The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-02-25
CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST.
What Our National Lawmakers are Ex-
pected to Accomplish This Week.

Wn2C OUR national AaWnaEeTs are G4-
pected to Accomplish This Week.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The diplo.
matte and consular and the military
| academy appropriation bills will be
| considered and passed by the senate
| during the week. There will be more
or less debate in executive session OF
| the Hawaiian annexation treaty, an0
speeches will be made on the claim OF
Mr.. Corbett to a seat in the senate on
| the appointment of the governor of Ore
gOn. The Corbett matter will not be
pressed, except to the end of having
the speeches so far disposed of as
to make sure of getting a vote
at the time fixed, week
from to-day. The expectation is
that the bill making appropria.
ton for the consular and diplo.
matte service will be made the basis fol
considerable debate. 1t is understood
to be Senator Aliens intention to make
an effort to secure the incorporation in
the bill, as an amendment, of his provi.
sion for the recognition of Cuban bel
igerency, and if he should make this
effort the result might be a general
discussion of the question. While,
however, this Is among the possibili-
ties, it does not at this time appear
probable, for the senate is not now in
a mood for the opening of this question
pending the Maine investigation, so
that if it should be taken up this week
there would have to be quite a radical
change in sentiment. There are some
senators, however, who are desirous of
IL
may force the issue.
The advisability of amending this ap-
preparation bill with a provision for
the annexation of Hawaii which was
at one time considered by the support
ers of the Hawaiian treaty, appears to
have been abandoned. The treaty will,
however, receive Independent atten-
tion during the week if the appOpria-
tion bills and the COrbett case do not
crowd it out.
Unless the Cuban question or some
phase of the Names disaster comes be,
fore the house this week, the time,
with the exception of to-day, which ul-
der an arrangement made last week,
will be given up to the consideration
of private bills, will be devoted, nomi-
ud11y dI 1SdSLs W IIlC SunuTN CIVIL dp-
preparation bill This will be reported
to the house to-day. 1t is a very vol
luminous document, containing all the
odds and ends of appropriations, as it's
name indicates, and is usually produc-
tive of more protractcd contests than
any of the other appropriation bills.
1t is understood that the information
regarding the situation in Cuba, asked
for last week by the house, has been
prepared by the state department,
and is ready for transmittaI.
Some of the consular reports bearing
on the situation have been edited in
some places, but it is said that the sit
uation, as presented, probably will call
for some action before the information
goes to the house this week. An effort
may be made to get it in some manner.
For this reason, and in view of the con-
dition of public sentiment pending the
result of the special investigation into
the cause of the disaster to the Maine,
it is considered probable that the ans
wer of the state department will be
withheld for several days.