The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-10
TREATY FIRST N ORDER
1T AND THE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL,
HAVE RIGHTS OF WAY IN
TIE SENATE
WAR TAX AID APPROPRIATIONS
THEY WILL CLAIM THE ATTENTION
OF THE HOUSE THIS
WEEK
WEEK WILL BE BADLY BROKEN
AS the Festivities of the Washing
ton Centennial Will Cut
Into the Middle
of 1t.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9-The senate
will continue to give its attention to the
Eay-Pauncefote treaty and the ship
subsidy bill during the present week. The
Nicaraguan canal bill is special order
of business for next Monday; but the
establishment of the ship bill as the
regular order will displace the canal bill.
preference being given under the senate
rules to regular order. 1t is understood
that Senator Morgan, who has charge of
the canal bill, will not press that meas
ure until the treaty for the abrogation
of the Clayton-BulWer treaty is disposed
Of
Three or four sets of speeches are
promised in opposition to the subsidy bill
Among these who probably will speak on
the subject are Senators Clay, Vest and
Ferry, all of whom oppose the bill
Senator Vest is an especial advocate of
free ships.
The senate will not sit Wednesday on
account of the centennial celebration of
the establishment of the seat of govern
ment at Washington, and there is pos
sibility of adjourning from Thusday un-
til Monday next.
PROGRAMME IN THE HOUSE.
The programme in the house for the
coming week conteInplates the consid-
Grafton and passage of the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bin
and a bill for the reduction of the war
revenue taxes.
The legislative appropriation bill IS not
expected to consume more than TWO days
at most, probably only one, and the lead
ers expect that the remainder of the
week will suffice to pass the war revenue
reduction act It is probable that spe-
ciaI interests, which do not receive the
consideration in the bill which they think
they are entitled to, will attempt to
amend it. This is especially true of the
brewing interests, which hope to secure
q further reduction of the tax On beer
from $1.6O a barrel, as fixed by the com
mittee, to $1.35 a barrel. A plan has been
organized by which these interests be-
lieve they can accomplish their purpose.
In order to secure this reduction, which
will amount to about $7,O00,000 that
amount of revenue must be retained, and
those members who are working for a
further reduction on beer will advocate
the retention Of the tax on bank checks
and discounts, which amounts to about
the same sum. 1t is understood that
many of the larger banks are not opposed
to the retention of this tax, on the
ground that it reduces the number of
small checks presented for payment and
thus reduces the cost of the clerical force
in the banks. Most of the Republican
members of the ways and means COM
d
cessful fight can be waged against any
feature Of the committees bill.
INVOLVES RIGHT OF EXTRADITION.
The supreme court tomorrow will hear
arguments in the case of Nicely against
Henkel, involving the right of the Unit
ed States to eXtradite Nicely for trial in
Havana for the alleged embezzIement
Of the Cuban postal funds. The court
has specially assigned it for argument
on that day, and it is at the head of the
CALL
The case involves the question of the
constitutional relations between the Unit
ed States and the island of Cuba, and
will be the first of the cases which will de-
termine the power of the government
to govern temporarily or permanently
the islands acquired through the treaty
of Paris.
VESSELS BUILT LAST YEAR.
The vessels built in the United States
1900 to Nov. 80, 1900 We're AS, of 14a, ,9G3
Er0ss tons. The priacipal items OF the
total arc seven steel steamships on the
great lakes ,9S3 gross t)ns) and four
smaller steel steamships (S,456 gross tons)
which could pass through the new Wei
Ian canaD and one steel schooner barge
(2,7F) tons).
OTIS NOT AFTER A JOB.
1t can be definitely and authoritativelv
stated that the report that Gen. Harri-
son Gray Otis is in Washington seeking,
an official appointment is without founda-
ton, in fact, Gen. Otis himself is author
1ty for the statement that he has not
applied for any appointment whatever
under the administration He is not in
washington on an oficeSeeking mission
and declares that there is no warrant
whatever for the published statements.
as the Los Angeles Times engages biS