The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-08

Washington. Feb. Three weeks
and three working days only remain
TO this congress, and there are marked
evidences of an intention on the part
of the senate to catch up with some OF
the work that has been neglected. APP
preparation bills cause little uneasiness,
for they can be speedily passed, and
tesides, no great harm would follow in
view of the extra session which is to
be called for March IS, if some of these
bills failed to become laws before the
4th of March.
The arbitration treaty with Great
Britain Will be taken up tomorrow, Mr..
Sherman having given notice to that
effect The chairman of the foreign re-
lations committee is very sanguine and
expects to see the treaty promptly rat
flied. He Will ask the senate to re-
main in sec ret session so that they may
be able 10 reach a vote on il by Tues
day, if possible. Mr.. Sherman'S san
Suine views are not shared by other
senators, who are probably better in
formed as to the feeling of the senate
on the matter.
Mr.. Hale fears that the opponents of
the treaty may be able to defeat it.
Other senators anticipate an organized
effort To start an interminable debate
on the treaty with the view of holding
it I'D until after the 4th of March. 1t
is we'll known that several senators
have prepared elaborate speeches on
the subject, and the men who are op-
posed to the treaty are those who Will
debate il most.
When the treaty is called up tOmor-
row motion will be made to have
the discussion proceed with open DOORS
1t is doubtful if this will prevail but a
very considerable vote will favor it.
As the result of conference of the
Republican and Democratic steering
committees, it has been agreed that the
Nicaragua canal bill, owing to the fill
clustering against it, shall be dropped
tomorrow and the bankruptcy bill sub
Sututed in its place as the regular
order. This action is not calculated to
make Mr.. Morgan, who has been the
special champion OF the bill, any less
vigorous in his opposition to the arbi-
tratiOn treaty. which he regards as be-
ing mixed III with the canal question
The Cameron resolutions recognizing
the independence of the republic OF
Cuba, which were supposed to have
disappeared as possible disturbing in
fiuence. are to be called up again by
Mr.. Morgan
The bankruptcy bill will probably
be given the right of way after the
arbitration treaty has consumed a
couple OF DAYS. The bill reported to
the senate differs materially from the
bill which passed the house Many
speeches Will be made on it in the
senate.
The house bill provides only for in
voluntary bankruptcy and some sena-
tors contend is drawn solely in the in
jOrity report to the senate provides for
voluntary bankruptcy except in cases
of fraud.
The text of the proposed measure.
which made 81 pages when passed by
the house. has been condensed by the
senate TO Is pages. Mr.. Hoar has made
a minority report in favor of the house
measure, and Mr.. Nelson, representing
some of the western ideas, has offered
substitute for IS of the sections of
the bill reported by Mr.. Teller on be-
half of the majority of the committee.
Following the bankruptcy bill the
senate may take up the Hawaiian cable
measure, providing for the payment
of $4,000 a year for 20 years to a
company building and maintaining a
cable between the United States and
Honolulu and between Honolulu and
Japan. There is no prospect. however,
of this measure becoming a law during
this congress.
On Wednesday next both houses of
congress will go through the form of
counting and declaring the vote which
Will make Mr.. Mckinley the next presi-
dent of the United States and Garrett
A. Hobart of New jersey vice-presi-
dent and president of the senate
Statements as to probable protests
and Interruptions are regarded as most
unlikely OF DEVELOPMENT.
Pursuant to the law of 1887, the SEN
ate and house Of representatives will
meet in Joint convention in the hall
of Representatives at D. m, and under
a form of proceedings prescribed by
thct law the certificates sent from the
several states viii be opened, the votes
cast by the electors for president and
vice president Will be counted and the
result viii be declared by the vice
president of the United States This
declaration viii be the only official no
which Major Mckinley and
Mr.. Hobart will receive of the high
Offices conferred upon them. They viii
take official cognizance of the facts
without requiring communication in
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