The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-05
NELSON TO OPPOSE
BANKRUPTCY BILL THE FIRST TO
COME UP THIS WEEK IN THE
SENATE,
SLOW WORK ON TARIFF.
SENATE COMMITTEE HOLDING
DAILY SESSIONS To CONSIDER
DINGLEY BILL.
HOUSE HAS NOTHING TO Do.
AdOurning From Time to Time
Awaiting the Action of the
Senate.

WASHINGTON, April 4-The bank
ruptcy bill will be given first place in
the senate programme this week. but
it will give way to the appropriation
bills after Tuesday, if the committee on
appropriations reports them, as is ex-
pected, and urges their consideration.
Senator Lindsay VIII open the debate
on the bankruptcy BILL in it's favor, and
1t is presumed that Senator Nelson will
follow in opposition.
The appropriation bills will excite
more or less debate when taken up, but
they are scheduled to pass with COM
paratively few changes. There has
been an effort on the part of some
members of the house to impress the
senate with the Importance of passing
these bills, as sent over from the house,
without any change whatever. This
suggestion is resented, especially by
the appropriation committee. which is
determined to make some changes. if
only for the purpose of demonstrating
the senate's independence of the house.
A few notifications, however. are alb
soIutely necessary. 1t appears that
there is an error of 100000 in the cal
culation of totals in the sundry civil
bill, and that one appropriation for a
public building is duplicated. The
committee also will restore the provis-
ION for opening the Uncompahgre In
dian reservation in the Indian bill. but
will allow only one claim of gilsonite
to each individual, and not two, as has
been heretofore reported.
The Uncompahgre matter and the
question of revoking President Cleye-
lands order for the creation Of forest
reservations in the West will occasion
debate. The committee probably will
make no recommendation in this mat
ter, though there is a possibility that it
may be transferred from the sundry
civil to the general deficiency bill. The
senators from the states affected will
make an effort on the floor of the SEN
ate to have the provision in regard to
this matter restored as it originally
passed the senate.
The outlook is that the week will not
be a busy one, and that the daily ses-
slons Will be short. Many senators will
be absent. The finance committee will
press forward it's investigation of the
Dingley tariff bill, and the various par
ties will continue their efforts to reach
an understanding on the organization Of
the senate committees Some attention
may be given to the arbitration treaty
in executive session, but there will not
be any effort to get vote upon it dur
ing the week. Senator Elkins will
speak Monday on the bill for discrim-
NATIVE duties on goods carried in
American vessels.
HOUSE IS IDLE.
The house, in pursuance Of the wait
ing policy mapped out by the leaders.
adjourned yesterday until Wednesday,
and on that day will Immediately ad-
journ again for three days, the consti-
tutional limit of adjournment without
the consent Of the senate Many Of the
members have gone home, subject to
call in the event they should be needed
In case the president should decide to
ask congress for special legislation for
the relief Of the Mississippi flood suffer-
ers, as is anticipated he may, the pro-
ceedings on Wednesday may be more
interesting. Any legislation which may
be proposed in the present situation
would be blocked by a single objection,
and while it is not likely that there
would be captious opposition to a bill
which would appeal so directly to the
sympathy Of congress, an objection
might be made. This would necessi-
tate a special order from the committee
on rules for it's consideration and all
the attendant complications.