Show SOME LIKELY LEGISLATION Programme That May be Followed Fol-lowed by Congress DUPONT ELECTION CASE DAXXOVS RESOLUTION OJT THE TJX CO31PAHGRE RESERVATION It May Be Considered Before the Close uf the WecU Snnelry Civil Appropriation Bill Will Consume THnch nf the Time of the House Cuban Resolutions Will Be Forced Through aa Soon as Possible WASHINGTON March 29The present arrangement In the senate is to take up tho bill providing for a settlement of the accounts between the state of Arkansas Ar-kansas and the United States at the conclusion con-clusion of the morning hour Monday and to give the day to that bill is necessary to dispose of it It is doubtful however whether further time will be given the bill If it is not out of the way when the adjournment hour is reached Monday alight It is expected that the postotnce appropriation bill will be reported from the appropriations committee Monday and if it should be the disposition will be to take it up in the senate Tuesday and pass it as soon as possible Senator Mitchell says he will ask the senate to Tjroceed with the consideration of the Dupont election case after Monday providing pro-viding appropriation bills do not stand in the way Senator George already has Kiven notice of a speech on this question and will be heard among others when the question is again taken up There jnobably will be no prolonged debate over the postofflce bill unless upon the fast mail subsidies and it will in all likelihood likeli-hood be disposed of in two or three days time The appropriations committee hope to have the Indian and naval appropriations appropria-tions bill ready to report by the last of the week If there should be any time between the disposition of the postoffice bill and the reporting of these two bills the calendar affords plenty of material to work upon Senator Cannons resolution directing the opening of the Uncompahgre Indian reservation in Utah which created such an animated debate a few days since will become the unfinished business after the Arkansas bill The foreign relations committee is anxious to get up the bill to prevent the extermination of the Alaskan seals as soon as possible and it may be pressed to the front during the Veek In the House I WASHINGTON March 29The sundry Civil appropriation bill probably will con > I Eume the major portion of the time of the house this week and by many it is considered doubtful whether It will have i been disposed of when the house adjourns next Saturday The bill will precipitate i the general opposition of the Democratic Bide because of the fact already pointed i out that for all contiiJtHns work now I under contract river and harbor and L public building work the bill carries ap II propriations for only eight months This is an entirely new departure and will t bring up a general discussion of approprIations appro-priations all along the line In addition to this the bill carries 29000000 over L 11000000 less than the estimates nor J odds and ends which make up the sundry < civil bill members are personally interested inter-ested and where the committee has declined clined to recommend in accordance with the estimate the members interested can be relied upon to push their opposition to f extremes It is the intention of Chairman Hitt of the foreign affairs committee to call up the conference report on the Cuban reso lutions as soon as the sundry civil bill js out of the way It is not thought the adoption of the report will encounter much antagonism t If Mr Hitt were so disposed he could call up the report to morrow and move Us adoption under sus pension of the rules as tomorrow is sus pension day but it is more likely the re port will be held in abeyance and the sundry civil hill be given the right of way The leaders of the house arc bending all their efforts to hasten the ap proPriation early final ldJournment bills In order The to river effect and an harbor bill IS the net appropriation bill 3n order after the sundry civil Our Foreign Trade WASHINGTON March 2DRepresenta > tive Hopkins of Illinois chairman of i the subcommittee on ways and means having in charge the subject of reciprocal ° trade relations with foreign countries has reeehed a number of letters during the past week on this subject A resolution oC the New York legisla t ture favorIng closer commercial relations was received Four letters were from Si8fi of trade ten from merchants associations and thirtynine from repre the ticntal if of private interests As a rule < replies are favorable to reciprocity The Louisiana Sugar and Rice exchange fhint the New York Grocers association think some provision should be made for a bounty on sugar Some of the writers favor reciprocity with Spanish American countries only and others des ignate articles which they think would be benefitted The Winter Wheat Mil I lers league Indianapolis sends a pam phlel headed Reciprocity and Retaliation Needed The head of the Lake Millers association asso-ciation of Duluth and Superior Wis 1 says a reciprocity and retaliation law would make foreign countries cease to I discriminate against American flour The National Association of Wool Manufac I turers says This organization believes In the principle of the reciprocity clauses of the act of 1890 |