The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-02-01
IN THE CONGRESS.
The Hawaiian Annexation Question Will
Be Con sidered in the Senate.
Army and Legislative Appropriation Bllis
Are on the Calendar-The Teller Reso-
luton and Appropriation Bills VIII
Be the Features in the House.

proceedings for the week will open
with speech by Senator Pettlgrew
dealing with the Hawaiian question,
which will be delivered Monday. Be
yond this speech it is very difficult TO
forecast the outlook for the week. The
diversion occasioned by taking up the
Teller bond resolution has left the SEN
ate in a somewhat disorganized and
unsettled condition and with no pre-
arranged programme. Senator Petit
crews speech will be made during the
morning hour, and the probabilities
are now that at it's conclusion or at
least at 2 o'clock one of the general
appropriation bills will be called up.
The army and the Legislative apprO-
priatiOp bills are already on the calen-
6ar and the consideration of the agri-
cultural bill has been completed by the
committee, so that it will be reported
on Monday.
The probabilities are that the army
bill will be the first OF these measures
to receive consideration, though there
is some disposition to displace it with
the legislative bill. Senator Allison,
chairman of the committee on apprO-
priatiOns, said Sunday that it was his
propose to have the appropriation bills
considered in advance of other meas
ureS, and if he adheres to this deter
minatiOn the week may be largely
taken up with them. So far as can
now be seen there are few features in
the bills already reported calculated
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ing in certain quarters that the army
bill should be amended by provision
for the increase of the army, and if
such a change should be attempted it
would give rise to a very spirited de-
bate
The census bill also will be pressed
for. consideration during the week, and
Senator Cartee, chairman of the CEN
sus committee, said Sunday that he was
very hopeful of securing its passage in
the near future. The debate upon the
civil service will be resumed when this
bill is taken up. and the bill
will be so amended as to give the con-
troll of the census bureau to the secre-
tary of the interior The bimetallist re-
publican senators are discussing the
advisability of renewing the financial
agitation in the senate by the intro
ductiOn of some measure of their own,
though they do not seem quite so in
tent upon this course as they appeared
to be Immediately succeeding the vote
upon the Teller resolution. If they
present a resolution it probably will
be declaration to the effect that the
United States is not committed to the
gold standard.
1t is the intention of the. house lead
ers 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
ments coin bonds in silver on an aye
and no vote in the house this week.
This will be the feature of the pro-
ceedingS While the full repub-
lican strength in the house can not be
commanded against the resolution
no doubt is expressed by those who
have made it their business to canvas
the situation that the majority against
it will be decisive. AS soon as the res
olution is reported back from the
ways and means committee, which may
be Monday, the rules committee will
bring in a special order for its
consideration. The time allowed
for debate is likely to be brief, as the
leaders do not believe there is any
necessity for protracted debate, and,
moreover, a long discussion would
measurely decrease the very purpose
they have in view-namely, a prompt
and decisive negative reply to the
senate's declaration. The remainder
of the week will be devoted to
appropriation bills. The District of
Columbia is still under discus
sion and the Notifications bill is on
the calendar. The house leaders in
tend to give appropriation bills the
right of way in order to make an early
adjournment possible. The moment
the appropriation bills are out of the
way the new rules will be brought in,
and after that the contested elections
cases and the bankruptcy bill will be
brought forward.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Secretary of
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. A study
of these soils was begun when the to-
bacco exhibit was being prepared for
the Columbian exposition at Chi
cago, and since that time quite
number of typical tobacco soils
have been examined in the labora-
tory connected with the agricultural
department. The present publication
which is copiously illustrated is a pre-
liminary report of the work that has
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 these
questions the report says climate and
soil conditions should determine the
kind of tobacco raised.