The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11
Democrats VIII Not Oppose This Leg
isIatfon, but May Use 1t as a Club
Over the Ship Subsidy.
REVENUE REDUCTION MEASURE
1T WILL DE THEORETICALLY DIS
CUssED IN THE HOUSE TODAY.
senate Amendments Will he Disa-
greed To-severaI Appropriations
Will Receive Attention.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-If consideration
of the naval appropriation bill Is COM
pleted during Monday. as is supposed Ii
will be, the ship subsidy bill will be called
up by Senator Frye, and that bill will con-
tinue to receive the attention of the Senate
during the remainder 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. Senator Proctor
has given notice that, as chairman OF the
committee Oh agriculture, he will call up
the agricultural bill 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 appro-
priation bill by the time the agricultural
bill shall be disposed Of, and the army APP
preparation bill is expected to be reported
later in the week.
The plan is to have all appropriation bills
acted upon promptly possible after
they are reported, but when there are no
bills of that character before the Senate
the subsidy bill will continue to have right
Of way. No decision has been reached yet
to whether there will be renewed effort
to secure night sessions on 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 renewal of the
night meetings the frienas 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 under
stood to be their purpose not to do this In
case OF further efforts to bring the bill to
a vote by carrying the sessions into the
night.
Much interest is felt in the effort which Is
to be made to secure legislation in connec-
tion with the army appropriation bill in
regard to the Philippines and Cuba 1t
has been always supposed that any attempt
in either direction would open uD the entire
colonial policy of the administration and
lead TO interminable debate, but there is
now unquestionably a quite general acaui-
essence in the effort to be made for Philip
pine and Cuban 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
of Congress, does not yet appear Be that
| as it may. majority, at least, of the DEM
ocrats seem quite willing that a vote should
be reached on both these provisions In
! deed 1T is understood TO be the position
| of Senator Jones, of Arkansas, and of his
| immediate supporters in opposition to the
subsidy bill that there will be no obstacle
| in getting a vote on any bill before the
Senate except the ship bill and, possibly.
the oleomargerine bill. In all probability,
however, the Cuban and Philippine ques-
| tions will be discussed at considerable
length, and. even though there may be no
desire to defeat them, they may be used to
| hold off the subsidy bill.
| The committee on the Philippines will
hold a meeting on Monday. and. it is ex-
pected, will agree promptly on favorable
report on the Philippine amendment, bur
| the question probably will not be taken up
in the Senate until the army appropriation
bill shall be reported Ahe Cuban commit
| tee probably will meet later in the week.