Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-11-17
EXTRA SESSION OPPOSED.
Members of the Cabinet Ale Con-
sidering Plans in Order to
Avoid One.
SECRETARY ALGEN makes A DENIAL.
Tho War Secretary Sayt There IL Nothing
In the Report That He win Re APP
pointed TO the senate-The Navy De-
partment Would Like to Raise tho SPAN
Iah WarshIp Colon as TrophY

pNrtment would Like tn Raise tho SPAN
ish Warship Colon ~ Trophy.
Washington, Nov. II. Members Of
the cabinet are opposed to an extra
session of congress, and are consider
ing plans for avoiding it. II is now
apparent that the treaty of peace with
Spain cannot be delivered to the SEN
ate until late in December at the earli-
est 1t will require some days for the
completion of the conferences now
going on. Then it will require another
week to put the treaty in proper lam
guage, inscrbe it on parchment and
secure the signatures of the commits
soners, and then about ten days will
be needed for the commissioners of
the United States to return to this
country. These matters cannot be
finished before the middle of Deem
Der, and it is probable that the presi.
dent will then require few days for
consultation with the commissioners
before sending the treaty to the sem
ate. Therefore it will hardly be posi-
BILE to make much progress with the
consideration of the treaty until after
the holiday recess.
Avigorous fight will be made against
the annexation of the Philippines and
it will be difficult, If not impossible,
to secure the ratification of such
treaty by the present senate. The ad-
ministration is preparing for this con-
tingency. 1t will be ascertained dur
ing the debate in the senate whether
the treaty can be ratified, If ratfca-
ton cannot be accomplished the adj
ministration probably will prefer TO
lay the document aside rather than en-
coun ter an adverse vote. An extra SEES.
sion of the new senate alone can then be
summoned for the consideration of the
treaty. Favorable action is expected
in the new senate. The republicans
will then have Sd senators instead of
A, and will need only six more votes
to make the necessary two.thirds.
These can be obtained, it is said, from
some silver republicans and from a
few democrats who favor expansion,
Cabinet members favor such plan,
but contingency may arise which
will force an early meeting of the
house. This is the payment of COM
pensation for the Philippines to the
Spanish government The constitu-
ton requires that grants of money
shall be approved by both houses of
congress. Instructions may be sent
the American commissioners at Paris
to provide that this payment shall not
be made until the autumn, pending the
action of both houses.
Secretary Alger Makes n Denial
Washington, Nov. l6. Secretary
Alger denied emphatically yesterday
the report that IL Senator Mcmillan is
appointed ambassador to Great Britain
he will be appointed his successor in
the senate. There is nothing In it
whatever, so far as am concerned"
he continued. The secretary init
mated that IL Gov. Pingree had any
such intentions he probably would
have been advised OF it. Senator Nc
MILAN denies that he is to have the
London mission. The name of Henry
Adams, of Massachusetts, is again
mention in connection with the post,
but there is little reason to think he
will be selected. 1t still seems to be
the general impression, notwithstand-
ipg Senator McMillan's denial, that he
will DO asked to represent the United
States in London.
Want Ono Spanish vessel
Washington, Nov. 1L--The navy de-
paFtment has not yet abandoned the
effort to secure ut least one of the YES
sells Of Ceryera's feet MS trophy to be
placed on the American naval list, al
though somewhat discouraged by the
result OF tho venture ip the case of the
Maria Teresa. Assistant Secretary
Allen, who has been directly charged
with the matter, has been in corre-
spapdence with the representatives of
the NeptaEe company, a Swedish cor
poratioH, which has had remarkable
success in floating the largest type Of
warships when sunken. The company
has made a tentative proposition to
wreck the Colon for a salvage to be
arranged in advance between itself
and the department. Mr.. Allen be-
lieves that some arrangements may be
made on this basis, and, meanwhile,
has authorized representatives of the
Neptune company to visit the scene of
the wrecks near Santiago in order that
they may secure the basis for def
mite proposition.