The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-04-08

WAsH1N sToN, April Sit Is said that
Acting Chairman Davis, of the senate
foreign relations committee, does NOT
intend to press the arbitration treaty
for consideration during the present
week The debate on the treaty has
been protracted and now that the last
amendment permissible has been OF.
fered and voted and the convention, as
whole, is in shape in which
It must bs finally ratified, or re-
jected, there appears to be .
disposition to halt for short season.
Several reasons combine to make such
q policy probable. No arran gements
has vet been made with respect to
pairs on the final vote and as this is
matter solely between individual sena-
tors some time must ensue before the
pairs can be adjusted, arising out Of the
fact that two affirmative votes will be
paired with one negative vote, the
action of the senate being deter.
mined by two-thirds vote. II
is also understood that Chairman Davis
desires to permit the state department
to have few days in which to study
the changes that have been made in
the treaty. Unless, therefore, some
one desires to speak on the subject
Mr.. Davis will not move an executive
session for the purpose of continuing
the debate until several days have
elapsed. The chances of the ratifca.
ton of the treaty remains precarious.
The senate appropriations commit-
tee reported the agricultural bill early
in the session, and it may be called up
at any time. By Tuesday the sundry
civil and the Indian bills will be ready.
The latter bill will no doubt lead to
some discussion owing to one or two
senate amendments that will open the
door to the fight that was made over
this bill at the last session.
Mr.. Elkins, of West Virginia, will
deliver speech Monday on his bill
providing for 10 per cent. discrim-
mating tax on goods brought to the
United States in ships not those of this
country. This speech has been pre-.
pared with great care, and treats
of this subject exhaustively.
The purpose of the bill is in.
dorsed by a plank in the ma
tional republican platform, and has
been approved in the state conventions
of 15 states. Mr.. Elkins intends to
force the bill to the front, and believes
that this congress will enact 1t into a
law. While the subject has been
touched upon id the discussion, 1t has
never been so fully and thoroughly
treated as it will be by Mr.. Elkins
Monday. The bankruptcy bill still re-
mains the unfinished business on tho
senate calendar.
Unless the senate shall have passed
one or more of the appropriation bills
now on its calendar by Wednesday,
when the house of representatives
next meets, another adjournment will
be taken by that body until Saturday
The probabilities are strongly q favor
of do-nothing week in the house
WASHINGTON, April 5.-Headsman
Bristow will begin to swing the fatal
ak in lively fashion next week, and
the necks Of Cleveland's fourth-class
postmasters will be chopped off merci.
lessly. The small post Offices are juicy
plnms, and bushels Of applications are
rolling in. The clerks OF tho depart
ment have all they can do to open and
classify the papers.
WASHINGTON, Ind, April 5.-CoL
Chas. E. Woodward, well known pro-
prietor of the Hyatt house, this city.
died Saturday morning of Bright's dis.
ease. He was SO years Of age, a Knight
Templar, and known to tho travelling
public throughout the country. he
leaves family.