The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-25
TURTLE WILL HAZE THE FLooR.
Ho Will Probably Attack Olney's Cuban
 Manifesto To-day,


 Washington, Jan. 24.-The arbitra.- tion treaty, the Nicaraguan canal and the instruction in Cuba will be again discussed in the senate during the com ing week. Senator Turpie of Indiana will open the Cuban debate tomorrow, ostensibly on Senator Cameron's res- olution recognizing the independence of the. Cuban republic. MT. Turpie will devote considerable portion of his time, however, as he has said, to a consideration of the subject of the in- dependence of congress, with such in- cidental strictures on the manifesto of Secretary Olney as may occur to q plain, outspoken man who believes the executive department has overstepped its proper function in seeking to inti- midate the senate by the threat of the veto power and the predicted defiance of contemplated legislation. MT. Tur- pies penchant for sarcastic comments and his failure to conform to the po- lite language of diplomacy in attack ing policies that he believes to be
 
 may be piauant reading.
 The Nicaraguan canal bill is still un- finished business. Senator Morgan, who has given the subject careful con- sideration, says the bill is drawn so as to come within the terms of the concessions granted by Nicaragua, and he denies that the letter of Minister Roderiguez has any weight whatever. He will antagonize a motion to send the bill back to the committee, if any is made, and insist upon the vote on the bill being taken
 The debate in the senate will prob ably be protracted until the corre- spondence with Nicaragua, called for by MT. Morgan's resolution adopted Saturday, is reviewed. Meanwhile the Roderiguez letter will have an import ant bearing upon the general treaty of arbitration which will be taken up by the senate committee in special session tomorrow. Friends of the Isthmus canal will antagonize final action on the treaty until something definite IS done on the canal bill,
 At the conclusion of MT. Turpie's speech to-morrow, the senate will listen to eulogies on the late ex-speaker Crisp.
 The bankruptcy bill, which was made the special order for o'clock, will, in all probability, be postponed for few days.
 Less than six weeks of the present Isession of congress remain, and this fact has impressed upon the managers | of the house the necessity of more viz orousness in the propositions yet re- maining to be considered. It was stat ed yesterday by a member of the com mittee on rules that the agricultural and Indian bills now on the calendar would be the principal items of busi- ness on the program this week. These bills, although carrying comparatively small sums, usually give rise to more debates than others on the list. The seed distribution provided for in the agricultural bill is sure to evoke criti- cism, and the Indian school question can be relied upon to bring day or more of time of the house. The Indian bill further contains the provisions of the bill reported two or three weeks !ago to abolish the offices of Indian commissioners and assistant Indian commissioner and confer their duties on a board of commissioners. This may be promptly disposed of on point of order, but is more likely to be the oc- casion of considerable talk.
 The new immigration bill agreed up- on by the conferees will be presented to the house tomorrow and the advo- cates of the measure will endeavor to secure a day later in the week for it's considera ton.