The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-19

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Week in oongress-The House
Makes Good Roadway with ApprO-
priation Bills : The Peace Treaty
Speeches in Senate = Holiday AID.
tpurnment viii be Taken on We'd
pesdRy.
WASHINGTON Dec. 1S.-Ths week
IN the senate Will be opened with
speech by Senator Piatt, Of Connecticut,
on the question Of expanslon. He has
given notice OF an address to begin i'm
medIateiy after the conclusions Of the
routine morning business Monday. Mr..
Platt win reply to the speech Of Senator
Vest made last Monday, and as he has
given very careful attention to the ex-
tension Of our territorial area. no little
interest IS manifested among senator's
IN his presentation Of the matter, and It
ia not improbable unless the Nicaragua
'hiti prevents that the speech VIII PFeGtp-
itate a more or less general debate upon
this question. Whether It does or not
a number OF speeches on the game sub
ject Will be made after the Christmas
holidays preparatory 70 the considera-
aon OF the peace treaty.
It is hoped that thu treaty WIFI pc
taken up for discussion early in jan
uary. Already there Is talk OF the
probability OF dlsposlpg Of the treaty
during the present session, and the I'M
preston favorable to this result is grow
Ing, A few senator manifest disposl.
ton to debate the treaty at length and
aoTne profess unalterable opposition, but
the feeling is so strong against an extra
session and IN favor OF the postponement
Of the settlement OF the disposition OF
tho Philippines after they come into our
possession, that It now seems thar even
the minority Will consent to the treatyiS
ratification without material delay. The
friends Of the treaty, who are giving at
tention TO the closest details OF oppOsl-
tion as they develop themselves, have
names OF the signers to the memorials
against annexation which have reached
the senate, and they find that there are
fewer than 1000 Of them, distributed
among the states as follows:
Massachusetts,, 1,43b; West Virginia,
101; Indiana, "a: Ohio. 30; Florida, AZ;
New York, IS; Virginia, 80; Vermont, 20;
Maryland, IS; Pennsylvania and Illinois,
each 10; Rhode Island, u; New Hamp-
shire, 6; California and Missouri, 3 each;
Wisconsin and Tennessee, 2 each, and
IEaine and Colorado and towG and Ne
vada, each.
meant to press the Nicaragua canal bill
az vigorously as possible, and he ex-
pressed the hope that he might get
vote before next Wednesday. the prob
able date OF the Christmas adjournment.
The Indications are, however, against
such an early disposal OF the subject,
and 1t may be accepted as quite certain
that, even II Senator Turpie's motion of
pOBtponement till January 10th should
not prevail the bill will be naturally
thrown over beyond the holidays. 1t Is
evidently the purpose Of the opposition
to prevent action during the few re-
manning days prior to adjournment. Mr..
Morgan to-day Indicated his willingness
to accept the Berry amendments in mod
ifled form, and the bill as the Arkansas
senator proposes TO change 1t has been
printed for information.
The bill concerning the registry OF for
eign built vessels wrecked on the Amer
ican coast is still on the calendar as a
spectal order, and Senator Eihtns will
probably make another effort to secure
consideration. Senator Cuitom has also
expressed desire to get up the anti
scaapdnE bill, Both these measures will
be antagonAEed and most probably
thrown over to January
There will be no effort to get up any
m re appropriation bills until after the
resumption of business In January
The House Forecast.
The holiday recess by the terms Of the
resolution reported by the wayC and
means committee Is to begin Thursday
ana extend until Wednesday. january 4,
It IS Akely, however, that the resolution
Will be amended so as to make the recess
begin Wednesday, instead Of Thursday
The appropriation bills are farther ad-
vanced now than they have been for
nany years at the short session. Already
the navy and army deficiency, q special
oil, and three OF the regular bills, The
pension, District Of Columbia, and In
dian, have passed the house. The agT-
cultured bill was reported yesterday and
will DO taken UP on Tuesday,
-Four of the regular budgets, out Of
thirteen, will, therefore, have passed the
lower house before the holiday recess, an
lnprecedented thing in legislative an
nails. Tho military academy bill could
have been ndded to this list had IT not
been that Chairman Hull. OF tho MILL
tary afradrs committee. declined to allow
the attention OF the committee to be |
drawn from the bill for the increase Of
the army even for the limited time reA
uuired TO prepare the academy bill. The
latter, however, will be reached before |
the recess. The friends Of the naval |
personnel bill and the bill for the Phila-
delpllla exposition OF 1893 have been urg-
ing the committee on rules to grant time
for Gheir consideration. Time will be al
lowed for the former bill soon after the |
house conyenes after the holiday recess.
II is possible that the Philadelphia eX-
position bill may be called up and placed |
upon It's passage Tomorrow. us to-mor-
row under the rules Is sa6pension day
The bill TO extend the navigation laws |
OF the United States over Hawaii which |
was pending yesterday when the hotise |
adjourned may also be voted upon under |
suspension OF the rules.
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