The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-30
MANY SPEECHES ARE AHEAD
VIEWS TO BE EXPRESSED IN
OPEN AND SECRET SESSION.
Should Ratification Fail It Is Pro
posed to Compromise Terms
in Order to Avoid an
Extra Session.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-The Senate
will devote practically all of the time
this week to the consideration of the
peace treaty. Senator Allison. chair
man of the Committee on Appropria-
lions, says he will not interfere at any
time with the consideration of the
treaty by asking to have appropriation
bills taken up, and as a consequence the
treaty will have complete right of way.
This week will see the close of the
memorable debate, both in executive
session and in open debate. as the vote
is set for o'clock week from to-mor-
row. Notice has been given of set
speeches for every day except Monday
of the present week. Senator Barry
will speak Tuesday, Senator Spooner
Wednesday, Senator Rawli S Thursday
Senator Money Friday and Senator
Chiffon Saturday. These -peeches will
be lased upon the varit resolutions
on the general question of expansion
and will be delivered in open session.
They will, however, practically be de-
voted to the treaty and will afford Sem
ators an opportunity to say openly
what they would say in secret session
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sideration. There will be an effort to
get the speeches in before 3 o'clock each
day in order to permit the closing of
the doors at o'clock, in accordance
with the unanimous agreement to that
effect, when the treaty VIII be taken up
formally and the executive considera-
ton of the subject proceeded with.
Senator Bacon and Senator Mason
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tinuing their efforts to get action upon
their respective resolutions before the
vote is taken upon the resolution to
ratify the treaty, and hope to succeed
some time during the week.
The friends of the treaty are still
most sanguine of success and most of
them announce that they will accept no
compromise. Others express a willing
ness to accept some such resolution as
that of Senator Sullivan. Those pro-
Tossing to know say it is the policy to
force the treaty to vote before TAX
ing action on any compromise propO-
Sition, and if the treaty should by any
chance be beaten, to move to recon-
slider and then to consider the question
of accepting some compromise like the
Bacon resolution before final adjourn
| ment in March. Almost a month of the
session will be left after the vote of
Monday week. so that if the Senate
should prefer to accept the treaty with
a resolution of construction and in
struction, to postponing action for an
extra session, it could do so.
Interest centers in the army bill in
the House of Representatives during
the early part of the week. The final
vote will be taken at 3 p. m. Tuesday
Prior to this the debate will be under
the five-minute rule in the main. al
though sufficient time has been re-
served to give Bailey and some of the
other leaders an opportunity for ex-
tended speeches. Chairman Hull of the
military committee is confident the bill
will pass, saying that the Republican
disaffection will not exceed eight while
several affirmative votes will come from
the Democratic side. The opposition
will direct its efforts toward having the
bill recommitted.
With the army bill disposed of. the
House will turn it's attention to the
important river and harbor bill and
then to the military academy appropri-
alton bill. The river and harbor bill
probably will have Wednesday, with
two hours debate on a side. The mill
tary academy bill is not likely to take
more time than is required to read it
through. No exact programme has
been fixed for the rest of the week.
but Chairman Nero of the Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds has
been pressing for hearing on some of
the public building bills now pending.
and he is likely to get day Chair
man Lacey wants a day on public land
questions.
The Hawaiian bill is the most i'm
portant piece of general legislation
which will be agreed to a hearing. al
though it's friends may let it go over
until next week.