Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1901-02-14
NATIONAL LEGISLATION
Senate to Dispose of Appropriations Quick
ly to Make Way for Subsidy Bill.
POSSESSIONS MAY GET ATTENTION
In the House Revenue Reduction Likely
to Inspire Vigorous Debate-Hazing
Practice May BE Considered ANY Time
Other Matters in Washington.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-If consid-
Grafton Of the naval appropriation
bill is completed Monday, as it is sup
posed it will be, the ship subsidy bill
will be called up by Senator Frye and
that bill will continue to receive the
attention of the senate during the re-
mainder of the day. Senator Caffery
will take the floor when the bill is
taken up and is expected to occupy
the remaining portion of the day,
whatever time there may be left. Sen
ator Proctor has given notice that as
chairman of the committee on agri-
culture he will call up the agricul-
tural appropriation bill on Tuesday.
There will be no effort to prevent
displacement. of the subsidy bill by
the appropriation bill The committee
on appropriations hopes to be able to
report the Notifications appropriation
bill by the time the agricultural bill
shall be disposed of and the army ap-
preparation bill is expected to be
reached later in the week. The plan
is to have all appropriation bills acted
on as promptly as possible after they
are reported, but when there are no
bills of that character before the SEN
ate the subsidy bill will continue to
have right Of way.
No decision has been reached yet
as to whether there will be renewed
effort to secure night sessions in the
considering of the subsidy bill, but
the present indications are that there
will be no further immediate attempt
in that direction. The opponents of
the bill declare that in case of a re-
newal of the night meetings the
friends of the bill will be compelled
to keep constantly in the chamber a
quorum Of their own. While they
made frequent demands for a call of
the senate during the evening sessions
of last week, they always themselves
replied to their names when called
1t is now understood to be their pur-
pose not t) do this in case of further
efforts to bring the bill to a vote by
carrying the senate meetings into the
night.
Much interest is felt in the effort
which is to be made to secure legis-
lation in connection with the army
appropriation bill in regard to the
Philippines and Cuba. 1t has been al
ways supposed that any attempt in
either direction would open up the en-
tire colonial policy of the administra-
ton and leao to interminable debate
but there is now unquestionably a
quite general acquiesence in the eff
fort to be made for Philippine and Gu
ban legislation. Whether this is due
to the fact that there has not been
time to consider the bearing of these
two proposed amendments sufficiently
or to the general desire to avoid an
extra sessi III Of congress, does not yet
appear. Be that as it may, major
ity at lelst of the democrats seem
quite willing that a vote should be
reached On both these provisions. In
deed, it IS understood to be the posi-
tion of Senator Jones of Arkansas and
of his immediate supporters in oppo-
sition to the subsidy bill that there
will be no obstacle to getting vote
upon any hill before the senate, ex-
cept the ship subsidy bill and possibly
the oleomargarine bill.
The revenue reduction bill will come
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prospect OF an animated discussion.
The ways and means committee has
already determined on a recommen-
dation for q disagreement to the SEN
ate amendments to the bill and that
a conference with the senate be asked
But this determination has aroused
considerable feeling among the major
ity members of the committee and
this may md expression when Chair
man Payne presents the report and
moves for conference.
Following this matter, the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill
will claim attention, the general dis
cussion of foreign questions, particu-
larly the Philippines, being still open
The army appropriation bill and the
sundry civil bill also will receive con-
sideration during the week.