The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-03-17
IN CONGRESS-.
No Prepared Programme in the Sen.
ate This Week.
The Post ONCE Appropriation bill, the
Virginia Contested Election Gaze and
Possibly the Naval Appropriation
Bill viii he Considered.

Dill WIN no SOhsAuCHCus
WASHINGTON, March 14.-There is no
prepared programme for the senate
for the present week. If Senator
Bacon is prepared to speak on the
Hawaiian annexation treaty it will be
taken up promptly, as indeed it will
be if any senator is prepared to go on
with the debate. 1t is not expected,
however, that there will be much
further discussion on this subject in
executive session. and it is the inten-
ton of Senator Davis, chairman of the
senate com mittee on foreign relations,
at very early day to move to
lay Senator Bacon's plebescite
amendment upon the table. 1t
is upon this motion that
the managers of the treaty hope to
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 entirely
new census bill probably will be offer.
ed, providing for the immediate estab.
lishment 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 it 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 Tborp VS.. 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 a 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
committee, each firmly contesting
for the right of way. If Chair
man Walker insists the contested
election case, being 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
committee will also be against Mr..
Swanson, from the Danville (Va.) dis
trict.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-Senor Luis
Polo de Bernabe, the new Spanish min
lister who succeeds Senor Dupuy de
LONE as the representative of Spain at
this capital, was formally presented to
President Mckinley at II o'clock Sat.
urday. About 1880 o'clock the minis
ter, accompanied by Mr.. Du Bose, the
charge d'affaires, the two secretaries
of legation and the war
and naval secretaries, attired in
full court dress, resplendant in
gold lace, called at the state
department, where they were received
by Secretary Sherman, who soon after
wards escorted the party to the white
house. The reception took place in
the blue room, the same room in which
Prince Albert was received Friday.
1t presented a beautiful appearance;
the decorations which had been ar
ranged for the dinner to the Bel.
gian prince Friday night have
been allowed to remain. The in.
Productions to the president were
made by Secretary Sherman. The
exchange of greetings were most cor
dial and occupied about twenty min.
utes. In addition to the president and
the Spanish minister and his party the
only persons present were the former
Vice President Levi P. Morton and Col
Bingham, the military attache to the
president. The ceremony was such az
is usual on such occasions and passed
off without incident