Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-25

of general legislation, more or less Inn
portant, will expire with the end of
the Congress after having secured a
certain degree Of consideration and
success in one branch or the other.
These include the joint resolution pro-
posing a constitutional amendment for
the election of United States senators
by the vote Of the people, which was
passed in the House, but has remain
ed Enacted upon by the Senate, and
bills to establish the department. of
commerce and industry. to endow
state schools of mining with a portion
of the. proceeds of public land sales,
authorizing the President to appoint
a committee to study the commercial
and industrial conditions of China and
Japan, and to regulate trusts and other
organizations in restraint of trade.
A FORECAST OF THE WEEK.
The army appropriation bill will re-
ceive the attention of the Senate dur
ing the early part of the present week
and when 1t is disposed of another ap-
preparation bill will be taken UP. 1t is
probable that the army bill will be de-
bated at length, especially upon the
Philippine amendment and the amend
ment relating to Cuba, if the latter is
introduced as is proposed. These
amendments, or either of them, quite
certainly will be made the basis of a
number of speeches, as they will serve
to open up the entire question of the
relations Of the United States to the
islands which this country came into
control of through the war with Span.
1t is hoped that the sundry civil bill
will be reported by the time the army
bill is disposed of SO that it may be
taken up next. If it is not in shape
to be considered by that time the river
and harbor bill probably will receive
attention. The general deficiency bill
is likely to be the last of the appropria-
ton bills acted O I.
Conference reports will be made from
time to time during the week. Some
of these will create considerable dis
eussion. The conferees on the war
revenue reduction bin except to make
their report during the week.
OF the appropriation bills only two,
the pension and the urgent deficiency,
have been signed by the President.
Both houses have passed the legisla-
tive, Indian, District of Columbia, ma
val, agricultural, Notifications, post
Office and diplomatic bills, and they are
in varying states of conference now.
The army bill and the river and har-
Dor, sundry civil and general defic-
iency bills still remain entirely unact-
ed upon by the Senate. 1t is not be-
lieved that much general legislation
will be accomplished during the week.
but a great many private bills will be
passed. The probabilities are all against
getting up the Nicaraguan canal bill.
The Senate will continue to meet
each day and probably will sit every
night of the week.
The last week of this Congress in the
House will be mainly occupied with
conference reports on the appropria-
ton bills and the other numerous
measures now being fought over by
the managers of the two houses. The
last of the general appropriation bills
went to the Senate on Thursday and
the House has its decks pretty well
cleared for the final contests with the
Senate. Some of these struggles prob
ably will be exceedingly fierce but
when it comes down to actual work
the House, although a large and UNI
wieldly body ordinarily, car dispose OF
business under its rules with much
greater celebrity than the Senate. The
last six days of the session are sus-
pension days and Ii is always possible
to bring the House to a vote on any
proposition under a motion to suspend
the rules, which provide for only
twenty minutes debate upon a side.
The time has practically gone by for
the passage Of new oils although an
attempt doubtless will be made TO Sc
cure action on the bills 10 promote the
efficiency of the revenue cutter ser
vice and TO create a standardizing bu-
reau. Beyond these and a few small
bills of local importance, no effort will
be made to put through any new bills.
The leaders know that it would be
a waste of time to send any further
general legislation to the Senate at
this stage Of the session and their
efforts will be directed to clearing up
matters in dispute between the two
houses 1t probably will be necessary
10 hold night sessions during the lat
ter part of the week and both houses
viii sit X Saturday TO continue the
legislative day of Saturday, which ex-
pires at March 4th-