The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-05

WASHINGTON, April 4.-The bank
ruptcy bill will be given first place in
the Senate programme next week. but it
will give way to the appropriation bills
after Tuesday if the Committee on APP
preparations report them as is expected
and urges its consideration.
Senator Lindsay will open the debate
on the bankruptcy bill in it's favor, and
it 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 with
out any change whatever This sugges-
ton is resented. and especially by the
appropriations committee. which is de
termined to make some changes. if only
for the purpose of demonstrating the
Senate's independence of the House. A
few notifications, however, are abso-
lutely necessary. 1t appears that there
is an error of 100000 in the calculation
of totals in the sundry civil bill and that
one appropriation for a public building
is duplicated. The committee also viii
restore the provision for opening the
Uncompahagre Indian reservation in the
Indian bill, but will allow only one claim
of gilsonite to each Individual and not
two, as heretofore reoprted
Uncompahagre matters and the ques-
ton of revoking President CleVeland's
order for the forestry reservation in the
West will occasion debate. The COM
mittee will probably make no recon-
mendation in this matter, though there
is a possibility that it may be trans
ferred from the sundrv civil bill to the
general deficiency bill. The Senators
FROM the States affected will make an
effort on the floor of the Senate to have
the provision in regard to this matter
restored as it originally passed the Sem
ate
The outlook is that the week will not be
a busy one and that the days sessions
will be short. Many Senators will be alb
sent. The Finance Committee will press
forward its investigation of the Ding
ley tariff bill, and the various parties
will continue their efforts to reach an
understanding on the organization of the
Senate comittees. Some attention may
be given to the arbitration treaty in eX-
ecutive session, but there will not be
any effort to get a vote upon it during
the week. Senator Ellins will speak
Monday on this bill for discriminative
duties on goods carried in American YES
sells.
The House, in pursuance of the wait
ing policy mapped out by the leaders,
adjourned yesterday until Wednesday
and on that day will Immediately adj
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 Suf-
ferers, and it is anticipated he may, the
proceedings on Wednesday may be more
interesting. Any legislation which may
be proposed in the present situation
would be blocked by q single objection
and while it is not likely that there
would be captious opposition to bill
which would appeal so directly to the
sympathy of Congress. an objection
might be made. This would necessitate
a special order from the Committee on
Rules for it's consideration and ali the
attending complications.