Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-02-03


WASHINGTON. Jan. 3l.-Thc senate
proceedings for the week will open
with srrcch toy senator rcttirrcw
dealing with the Hawaiian question,
which will hc delivered Monday. lir-
Vond this speech il - very difficult To-
forecast the "utlo"I, for the week. I he
diversion occasloucd 10y taking mp the
Teller bond resolution has left the sen
ate in som hat disorwauilrd aud
unsettled condition and with n" pre-
arranged programme. senator rctti-
grows speech viii he made during the
morning hour, and the probabilities
are now that at its conclusion al at
least at = nclnr, one uf the general
apur"pr alton hills will he called up
tn" army and the legislative apprn-
priatiuu hill, arr already ga the calcn-
dar and Tie consideration at the agri-
cultural hrll has lrrn completed hN the
committee. - that it will he reported
On Monday.
The probabilities are that the army
hill viii bc the first of these measures
la receive consideration. though there
il some disposition Ia di>placc il with
the legislative bill senator Allison.
chairman of the committee ON appru-
prialiuu>, said SUNDAY that ii Was his
propose To have the appropriation bills
considered in uIvancr of other meas
urrS. and il he adhcrrS to this deter
miuaIion the week may Ia largely
F..l. J, -. f.tt. a,
now hr seen there are few features in
the bills already reported calculated
to aruvN" di>cuS,iu There il IA feel.
ing IN certain quarters that the army
iIlt should hc amended 10y a provision
for the increase Of the army. and if
>uch change should he attempted II
wuuid give rise To very spirited de.
bate.
The census hill also will I've pressed
for consideration during the week, and
senator Cartcr, chairman of the cen
>uS committee. said sunday that he was
very hopeful of :, curing its passage in
the near future. The debate upon the
civil service will he resumed when this
bill il taken up. and the bill
will bc so amended as la give the con
troll of the census bureau Ia the secrc-
tary of the interior. The himetallist re-
publican senators are discussing the
advi>ahility of renewing the financial
agitation in the senate by the intro
duction of som M assure of their own,
though they do not sem quite 81 in
| tent upon this course as they appeared
To he Immediately succeeding the vote
upon the Teller resolution. IL they
present a resolution it probably will
be declaration Ia the effect that the
| United States is not committed to the
gold standard.
Ii il the intention of the house lead
| crS to offset as far as possible the
action of the senate in passing the
| Teller resolution by killing that decla'
/ ration of the sense of congress re
garding the payment of the govern
mcnt'S coin bonds in silver on an ay,
and no vote in the house this week.
This will bc the feature of the pro,
| cecdings While the full repuh.
! lican strength in the house can not bC
commanded against the resolution
no doubt is expressed by those VIII,
I
the situation that the majority against
| il will BE- decisive. As soon as the res
| olution is reported back from the
| ways and means committee. which may
he Monday. the rules committee will
| bring in special order for it,
consideration. The time allowed
| for debate is likely tn he brief. rs the
| leaders do rot believe there is any
necessity for prutractcd debate, and
moreover, long discussion woulo
mcasurcly decrease the very purpos,
/ they have in view-namely. a prompt
and decisive negative reply To tn,
senate's declaration. The remainder
of the week will he devoted t,
appropriation bills. The District o
Columbia is still under discus
sion and the fortifications bill is oil
the calendar. The house leaders in
tend to give appropriation bills tn,
right of way i'm order to make an early
adjournment possible. The moment
the appropriation bills are out of tn,
way the new rules will he brought in
and after that the contested election.
cases and the bankruptcy bill will b,
/ brought forward.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3l.-Secretary %
| Agriculture Wilson has authoriz ID tn,
issue in pamphlet form of a prelim
mary report upon the soils of the prin
cipal tobacco districts of the United
States prepared by Milton Whitney
chief of the division of soils. \ stud,
of these soils was begun when the tn
bacco exhibit was being prepared fo
the Columbian exposition at Chi
cago, and since that time quit,
a number of typical tobacco soil
have been examined in the labora
tory connected with the agriculture
department The present publication
which is copiously illustrated is a pre-
liminary report of the work that ha
been going on. The main points of in
quiry which now reach the department
are in regard to the kind of Tobacco
which should be grown in certain spec
flied localities and the method of cur
ing the product. Replying to thes
questions the report says climate an,
soil conditions should determine tn
kind of tobacco raised.