The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
FORECAST OF THE
WEEK In CONGRESS-
The Arbitration Treaty viii Be Taken
Up.
WILL BE AN OPEN DISCUSSION
Appropriations Will BE Speedily
Passed--The Nicaragua Canal Bill
will BE Dropped--The Cameron
Resolution, Recognizing the lndc-
pcndence of Cuba, Will Again Come
Before the Senate.

pCHdenCe Oh CuDa, VIII ASuih So"o
Before the Senate.
Washington, Feb. 7.--Three weeks and
three working days only remain to TINS
congress, and there are marked eVl-
dences of an intention on the part of
the senate to catch up with some of the
work that has been neglected. Appro-
priation bills cause little uneasiness
for they can be speedily passed, and
besides no great harm would follow in
view of the extra session which is to be
called for March IS is some of these bills
failed to become laws before the fourth
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 ana
expects to see the treaty promptly rat
filed He will ask the senate to remain
in secret session SO that they may be
able to reach a vote on it by tuesday,
If possible. Mr.. Sherman's sanguine
views are not shared by other senators
who are probably better informed as
to the feeling of the senate on this mat
ter. Mr.. Hale fears that the oppo-
nents of the treaty may be able TO de-
feat it. Other senators anticipate an
organized effort to start an intermin-
able debate on the treaty with the view
of holding il up until after the fourth
of March IT is well known that sew
cral senators have prepared elab-
crate speeches on the subject and
the men who are opposed to the treaty
are those who will debate it most.
When the treaty is called up tomor-
row a motion will be made to have the
discussion proceed with open DOORS II
is doubtful if this will prevail, but
very considerable vote will favor It,
AS the result of a conference OF the
Republican and Democratic steering
committees it has been agreed that the
Nicaragua canal bill-owing to the NIL
clustering against it-shall be dropped
tomorrow and the bankruptcy bill sub
stituted in it's place as the regular or
der. This action is not calculated to
make Mr.. Morgan, who has been the
special champion of the Nicaraguan
canal bill any less vigorous in his oppo-
sition to the arbitration treaty which
he regards as being mixed up with the
canal question.
CAMERON RESOLUTION.
The Cameron resolutions recognizing
the Independence of the republic OF
Cuba, which We're supposed to have dis
appeared as a possible disturbing in
nuence, are to be called up again by
Mr.. Morgan.
The bankruptcy bill will probably be
given the right of way after the arbi-
tration treaty has consumed a couple
of days. The bill as 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 involuntary bankruptcy, and
some senators contend is drawn solely
in the interest of the creditor class
The majority report to the senate pro-
vides for voluntary bankruptcy except
in cases of fraud. The text of the
proposed measure, which made sixty
four pages when passed by the house,
has been condensed by the senate to
Is pages. Mr. Hoar has made a minor
ity report in favor of the house meas
ure and Mr.. Nelson representing some
of the western ideas, has offered a sub
sttute for sixteen sections of the bills
reported by Mr.. Teller on behalf of
the majority of the committee.
senate may take up the Hawaiian cable
measure providing for the payment Of
$l60,000 a year for twenty years to a
company building and maintaining a
cable between the United States and
Honolulu and between Honolulu and
Japan. There is no prospect, how
ever, of this measure becoming law
during this congress.
THE JOINT SESSION.
On Wednesday next both houses of
congress will go through the form of
counting and declaring the vote which
will make William Mckinley the next
president of the United States, and
Garret a. Hobart, of New Jersey, vice.
president. Statements as to probable
protests and Interruptions are regard
ed as most unlikely of development.
Pursuant to the law of 1887 the senate
and house of representatives will meet
in joint convention in the hall of the
house of representatives at / o'clock D.
M, and under a form of proceedings
prescribed by that law the certificates
sent from the several states will be
opened, the votes cast for the electors
for president and vice president will be
counted and the result will be declared
by the vice president of the United
States. This declaration will be the
only official notification which Major
Mckinley and Hobart will receive of
the high offices conferred upon them.
They will take official cognizance of the
facts without requiring a "commun-
ication in writing"