Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-14
57TH CONGRESS-.
Expected to Pass Chinese and
Cuban Bills This Week.
Former Will Be Followed by Philippine
Bill in Senate.
Cuban Reciprocity May Possibly Drag
Over Into Next Week.

Washington, April BIN accordance
with the agreement reached, Friday.
the Senate, Wednesday, will vote on
the Chinese bill, and the present under
standing is that the Philippine bill will
be taken up Immediately afterwards. 1t
is probable, however, that the Philip
pine bill will be soon broken in on by
the calling of the river and harbor bill,
which, being an appropriation bill is a
privileged measure and can be taken
up at any time. 1t is not the desire of
the committee, however, to have it con-
sdered till there shall have been
chance afforded to make further
amendments in the committee. That
opportunity will not be provided until
Thursday. following the vote on the
Chinese bill.
The opponents of the Chinese bill will
press their fight from this time for
ward, and if they find that they cannot
secure its re-committal, they will con-
centrate their efforts on proposed
amendments. Especial effort will be
made to the adoption of the Plat sub
stitute. There will be a number of
short speeches on the bill, Monday and
Tuesday, and in addition to these,
lima, have given notice of set speeches
for Monday. a portion of the day,
Saturday will be devoted to eulogies of
the late Senator Kyle of South Dakota.
The leaders of the House expect to
see the Cuban reciprocity bill passed
during the present week, but they adj
nit that the debate may be prolonged
so that the final vote will not be reach
ed until next week. Proceeding rs the
drawn out practically as long as any
body desires to speak, but the leaders
believe the general debate will exhaust
itself by Thursday at the latest.
Dalzell will close the general debate
in favor of the bill and when the meas
ure is thrown open for amendments
under the 5-minute rule, a great num-
Der of amendments will be offered by
the Democrats with a view to opening
up a way for amending the schedules
of the Dingley tariff law. 1t is known
in advance that all such amendments
will be held to be not germane to the
bill, whose time provides for reciprocity
with Cuba and that only amendments
raising or lowering the amount Of the
in order
Appeals will be taken from the rul-
ings of the Chair on the general tariff
1t is certain that with
possibly one exception the appeals will
be unsuccessful. That exception may
be the amendment to take the differen-
tal off refined sugar. 1t is admitted
on both sides of the chamber that the
real fight will come on that amendment.
A number of Republicans who are OPP
posing the bill have announced that
they will vote to override the Chair on
that proposition and the Democrats ex-
pect to be able to cast a solid vote
for it.
The Republican opposition to the bill
as shown, Tuesday, on the motion to
20 into committee of the whole is in
the neighborbood of 40. Added to the
Democrat vote if solidly cast, the OPP
position would have a clear majority
Of 10. But the Republican leaders pro-
TESS confidence in their belief that none
Of the Republican recalcitrants will go
10 the length OF voting to overrule the
Chair to make with the Democrats q
ma jority of the House. Moreover, they
assert that some of the Democrats
themselves viii hesitate to adopt this
method of getting a vote on a propo-
sition which they contend is plainly not
germane. If the danger involved in the
to abolish the differential
is passed, the bill will have plain sail
ing on its final passage, as majority
Of the Democrats will vote for il.