The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-04
PEACE TREATY FAULTY
SO REGARDED BY. MANY MEMBERS
OFSTHE UPPER HOUSE OF
CONGRESS
WILL LIKELY BE RATIFIED


Exigenctes Of the Occasion Given as
Protective Legislation May Fol-
IOw-Nicaraguan Canal Measure
Next In Importance to the Treaty
of Parfs-Other Work.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Congress
will reconvene tomorrow in accordance
with the terms of the holiday adjourn
ment resolution. 2ne senate will al
most Immediately adjourn for the day,
as an evidence of respect for the mem
DRY of Senator Morrill, 1t is customary
not to transact any business whatever,
on such occasions, but there is pcs
s1bll1ty message may be received
flom the president transmitting the
peace treaty, as 1t is known to be the
general desire that the treaty shall be
formally laid before the committee on
foreign relations at the earliest pos
slble moment, so that the committee
may make its report as quickly as is
consistent with it's duties in the prem
1SeS.
A session Of the senate will be held
oi doiSudy put there is a movement
locking to an adjournment from that
date until the following Monday, based
upon the probability. that there will
not be full attendance of senators
as soon after the holidays. This plan
Will be antagoniZed by the friends Of
the Nicaraguan canal, and by other
senators who are championing especial
measures, and it now appears quite
probable that they will be able to hold
the senate for at least another day
of the week.
Ihere will be two months of the session
left, to day, from the date Of re-
converting, and the time will be fully
occupied if half the work is to be done
that is planned. None of the regular
appropriation bills have passed the SEN
ate, and the river and harbor bill is
to be added to the regular list this
session. None regard the treaty of less
importance than the supply bills, and
1t Will be pressed along with them
when reported, practically without re-
gard to other bills.
NICARAGUAN CANAL BILL.
Another measure of MAGNITUDE which
will press for consideration in the SEN
ate during the session, the Nicaragua
bill, will take precedence, but 1t will ba
urgently pressed by the Hawaiian gov
the interstate commerce commission
OIL, TO say nothing Of the probability
concerning measures for the increase
OF the standing army and of the navy.
senator Elkins and other friends of
that measure will also continue to
| urge the bill regulating the registra-
ton of foreign built vessels wrecked in
American waters. These are only the
| most important questions demanding
consideration In the few weeks remain
| ing. Every senator has a number of
measures of less importance.
| Inc Nicaragua canal bill will com
mand the right of way at the beginning
! OF the session and will hold its place if
1t is made evident that a vote car be
secured on it before the appropriation
| bills and the treaty are to be taken up.
II IL cannot be disposed of before these
are brought in it will be tempora rily
| displaced from time to time. The
friends of the bill maintain, however.
that debate is practically exhausted.
| and they are hopeful Of securing a vote
at no very distant date. They profess
to fell very much encouraged by the
| preliminary report of the Walker COM
mission, which was made public last
| week Senator Cullom has given notice
/ or a motion to take up the anti sca1p-
| ing Dill as soon as the canal bill NAV
be out of the way.
| FATE OF PEACE TREATY.
There Is a growing belief that the
treaty will not be made the subject of
a long debate, and what two weeks go
was strong probability Of its ratifica
ton may be said now to be certainty
Notnlns less than some unforeseen
emergency can prevent the senate,s
| favorable action upon it at the present
! There
treaty which many senator's consider
objectionable, but the fact that # is 2
treaty OF peace and that thew. as 2
rule, have nothing in it's stead to offe,
VIII prevent any fractions opposition
80 lar as the opponents have a plan
1t is to let the treaty go through and
then devote themselves to shapine Loo.
islation consequent upon it's rafifios-
ton. They may offer an amendmen,
committing this government against
an attempt to exercise soyereientv In
the Philippines, but they do not expec,
| II to become part of the document
The treaty will be discussed in exec1,.
tive session, but the senators will con.
t1nue to make speeches in the oner
senate on Senator Vests anti-exnansior
resolution
me consideration of q code of law,
for the territory Of Alaska. renortef
from the committee on the revision ~
the laws, is expected to take up thu
greater portion OF the legislative day
IL the mouse tomorrow. If that body
follows It's usual custom. if viii al
journ some time during the afternoo,
out of respect to the memory of sen
ator Morrill, Thursday is to be givar
to the committee on Judiciary. Whe1
number of measures reported from +
are likely to be passed There is n,
fixed programme for the remainder o
the week. The executive, legisIativ,
and judicial appropriation bill NAV h,
reported during the week, In which "a a.
an effort will be made to secure con
sideration of the measure by tn,
house.
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