Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10
DEPARTMENT. Appropriation Bill win Come
Upin House Today.
sMooT CASE IN THE SENATE TOMORROW
Senator Burrows Will Open the Argument
for COMMITTEE Report
WILL RATlFY THE ALGEclRAS TREATY
ssnate Expected to Take Final Action on
It Wednesday.
WILL RATlN THE ALaEclRAs TREATY
NOMINATIONS WILL Be CONSIDERED
II is Expected That the Upper House
VIII spend Considerable Time
fn Executive Session
During Week.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The national
house OF representatives will give the !
greater part Of its time during the present |
week to the consideration Of the legislative, !
executive and judicial appropriation bills |
while the senate will pay especial atten-
tion to the report Of the senate committee |
on privileges and elections on the right oil /
Senator smoot Of Utah to retain his seat
In the house the appropriation bill VIII
be taken up Monday Immediately after the
close Of the routine morning business
while in the senate consideration OF the
Smoot question will be postponed until
Tuesday. The senate proceedings on that !
subject will be interrupted after one days
discussion to give place 70 the Algeciras
treaty, which is set for next Wednesday
Representative Tawney chairman OF the
house committee on appropriations, is Of
the opinion that the legislative appropria-
tion bill will be voted on before the close
of the week. There ar a number Of Items
In the bill calculated to provoke discus
sion and It is expected some OF the demo-
cratic representatives will find occasion to
express their views regarding some of the
features Of the presidents message. II
they should do so there will be a response
from the republican side OF the chamber.
Among the items in the bill which Will
arouse debate may be mentioned those
providing for an increase OF the appropria-
tion for the payment OF clerk hire for
members Of the house and the increase OF
the salary Of Public Printer Stallings.
There will also undoubtedly be many ref
erences to the subject of simplihed spelling,
which will be raised in connection with
the provision prohibiting any deviation from
standard orthography in congressional
printing.
The forti1cations appropriations bill,
which is now under consideration in com
mittee, will Immediately follow the legis-
lative bill, and Chairman Tawney is hope
full that 1t may he passed before the
Christmas holidays. Chairman Grosvenor
of the committee on merchant marine is
still hopeful of securing a favorable report
on the ship subsidy bill I'm modified form
this week, but It Is not generally expected
that further progress can be made with
this measure before the Christmas holi-
days.
smOot Case Tomorrow.
In the senate Senator Burrows will at
the end o. the morning hour on Tuesday
open the debate on the smoot question in
a three hours' speech advocating the adop-
ton os TIVE committee resolution declaring
Mr.. Smoot to be not entitled to his seat.
Mr. Burrows viii not make a comprehen-
sve analysis Of the testimony of the case,
but will cite many precedents In support
of the resolution. He will be followed in
the same line on Thursday by Senator
Dubois and later In the session Senator
Smoot is expected to be heard In his own
behalf Senator Sutherland. hts colleague.
and Senators Foraker. Dillingham;. Bever-
idge aad Hopkins will also probably pre-
sent views IN support OF Mr.. Smoot's right
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the question may be concluded during the
present week or even before the holidays,
but Senators Burrows and Dubois express
determination to keep Il as well to the
front az possible.
VIII RatIfy AIgecIrRa Treaty.
Unless the unforeseen happens the Alge.
ciras treaty will be ratified on Wednes-
day after brief consideration. The fact
that the foreign relations committee has
agreed upon a resolution declaring the pur-
poses OF the United States not to be in
volved in European complications by Its
aOquescence in the treaty has done much
- remove opposition. and It is even pre-
d1cted that the resolution Of ratification
will be adopted after a few senators shall
have had opportunity TO briefly explain
their positions. Considerable time will
probably be spent by tho senate in execu-
tive session in considering nominations to
be reported from the various committees
Among these are a number OF cabinet Of
fcers.
There is already talk OF adjournment for
the Christmas holidays and the prospect
Is that II will occur about the 10th inst
and that the holiday will continue until
January Z. The leaders who have been in
conference on this subject say that abun-
dant time win then be left for the passage
q al the appropriation bills and for other
necessary legislation.
Church Question in France.
The church and state separation law
which was enacted by the French Parlia-
ment a year ago goes into effect In Paris
December IL and Will be enforced in tho
various departments on December l2 and
la The French government Is facing the
situation with frmness and calmness.
though the prospect OF the religious crisis
becoming acute has been augmented by an
apparently authoritative announcement In
the Croix, the clerical organ, that the pope
forblds Catholics to abide bv the pubIic
meeting law OF 1881, under which the gov
ernment proposes that religious services
shall be held In the future.
The annual meeting OF the National
League OF Base Ball Clubs viii be held IN
New York on Tuesday, December IL. and
Hsehhe Vi the poalu OF directors OF the
league VIII be held at the leagues head
quarters In New York on the same day.
one OF the purposes OF the meeting Will
be 10 elect president for which Harry
c. Pulliam Is again a candidate The
annual meeting Of the American League q,
Base BAH Clubs will be held In Cbjcagr
on Wednesday.
National Civic Federation.
The National Civic federation win hold
its annual meeting IN New York IN
wednesday and Thursday The advisabiiit,
Of imposing taxes on incomes and inheri
tsnces will be discussed by Andrew Car.
negie, President Eliot Of Harvard. Osca,
straus and Samuel GOmpers. Government
by injunction viii be discussed by Johr
Mitchell, Seth Low ana others. Child labol
will also be considered.
The trial OF the charges against the pack