The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-01-04
The Real Work in the Senate
Will Practically Begin on
Next Wednesday.
VERY FEE ADJOuRSNESTS EXPECTED
A Report on the Case Of Mr.. Quay,
Whose Seat Is Contested. Will BE
Made Some Time This Week.
This week In the House Does Not
Give Promise of Much business
No LegIsIntion OF Press
ing Importance.

Washington. Jan. With the re
SUMPTION Of it's sittings Wednesday
The senate will practically begin tn,
r,al work OF the session. After tn,
present week longer daily session.
w.l be the rule and very few more
naiournmcnts from Thursday tC
Monday are to he expected. as wa,
characteristic Of the sessions of the
past weeks.
ia the absence Of Senator Aldrich
Chairman Of the committee on Fl.
nance. who Will have charge Of the
iiancial bill, no definite statement
can be made as TO how vigorously
le will press that measure at the
beginning Of business, but there IL
- doubt Of his general determine
ZION to push il along as rapidly as
possible after the present week. lie
Las given notice that he will call the
measure up on Thursday and it is
rererallv believed that he will then
Oh the following day make n
statement in support OF it..
II is the purpose of the support
trs Of the bill TO make very few
fpcechcs, leaving the opposition to
90 the greater share Of the talking
While its opponents on the other
hand will use every endeavor to
draw the friends Of the bill into
running debate. There is no pres
en- purpose on the part of the OPP
position 20 delay the passage Of the
llll unnecessarily and likewise none
on the part of its supporters to
press the measure TO the personal
Inconvenience of opposing senators.
Those senator's who are antagOnistic
20 the bill as n rule freely confess
their inability 10 defeat il, saying
that il will get practically the entire
republican vote if needed and prob
ably one or two democratic votes.
WITH session Of unlimited duration
before them they can not hope to
conduct successful filibuSter.
licncs they will not seek to delay
tie measure beyond the time neccs-
saTy to discuss its provisions and
give the country the benefit Of their
analysis OF its provisions. How
long it may take them to do this
viii depend largely upon the length
pf the daily sessions and the free
fom from interruption by other
business.
AT present there is but one matter
which threatens to interfere with the
continuity OF the proceedings upon
he financial bill. That is the right Of
'enatOr Quay to IA seat in the senate.
'enator Chandler, chairman of the
ommittee on privileges and elections.
laS stated that report will be made
n the Quay case soon after the be-
inning Of business. There now seems
lrobablc that there will he more de
'ate over the Quay contest than over
he financial measure. Up TO date not
more than half dozen senator's have .
nnOunced n purpose TO make set fl /
ancial speeches, while the probabiIi- I
lcs are that the Quay case will call /
ut much animated discussion.
Il will be difficult TO hold the dis I
ussion OF foreign questions, and es-
ccially the Philippine subject, in
heck during the financial discussion.
iany OF the southern senators are
nxious 10 bring the Philippine ques-
ION 10 the front. and il may be safely
redicted that there will be more or
'ss reference to it from the begin
ing There will be an early effort 10
It up the Samoan treaty; and il may
irnish a basis for discussion Of the
oreign policy, if one is not found be-
)re the treaty is considered. During
he present week the foundations of
he financial discussion will be laid,
nd II doubtless reveals much of the
lans OF both sides TO the controversy.
here will be n strenuous effort to
ass the bill without amendment, but
he opposition will insist upon votes
"a innumerable propositions, and on
ONE Of these they may get the sup
OFT Of some senators known TO have
ro-silVer leanings.
The coming week in the house
oes not give promise OF much bus
.ess The committee has not yet
rgun active work and there has not Z
zen any legislation Of pressing i'm l
'rtance reported. The appropria-
ons committee has not yet consid- ]
the urgent deficiency bill, al. J
'ough the measure has been pcs- $
'red. This bill may be brought in ,
irng the week if there should be !
request from the executive de. |
'ftments asking Its early passage. a
5 the bill will carry nearly $5o,OO0 !
% for the army, most of which is
account Of the Philippines, 1t is
ute likely there will be considera-
'e discussion of the Philippine pol !,
) While the measure is before the j
'uSe' There are some minor mat
rs such as provisions for clerks. 7
40 routine management Of house
iairs that are TO be passed upon. !
Heavy Snow at Macon, Ga. I