Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-16
TIE QUESTION OF HANAII
To Come to the Front in the House
This Week.
Reed and Dingley Are Opposing
the Step-The Banking and Cur
rency Bill The War Revenue
Measure on Deck in the Senate,
and Much Talk Will Result.

| ana MuCn Ialk w Ill RGSult.
| Washington, May 15.-The most not
| able event in the House proceedings
! CT the present week will be the intro
| duction of the resolutions providing for
| the annexation of Hawaii. The Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs has decided
| to report favorably the resolutions, and
will do so probably on Tuesday. A
very large majority Of the Republicans,
| ana it is claimed fifteen Democratic
members favor the proposition and
| would like to take immediate action,
but consideration will be postponed
likely until after this week. 1t is
urged by those who oppose immediate
consideration that the passage of the
resolution now would complicate the
situation as respects the revenue bill
and would delay greatly the passage
OF the latter. Speaker Reed and Rep
resentative Dingley are opposed to an
nexation as a proposition, and the lat
ter is especially opposed to passing the
measure before action upon
THE REVENUE BILL
is taken.
On Wednesday the Banking and Cur
rency Committee will present, pursuant
to the vote concluded Saturday, gen
eral banking and currency bill, but it is
understood that it will not be con-
sidered this week. Final action upon
any currency measure at this session
seems improbable Of the appropria-
ton bills in conference, some progress
has been made upon the sundry civil
and Dostoffice measures and one or
both may be reported, though there is
a disposition to delay them in confer
ence until the revenue bill is well I'M
der way in the Senate. The House
committee is practically ready to report
the general deficiency bill, and may
bring it in this week. A bill to estab-
lish a non-partisan labor commission
to study problems with a view to sug-
costing appropriate legislation affect
ing labor may be considered this week.
The prospect for a generous treatment
OF local bills is good
IN THE SENATE.
The war revenue bill will occupy the
attention Of the Senate this week al
most to the exclusion of other bust
ness and there is no probability that
the bill can be disposed of during the
week. The indications are now for a
two weeks debate and there is no as
surance that it will be concluded
within that period Of time. The OPP
ponents of the bill disavow any inten-
ton to unnecessarily delay the per-
lection Of this legislation; but they do
not conceal their purpose of taking
time to present their views on the
various questions involved and Pit
looks as if it would be impossible for
them to do this within less time than
two weeks.
The principal portion of the debate
will be on the report Of the Republican
members of the committee in favor Of
restoring the bond provision. The
probabilities are that this proposition
will prevail if the war continues, but
| before a vote can be reached upon it
there will be
A GREAT DEAL OF TALK
for and against it. The entire finan-
| cial question will be involved to an
extent, and probably most of the Sen
ators who oppose the bond issue will be
heard before the conclusion Of the dis
cussion. The Republican Senators
generally are averse to prolonged
discussion, but the Democrats and Sill
yer Republicans say it will be neces-
sary for them to explain and defend
their position. Senator S4lison will
open the debate on Monday with a
statement on behalf Of the Republican
members Of the Committee on Finance,
and he will be followed by some Dem
| ocratic member of the committee, prob
ably Senator Jones. Beyond this there
is no data upon which to base a state
ment Of the probabilities. It is quite
certain, however, that there will be no
! dearth of speech making nor of speech
makers