The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-15
FORECAST ON WORK
That WIN Occupy the Attention Of Con.
Erets ThIs Week.

That VIII Occupy the Attention Of Con.
gresS This Week.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l4.--As much Of
the present week as may be necessary
will be given up TO the consideration OF
appropriation oils by the senate. There
has been no accumulation OF these bills
on the calendar and with only little
more than two weeks OF the session re-
naming, 1t is not Intended by the sen-
ate managers that there should be
They Will Insist that the appropriations
shall take precedence whenever they
IRE are ready to proceed. The only ap-
prOpriAtiOn bill now on the calendar is
that providing for the expenses OF the
Indian service, but 1t Is expected that
the conference report on the legislative,
eXecutice and judicial win be presented
tomorrow and that the bills making
appropriations for the District OF Co.
lumbla and for the Notifications Will
soon follow.
1t is the purpose of Senator PettiErew
who has charge OF the Indian bill, to
call It up Tuesday. II is expected that
several provisions In the bill Will lead
to animated debate, notably those pros
Vlding for the introduction Ct radical
reforms in Indian Territory and for the
disposition OF the unallottted lands in
the UncOmpaEhree reservation in Utah.
These are questions which have been
before the senate In various form on
several occasions, and they have al
ways excited more or less debate. The
legislative bill VIII not consume much
time for the reason that the house c0n-
ferees have conceded most Of the SEN
ate amendments,
IL L., 10 en
the Eenates time during the week Will
be given up to the consideration OF the
arbitration treaty In executive session,
but all the Indications are unf1vorable
to any prolonged discussion on this subs
feet and the chances now seem TO be
that II may not be taken up again ut all.
but the probabilities are TINT II Will
some time during the week be formally
postponed until after the fourth Of
March.
II the appropriation bills and the ar
bltrutIOn treaty permit, Senator Hear
viii call up the bankruptcy bill and
make an effort to secure a vote upon IL.
In two weeks from Thursday the pre-:
sent congress expires by limitation, ana
from this time forward ull things lesis-
latiVe viii have TO give way TO the ap>
propriatIon bills which must be passed
before the final adjournment. Mr.. Cam
non, the chairman OF the appropriations
committee pointed out on Friday the
necessity for expedition.
Although the house has disposed or
ten OF the thirteen regular appropria>
ton bills, two Of the three which re-
main. the sundry civil and the general
deficiency, are those containing the
miscellaneous items which provoke the
most bitter opposition both for their
sins OF omission and commission II 10
Into these two bills that the members
eek to crowd appropriations which have
been pigeon -hOled throughout the ses-
sion and heroic measures are sometimes
required to prevent them from being
made the vehicle OF carrying through
npproprlntIons and legislation which
the leaders have resolved to KILL The
senate has usually made n practice OF
londing up these two bills especially
and the contests between the two
houses over them arc generally pro.
longcd until almost the hour Of final ad-
jOurnment,
THE refusal OF those in control'of leg
Islntion In the house TO give time for the
consideration OF public building Bills,
more than one hundred OF which have
been favorably reported by, the commit
tee, so angcred some OF the members
that they talked of trying To secure
these appropriations In the Sundry SER
vice bill.
Those who are Interested in the river
and liarbor projects authorized by the
Inst river md harbor bill for which no
prnvIslon Is made In the Sundry Civil
Including Wilmington, Del, Kentucky
river, dams . and Of the Ohio, Oakland,
Gala, and Yakima, oregon are hrtst-
ling with fight. The friends of the free
home bill aA amended by the senate
would like to saddle this measure also
on the Sundry Civil as the only means
Of rcsurrectIng II. There are other an
tngonlsms. But the opposition is utter
ly UnorganIzed and II has been decided
Ey Speaker Reed aud Mr.. Cannon, who
are working like TrojnuR to keep down
npnrOprIntions, to try u coup tomorrow
nv which they expect te tHke advantage
az the fact that tomorrow IL suspension
dny and put through the bill under sus-
pension OF the rules. The general de-
bate on the measure closed yesterday
and II tho bill can be passed tomorrow
under suspension 1t VIII not only save
the three to five days which 1t would
Truulre to consider 1t under the five
minute rule, but It would cut or the
danger of amendments carrying large
sums to which II would pc subject II the
members succeeded In erecting log
rolling combination.
Acting on the supposItlon that the
bill will be pissed tomorrow under sus-
pcnsIons the leaders have decided to
give tomorrow md Tuesday evenings
FOR private pension legislation. The
three remaining contested election cases
viii occupy the time until the naval Hp-
proprintIon bill tB brought forward To
ward the close Of tho week, AS the scs-
sion drawa to close partisanship Is
cropping out us II did yesterday, and
there viii probably be some very lively
debates. The preparation OF the gencr-
al deficiency VIII be begun to-morrow
and be ready early next week. Tho
crowdlng toward the close will be grent-
ly relieved by the rule which makes the
last six days Of the session suspension
daya.