Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-05-12
IN CONGRESS.
Two Contested Election Cases
May Be Called Up.
All the Appropriation Bills Will Be
Passed by May 20.
Day Has Been Promised to the Discus
sion of the Committee of Labor and
Erdman Arbitration Bills-Several
other Important Measures.

WASHINGTON, May 11.-There arc
two contested election cases that will
probably come up during the week
Murray (Rep.) VS.. Elliott Dem.) from
the First district of South Carolina,
and Rinaker Rep.) VS.. Downing (Dem.
from the Sixteenth district of Illinois.
Both will be vigorously contested.
A day has been promised the com
mittee on labor to discuss the Phillips
labor committee and the Erdman arbi-
tration bills. The former provides for
the appointment of a committee to in
vestigate the relations of labor to capi-
tai and the causes of the troubles that
have occurred growing out of those re-
lations The Erdman bill is the Olney
arbitration bill which passed the house
last session, and which the labor unions
approved.
The committee on immigration and
naturalization and on interstate and
foreign commerce are each pressing for
time in which to present some meas
ures passed upon by them, notably the
bills to further regulate the admission
of immigrants But it is hardly pos
sible that they or either of them will
get the floor.
The determination of the senate COM
mittee on appropriations is to keep that
body constantly at the consideration OF
those measures during the week that
opens Monday save such matters as
have been heretofore agreed upon.
Mr.. Frye hopes that the river and har-
Dor bill will be finished Monday, but
in this he may be disappointed. Mr..
Frye will speak in favor of the action of
the committee in appropriating upwards
of three millions under the contract sys-
TEN for the improvement of the harbor
at Santa Monica, Cal. This speech may
call forth reply from Senator White.
Mr.. German has also indicated his in
tention of Offering an amendment max
ing a horizontal reduction in all appro-
priation that exceed 100000. This
will, in all probab bility, precipitate some
discussion.
According to the agreement made
some days ago, the two days immedi-
ately following the passage of the river
and harbor bill, to be devoted to the
Dupont contested election case with
the understanding that at five o'clock
on the second day the vote is to be
taken. The whole time may not be
consumed in debating this case, and a
few speeches on general subjects may
be delivered. Mr.. Nelson, of Mime
sofa, and Mr.. Gibson, of Maryland,
have speeches ready to deliver on the
immigration question, and they may
find time to address the senate these
! two days,
The District of Columbia bill will be
called up as soon as the Dupont case is
out of the road This will probably
consume the remainder OF the week,
much of the debate, doubtless, grow
ing out of the appropriations for char
tiles, over which there was lively
discussion in the house. The senate
has restored all the items for
this purpose stricken out in the
house, and while the champions
of the policy pursued by the house are
not so numerous in the senate, the ac-
ton of the committee will cause num-
Der of protests, at least, to be raised.
The Notifications bill will be report
ed by the end of the week. Allison
expects to see all of the appropriation
bills passed by the Goth, and will make
every effort to accomplish such result.