The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-02-10
SOME ATTENTION
Will Be Given to the Annexation Ques.
ton in the Senate This Week.
A Contested Election Case will BE Up In
the HOuse-The Fortfications Biii VIII
Be Disposed of Eirst-President
Dole Leaves Washington.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE attention
tion of the senate this week will in all
probability be divided between the
Hawaiian annexation treaty, appro-
priation bills and the right Of Hon.
H. w. Corbett to seat in the senate
from Oregon. The treaty will prob
ably occupy the great share of atten-
tion Monday, but after that time the
committee on appropriations will
claim the time of the senate for
the Indian appropriation, which, it
is expected, will be reported
early in the week. This bill
will provoke considerable debate.
and by the time it is disposed of the
committee on appropriations hope
to have the Notifications bill before
the senate. Senator Hoar will at the
same time press the Corbett matter up
on the attention of the senate as mat
ter of the highest privilege, and sew
eral speeches will be made upon it. It
does not appear probable, however,
that a vote will be reached during the
week on the Corbett resolution.
1t is probable that the programme of
most exclusively this session to the
consideration of appropriation bills
will be varied this week with the con-
sideration of a contested election case.
1t is the purpose of the house leaders
to keep the appropriation bills to the
front in order to obtain an early final
adjournment, or, as the alternative,
throw the responsibility for delays on
the senate.
But after the Notifications bill is
disposed of only one other appropria-
tion bill is on the calendar at present
the military academy and it should
not consume more than a few hours.
1t is the intention of the leaders there
fore, to fill the hiatus this week with
the consideration of the Aldrich- Plow-
man contested election case from the
Fourth Alabama district. The cleo
tions committee have divided on this
case on party lines and the indica
tions are therefore that the house will
do the same thing and Mr. Bowman
will be unseated. The mem bers on
both sides of the house have been using
the latitude allowed in debate on appro-
priation bills to make campaign speech
cs to be used more or less extensively
in the impending congressional cam
paign this fall and these are likely to
| continue indefinitely. All the members
are keenly alive to opportunities to
make political capital for themselves
| or their party and this fact may at any
time upset prearranged programmes
| by plunging the house into ran
corous and acrimonious political dis
| cussion. The democrats and populists
seem to be directing their assaults
| principally against the republican
| claim that prosperity has returned to
| the country so that all evidence on
| this point, pro or con. is likely to fad
| it's way sooner or later into the con-
| gressional record for distri bu ton this
| fall.
| to be the guests of the nation Sunday
| night at 1920 o'clock when he started
for Buffalo and thus began his return
| journey for the Hawaiian islands.
The president arrived at the Penn
| sylvania station but few minutes be-
| fore his train was ready to start and
was not kept waiting, but Immediately
went to the private Pullman car Coro.
| net, which he occupied on his trip to
Buffalo. The party was escorted to
to the station by Assistant Secretary
of State Thos w. Cridler Maj. HES
land. of the army; Commander Phelps,
of the navy, and several friends of the
president. Minister Hatch and Mrs.
| Hatch also We're present.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-The consider.
| alton of the labor arbitration bill by
the house committee on labor will be
resumed next Thursday. The bill gives
every case of labor disagreement or
strike an official status and the signifi-
canoe of public opinion. The proceed.
ings so far have developed wide diff
ference of views between labor leaders.
Mr.. Hynes, representing federal rail-
road employees organizations, has TAX
| en- issue with President Gompers, of
the American Federation of Labor, as
to the respective obligations of EN-.
| ployer and employed, and every rail
way brotherhood apparently favors
the pending measure while some of
the officers of the Federation of Labor
want the bill to go further and claim
that no arbitration system can be safe
| ly established that does more than give
the arbitrators' opinions and then
drops the case.
WASHINGTON, Feb 7.-At the open
ing of the session of the house Satur-
day, Mr.. Royce rep, Ind.), chairman
of the committee of elections No. .,
presented a resolution declaring that
in the contest between Samuel Hudson
and VIM. McAleer, of Pennsylvania,
for a seat in the house, Mr. McAleer is
entitled to the seat. Without division
the resolution and report of the COM