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Appropriation Bills Will Receive
Prompt Attention.
Little Prospect of Committee Work
Until the Committee Vacancies Are
Filled, as Democrats Want to Fill
Democratic NacanCieS-The Tariff
Debate Will Open in the House
To-Day, Dingley Being the First
Speaker.

WASHINGTON, March 21.-The Sem
ate Will devote the major portion OF
the week to the consideration of the
Anglo-American arbitration treaty If
the appropriation bills, which have
passed the House as they were agreed
upon in the last session should be re-
ported to the Senate, they probably will
receive prompt attention. There is a
possibility that these bills may not be
taken up Immediately in committee,
owing to the absence of some commit
tee members. 1t is also possible that
when reported they may be somewhat
changed. or if not changed in commit
tee, that they Will be in the Senate.
Many Senator's have propositions which
they are anxious to see enacted into
the law and they are not disposed to
forego this chance of getting them
through. The Democratic leaders may
consider it wise party policy to hold
the appropriation bills up until the Re
publican policy of the Senate with ref
erence to the tariff is developed.
Senator Allison, Chairman of the APP
propriations Committee, will exert him
self to secure speedy consideration of
the bills There is little prospect of
vacancies are filed. The two sides of
the chamber are holding out against
each other, each contendng for conces-
sions which the other refuses to make.
Democrats still insist on being allowed
to fill all the places vacated by the re-
tirement by Democratic Senators. while
the Republicans contend that the silver
Republicans and PopuIists should be
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adjustment of this difference the whole
matter depends. Some way out of the
difficulty ultimately will be found but
the opening has not yet presented
itself.
WASHINGTON, March 21-The pro-
gramme of the tariff debate, which
opens in the House tomorrow, is simple
but arduous The House will sit from
10 o'clock in the morning until IL
o'clock p. m, with a recess from , to
s each day for dinner. The general
debate will close Thursday night. Be
ginning Friday the bill will be read for
amendment under the five minute rule
until 5 o'clock on the following Wednes-
day, March 31st, when the bill and
pending amendments will be voted
upon.
ne committee on Wa anu NledliSt
by the terms of the special order under
which the House will operate, will have
the right of way in the matter of
amendments, and such amendments
can at any time supersede pending
amendments of individual members, q
provision made to give the committee
the fullest power to perfect their bill.
The debate will be opened by Dingley,
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Committee for the majority. Either
Bailey of Texas, the selected leader of
the minority, or Mcmillan of Tennessee
will reply. Bailey has rendered to Nc
MILAN this privilege in Difference to his
long service on the Ways and Means
Committee, but it is not yet decided
whether the latter will avail himself
of the proffer
The night sessions of the House dur
ing the general debate will be given
up almost entirely to set speeches by
new members who desire to get their
views in the Congressional Record
for the benefit of their constituents.
When the Wilson bill was under discus
sion the time at the night sessions was
not consumed and there is likely to be
a repetition of lack of speakers on this
occasion as members, under the order,
are given leave to print and many or
them will take advantage of this OPP
portunity without taking the floor.