Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-23
THE CASE OF MR. SCOTT.
WILL COME UP IN THE SENATE AS
SOON AS THE QUAY MATTER is
DISPOSED OF.
The Prospect is That There Will Be
Little or No Debate on the Reso-
luton from the Committee-The
Clark Case Due To-day.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-The ma
jor portion of the time of the House
this week probably will be consumed
in the consideration of the post office
appropriation bill. Tomorrow is Dis
trict of Columbia day, and the COM
ing Friday under the rules is set apart
for private pension bills. The bills
appropriating 81, 000, 900 for the militia
of the several States may come up dur
ing the week.
The Senate will give considerable at
tention during the present week to
questions of privilege, involving three
substitutes in the Senate. Under the
unanimous consent agreement reached
on the 10th instant the resolution de-
claripg Senator Quay not to be n
titled to a place in the Senate prob
ably will be voted upon at 4 O'Clock
Tuesday, and in the meantime several
speeches will be made upon the reso-
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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 within which to
deliver all the speeches Senator'S de-
sire to make on the resolution, but If
a movement is made in that direction
it will be stoutly resisted. 1t will be
an exceptional occurrence if the unanl-
nous agreement should be set aside.
Among those who are still expected to
speak in Mr.. Quay's behalf are Sena-
tors Penrose and Chandler, while Sena
tors Platt, Of Connecticut; Hale and
Lindsay probably will speak in oppo-
sition to his claims. The leaders on
both sides are claiming victory, but
they did not in either case give figures
on the result.
After the Quay vote is taken Sena
tor McComas, who, as a member OF the
Committee on Privileges and Elections,
has had charge of the protest against
Senator SCOTS continuing to occupy
his seat as a Senator from West V1r-
ginia, will call up the resolution IN
that Senator's behalf and ask for i'm
mediate consideration. The prospect
is that there will be little or no de-
bate on this resolution, as the report
of the committee is in the line OF Sen
ate precedents. The report OF the Com
mittee on Elections in the Clark case,
it is positively announced, will be made
Monday. and it is the intention of the
committee to ask that it be taken up as
soon as the Quay and Scott cases are
disposed of. How much time this case
will consume will depend largely, II
not wholly, upon Mr.. Clark himself.
He still says that he will not decide
upon any line of action until the re-
port of the committee is made public.
If he should elect to continue the con-
test there will be more or less delay
for the preparation of speeches.
1t is expected that a vote will be
reached on the Alaskan code bill dur-
ing the week, an agreement having
been practically reached to withdraw
the contested amendments and other-
wise amend the bill so as to extend the
provisions of the mining laws OF the
United States to Alaska.
The Philippine bill will continue to
hold it's place as unfinished business
ION the calendar" but is likely to re-
ceive comparatively little attention
during the week. The army appropri-
alton bill will be taken up as soon as
the election cases are disposed of. The
Notifications and agricultural appro-
priations will be reported soon, as
these also may be taken up as Don as
opportunity permits.
The Hawaiian conference report will
be acted upon early in the week.