The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-03
POWERS ARE TOO GREEDY.
THEIR ACTION IN CHINA CAUSING
A REACTION WITH SOME
SENATOR'S.
Little VIII he Done This Week After
the Converting of Congress
Wednesday.

little legislation will be attempted dur
ing the present week. The fact that con-
gress will not reconvene until Wednes-
day will probably be taken by the abb
sentees to mean that nothing will be
attempted until the following week,
and as consequence it is doubtful
whether there will be a quorum pres
ent in the senate on Wednesday, in
which event there will probably be an
early adjournment until Monday. In
any event it is not probable that any
important questions will be raised dur
ing the present week.
The general understanding Is, how
ever, that the work of the session will
begin in real earnest after this week
and that henceforth there will be no
justification Of the complaint Of dull
ness OF the proceedings. Among the
questions which will engage early at
tenion are the Hawaiian anexa-
ton question, the claim Of Mr.. Cor
bett to a seat in the senate from Ore
gon, the immigration bill and the
financial question. In all probability
the committee on privileges and cleo
tons will meet during the present
week, and the chances are that an ear
ly report ON the Corbett case will be
ordered, even though it may not be IA
vorable. The Republican side of the
chamber will not be a unit in Mr.. Cor
belts interest. Senator Burrows, of the
committee which has charge of the
case, is preparing an exhaustive speech
antagonistic to Mr.. Corbett, and the
opposition is counting upon the as
sistance Of still others from that side
Of the chamber. 1t is not believed that
there will be any serious antagonism to
the immigration bill, but there may be
considerable time consumed in speeches
upon the subject. 1t is probable that
Senator Davis, chairman Of the COM
mitee on foreign relations, will make
an effort during the present week to
get a day fixed for taking UP the an
nexation treaty. and there Is no appre-
hension of any objection to naming
day in the early future. The plan of
the supporters of the treaty is to take
the question up in executive session
on a resolution Of ratification and to
debate the treaty for few days in ex-
ecutive session, pursuing this course
long enough to determine their
strength and commit those who profess
to be with them. If they find that they
have the necessary two-thirds to Sc
the end, but if they discover them
selves to be deficient in voting strength
they will change their policy and take
UP the question of annexation on Sem
ator Morgan's resolution to amend.
There is no doubt that majority of
affirmative votes can be secured and
that resolution of this character can
be passed If vote can be reached.
The present indications are that the
treaty, as such, will fail Of ratification
by from two to six votes, but friends
Of the agreement have by no means
lost hope that they will succeed in Sc
curing the entire sixty votes necessary
to ratify. They claim that they have
been making Roadway in securing
votes during the recess and are hope
full Of still adding to the number. They
now assert that a solid vote may be ex-
pected from the Republican side of the
chamber and that several Democrats
who have been claimed by the opposi-
ton are ON the fence and liable to
come to them The circumstance which
has done most to improve the chances
Of the treaty Is the conduct Of the Eu-
ropean powers in apparently preparing
for the partition Of China
Many senator's feel that this Is an
event which calls for prompt action
on the part Of this country in the Ha-
Waiian matters. and there is no deny
ing that this view has made some i'm
preston upon senator's who have here
tofore been classed as doubtful.
The promised explanation by Senator
Wolcott, of the result Of his bimetallic
mission to Europe, is expected when
made to open up the discussion of the
attitude Of the administration on the
silver question, and the debate may
even be sprung in advance Of his
speech. The pronounced free silver adj
vocates are determined to secure a test
vote during the session on the silver
question, and Senator Teller has de-
cided to introduce the Stanley Matthews
resolution Of the Forty-f1fth congress,
declaring for the payment Of bonds in
silver, with this end in view.
Senator Wolcott will, in all probable
ity, make straightforward statement.
avoiding all controverted points, as far
as possible, but there are other senators
who will not be content to allow the
matter to drop there, and they will
seek to open the entire question of the
position Of the administration towards
international bimetallism. Mr. Wo!cott
does not expect to be able to present
his statement before the 18th Of the
month.
THE HOUSE.
The time Of the house this week, after
it meets on Wednesday, will probably
be entirely devoted to the debate on
the civil service question. BY general
consent, the appropriation in the legis-
lative, executive and judic'a al bill, for the
maintenance Of the commission, upon
which the debate will be based, went
over until after the holidays. It is in
tended by the opponents of the civil
service law that the debate should COW
er the whole question, and they expect
to develop and exploit some very in
teresting facts. The defenders Of the
law have made elaborate preparations
to meet these assaults, and some highly
interesting, if not sensational, incidents
are anticipated. The records of indi-
viduals are likely to be very much in
evidence. 1t is not expected that the
debate will be concluded this week. as
Saturday has been set aside for paying
tribute to the memory to the late Rep
resentative Wright of Massachusetts.
Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who has been
one of the mainstays of the opposition
to the law, is desirous of participating
in the debate, but, owing to the sepa-
toria1 fight now in progress in Ohio he
will probably not be able to return I'M
til next week 1t is not believed that
there will be any attempt to close the
debate before he has had an opportu-
nifty to make the elaborate speech VIII CHI
he has prepared. No one seriously be-
lieves, however, that the upshot of the
present debate will be the striking out
Of the appropriation for the commits
sion. This proposition cannot by any
means command the full strength CT