The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-01-17
ALSO THE NICARAGUAN CANAL BILL.
The Senate Attended the Funeral of
Representative Dingley, In the
House, Monday at Noon.
The Work in the House During the Week
wnl Be Overcast with the Sad Rites
Attending the Final rribates to
Congressman Dingiey.

ing other measures which take prece-
dence under the existing orders of the
senate. The questions are the Indian
appropriation bin and the Nicaragua
canal bill.
Under the agreement made last week
the canal bill will 'be taken up at 8
o'clock Tuesday for discussion in
speeches not to exceed 10 minutes in
duration. There is no agreement for a
vote on the bill, but the belief is gem
eral that the understanding already
reached viii lead to an early vote.
The senator's opposed to the pending
bill express no intention of trying to
prevent vote, and the friends of the
bill are very csnfdent that this Gull
miDation will not be postponed beyond
Wednesday.
The senate attended the funeral of
Representative Dingley Monday at
noon. After this ceremony the sem
ators returned to their desks and re-
sumed consideration of the Indian
bill. This bill may continue to hold
attention until Tuesday, and if such
should prove to be the case, the
further consideration of the treaty
would be postponed until after
action upon the Nicaragua bill.
In the meantime the pension and
Diplomatic appropriation bills will
have been reported from the commit
tee on appropriations, but it is not the
purpose at present to give them prece-
dence over the treaty. Senator Davis,
chairman of the foreign relations COM
mittee, and. Senator Allison, chairman
of the appropriation committee, are
working in perfect harmony, SO that
no clash between the treaty and the
supply bills is probable.
Senator Bacon has given notice of a
speech on the general question of ex-
tension of territory on Wednesday.
His address will be based upon the
resolutions regarding the status of the
Fiilipinos introduced by himself some
time since and its delivery may lead to
considerable debate practically on the
treaty in open session.
The opponents of the treaty profess
great confidence in being able to de-
feat it, upon a vote, and to believe that
the friends of the agreement will seek
to postpone vote until next session.
They claim "a votes in opposition, or
three more than necessary to defeat.
They say they will be satisfied to have
the treaty ratified providing an amend
ment is engrafted upon it declaring
against the maintenance of SOW
ereignty in the Philippines,
but the supporters of the
treaty decline SO far to grant any such
concessions. Some of them indicate a
willingness to adopt separate resolu-
ton to this e.ad and it is not impossi-
BILE that this course may be pursued.
The supporters of the treaty do not
claim to be in the least disturbed over
the outlook. They count upon consid-
cradle delay in securing action, but
still hold to their contention that the
treaty will be ratified just as it came to
the senate. r..nm#ya
The work of the house during the
coming week will be overcast with the
sad rites attending the final tributesto
Mr.. Dingley. These were held in the
house of representatives at noon Mon
day and Immediately following
them the house adjourned for
the day. On Tuesday the legis-
lative work of the house will be
resumed with the naval personnel bill
coming over from last Friday. The
naval personnel bill may be displaced
by the contested election case of Brown
VS.. Swanson, formal notice having
been given that it would be called up
on Tuesday. An election case has the
highest privilege, and il the notice is
carried out tho personnel bill will go
over.
Wednesday has been set aside for
the committee on interstate and for
eign commerce, an agreement TO that
effect having been made before the
holidays. The most important bin
this committee has on the calendar is
that providing for a Pacific cable run
ming to Hawaii and thence to Japan.
BY Thursday the post Office appropria-
ton bill will be reported and ready to
take up in the house, and perhaps also
the military academy bill.
The main interest attaches to the
time when the important bill for the
increasd.sof the regular army can be
taken up. 1t is awaiting the recovery
of Chairman Hull of the military COM
mittee and should he be about by the
end of the week this measure will be
brought forward. But there is little
prospect that his convalence will per-
NIT this. He was sitting up Saturday,
but his strength is hardly equal to
landing IN this conteat