The herald., 1897-05-10
SPIRITED
DEBATING
Promised in Both Senate
and House
CUBAN RECOGNITION STRAW
CUBAN RECOGNITION STRAW
LAID OUT FOR MORGAN TO
THRASH
The House Will Wrest1e With Sundry
Civil and Indian Bills-Marble-
head Ordered to Honduras
Associated Press Special Wire.


WASHINGTON, May 9.-There is no
certainty as to the line of proceeding in
the senate during the present week. The
Morgan Cuban resolution probably will
prolonged and spirited debate. Senator
Morgan is quite determined to press the
resolution to an issue, and Senator Hale
just as determined to prevent it's pas
sage. Hale undoubtedly will move to
refer the resolution to the committee on
foreign relations and an effort will be
made to enlist the friends of the adminis-
tration against it.
The committees will be filled Monday
or Tuesday, but as this will be done on
the basis heretofore agreed upon, there
will be no friction over the proceedings
The conference report on the Indian ap
preparation bill may cause some debate,
but the probabilities are that the agree
ment of the conferees will be generally
acquiesced in.
IN THE HOUSE
The house program of three-day ad-
journments will be suspended this week.
The sundry civil appropriation bill has
passed the senate and now returns to the
house for action on amendments. The
program pursued when the Indian bill
came back to the house probably will
be followed in the case of the sundry
civil bill; that is, the amendments will
be considered in the house before the
bill is sent to conference. There is a
good deal of bitter feeling among the
house factions, which may break out as
soon as opportunity for debate is given,
and some very lively oratorical displays
are expected. The conference report on
the Indian appropriation bill will also
be ready for considerati ton before the
week closes. The questions involved in
the opening of the Uncompahgre reser-
walton in Utah will, of course, furnish
the main source of contention in the de-
bate on this report.
SUBURBAN MAILS
WASHINGTON, May "a vigorous
policy of extending mail facilities for the
suburbs OF the large cities as far as
possible by both steam and electric cars
has been adopted by Second Assistant
Postmaster General Shallenberger.
Many of the big cities will have addition"
a. service for the suburbs if the residents
OF those points cooperate with the de-
partment to make it a success, and the
statement will be a welcome announce
ment to numerous places where feeling
is evinced that the demands of the SUBJ
urbs are not met. Mr. Shallenberger is
giving the matter careful attention, and
as an initiative has just made contracts
at Pittsburg for additional train service
to various suburbs there within range
of about thirty miles from the city,
whereby from one to three mails day
will result from the use of accommoda-
tion trains Electric cars will figure
largely in the future postal operations,
owing to the large number of settled
districts where the steam roads do not
touch.
FRENCH FEARS
PARIS, May 9-The syndical cham
Der of textiles and draperies has ad-
dressed a communication to the United
States pointing out the dangers which
the Dingley tariff involves to the indus
try and trade of the whole world.
AMERICANS RIGHTS
WASHINGTON, May 9.-The interests
of United States citizens at Puerto Cor
tez, the seat of the revolution now in
progress in Honduras, will be looked
after by the U. S. S. Marblehead. Orders
were given her commander late yester-
day afternoon to proceed at once. The
orders were issued at the request of the
state department officials, who felt that
the United States should be represented
in those waters by a warShip, so that
Il occasion should arise there might be
no delay in affording the necessary pro-
lection to citizens of this government.
The latest information received by the
minister of the Greater Republic of Cen
trail America in this city is that the reb-
els at Puerto Cortez We're awaiting the
shipment of consignment of arms from
Belize, British Honduras about which
some trouble had arisen, owing to the
representations made to the officials of
that country. Nicaragua and Salvador.
1t Is believed, have already dispatche5
troops to the scene of trouble, but as
the journey is difficult one, it is prob
able that they have not yet arrived.
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