Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-11
56TH CONGRESS-.
Ship Subsidy Bill May Be
Called Up, Monday.
Bill Will Probably Receive Attention
of Senate, Throughout Week.
The Revenue Reduction Bill Will Come Before
the House. Today.

Washington, Feb. 10.-If considera-
ton Of the naval appropriation bill is
completed during Monday, as is sup
posed it will be. the ship subsidy bill
VIII be called up by Senator Frye ana
that bill will continue to receive. the at
tention Of the Senate during the re-
mainder of the day. Senator CATER !
viii take the floor when the bill is tax
/ en- up and is expected TO occupy the 70
naming portion of the day.
Senator Proctor has given nprica that
as chairman Of the committee on agli-
culture he Will call up the agriculture
appropriation bill. Tuesday. There will
be no effort to prevent displacement of
the subsidy bill by the appropriation
Dill. The committee on appropriations
hopes to be able to report the fortifica-
tons appropriation bill by the time ire
agricultural bill shall be disposed of,
and the army appropriation bill - rx-
: pected TO be reported later in ne 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 Senate the subsidy bill will con
| tinue to have right of way. No dcci-
sion has been reached yet as to whe.h-
er there will be renewed effort 10 Sc
> cure night sessions on the subsidy bill
but the present indications are hat
| there will be no further Immediate at
tempt in that direction. The opponents
| Of the bill declare that in case Of q re
newal of the night meetings the friends
of the bill will be compelled 10 keep
| constantly in the chamber a quorum If
| their own. While they made frequent
demands for call of the Senate dur
ing the evening sessions of last week
| they always themselves replied 20 their
| names when called. 1t is now under
stood to be their purpose not to 40 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 lesisln-
| ton in connection with the army APP
propriation bill in regard to the Philip
| pines and Cuba. 1t has been always
| supposed that any attempt in either
! direction would open up the entire
| colonial policy of the administration
/ ana lead to interminable debate but
there is now unquestionably quite gen
| eral acuueSCence in the effort 10 lie
: made for Philippine and Cuban l@gis-
| lation. Whether this is due to the fact
| that there has not been time 10 con-
| slider the bearing of these two proposed
amendments sufficiently, or to the GEL
| eral desire to avoid an extra session OF
| t'ongreSS does not yet appear. BE mat
| as il may Il few of the Democrats at
least seem quite willing that woe
| should be reached on both of these pro-
visions. Indeed. it is understood TO De
! the position Of Senator Jones Of ArKin-
| S,s and OF his Immediate supporters IN
Iopposition to the subsidy bill that there
will be no obstacle to getting a vote
upon any bill before the Senate except
| the ship bill and possibly the oieomaf
garine bill In all probability however.
| the Cuban and Philippine questions Will
| be discussed at considerable length.
and even though there may be no de
sire to defeat them they may be used
| to hold off the subsidy bill
| The, committee on the Philippines
! will hold a meeting. Monday. ana IL IS
expected will agree promptly upon a
favorable report upon the Philippine
amendment but the question VIII prop
ably not be taken up in the Senate IN
I'll the army appropriation bill shall pc
| renorted. The Cuban committee PROB
| ably will meet later in the Week