The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-12-14
THE PROGRAMME
Of Business in Both Houses of Con-
gress During the Present Week.
War Against Civil Service Will Be Made In
the Observation-Disclosures Bill Will Be
Considered in the Senate and May Be
Passed After Brief Debate.


| WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-If the present
programme is carried out congress
will adjourn for the holiday recess
next Saturday. The week in the
house promises to be made memorable
bv the formal inauguration of the war
against the civil, service law The
legislative, executive and judicial and
appropriation bill, which will be
taken up on Tuesday, contains the
re gular appropriations for the civil
service commission, and whether
or not all the members who
! favor the repeal or modification of
| the law, unite to strike down the pro-
vision for its maintenance as the
quickest and most direct method of
Gripping it's operation. Undoubtedly
some will advocate this course and the
whole civil service question will be
dragged into the arena of debate.
How long the debate will last it
is impossible to predict, but as
this is the only item in the
bill which will attract much
of contest, Chairman Cannon
hopes and believes the bill can be pass
ed before Saturday. This latter day,
under an order made on Thursday has
been set aside for paying tribute to the
memory of the late represen-
tative Cooke, of Illinois. Mon
| day Chairman Hit. of the for
eign affairs committee, will again seek
to secure the passage of the bill to pro-
hibit pelagic sealing by citizens of the
United States. There is some very
strong opposition to the passage
of this measure in its present
form and the whole question
of the Behring sea negotiations
may be precipitated when it is called
up Mr.. Hopkins, of Illinois, and other
members favor a limitation on the
period of the operation of the act, if it
is to be passed, so that in case Great
Britain refuses to restrict similarly her
citizens, our citizens may not be placed
at disadvantage. Others like Mr..
johnson, of North Dakota, think the
extinguishment of the seal herds in
the near future, is certain, and are not
disposed to favor any legislation look
| ing to their preservation.
The work of the senate so far as it
has been mapped out for the week in
cludes the consideration of the i'm mi
grafton bill, which stands on the cal
| endar as the unfinished business, the
probable debate of the census BILL and
the pronouncing of eulogies upon the
late Representative Holman, of In
diana. The general opinion among
| friends of the measure is that there
will be no very strenuous opposition
| to the immigration bill. and that it
may be passed after brief debate.
When a similar bill was before the sem
ate last session it had it's principal OPP
ponent in Senator Gibson, of Mary
land, and as he has retired fronathe
senate the friends of the bill are hope
full that no one will be found who will
feel called upon to champion the oppo-
sition. They remember however, when
it was necessary in order to have the bill
become law to pass it over the presi-
dents veto, the two-thirds vote requi-
site for that purpose could not be Sc
cured. Hence, while they are hopeful
of the speedy and favorable considera-
ton of the bill, they realize the posi-,
bility of delay on account of opposing
speeches. There appears to be no rea-
son to doubt that VIII en- the vote shall
be reached the bill will pass.
By special arrangements between
Senators Carter and Lodge, in charge
respectively of the two bills, the immi-
grafton bill will be temporarily dis
placed on Tuesday in order to give Mr..
Carter an opportunity to call up the
bill providing for the next census.
When this agreement was made on last
Thursday Senator Carter expressed the
opinion that very brief debate would
be necessary to get the bill through,
but there are now some indications
that the civil service question will be
raised in this connection, and if it
should, prolonged debate may be in
augurated.
The friends of annexation on the
committee on foreign relations are
now expecting to ask the senate to
take up the treaty during the Week,
though quite well aware of the impos-
sibility of securing final action before
the holidays. They are decided also
upon taking the treaty up as such in
stead of attempting to secure Iegisla-
ton on a joint resolution. They may
postpone their request for considera-
ton until January.
The senate leaders express them
selves as agreeable to the house pro-
gramme for adjournment for the hol-
idays on Saturday. The senate eulogies
OF the late Representative Holman will
delivered on Friday.
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