The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-23
FIGHT FOR THEIR SEATS.
THIS WEEK THE THREE CON-
TESTED ONES WILL
COME UP
THE QUAY VOTE DUE FIRST
senator Scott's CasedtO FoIIoyy-Un-
certain what Clark VIII Do
Till the Report LIS
Made.


WASHINGTON, ID. &C. April 22,rhe
senate will give considerable attention
during the present week to questions OF
privilege involving three seats in the SEN
ate. Under the UNANIMOUS consent agree
ment reached on the, 10th inst. the
resolution declaring Senator Quay not to
be entitled to a placelin the senate prob,
ably will be voted upon at 4 O'clock Tues.
day, and in the meantime several sneech-
es will be made upon The resolution. An
intimation has been given of a possible
effort to postpone the case further on the
ground that there Is not sufficient time
left before the date set for the vote with
In which to deliver all the speeches sena-
tors desire to make on the resolution. but
If a movement Is made In that direction
1t will be stoutly resisted. 1t would be an
exceptional occurrence If the unanimous
agreement should be set aside. Among
those expected to speak in Cuay's
behalf are Senators Penrose and Chand-
Ter, while Senators Plat, of Connecticut.
Hale and Lindsay probably will speak in
opposition to his claim. The leaders mn
both sides are claiming victory, but they
do not in either case give figures on the
result.
After the Quay vote is taken Senator
McComas, who, as a member of the CON-
nittee on privileges and elections, has had
charge of the protest against Senator
SCOTS continuing to occupy his seat as
senator from West Virginia, will call IN
the resolution In that senator's behalf and
ask for immediate consideration. The
prospect is that there will be little or no
debate on this resolution as the report OF
the committee is in line with senate nrec.
edents.
The report of the committee on elections
in the Clark case,as positively announced,
Will be made Monday, and it Is the in
tention Of the committee to ask that II
be taken up as soon as the QUAY and
Scott cases are disposed of How much
time this case will consume will depend
largely, if not wholly, upon Mr.. Clark
himself He still says that he will not
decide upon any line of action until the
report Of the committee is made public.
If he should elect to continue the con-
test there would be more or less delay
for the preparation Of speeches.
It is expected that a vote will be reach
ed on the Alaskan code bill during the
week, an agreement having been prac-
tcally reached to withdraw the contest
ed amendments and otherwise amend the
bill so as to extend the provisions Of the
mining laws of the United States to
Alaska
The Philippine bill will cotinue to hold
its place as unfinished business on the
calendar, but it is likely to receive COM
paratively little attention during the
week. The army appropriation bill will
be taken up as soon as election cases are
disposed Of. The Notifications and agri-
cultural appropriation bills will be re-
ported as soon as possible, and these also
may be taken up as soon as opportunity
permits.
The Hawaii conference report will be
acted upon early in the week.
IN THE HOUSE.
The major portion of the time Of the
house this week probably will be con-
sumed in the consideration of the post
office appropriation bill Tomorrow is
District of Columbia day, and the COM
ing Friday, under the rules, is set apart
for private pension bills. The bill ap,
propriating 100000 for the militia Of
the several states may come up during
the week.
CUBAN RECEIPTS
The division of customs and insular af-
fairs Of the war department made public
today the statement that the total re,
ceipts Of the Cuba treasury for the month
of March, 1900, Were 81, SIS, 669
The receipts named are divided as fol-
lows: Customs, 81, Az, 500; postal receipts,
$13729; internal revenue receipts, S94,330;
miscellaneous receipts, $97, 6l9. The re,
ceipts for the corresponding month Of
1899 amounted to S963,0S5