The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-08
Work BEFORE CONGRESS.



Washington, Feb 7.-Three weeks
and three working days only remain to
| this congress, and there are marked
evidences of an intention on the part
of the senate to catch up with some
of the work that has been neglected.
Appropriation bills cause no uneasi-
ness, for they can be speedily passed,
and, besides, no great harm would fol-
low, in view of the extra session which
is to be called, if some of these bills
failed to become laws before March T.
The arbitration treaty with Great
Britain will be taken up tomorrow,
MIR. sherman having given notice to
| that effect. The chairman of the for
| e1gn relations committee is very SAN
guine and expects to see the treaty
promptly ratified. He will ask the sem
ate TO remain in secret session. Mr..
| Sherman's sanguine views are not
| shared by other senators who are prob
| ably better informed as to the feeling
| of the senate on this matter Mr., Hale
fears that the opponents of the treaty
may be able to defeat it, Other sena-
| tors anticipate an organized effort to
start an interminable debate on the
treaty with the view of holding it up
until March 4.
When the treaty is called up to-mor-
row motion will be made to have the
| discussion proceeded with open doors.
1t is doubtful if this will prevail, but
very considerable vote will favor 1T.
AS the result of a conference of the
| republican and democratic steering
committees it has been agreed that the
| Nicaragua BILL owing to the filibuster-
| ing against it, shall be dropped.
| The bankruptcy bill will probably be
given the right of way after the arbit-
ration treaty has consumed a couple of
days. The bill as reported to the sem
| ate differs materially from the bill
which passed the house.
| Many speeches will be made on it in
the senate. The house bill provides
only for involuntary bankruptcy, and
some senators contend that it is drawn
solely in the interest Of the creditor
class The majority report to the SEN
ate provides for voluntary bankruptcy
except in cases of fraud. The text of
|
ty-four pages when passed by the
house, has been condensed by the SEN
ate to eighteen. Mr.. Hoar has made q
minority report in favor of the house
measure, and Mr.. Nelson, representing
some of the western ideas, has offered
a substitute for sixteen of the sections
of the bill reported by Mr.. Teller on
| behalf of the majority of the commit
| tee
| Following the bankruptcy bill the
senate may take up the Hawaii cable
measure providing for the payment of
| S160,000 year for twenty years to a
company building and maintaining a
cable between the United States and
Honolulu and 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 William Mckinley the next
president of the United States and Gar
ret A. Hobart of New Jersey vice pres
ident and president of the senate.
Statements as to probable protests
anu inter- uptlollo dIe IeSdIucu d7 iiloSI
1 unlikely of development.
Pursuant to the law of 1887, the SEN
ate and house will meet in joint con-
vention in the hall of the house at 1
o'clock p. M, and, under form of pro-
ceedings prescribed by the law, the cer-
tificates sent from the several states
will be opened, the votes cast by the
electors for president and vice presi-
dent will be counted, and the result
will be declared by the vice president
of the United States. This declaration
will be the only official notification
which Major Mckinley and Mr.. Hobart
will receive Of the high offices confer
red upon them. They will take official
cognizance of the facts without requir-
ing communication in writing.