The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-02-18
LITTLE HOPE
Of Any Action on the Treaty In the
Senate This Session.
No Serious Effort Will He Made to Pass
the Bankruptcy Bill-The Civil APP
preparation and the Naval Appro-
printion Bills In the House.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-When the
senate adjourned Saturday, after an
other afternoon of useless discussion
on the general arbitration treaty, the
impression had by many senators was
that Mr.. Sherman had become con-
vinced there was little, if any,
chance of getting action during this
session of the senate. The belief ap-
pears to be that he will make one or
two more efforts to press q vote after
devoting an afternoon to discussion,
and that then, without formally an.
nouncing his determination, he will
permit the treaty to remain on the
calendar without seeking to press IL
for consideration.
The friends of the treaty believe IL
would be ratified If vote could be
had but this claim is do MED by others,
who however, appear to be better sat-
isfied to have action postponed than to
permit the bill to be taken up now. 1t
is evident that determined effort is
being made by few senators to pre-.
vent ratification. For this reason it 10
thought the treaty will go over until
after the 4th of March, when there
to discuss thoroughly while consider.
ing the nominations the new president
may send in.
Monday Mr.. Chandler will address
the senate on resolution introduced
by him declaring that the senate Of
the United States should not perman-
emily acquiesce in the single gold
standard. Mr.. Chandler is not in en-.
tire harmony with his party on the
financial question, and is much inclined
to make himself free lance in debate.
The immigration bill which has come
back from conference the second time
will not take up much of the time Of
the senate, and agreement having
been reached to vote on it Wednesday
at o'clock. The bill as 1t now stands
removes the objections raised to the
first report and has already been
agreed to in the house. 1t will doubt
less pass the senate without opposition.
The bankruptcy bill is the unfinished
business, but no one believes there
will be any serious effort to pass this
measure, The friends of the volun.
tary bankruptcy bill are afraid the
advocates of the involuntary plan have
-
against time If any attempt is made to
get vote. The western senators look
upon the involuntary plan as being in
the interest of the east, or the creditor
! class, and argue that their bill, which
provides for involuntary bankruptcy
in case of fraud. gives all the protec.
ton to both creditor and debtor that
either class should ask for
The Hawaiian cable bill is clamoring
for recognition, but not with any pros.
pect of passage at this session. The
friends of this measure want the sen.
ate to recognize the Importance of the
scheme and give it moral support by
passing the bill This, they say, will
induce the Hawaiian government to
extend the concession already granted
to private company and which will
expire before congress can again have
time to consider the proposed cable
scheme.
The house will Saturday resume
operations of the sundry civil appro-
priation bill 1t will be in order to
move that the rules be suspended and
or amendment. Mr. Cannon, rep Ill. }
in charge of the bill, gave notice Sat-
urday afternoon that he would test the
sense of the house upon this PROPOSE.
tion. Should this motion not prevail
the bill is likely to remain the unfin-
ished business before the house for the
rest of the week. The naval appropri-
alton bill will be reported Wednesday
or Thursday, Chairman Boutwell, says,
and it will be taken up as soon as pos.
sible.
Appropriations by the Present Congress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The follow.
ing is published as an approximate es.
innate of the appropriations which
will be made by the present congress:
Post Office, sos, 200, sundry civil,
$50, ,G64, 900; District of Columbia S5,-
642, 200; military academy. S474, 900: Dip
lomatic and consular, $1,672, 900; forti-
fications, S9,17s, 900; agricultural, So
$4,000; pensions, $14O,0OO,OOO; army,
S2S, 1876, 900; legislative, executive and
judicial, SCI, ,66S, 900; Indian, $27, ,555,-
900; naval (estimated), S34, 1000, 900, ur-
gent deficiency, SSSl 0OO;, general,
deficiency (est.) $4,000, OOO Total,
S40S, ,61S, 900. Permanent annual APP
preparations, $1,000 900; appropria-
tions first session, S5l5, ,945 OOO Grand
total Fifty fourth congress, l,O44, 463,-
600. All the bills reported to the
house at this session carried larger APP
preparations than the year before In
, addition to this the senate will add
percentage OF increase to the above
/ figures. Speaker Reed and Mr. Cannon
are consequently said to be disposed
, to view the situation with some alarm.
Portsmouth Man Dies in Orange, Mass.
ORANGE, Mass, Feb. l5.-Dr. Charles
ID. Hendrckson, is dead. D.. Hend-
! rickson was one OF Oranges popular
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