The herald., 1896-06-01
CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST
Work to be Done Before Final
Adjournment
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL
Is Expected to Pass Over the Presi.
dents Veto
Conference Reports on Appropriation Bills
Will Have Precedence-Some Vetoes
Expected - Night Sessions
Associated Press Special Wire.

WASHINGTON, May 31.-The senate
Will begin the week with the intention
of making it the last of the session If
possible. Some senators set the day of
adjournment as early as Thursday, and
still others think it will be impossible
to conclude before the first days of next
week.
The imperative work before the SEN
ate in order to reach adjournment is to
dispose of the conference reports and of
tn ordinary appropriation bills, to vote
upon 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 received the
necessary two-thirds vote in the house
to bring 1t to the senate. Some sena-
tors, probably majority, also feel they
are under obligations to press the filled
cheese bill to final issue, but there is
a sufficiently strong minority opposed
TO this measure to prevent congress re-
naming in session for the sole purpose
OF passing it after the appropriation
bills are out of the way. 1t would,
therefore appear the hope of the friends
OF this Dill must rest upon getting it
through before the appropriation con-
ference reports are disposed of. Con-
siderable time will necessarily be spent
upon b1lls on the calendar to which no
objection Is made and also in executive
session on nominations awaiting con-
f1rmation.
Senator Morgan probably will make
an effort to get up the Cuban question.
me anti-bOnd bill will be pressed to a
final vote before adjournment Tuesday
unless there should be violation of
unanimous consent which was entered
into on Friday. The debate on this bill
VIII consume the greater part of the
time of the senate after o'clock Monday
and Tuesday, and it is possible it may
be necessary to extend the Tuesday ses-
sion into the night in order to give all
VINO wish to speak an opportunity to
DO so. Senator Butler has by no means
finished his speech on this bill, Senator
brown has given notice of a set speech
and Senator Cullom is also anxious to
find opportunity for the delivery of
prepared speech. 1t is believed the bond
Dill Will have majority of about five
votes in its favor.
The appropriation bills still in confer
ence are the Indian, naval, sundry civil,
District of Columbia, fortificatiops
postoffice and general deficiency The
others have either become laws or are
IN the hands c the president The con-
Ierees on, the postoffice bill were In SEES :.
sion Saturday and reached an under
standing on all items Of disagreement
except on the senate's amendment for
the consolidation of small postoffices
with large ones, and this will probably.
be arranged Monday.
Inc items of serious dispute between
the houses are the Indian schools and
the ices or attorneys in the Indian bill.
the battleships and the price of arrnor
plate the naval bill, and the question of
the distribution of the charity of the
United States in the District of Colum-
bia.
ltis not expected that there will be any
prolonged debate over the river and har-
Dor bill If it is sent to the senate by the
mouse. There were only nine votes
against this bill when It passed origi-
nally, and it's friends claim there will
be no difficulty in passing it second
time, Notwithstanding the presidents
objections. Beginning Tuesday or We'd
hesday the sessions of the senate will
probably commence at II o'clock. and
several night sessions are among the
probabilities of the week
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May 31.-The clos
ing days Of the session in the house will
be mainly devoted to the consideration
of conference reports, but the feature
of the week will be the passing Of the
river and harbor bill over the presi-
dents veto. Ali the friends of the bill
who are absent have received perempt-
ory telegraphic summons to be present
on Tuesday when the bill is reported
votes taken on it already demonstrate
it has considerably more than two
thirds majority and it's friends express
no doubts of the result. 1t is not prob
bable much time will be allowed for
debate. The conference reports will be
given the right of way whenever pre-
sented. Under the rules, the last six
days of the session are suspension
days, and this fact will enable the house
to clear the calendar in brief time of
several pending bills, including the Phil
lips commission bill, the Erdman arbi-
tration bill and several other bills. The
Johnson Stokes contested election case,
which was left hanging when the house
adjourned Friday, will be disposed of
tomorrow. The partisans of Mr.. john
son. whose claims to the seat We're re-
jected on two votes, will be directed tow
ard ousting Stokes and thus declaring
the seat vacant. Some fear of veto
of the general deficiency bill is eX-
pressed among the members, because it
carries the French spoliation claims.