The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-17
BUSY WEEK IN CONGRESS.
Appropriation Bills Form the Bulk
Of Probable Business.
RESOLUTIONS AyORlNG CuBA'S CAUSE
May Come Up In Both houses-nhy'r"
CensuIe and Speech an me Mon
roe Dnctrine.

Washington, February l6.-Most oil the
time in the house this week will be taken
IN With the consideration Of apr 5priation
bills The agricultural bill, which was
taken UP yesterday, should be disposed of
tomorrow unless protracted debate should
be precipitated on the question OF SEED
distribution by the agricultural depart
ment. The Indian and army appropriation
bills are ready ana the appropriations COM
mlttee expects to gave the executive. ieels-
lati.o and judicial bills reported by
Wednesday.
The foreign affairs committee will call
up the resolution TO censure Ambassador
Bayard as soon as those in charge OF the
appropriation bills. which have the right
| of way, AFFORD an opportunity TO DO so.
The foreign affairs committee Is a SO
! working on a Cuban resolution ana IL
may possibly he reported TO the nous
| this week. The trend of opinion IN lne
committee fayors resolution eXpress'ns
/ 1t 10 be the sense of congress tha' d
! state Of war exists IN Cuba ana request
/ ing the president to issue his procalama-
/ ton recognizing the insurgents as peiii-
gerents.
The report of the contested election
| ca e. Of Van Horn vs.. TaIsney. trom the
J Firth Missouri district, whicn has been
| submitted to the house, can be caIle1
!
matter Of higher privilege than an APP
/ preparation. The report is in FAVOR OF
! the contestant, hut Il minority report VIII
be filed on Tuesday recommending that
| the case be recommttcd aud tine tcsu-
mony rcepened.
The prospects are for busy week In
the senate, but outside of the fact thar
Senator Davis will speak Monday in sup
port of the Monroe doctrine and that the
appropriation bills which have been re-
ported viii be taken up and prohaniy dis
posed of, no definite forecast Of the pro-
ceedings can be given.
Senator Davis speech is expected to he
a strong and logical expression OF the
views of the more advanced advocates OF
the Monroe doctrine.
There are three appropriation bills o:
the senate calendar, but 1t is net believe,
that any Of them, unless II be the consul9
and diplomatic bill. viii arouse any pro
lonEoi debate. 1t is possible that the dip
lomatic bill may not excite debate. Thi
bin affords an opportunity to discuss Tor
elgn affairs generally and 1t IS very rarel
allowed 10 pass without senators avalliul
themselves of this opening to discuss ain
lomatic questions.
1t is also possible that the pension bill
Will be taken advantage OF to discuss pen
SlolS NJ SplNt lchRll.
The military appropriation bill will b
the first of the series to he taken up.
The Cuban res0 ut.on has been given tn
place of proceed ence nf.er the appropria
ton bills, but II is not yet certain tia
THIS subject will be taken up seriously un
I'll the senators who may wish 10 spea
upon IT. shall have opportunity to prepar
| themselves. senator Call wll speak o
the subject Il he succeeds In getting IL w
and possibly one or two other senator
Will be heard.
The senate committees have been ur
usually active since the holidays. with I'll
consequence that there Is an accumuls
ton of business sufficient to cover tween y
seven pages OF the calendar, embracin
! subjects IN which all the sena tors are Il
tcrested. There is therefore a general dc
sire to get to work on -he calendar an
the probabilities are that, with tae appro
pratiOn bill out Of the way, the calonta
VIII he resorted 20 and a large humble
of bills of minor IMPORTANCE acted upon.
There continues 10 be more or less dii
cuss!on of private nature among 81
htors as TO the probabilities OF Bettln
~ the Earln bill in some form, but hi
depends almost wholly upon whether tn
friends OF the bill can obtain assurance {
success in whatever move they make.
The repre- scuta uVcs OF both the .nGio
ity and minority Of the committee on priv
, ileges and elections in the Dupont cas-
the former faNurIng the seating of NJ
Dupont rs senator from Delaware an
[ the latter opposing that course, win mGf
report to the senate tomorrow, hut the d
bate which Is sure to occur on this que
tion VIII be postponed unul later IN Il
Sc ssiou.
, There is beginning to he 4 great deal
talk In the senate OF an early adjourn
, / mont. II IT IS made evident thai thei
viii I've no tariff legislation. many senate
think that an adjournment by the first
June VIII be possible,