Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-11
IN CONGRESS-.
The Arbitration Treaty Will Be Unds,
Consideration in the Senate
Its Opp ,nerts May Re Able to Defeat 1t
Tt" Cameron RESOLUTIONS May Come
tp-On "Wednesday Roth Houses
Will tount the Late Vote.

Will tount the Late Vote.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ST hree weeks
and three working days remain tn this
congress, and there are marked evil
dcncSS of an intention ON the part of
the senate tn catch up with some of
the work that has been neglected.
Appropriation Hills cause little un.
easiness for they can be speedily pass
ed, and, besides no great harm would
follow in view of the extra session
which is to be called for March Hath,
ii some Of these bills failed to become
laws before the lth of March
The FILTRATION treaty viii h. taken
up Monday, Mr. sherman having given
notice Ia that effect. The chairman
of the foreign relations committee il
very sanEuinc uud expects 10 see the
treaty promptly ratified. lie will ask
the senate Ia remain in secret session
So that they may b. able to report a
vote On il 10y Tuesday il possible
Mr.. Shcrman's Slnguine views are
not shared hy other senators, who are
probably better informed as To- the
feeling ~ the senate on the matter.
Mr.. Hale fears that the opponents of
the treaty may he able TO defeat it.
o,hrr senators anticipate an organ.
izct effort II start an interminabl de-
bate on the treaty with 4 view of hold
ing il mp until after the Ith of March.
Ii i well known that several senators
have prepared elaborate speeches on
the subject and the men who are OPP
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debate it mos:
When the treaty is called MP Monday
a motion will hr made To- have the dis
cu>>iuu proceed with open dnnr~. II
i doubtful II this will prevail, but n
very considerable vote will favor it,
As the result of n conference of the
republican ami democratic steering
committees il has been agreed the
Nicaraguan canal bill-owing to the
iilibustering against it-shall be drop
ped Monday and the bankruptcy hill
substituted in it, place a thy
regular order. This action is not cay
ru,a'cl To- make Mr.. Morgan. who hy
been the special champion of the MD
raguan hill. any less vigorous in
opposition to the arbitration tired
which he regards as being mixed
with the canal question.
The Cameron resolutions recognize
the Independence OF the republicI
Cuba which were supposed to have
appeared as a possible disturbing!
huence. are to be called up again
MIR. Morgan.
The b Inkruptcy bill will prob
be given the right of way after ii
bitration treaty has consumeda &C
of days. The bill reported to the
ate differs materially from TIN
which passed the house. Many spc
will be made on it in the senate.
The house bill provides only for
untary bankruptcy,a and some SEND
contend is drawn solely in the in
of the creditor class. i he jori
port to the senate provides for
tary bankruptcy except in cas-
fraud.
The text of the proposed MED
which made 6I pages when pass
the house, has been condensed bj
senate To is pages. Mr.. Hoar has
a minority report in favor of
house measure, and Mr.. Nelson 4 >
senting some of the western ideas,
has offered substitute for 10
OF the sections of the bill
reported by Mr. Teller on behalf of
the ma iority of the committee. Fol-
lowing the bankruptcy bill the senate
may take up the Hawaiian cable
measure providing for the payment of
slG0, 600 a year for 20 years to a COM
pany building and maintaining a cable
between the United States and Homo
lulu. and between Honolulu and Japan.
There is no prospect, however, of this
measure becoming law during this
congress
On "Wednesday next both houses OF
congress will go through the form of
counting and declaring the vote which
will make Mr.. Mckinley the next
president of the United States and
Garrett A. Hobart vice president and
president of the senate.
Statements as to the probable pro-
tests and interruptions are regarded as
most unlikely of development
Pursuant to the law of 1887, the SEN
ate and house of representatives will
meet in Joint convention in the hall OF
representatives, at p. m, and under a
form of proceedings prescribed by that
law the certificates sent from the sever.
al states will be opened, the votes cast
by the electors for president and vice
president will be counted and the re.
suit will be declared by the vice presi-
dent of the United States This decla-
ration will be the only official notitica-
ton which Maj. Mckinley and Mr.. Ho-
bart will receive of the high offices
conferred upon them. They will take
official cognizance of the facts without
requiring 4 communication in writ
ing"