The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-02-11
I'm CONGRESS-.
The Arbitration Treaty viii Be Under
Consideration In the Senate.

lts Opponents May Bs Able 60 Defeat NJ
The Cameron Resolutions May Come
Upon Wednesday Both Houses
WIN Count the Late Vote.
WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-Three weeks
and three working days remain to thii
congress, and there are marked evi
dences of an intention on the part Of
tho senate to catch up with some Of
the work that has been neglected.
Appropriation bills 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 10 to be called for March 18th,
II some of these bills failed to become
laws before the 4th of March.
The arbitration treaty will be taken
mp Monday, Mr.. Sherman having given
notice to that effect The chairman
Of the foreign relations committee Is
treaty promptly ratified. He will ask
the senate to remain in secret session
20 that they may be able to report .
vote on It by Tuesday If possible.
Mr.. Shermsn's sauguine views srs
not shared by other senators, who are
probably better informed - to the
feeling Of the senate on the matter.
Mr.. Hale fears that the opponents Of
the treaty may be able to defeat Il.
Other senators anticipate an organ.
lied effort to start an interminsble de-.
bate on the treaty with . view Of hold.
ing It up until after the 4th Of March.
u 10 we'll known that several senators
have prepared elaborate speeches on
the subject and the men who are op.
posed to the treaty are those who will
debate II most
When the treaty 10 called up Monday
motion will be made to have the dis.
cussion proceed with open doors. II
10 doub ubtfnl II this will prevail, but q
very considerable vote will favor 1t.
Az the result Of . conference Of the
republican and democratic steering
committees IL has been agreed the
Nicaraguan canal bill-owing to the
filibustering against it-shall DO drop
ped Monday and The bankruptcy bill
substituted In its place as the
regular order. This action is not cal
| culsted to make Mr.. Morgan, who has
been tho special champion of the Mica
raguan bill. any less vigorous in his
opposition to the arbitration treaty
which he regards - being mixed up
with the canal question.
The Cameron resolutions recognizing
the Independence OF the republic OF
Cuba which were supposed to have dis
appeared a. possible disturbing in.
Auence, are to be called up again by
Mr.. Morgan.
The bankruptcy bill will probably
be given the right of way after the sr.
bitration treaty has consumed couple
Of days. The bill reported to the SEN
ate differs materially from the bill
which passed the house. Many speechea
will be made on 1t in the senate.
The house bill provides only for invol
untary bankruptcy, and some senators'
contend Is drawn solely in the interest
Of the creditor class. The majority re
port to the senate provides for volun
tary bankruptcy except in cases Of
fraud.
The text Of the proposed measure,
which made "a pages when passed by
the house, has been condensed by the
senate to 1s pages. Mr.. Hoar has made
minority report in favor of the
house measure, and Mr.. Nelson, repre-
senting some of the western ideas,
has offered . substitute for 1o
of the sections Of the bill
reported by Mr.. Teller on behalf of
the majority of the committee. Fol.
lowing the bankruptcy bill the senate
may take up the Hawaiian cable
measure providing for the payment Of
S160, 600 year for 20 years to q 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-
most unlikely of development
Pursuant to the law of 1887, the sen
ate ald house of represen tatives will
meet in joint convention in the hall Of
representatives at p. M, and under q
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 notifica
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 ''communication in writ
ing"
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