The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-23
A TREATY WITH CUBA
PRESIDENT SAID TO HAVE ONE UN-
DER WAY.
CONGRESS TO ADJOURN SOON.
MANY ODDS AND ENDS TO FINISH
UP THIS WEEK.

Republican Disagreement Has Made
Reciprocity Legislation at This
Session impossible - If Treaty
should BE Presented 1t Would
Hardly De Acted on NOw-Adminis-
trntiOn Leaders Want to See What
the People Think About It-Extra
Session, If Amy, VIII BE Called Aft
err November Elections.
Washington, June 22.-Senators gen.
dispense between the first and the
Fourth of July. The session will
probably be extended somewhat by the
necessity of concluding consideration
of the Philippine government bill be-
fore all the appropriate bills could
be disposed of finally during the pres
ent week. The House, however, will not
pass on the Philippine bill until the lat
ter part of the week, and it is expected
that it will be necessary to devote con-
siderable time in conference to the
differences between the Senate and
House. No senator now places the
day of adjournment beyond the
Fourth. The conference between the
two houses on the inter-oceanic canal
bill has been arranged and it is ex-
pected that an agreement will be
reached during the present week.
The sessions of the Senate during
the present week will be devoted to
odds and ends of legislation. 1t was
the purpose of the Republican Steer
ing Committee to make the Cuban reci-
procity bill the order of business after
the disposition of the inter-oceanic ca
nal bill, but the two Republican con-
ferences have rendered it evident that
there could be no reciprocity legisla-
ton this session, so the Steering Com
mittee had abandoned it's purpose.
1t is possible that the Cuban Com
mittee will report the reciprocity bill
before adjournment, but if it should
do so there will be no effort to secure
action on it in view of the we'll known
opposition of a large part of the SEN
ate The friends of the policy of reci-
procity, however, are quite determined
to bring the matter up the next ses-
sion, and repeat what they said in
Fridays conference, that they will not
desist until they accomplish their pur-
pose Whether in the end they will
do this through bill or through a
treaty they do not now undertake to
say.
4 Cuban Treaty Under Way.
1t is generally understood about the
Senate that reciprocity treaty with
Cuba is we'll under way, but it is now
believed that there will not be any eff
fort to ratify it during the present ses-
sion, even if the document should be
sent to the Senate. The disposition in
brief is to go to the country on the
question, in the hope that the cause
will be strengthened thereby and that
at least some of the beet sugar Repub-
licans will be won over by next De-
cember. Senators generally do not
count on an extra session Immediately
in case a treaty should be sent in. but
many of them are inclined to believe
that if the treaty is completed the Sem
ate will be callet together in eXtraor-
binary session for its consideration
soon after the November elections in
order to get the treaty out of the way,
if possible, before the beginning of the
regular session in December. Indeed,
it may be said that this is the present
programme SO far as a programme has
been outlined, though it's execution will
probably depend somewhat on the re-
suit of the elections, and whether they
are favorable to reciprocity or not.
No Chance for New states.
Some interest is manifested in the
notice Senator Quay has given that he
will call up to- morrow his motion for
the discharge of the Committee on
Territories from further consideration
of the omnibus statehood bill, in order
70 on II DURING the
ent session; but the understanding now
is that he will not press his motion
and that the question will go over I'M
til the next session of Congress in
obedience to the wish of the Republi-
can leaders. Senator Bate, however
has stated that If Senator Quay does
not press his motion he (Senator
Bate will move to have the commit
tee discharged and the bill taken up.
This motion would bring the question
up but coming from the minority side
of the chamber, it would be predestin-
ed to defeat, as it is understood there
are very few if any Republican sena
tors who will support such a motion if
made by a Democratic senator.
The Weeks Programme.
On Tuesday the Senate will take up,
in obedience to the wish of Senator
Burton, the bill creating a national
forest reserve in the Southern Appala-
chan mountain range, but the under
standing is that consideration of the
measure shall be confined to one day.
Wednesday Senator McCumber will be
heard in support of the pure food bill,
but consideration of this question under
agreement will be confined to a speech
by the senator and there will be no
effort at that time to pass the bill.
Senator Stewards bill confirming the
agreement with the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Indians is the unfinished
business, and it is understood to be
Mr.. Stewards purpose to press its con-
sideration when there is no more high
" privileged matter to be considered.
Senator Penrose on Monday will re-
mort the general immigration bill and IL
is understood that he will make a
strenuous effort TO have this measure
considered during the week. or at least
before the final adjournment of Con-
gress.
For the rest the week will be given
over 10 conference reports on apprO-
priation bills and other measures in
dispute between the two houses. The
conference report on the naval APP
propriati0n bill viii be submitted on
Monday and early consideration VIII
be given the report There viii also
be an EFFORT 10 have the dispute over
the army bin adjusted during the
week with some prospect ~ success.
The Committee on Appropria fiona viii
take up the general deficiency Bill to-
morrow and viii probably report q
the latter part ~ the week. This De-
ne iaat ci the appropriation bills. ami
with be- disposal there wili Do Ntii.
in the way II final adjournment ~