Evening journal., 1897-12-13
THIS WEEKS WORK.
What Is Mapped Out For the
Senate and House.
DEBATE ON CIVIL SERVICE Law.
The Immigration Bill VIII Be Consid-
cred In the Senate. and That Body
VIII Probably Discuss the
Census Bill Also.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-If the pres
ent programme is carried out congress
will adjourn for the holiday recess next
Saturday. The week in the house prom
ises to be made memorable by the for
NAL inauguration of the war against
civil service. The legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, which
will be taken up tomorrow contains the
regular appropriations for the civil serv-
ice commission. The whole civil service
question will be dragged into the arena
of debate. How long this debate Will
last il Is impossible to predict, but as
this is the only item in the bill which
attracts much of a contest Chairman
Cannon hopes and believes the bill can
be passed before Saturday.
This latter day under an order made
on Thursday has been set aside for pay
ing tribute to the memory of the late
Representative Cook Of Illinois.
The work of the senate so far as it
has been mapped out for the week in
cludes the consideration of the immigra-
ton bill, which stands on the calendar
as the unfinished business; the probable
debate Of the census bill and the pro-
nouncing Of eulogies upon the late Rep
resentative Holman of Indiana.
The general opinion among friends OF
the measure is that there will be no
very strenuous opposition to the immi-
grafton bill and that 1t may be passed
after brief debate. When a similar
bill was before the senate last session
it had its principal opponent in Senator
Gibson of Maryland, and as he has re-
tired from the senate the friends of the
bill are hopeful that no one will be
found who will feel called upon 70
champion the opposition. They remem-
Der, however, that when it was neces-
sary in order TO have the bill become a
law TO pass it over the presidents veto
the two-thirds vote requisite for that
purpose could not be secured. Hence
while they are hopeful of the speedy
and favorable consideration of the bill
they realize the possibility of delay on
account of opposing speeches. There
appears TO be no reason to doubt that
when the vote shall be reached the bill
win pass.
BY special arrangement between Sen
ators Carter and Lodge, in charge re-
spectively of the two bills. the inmi-
grafton bill will be temporarily dis
placed tomorrow in order to give Mr.
Carter an opportunity TO call up the
bill providing for the next census. Wher
this agreement was made on last Tues
day Senator Carter expressed the opin.
ion that very brief debate would be
necessary to get the bill through, but
there are now some indications that the
civil service question win be raised in
this connection, and if it should a pro-
longed debate may be inaugurated.
The friends Of Hawaiian annexation
on the committee on foreign relations
are now expecting to ask the senate e
take up the treaty during the week
though quite well aware of the impossi.
bility of securing final action before the
holidays. They are decided also upoI
taking the treaty up as such, instead o
attempting to secure legislation on ;
joint resolution. They may postpone
their request for consideration unit
January.
The senate leaders express themselves
as agreeable to the house programme
for adjournment for the holidays OF
Saturday. The senate eulogies upon th'
late Representative Holman viii be de
livered on Friday.