The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-08
BLOW TO SUBSIDY
REPUBLICAN SENATORS MAY
 RENoUNCE IT.
It is Strongly opposed-Win Have to Take It's Chances in Open Senate Without a Caucus
 Endorsement.

Washington Special to The Baltimore Sun ,,,
 The Republican members of the Senate Will neet meet Tn caucus i onday .ns a aSternooD senator William R. Allison of Iowa, Chairman or the Caucus Committee. will issue notice shortly calling his Republican colleagues together. II is expected that the Senate will adjourn i'm mediately upon converting on Monday out oi respect for the memory of President William Mckinley and as soon as adjournment is taken the Republicans will meet and confer
 The program which has thus far been out lined for this meeting does not avowedy con template the transaction of any general ousi- ness It Is planned simply to appoint an or ganization committee whose duty shall be to nil by appointment vacancies existing m the personnel of several of the committees or the Senate The most important of these Is tne prospective assignment of Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois to the chairmanship or the Committee on Foreign Relations and the ap, pointment of Senator Stephen R. Elktns of West Virginia as the head of the Interstate Commerce Committee.
 Senate caucuses are not bound by any strin- gent rules of proceedings, and therefore whi!e 1t is thought to be improbable that there will be debate upon matters of general legislation any Senator may talk upon any party measure he sees fit to discuss.
 It is highly probable that before next week ends the Republicans of the Senate will have held second conference, at which a general plan of procedure for the session will be out fined A prominent Republican Senator, who was a member of the Senate Steering Com mittee during the last Congress and who is always conservative in his views, gave his oninion to Sun correspondent today as to inst what may be expected of the second caucus His opinions seem to reflect the gen eral sentiment of the Republican Senators who have thus far arrived in Washington.
 One of the most important features of the general business caucus. according to this Hanna Ship Subsidy bill, which contemplates the payment by the Federal Government of Se oU0,0o a year to ship-builders as party measure. It will be recalled that during the last Congress the steering committee of the Senate instructed by caucus to take this measure in hand and manage its passage in Senate, This unsuccessful. According to views expressed by Senator Frye of Maine, the author of the bill, to his col leagues, announced by The Suns informant today. the Maine Senator will simply introduce his bill at the opening of the session and en- deavor as an individual Senator and as chair man of the Committee on Commerce. to se. cure consideration and vote. It is said that such strong opposition within party lines mas t developed against this measure that an at, tempt 10 secure a caucus indorsement would precipitate endless debate and cause con hict in conference. Mir. Frye and MT Hanha' 1t is said. have therefore decided not to pre-, cipitate discussion of the bill in caucus ana ana ate without party indorsement ,a,, .bo
 According to the views expressed today tne Republican caucus will first of all commit i1- self to d measure designed to suppress ar archy by restricting European lmnleI s as totc o,I It will also indorse the Hay-Pauncetote9 t treaty the passage. or ,;,t inc Government of Costa Rica and Nicaragua aherti.Ss hrtinSsn, tnd right t-ofway for the canal ,,i IS ""t10 to tarftt that 1t will declare in opposition 10 .aiLA , revision The caucus is also expected 10 . qe- clare against the pending reciprocity me@e,es as they now stand. It is becoming GiU,r @ ~, dent each day es the session draws near 8at President gensTay afeePs' 3he rat ,afs ca Ca o,S tysattos along the lines of liberal TscPTQe vii not qease, in as by hes 3es Republican caucus ,ordtnre in are thought to be ' doomed m " This may explain the eagerness for an early caucus by Republicans ol eAch "@TSe The CaucUa is also expected to develop ac- ton favorable to the passage or "a, Dill pre- Toant for inc Philippines, and the proposition to lay Pacific cable VIII m as2 he pTGoI4y s4 tho 9f ilIo @ ,,re Sv,i designed to affect the trusts will rrcehe party indorsement in caucus