The record-union., 1898-06-06
be there is as yet no indication from

be there is as yet no indication from
any source.
The Senate conferrees announce
themselves as very determined to stand
Tor most of their amendments, and they
profess to believe the House will yield
on majority on the ground that the
senate gave more attention to details
than did the House On the more i'm
portant amendments, such as those
dealing with the bonds, the tea tax,
the seigniOrage and the inheritance tax,
TO say nothing Of many others inserted
to please individual Senators, wide diff
Ierences are quite certain to arise.
Ihese the Finance Committee count
upon and are quite prepared to meet
ALL parties are counting upon the
general desire for adjournment to as
slst materially in expediting considera-
ton and each man hopes this interest
IN adjournment will help his cause by
lnsurng acceptance to avoid delay in
getting away. A majority of Senators
still count upon reaching the end Of
the session by the first of July and
some place the date much earlier, but
all admit that their opinions are mere
conjecture. 1t is impossible to speak
in any wise definitely as to this mat
ter until the Hawaiian question shall
have had an airing and the war revenue
bill shall be definitely disposed of. In
the meantime the progress of the war
may raise other questions. So far,
however, as can be seen now, the pres
ent month ought to and probably will
witness the final adjournment.
The war revenue bill, as it passed the
Senate, will be presented to the House
when it meets tomorrow. The de-
sire of Chairman Dingley and the ma
jority members of the Ways and Means
Committee is to send the bill to con-
ference at once and not delay it by de-
bate. In accordance with this desire
the Committee on Rules probably VIII
report Immediately a rule identical
with, or generally in line with the res
olution which Dingley introduced last
week to provide for a motion to disa-
gree to the Senate amendments and
request conference. This motion will
prevail without debate and conferrees
will be named.
At present there is an understanding
that the Hawaiian resolutions, provid-
ing for annexation, are to be cOnsid-
cred in the House before the session
adjourns. Just when and how the
consideration shall proceed has not
been determined. large element
want it to come Immediately after the
revenue bill is sent to conference and
are anxious to have the matter dis
posed of, pending the report of the rev.
enue bill from conference Another
element believes annexation should
wait until after the revenue bill has
passed, so as to avoid all possibility Of
complicating the situation
Appropriation bills will occupy much
attention. The conferrees on the sun
dry civil have reached an agreement on
about four-fifths of the measure. but
cannot agree upon the remainder with
out taking the sentiment of their re-
spective houses and it is probable that
a report setting forth their agreement
and differences will be made this week.
Progress upon the Indian, Postoffice
and District of Columbia bills have been
made and they may be expected at any
time from conference The general de-
ficiency BILL which has not been re-
ported to the House will be held back
until the end of the session is in sight.
The report to accompany the general
banking and currency bill is expected to
be submitted to the committee Wednes-
day and the bill will be sent to the
House later in the week. A measure
of importance that is likely to come up
during the week is the quarantine bill.
proposing to amend the quarantine laws
and give the Federal authorities en-
larged Jurisdiction of uuarantines
against infectious and epidemic dis
eases. 1t proposes to make supreme
Federal rules and regulations