pected that the postcft1ce appropriation
bill will be reported from the appropria.
should be the disposition will be to take it
up in the senate on Monday and pass it as
soon as possible, Senator Mitchell says
he will ask the senate to proceed with the
consideration of the Dupont election case
after Monday, provided appropriation bills
has already given notice of speech on
this question. f7t
There probably will be no prolonged de-
bate over the postoffice bill unless upon
the fast mail subsidies and it will in all like.
lihood be disposed of in two or three days.
time. The appropriations committee hopes
to have the Indian and naval appropriation
bills ready to report the last of the week.
If there should be any time between dispo-
sition of the postoftice bill and the report
ing of these two bills. the calendar affords
plenty OF material to work upon. Senator
of the Uncompahgre Indian reservation in
Utah. which created much animated debate
few days since, will become unfinished
business after the Arkansas bill. The
foreign relations committee is anxious to
get up the bill to prevent the extermiEa-
tion of the Alaskan seals as soon as posi-
BILE, and it may be pressed to the frcnt
during the week.
IN THE SENATE
The sundry civil appropriation bill prob
ably will consume the major portion of the
time of the houss thie week, and by many
it is considered doubtful whether it will
have been disposed of when the house ad.
journs next Saturday. The bill will pre-.
cipitate the general opposition Of the DEM
ocratic side because Of the fact already
pointed out, that for all continuing work
now under contract triver and harbor and
public building work) the bill carries ap.
preparations for only eight months. This
is an entirely new departure and will bring
up general discussion Of appropriations
all along the line. In addition to this the
bill carries $29, ,OOO,O 900, over 81 ,OOO, 900
less than the estimates. In the odds and
ends which make up the surdry civil bill,
members are personally. interested, and
where the committee has declined to recon-.
mend in accordance with the estimates,
the members interested can be relied
upon to push their opposition to extremes.
1t is the intention of Chairman Hit of the
foreign affairs committee to call up the
conference report on the Cuban resolu-
of the way. 1t is not thought the adoption
of the report will encounter much antag-
ouism. If Mr.. Hit were so disposed he
could call up the report tomorrow and
move it's adoption under suspension of the
rules, as tomorrow is suspension day, but
allegiance and the sundry civil bill be given
the right of way. The leaders Of the
house are bending all their efforts to
hasten the appropriation bills in order to
effect an early final adjournment. The
river and harbor bill is the next appropria-
ton bill in order after the sundry civil.
RECIPROCITY TALK
Representative Hopkins of Illinois, chair
man of the subcommittee on ways snd
means, having in charge the subject of re-
ciprocity in trade reletions with foreign
countries, has received number of letters
during the past week on this subject. A
resolution of the New York legislature
received. -Four letters were from boards
of trade ten from merchants associations
and thirty-nine from representatives of
private interests. AS a rule the replies are
favorable to reciprocity. The Louisiana
Sugar and Rice exchange and the New
York Grocers' association think some pro.
vision should be made for bounty on su-
gar. Some OF the writer's favor reciprocity
with Spanisll-American countries only, and
others designate articles which they think
would be benefited. The Winter Wheat
MilIers' league, indianapolis, sends PAM
phlet headed, "Reciprocity and Retalia-
ton Needed"
The head of the Lake Millers' associa-
ion of Duluth and Superior, Wis, says a
reciprocity and retaliation law would make
foreign countries cease to discriminate
against American flour. The National As.
sociaton of Wool Manufacturer says
"Ths organization believes in the principle
Of the reciprocity. clauses of the act of