The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-02-22
THREE APPROPRIATION
Bills To Be Disposed of in the Senate
During This Week.
Private Bills Will Be Considered in the
HOuse-Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
Will Be Reported-Cuba and Maine
Disaster May Receive Attention.

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 and
speeches will be made on the claim of
Mr.. COrbett to a seat in the senate on
the appointment of the governor OF
Oregon. 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 Monday.
The expectation is that the bill max
ing appropriation for the consular and
diplomatic service will be made the
basis for considerable debate. 1t is
understood to by Senator Aliens inten-
ton to make an effort to secure the in
corporation in the bill as an amend
ment of his provision for the recOgni-
ton of Cuban belligerency, and if he
should make this effort the result might
be a general discussion of the Cuban
question. While, however. this is
among the possibilities, it does not at
this time appear probable, for the sem
ate Is now in a mood for the opening
of this question pending the Maine in
vestigatiOn, so that if it should be
taken up this week there would have to
be radical change in sentiment. There
are some senators, however, who are
DESTROYS of having the subject de-
bated and they may force the issue. AS
Mr.. Aliens amendment was adversely
reported from the cOmmitte on foreign
relations, Senator Hale will raise a
point of order against it. This the
vice president will sustain, and Mr..
Allen will, Of course, appeal. There
will be stubborn opposition to such an
amendment, if offered, and the con-
test may be an animated one if
Mr.. Allen persists in his pur-
pose. Independently of the Cuban
amendment the diplomatic bill is like
ly to cause debate on other questions.
1t seldom gets through the senate
without being made the basis of more
or less general discussion of the coun-
try's foreign policy.
Unless the Cuban question or some
come before the house this week, the
time with the exception of Monday,
which under an arrangement made
last week will be given up to the con-
sideration of private bills, will be de-
voted, nominally at least, to the sun
dry civil appropriation bill This bill
will be reported to the house Monday
1t is very voluminOus measure, con-
tanning all the odds and ends of apprO.
priations as its name indicates,
and is usually productive Of
more protracted contests than any Of
the other appropriation bills. 1t is I'M
derstOOd that the information regard
ing the situation in Cuba asked for last
week by the house has been prepared
by the state department and is ready
for transmittal. Some of the con-
sular reports bearing on the sit
uation have been edited in some
! places, but it is said that the
situation as presented probably
will call for some action, and if the
| information goes to the house this
week an effort may be made to get it
| before the house 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
answer Of the state department will be
| wit bbR10 for several DAVIS