Abilene weekly reflector., 1897-01-21
TIE FORECAST.
Measures That Will Be Taken Up
by the Senate and House.
A BILL Allied At TICKET BROKERS'.
President Cleveland VIII Transmit Mes
sage to Congress Containing the Corre-
spondence with Great Britain ON
the Arbitration Treaty.

the Nicaragua canal bill expect it to be
taken up in the senate early in the
week, and that it will retain its place
at the head Of the calendar until dis
posed Of. The bill will lead to consid-
cradle debate before being voted on, but
its advocates are very hopeful of its pas
sage. Senator Morgan will have charge
of the measure in the senate, and will
try to reach vote before the end of
the week. Senator Perkins will make
an effort to get up the bill for a non
partisan labor commission, and in this
he likely will be antagonized by Sen
ator Frye with the Hawaiian cable bill.
Senator Chandler will introduce the
caucus committees bill for an interna-
tional conference and will ask to have
it voted upon tomorrow without going
through committee. So far Senator
Pettigrew is the only member Of the
senate who has announced an intention
to oppose the bill. though it is expect
ed that others, while giving it no eff
fective opposition, will take the posi-
tion that nothing can be accomplished
by international action. Mr.. Petit
grew will make a speech against the
bill, taking the position that to seek
an international agreement amounts
to making this country suppliant Of
England, which is, he says, the chief
beneficiary Of the present system. The
Legislative, executive and judicial, and
the military academy appropriation
bills will be reported from the commit
tee on appropriations and their early
consideration asked.
The coming week in the house is
likely to be uneventful. There are no
bills Of great national Importance on
the house calendar which are to be de-
bated, unless the supporters Of the
Nicaragua canal project should succeed
in persuading the committee on rules
to assign them one or more days for
the consideration Of that measure.
Tuesday Mr.. Mccall, Of Massachusetts,
will bring up the Yost-Tucker election
contest from the Tenth district of Vir-
ginia. The committee report is in
favor Of Mr.. Tucker, the sitting mem
ber One day Of the week will be given
to the pensions committee for the
passage of the bills which have been
reported to the house from the Friday
night sessions. There are two appro-
priation bills ready to be acted upon,
the agricultural and Indian, one or
both of which will be sandwiched into
some of the spare hours. They contain
no items probable to give rise to much
conflict The rest Of the week, accord
ing to present plans, will be occupied
in passing small bills which may be
called up by unanimous consent, and
in the call of the roll of committees for
bills reported from them.
A BILL AIMED AT TICKET BROKERS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lS.-Representa-
tive Sherman, of New York, Saturday
introduced in the house a bill to regu-
late the sales of railroad tickets in the
form of an amendment to the inter
state commerce act. The bill proposes
to compel common carriers to provide
all agents authorized to sell tickets
with certificates of their authority,
which must be conspicuously displayed
in their Offices 1t makes it unlawful
for other parties to sell or tranfer
tickets or passes under heavy penalties
and fixes penalties; also fine and i'm
prisonment for counterfeiting tickets,
and provides that all unused parts of
tickets must be redeemed by the COM
panies by which they are issued.
The rest of the day was then given over
to eulogies upon ex-Speaker Crisp of
Georgia, who died in the recess of con-
gress.
THE GENERAL ADMIRATION TREATY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-President
Cleveland will transmit to congress to-
day an executive message containing
the correspondence between Great Brit
ain and the United States on the gen.
eral arbitration treaty now pending in
the senate. The message will be a short
one. 1t will contain not more than
eight or ten formal notes between Lord
Salisbury and Secretary Olney.
al lalx Tod