The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-19
Forecast For
W aslline.ton.
SENATE AND HOUSE
To Consider Important
Measures Before Holidays.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-The week in
the Senate will be opened with a
speech by Senator Platt Of Connecti-
cut on the question of expansion. He
has given notice CT an address to be-
gin Immediately after the conclusion of
routine morning business Monday. Mr.,
Platt will reply to the speech of SEN
ator Vest made last Monday, and, as
he has given very careful attention to
the extension of our territorial area, no
little interest is manifested among SEN
ators in his presentation of the mat
ter; and it is not improbable, unless
the Nicaragua bill prevents, that the
speech will precipitate a more or less
general debate upon this question,
Whether it does or not, a number of
speeches on the same subject will be
made after the Christmas holidays
preparatory to the consideration of
the peace treaty.
1t is hoped that the treaty will be
taken up for discussion early in Jan
uary. Already there is talk of the
probability of disposing of the treaty
during the present session, and the i'm
preston is favorable to this result. A
few senators manifest a disposition to
debate the treaty at length, and some
profess unalterable opposition, but the
feeling is so strong against an extra
session and in favor of the postpone
ment of the settlem at Of the DISPOSE
ton Of the Philippines, after they come
into our possession. that it now seems
that even the minority will consent to
the treatV'S ratification without ma
terial delay The friends of the treaty,
who are giving attention to the closest
details of opposition as they develop,
have taken the pains to have enumer-
ated the names of the signers to the
memorials against annexation which
have reached the senate, and they find
that there are fewer than 1000 of them,
distributed among the states as fol-
lows
Massachusetts, 1896; West Virginia,
101; Indiana, "a; Ohio, 80; Florida, AZ;
New York, 45; Virginia, SO; Vermont,
20; Maryland, 16; Pennsylvania and IL
linois, Is each; Rhode Island, 70; New
Hampshire, G; California and Missouri,
8 each; Wisconsin and Tennessee, 2
each, and Maine, Colorado, Iowa and
Nevada, one each.
Senator Morgan said today that he
mean to press the Nicaraguan canal
bill as vigorously as possible, and he
expressed the hope that he might get
a vote before next Wednesday, the
probable date of The Christmas ad-
iournment. The indications are, how
ever, against such an early disposal of
the subject, and it may be accepted as
quite certain that ever if Senator Tur-
pies motion for postponement till Jan
uary 10 should not prevail, the bill will
be naturally thrown over beyond the
holidays. 1t is evidently the purpose
Of the opposition to prevent action dur
ing the few remaining days prior to
adjournment.
Mr.. Morgan today indicated his will
ingness to accept the Berry amend
ments in modified form, and the bill as
the Arkansas senator proposes to
change it has been printed for inform
alton. The bill concerning the regis
try of foreign-built vessels wrecked on
the American coast, is still on the cal
endar as a special order. and Senator
FllIlins will probably make another eff
fort to secure consideration. Senator
Cullom has also expressed a desire to
get up the anti-scalping bill. Both the
measures will be antagonized, and most
probably thrown over to January.
There will be no effort to get up any
more appropriation bills until after the
resumption of business in January.