Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-21
55th CONGRESS-.
All Plans Depend Upon Report
of the Board of Inquiry.
And All Business Will Yield to that
Important Question.
Bill for Relief OF Maine Victims Families will
Come Up, Today.

Washington, March 20-The pro-
gramme has been prepared for the Sen
ate for the present week and the course
| Of events h liable to be influenced
| largely by developments from the out
| side. The quarantine bill IL; the unfin-
| lSh2d business on the Senate calendar
and if opportunity offers, Senator Pet
I tigrcW will get up hs public land bill.
/ 1t is expected that the sundry civil
/ appropriation bill will be reported.
/ Wednesday or Thursday, and IL it
! should be it may be taken up later in
| the week. The Senate committee is
making many changes in this bill and
II viii consume several days of the time
Of the Senate when consireded
1T is also understood to be Senator
Davis intention to bring up the Hawi-
ian treaty in order To get a vote on the
Bacon amendment. 1t is still Mr..
Davis intention to move to lay the
amendment on the table as soon as
Senator Bacon concludes his speech in
its support.
All these plans are liable to be chang
"a if the report of the court of inquiry
into the Maine disaster should be re-
ceived. The receipt of this document
would inevitably have the effect If
sprineing Cuban debate which would
side track all other questions
Whether or not the report of the board
Of inquiry on the Maine disaster goes to
Congress this week. with a special mes
sage from the President calling for Con-
SressionaI action our relations with
Spain and the proximity of war as
viewed from the standpoint of the emer-
geucN preparations now going on to place
tn" country in state of defence. prob
L i.
House in CONNECTION with the naval APP
preparation bill, the consideration Of
which Will begin. Tuesday. The many
emergency items in the bill. the large in
crease III the enlisted force, the liberal
provision for hattleships. torpedo boats
and dry docks will bring the whole sub
Jcct Of the necessity for these prepara-
lions dire city before the House.
While the conservative leaders doubt
less wnl seek to prevent infiammatory ex-
prtsSlunS. under the recent ruling of the
Speaker which practically places no limit
upon the latitude of the debate in COM
mittce Of the whole on the state of the
Union, the leaders, except by their ex-
ample probably will be unable to repress
sensational speeches.
IN effort is likely upon the part of some
~ the radicals to force from those in the
confidence Of the administration asdeclar-
alton 81 the policy of the adminiStra ton
regarding cuba. This they hope to do by
taUntuG them with some of the rumors
which have been floating about in the
newspapers during the past few days. 1t
is altogether likely that there will he a
general expression of the sentiment of
the House ON this question before the
bin is passed.
Should the President transmit the re-
port of the board of inquiry with a re-
quest for Congressional action during the
week. everything else will give way to II.
Any action which might he decided upon
would he in the complete control of the
tApnIliIlfsRn leaders to the limit to be