The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-13
LODGES IMMIGRATION BILL
MAY PASS SENATE THIS WEEK AF-
 TER BRIEF DEBATE.
General Opinion Exists That There Will be Little Opposition to Measure-Friends of Annexation to Ask Foreign Relations Committee to Take Up the eBill-ConGress Likely to Adjourn Next Saturday.

Committee to Take Up the Bill-Congress
 Likely to Adjourn Next Saturday.
 Washington, Dec. 12.-The work of the senate so far as 1t has been mapped out for the week includes the considera- tion of the immigration bill, which stands on the calendar as the unfinished business, the probable debate of the census bill and the pronouncing of eulogies upon the late Representative Holman of Indiana. The general opin- ion 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 de- bate. When a similar bill was before the senate last session it had it's prin- cipal opponent in Senator Gibson of Maryland, and as he has retired from the senate the friends of the bill are hopeful that no one will be found who will feel called upon to champion the opposition. They remember, however, that when it was necessary in order to have the bill become a law to pass it over the presidents veto the two-thirds requisite necessary could not be se- cured. Hence while they are hopeful of the speedy and favorable consideration of the bill they realize the possibility of delay on account of opposing speech es. There appears to be no reason to doubt that when the vote shall be reached the bill will pass.
 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 we'll aware of the imppossibility of securing final action before the holi- days. They are decided also upon talk ing the treaty as such instead of at tempting to secure legislation on joint resolution. They may postpone their request for consideration until January.
 The senate leaders express themselves as agreeable to the house programme for adjournment for the holidays on Saturday. The senate eulogizes upon
 the late Representative Holman will be delivered on Friday.
 | If the present programme shall be | carried out congress will adjourn for l the holiday recess next Saturday. The l week in the house promises to be made memorable by the formal inauguration l LII ll!e war dSdlllSl CIVIL SefNlcG law, l The legislative executive and judicial | appropriation bill which will be taken
 up on Tuesday, contains the regular ap- propriations for the civil service com 1 mission and whether or not all the l members who favor the repeal or modi- hcation of the tariff law unite to strike | down the provision for it's maintenance l as the quickest and most direct method of crippling it's operation, undoubtedly
 some will advocate this course and the
 whole civil service question will be
 dragged into the arena of debate To-
 morrow Chairman Hit of the foreign
 affairs committee will again seek tC
 secure the passage of the bill to pro. l hibit pelagic sealing by citizens of the | United States.
 l. There is some very strong opposition 1 to the passage of this measure in its i present form and the whole question oi l the Boring sea negotiations may be pre-.
 cipitated when it is called up Mir
 Hopkins of Illinois and other members favor a limitation of the period of oper. ation of the act if it should be passed
 so that if Great Britain should refuse tc | similarly restrict her citizens, our citi-
 zens may not be placed at a disadvan- tage. Others like MT. Johnson of Nortf
 Dakota think the extinguishment of the
 seal herds in the near future is certain and are not disposed to favor any legis. lation looking to the preservation.