The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-10
AN ACTIVE WEEK
Will Begin in the Senate With a Speech
By Senator Hoar.
In the House the Time VIII Be Fully Oc-
cupied Until the End of the Session
The Appropriation Bills VIII
Be Kept TO the Front.

WASHINGTON, Jan. e.-The week |
promises to be busy one in the SEN
ate. 1t will begin with an elaborate
and carefully prepared speech by SEN
ator Hoar to be delivered Immediately
after the transaction o. the routine
business Monday, in opposition to the
extension of American territory.
Tuesday Senator Mason will discuss
briefly his resolution in opposition to
this country's asserting sovereignty
over Cuba and the Philippines. taking
strong grounds for the independence Of
the people of those islands.
Senator Morgan will make an
effort early in the week to get
the senate to name date
for taking a vote upon his bill
for the construction of the Nicaragua
canal. and whether he succeeds or not,
will press the bill as continuously upon
the attention of the senate as circum-
stances will permit. Unanimous con-
sent is necessary to the fixing of time
for vote, and it is not probable that
this will be secured for some time to
come.
1t is the expectation that the peace
treaty will be reported on Wednesday,
and also that some of the appro-
priation bills now in the hands of
the committee on appropriation will
be brought in towards the close
of the week. Immediate consider
alton will be asked for the apprO-
priation bills, but it is possible
that the beginning of the debate upon
the treaty may be postponed until
next week. There is an effort on foot
among the opponents Of the treaty to
have it discussed in open session but
the indications are against such a
course.
The time of the houss will be fully
occupied from this time forward until
the conclusion of the session. Appro-
priation bills, which are already in an
unusually advanced stage, are to be
kept to the fore, but there is deal of
other important legislation which
will press for consideration at
every opportunity. Perhaps the most
important single measure is the bill
for the reorganization of the army. 1t
was the general understanding before
the recess that this bill would be given
consideration Immediately after the
holidays but the illness of Chairman
Hull, of the military affairs committee,
will delay this measure until he is suf-
fciently recovered -to attend the ses-
sions of the house.
His illness will also delay the mill
tary academy and army appropriation
bills. Meantime the friends of the
navy personnel bill are pushing for its
consideration and the rules committee
may give DAY to it during the present
week. The bill represents complete
agreement between the line and the
staff
The final vote on the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill
will be taken Monday.
The opponents of the civil service
law succeeded in striking from the bill,
while the house was in committee of
the whole. the appropriation for the
maintenance of the commission.
The diplomatic and consular and
naval appropriation bills are the next
budgets to be taken up, and either or
both of them may be considered this
week. Such tine as intervenes will be
consumed in the conside ration of the
bill for the cod:fcation of the laws Of
Alaska.
This bill has been made continuing
order. Portions of two days have al
ready been consumed by it and less
than 20 of the 232 pages of the bill
have been disposed of. The lawyers
of the house show an inclination to go
over it critically, section by section,
and it may be before the house for an
indefinite period.