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He Will Also Pay His Respects to
Secretary Olney's Manifesto.
Believing That the Executive Depart
ment Has Overstepped its Proper
Function in Trying to lntimidate
the Senate by the Veto Power
The Arbitration Treaty Probably
Affected by the Action of the
Nicaragua Canal Bill.


tration treaty, the Nicaragua Canal and
the insurrection in Cuba will be again
discussed in the Senate during the COM
ing week. Senator Turpie of Indiana will
open the Cuban debate tomorrow, oS-
tenSibly on Senator Camerons resolu-
ton recognizing the independence of the
Cuban Republic. Turpie will devote
considerable portion of his time, how
ever as he has said to the consideration
of the subject of the independence of
Congress, with such incidental struc-
lures on the manifesto of Secretary
Olney as may occur to a plain, out
spoken man who believes the Executive
Department has overstepped it's proper
function in seeking to intimidate the
Senate by the veto power and the pre-
dicted defiance of contemplated legisla-
tion Turpie's penchant for sarcastic
comments and his failure to conform to
the polite language Of diplomacy in at
tacking policies that he believes to be
wrong lead to the belief that his speech
may be piquant reading.
The condition of the Nicaragua Canal
bill is peculiar 1t is still the unfinished
business. Senator Morgan, who has
given the subject careful consideration
says the bill is drawn so as to come
within the terms of the concession
granted by Nicaragua, and he denies
that the letter of Minister Rodriguez
has any weight whatever. He will an
tagonize a motion to send the bill back
to the committee if any is made and
insist upon the vote being taken. The
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protracted until the correspondence of
Nicaragua called for by Morgan's reso-
luton adopted Saturday is received.
Meanwhile the Rodriguez letter will
have an important bearing upon the
general treaty OF arbitration, which will
be taken up by the Senate committee in
special session tomorrow. Friends of
the Isrhmus Canal will antagonize final
action on the treaty until something de-
finite is done on the canal bill
AT the conclusion of Turpie's speech
tomorrow the Senate will listen to eulo-
gies on the late ex-Speaker Crisp. The
bankruptcy bill, which was on the spe-
cial order for , o'clock will, in all prob
ability, be postponed a few days. The
bill to provide for the representation of
any international monetary conference
hereafter to be called-the Wolcott bill
will be considered Tuesday after the
morning business. Less than six weeks
of the session of Congress remain and
this fact has impressed upon the mana
gers OF the House the necessity of more
vigorously pushing the appropriation
bills yet remaining to be considered
1t was stated yesterday by a member
of the Committee on Rules that the Ag-
rfcultural and Indian bills now on the
calendar would be the principal items on
the programme this week. These bills,
although carrying comparatively small
sums, usually give rise to more debates
than others on the list The seed dis
tribution provided for in the agricult-,
ural bill is sure to evoke criticism and
the Indian school question can be relied
upon to occupy day or more of the
time of the House. The Indian bill
further contains the provisions of the
bill reported two or three weeks ago to
abolish the offices of Indian Commits
sion and Assistant Indian Commissioner
and confer their duties on a. Board of
Commissioners. This may be promptly
disposed OF on point of order, but is
more likely to be the occasion Of consid
cradle talk before being thus disposed
of.
The new immigration bin agreed upon
by the conferrees will be presented to
the House tomorrow and the advocates
OF the measure viii endeavor to secure
day later in the week for it's considera-
ton.