Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-17
54th CONGRESS-.
Entire Week to Be Given
to the Appropriations.
Senate Will Probably Not Soon Take
Up the Tariff Bill.
Davis Will Speak, Today. on His Monroe
Doctrine Resolution.

| Washington, Feb 16.-Tbe comm,
week in the Senate will be devoted I,
action on the appropriation bills and dis
custom on our relations with foreign
: powers. The latter part of the week, no
| counting the unexpected matters tina
may be rejected during the mornin,
hour, Will be given to the consideration
of the military academy BILL which nov
has the right of way and the pension ant
consular and diplomatic appropriation
| bills.
| Ihese Will exhaust the appropriation
| bills so far reported to the Senate by tn,
| committee, and as the consular and diplo
matte bill may cause a general discussion
of foreign affairs, it is assumed that tn,
entire week will be consumed in dis
posing of the appropriation bills now OF
| the calendar.
1t is doubtful if Mr. Morrill, will en-
deavor to call up the tariff bill again thi.
week, and Republicans who have care
fully canvassed the situation, say such
motion would tend to complicate matter,
and no good can grow out OF it until the,
have brought about cohesion of senti
ment in their own ranks and secured tn,
necessary one vote from the ranks of tn,
Populists. This at present seems impos
sible, and Mr. Morrill,, il Is believed, viii
not renew the motion until he Is sure o.
success.
Tomorrow, Mr. Davis of the foreign
relations committee, and author of tn,
resolution reported from the COMMITTEES
| enunciating the Monroe doctrine, which
bac nd ,b,l,
be passed, will address the Senate upor
that resolution. This speech has beer
| anticipated for some time with a great
deal of interest, owing to the advanced
ground taken by Mr.. Davis. and his we'll
known familiarity with the whole sub
ject. Mr.. Davis is one of the closest
students in the Senate, and his speech i:
expected to set forth the position of the
ultra radicals on the subject in a clearer
light than has yet been cast upon it,
The Cuban resolution, supplemented
recently by The additional report from tht
committee on foreign relations. declaring
it the opinion OF Congress that this gov
eminent should remain neutral and gram
all parties In the struggle now pending
in Cuba equal rights, has the right of way
as unfinished business, being temporarily
displaced by appropriation bills, and il
will doubtless call out number Of
| speeches during tho time the appropria
| ton bills may be under consideration
Mr.. Mitchell, chairman of the commit
| tee on privileges and elections, will, to
! morrow, submit TO the Senate the ma
jority report on the Dupont delaware
case, in favor of seating Mr.. Dupont. A
in, - LaV A. - a..
| Gray, will soon follow, and this matter
involving question of the highest privi
| lege may at any moment be called up fol
consideration.
An early adjournment is talked Of A
| few senators are hopeful that Congress.
| may get through by the first of June
Among some Republican leaders every
nerve is being strained to accomplish thi.
result, so that nothing may interior,
| with their attendance upon the nationa
convention and the campaigns that will
| Immediately follow.
| There is nothing in sight in the Hous,
but the appropriation bills When The
| House adjourned, saturday afternoon
| general debate had just been concluded OF
| the agricultural appropriation bill, anc
| Chairman Wadsworth expects that a day
| or two more at least will be consumed in
the discussion OF the bill under the five
| minute rule. There are, it is understood
other members than those who expressed
the opinion, Saturday, who desire to say
things about Secretary Morton's refuss
to expend the appropriation made in TIT
bill for the current year for the distribu
| tion of seeds.
| Besides the agricultural bill, there il
on the calendar the army appropriation
bill. ard the Indian bill is ready to be re
ported Wednesday OF Thursday. the ap
preparation committee will probably hav,
completed their preparation OF the legis
lative, executive and judicial bill.
Other bills, notably the post office ant
naval bills, are far advanced. so, if the oft
maintained, the House will have scarcel,
any opportunity, this week, to conside
any other class Of legislation
Mr.. johnson, chairman Of the commit
| tee on elections No. 2, before the weel
closes, may call up the report of the com
mittee in the case of the Van Horn Tars
nsy contest, 9TH Missouri district, but a
this case is sure to give rise to somewha
extended debate, the probabilities ar
against its consideration at present.
So too, with the resolution from tn
foreign affairs committee regarding Am
bassador Bayards speeches, which will
not be brought forward to antagonize il
any way the progress of the appropriation
bills.