The San Francisco call., 1898-05-30
LEGISLATION | OF THE WEEK The Hawaiian Question
 May Come Up. WILL HAVE RIGHT OF WAY. GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL
 MAY BE REPORTED. The War Revenue Measure Will Oc- cupy Great Deal of lime, as
 Several Speeches Are Yet
 to Be Made.
WILL HAVE RIGHT OF WAY.
GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL
 MAY BE REPORTED.
Call Office, Riggs House,
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Washington, May 29.
 The House will not be in session to-
 morrow, having adjourned until Tues
 day because of Memorial day. The con-
 sideration of the Hawaiian annexation
 resolutions by the House this week is possible but not assured. Speaker Reed
 stands ready to give the resolutions
 full right of way in the House if they pass the Senate, but is opposed to
 sending them first through the House and forcing them upon the Senate, be- cause, he contends 1t would precipitate a fight there and would prolong indefi- nitely the session and end likely in the whole matter going over to next win ter. Especially is he opposed to fore ing the Hawaiian issue to the front until the revenue bill is through the Senate. It is stated upon high author ity that other Republican members of the Committee on Rules are in accord with the Speakers position, notwith- standing they favor as he does the non-annexing proposition. Considera- tion of the resolutions early in the week is not to be expected and consideration late in the week Is improbable. There Is still talk
  CT the question, and one may be held.
 The general deficiency bill may be re- ported during the week, but owing to the development of new demands upon the War and Navy departments, not ably the former, incident to the war, the bill may be withheld until nearer the close of the session. The bill so far as it relates to ordinary dehcien- cies has been ready six weeks Confer ence reports upon the sundry civil, postoffice, Indian and District of Co., lumbia appropriation bills may be expected at almost any date, although the sundry civil bill is likely to be de- layed until after the revenue bill passes the Senate owing to the demands thereupon of the attention of Senator Allison of the Finance Committee.
 An effort to pass the antiscalping bill will be made during the week. Bills of minor importance will be pushed meantime by members gener- ally.
 Having decided at the last moment on Saturday to observe Memorial day, the Senate will not be in session again until Tuesday. The Finance Commit tee will, however, meet in an endeaVor to perfect the revenue bill in minor de- tails.
 There is still no certainty as to when l the vote may be taken on the revenue bill It looks as if the entire week l would be spent upon it, and none of the ] members of the committee undertake | to predict the exact date of the Sem | ate's conclusion of its work. There are still a number of speeches to be made 1 upon the bill, and upon amendments. It is probable that there will be more | or less debate upon the Lodge amend ! ment for the annexation of Hawaii. and the Morgan amendment relating generally to the government of the an
 O~%I1 r and Morgan announce their intention to make speeches on the subjects in volved, and Senators espousing the op- posite views declare their purpose to reply if the subject is opened. Repub- licans generally predict that Senator Lodge will refrain from pressing his and 1t is the general opin- ion that he will at least not go to the extent of asking a vote upon it and thus subjecting the measure to a mo- tion to lay upon the table.
 Whenever the final vote is reached on the revenue bill there is no longer much doubt as to the shape in which it will be passed by the Senate. The decisive vote of Saturday on the cor poration tax renders it quite certain that all the Democratic amendments will be eliminated from the bill. and the Republican suggestion for the is- 5uance of three hundred million bonds and one hundred million in time cer- tificates will be substituted for the House amendment. The expression of the Senate is that the House will accept the Senate amendments and conse- luently the bill will not be long in con- ference.
 With the revenue bill disposed of there may be an effort to secure an in- dependent expression on Hawaiian an- aexation, but this will depend on the future developments. The conference reports on the appropriation bills will ilso be in order. There will be several 0f these, the sundry civil being the