The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-03-17
In CONGRESS-.
No Prepared Programme in the Sen.
ate This Week.
'ne ios' once Appropriation BIZ, the
virginia Contested Election Case and
POSSIBLY the Naval Approximation
bhi win BE Considered.


Bill win BE Considered.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-There is n,
prepared programme for the senat,
ior the present week. If Senato
Bacon is prepared to speak on tn,
hawaiian annexation treaty it will b,
taken up promptly, as indeed it will
be II any senator is prepared to 90 OF
with the debate. 1t is not expected
however, that there will be mucl
further discussion on this subject ir
executive session, and it is the intcn
ton OF Senator Davis, chairman of tho
senate com mittee on foreign relations
at very early day TO move &c
lay Senator Bacon's plebescite
amendment upon the table. II
is upon this motion that
the managers of the treaty hope "a
secure test vote, and Senator Davis
SAID Sunday that he was hopeful that
this vote might be reached during the
present week. Senator Pettigrew is
anxious and expects to get his five per
cent land bill before the senate early
In the week. and Senator Vest will
make an effort to secure consid-
Grafton of the quarantine bill.
There is also possibility that
the census bill may be pressed
for consideration. An entirelv
new census bill probably will be offer
ed, providing for the immediate estab-
hshment of the census machinery in.
stead of making preliminary arrange
ments for it as the bill first prepared
did. The committee on appropriations
is hopeful of being able TO report the
Sundry civil bill during the week, and
If 1T should be successful this measure
will be pressed upon the attention of
the senate to the exclusion of every
thing else.
The programme of the house This
week as mapped out would be COM
pletely changed if any move is made in
connection with the Spanish crisis in
volving legislative action. But as at
present arranged it includes simply
the consideration of the post Office APP
preparation bill and the Virginia con-
tested election case of Thorpvs. Eppes,
with the possibility that the ma
val appropriation bill which will
be reported on Monday or Tuesday
might be reached at the tail end of the
week. There will be conflict for
precedence between the election case
and the post Office bill, Chairman
Walker, of the elections committee,
and Chairman Loud, of the post office
each firmly contesting
for the right of way. If Chair
man Walker insists the contested
election case, being a question of
the highest privilege, would have
precedence under the rules, but
the house by vote could give the
post Office bill precedence. The demo-
Gratis intend TO contest the election |
case bitterly, as upon the decision in
this case they believe will depend the |
fate of the other two cases from Vir- |
ginia, another of which was reported |
Saturday against the sitting member
1t is expected that the report of the
will also be against Mr..
swanson, from the Danville (Va) dis
rict
WASHINGTON, March 14.-SenOr Luis
Polo dc Bernabe, the new Spanish min
ster who succeeds Senor Dupuy de
LONE as the representative of Spain at
his capital, was formally presented to
resident Mckinley at IL o'clock Sat
lrday. About 1890 o'clock the minis
er, accompanied by Mr.. Du Bose, the
harge d'affaires, the two secretaries
t legation and the war
nd naval secretaries, attired in
ull court dress, resplendant in
old lace, called at the state
epartment, where they were received
Y Secretary Sherman, who soon after
'ards escorted the party to the white
ouse. The reception took place in
ne blue room, the same room in which
rince Albert was received Friday.
presented beautiful appearance; {
ne decorations which had been ar
lnged for the dinner to the Bel
ian prince Friday night have /
cen allowed TO remain. The in
'oductions TO the president were !
ade by Secreta.y Sherman. The !
of greetings were most cor .
Ial and occupied about twenty min Z
tes. In addition to the president and I
le Spanish minister and his party the A., ,
lly persons present were the former I
ice President Levi p Morton and Col. n
ingham, the military attache to the d
resident The ceremony was such as
usual on such occasions and passed Il
without incident. Il