The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-12-17
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pfiscs during thc dts week Of the ses
sion Of Cournss hav taken tie place o
,ho.e that some perfons expected 10
Presidents nrsssgc 10 rontain. tn
most important surprise l. connecie
with Hawaii. When the extra session
adjourned It aas admitted by friend
aud opponents alike that ia vote ha0
! bren taken every Republican Senator
, nll II tbr op.li-i- ana many of ih
Democrats would hnye voted Tor th
riuHru.on of fnr annesHtion treaty
Sow, .o many Senators have chsnge'
that the feasibility ofdropping the treat!
and securing annexation by Legislation
which will only require majority vol,
D. ueiug coi.iierri. Dniy tao Demo
Moiggnand Gorman-uoS sup
port annexation. hut probably lh,
most surprising Thing about the siiua
ton j. theanonnt OF oppo-ition 90 au.
nexation that has come from New Eng
land, wherr 10 WIS supposed that the
idea ofnnnpxat.on va. fret entertained,
many yehrs ago. srnator- Morrcll Of
Vermont AMI llpar u Ma--achurtii.
are now cllsscd among tho opponents of
annexation. aud Speaker Reed Is sup
posed to be- with them Freuds OF the
administration are demanding that q
caucus shall be- held ahd annexation be-
male q party question and forced
through. Meanwhile, a poweri VI lobby,
plcntiiully supplied with money, h
working 20 undermine and voaken the
annexation sentiment, both ioaad out
OF Coagrcs., aud some yey sensational
stories are being Whispered around
Washington
Senator Allen has introduced q Din
ior recognition OF iho independence Of
Cuba aud IL has been referred to the
committee on Foreign Rotations. hnt
there BE- no likelihood OF ibis or any other
legislation on the subject Tor several
months to come. as Congress seems dis.
/ d isrd 10 let the whole matter rcst for
awhile, In accordance with the Pre-i-
dents recommendation, in order to see
what will be the result Of the change
In the Spanish policy 10 Cuba. The
ho,.heads will, Of course, break out now
AID then and do some talking on the
subject.
The total amount covered oy claims
against the government whi,h have re-
osiycd partial reorganization 10y being
passed byeiiher the House or the seu.
ats or approved by the Court OF Claims
Is In the neighborhood OF lOOOO, 900.
Az the extra session the Senate som.
mittee on Claims appointed subcom-
mit,se 10 prepare an omnibus claims
bill, and this week the subcommittee do.
oided tina, the bill should include the
above mentioned classes Of claims.
Unless Speaker Reed can be pursuaded
To reverse his present attitude towards
measures carrying m appropriation,
outside OF the regular appropriation
bills, there Is no chance for the bill to
get Though the House a, this session,
oven II gots passed by the Senate.
The number Of postal savings bank
bills already introduced In both
branches Of Congress indicated general
iriendliness towards the idea, hut the
many conflicting provisions In thosa
bills indicate much difficulty In pre-
paringA bill that will meet the ap.
proval Of all who favor postal savings
banks.
The Nicaragua Canal question is not
Ikely TO get seriously before this or the
last session OF the Fiity.aith Congress,
As the u. $. Commission now ON its way
to Nicaragua for the purpose Of making
new survey, aud estimate OF the cost
oithe canal, il not expected to make
arcport until some time in 1870 SOME
thing may be said, however, Ia Congress
about the reported concession boy Sic.
aragua ,oun English company OF pd.
yilcgc. bat viii hamper ifuot actually
prevent, the building OF thc canal
The Pros. dent furnished the oppon
onts Of the civil service law aud rules
as now administered, with clul
which they are not slow too make noe O
when he acknowledged In his messag
that many positions were now undc
the protection Of those rules that ough