The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10

sage of the Philippine Tariff bill
by the House, little or nothing OF
Importance vas disposed of. The
Congress at the coming session,
however. enters upon the transac-
= ton of the most serious and vital
work which rests before it. The
most important legislative mat
tiers it probably may act upon may
be enumerated as follows:
An Isthmian Canal bill.
Philippines Tariff bill.
Proposition for reciprocity with
Cuba.
Plan to reduce Southern repre-
sentation.
The Ship Subsidy bill.
An Irrigation bill.
The reciprocity treaties pending
before the Senate.
a bill prescribing civil govern
ment for the Philippines.
A solution of the Schley Samp.
I son controversy.
At least one of these subjects
, the proposition to reduce the
Southern repreSentation-iS al
most certain to fail OF action. The
remaining items, however, may be
disposed of.
THE HEPBURN BILL.
In the House this week the
order of business places the Hep
/ burn Nicaraguan Canal bill first
upon the list of measures to be
considered. When it reaches the
Senate the situation is likely TO
become uncertain. In that body
pitfalls may be thrown in the way
of the measure by advocates of the
offer of the Panama Canal Com
! pany TO dispose OF its interests for
the sum of SAC, 900, goo. There APP.
pears to be not the slightest likeli-
/ hood of decision by the Senate,
to accept the Panama route, but
at the same time it cannot be
gainSaid that the inducements
which have been offered by the
Panama Company may serve to
seriously endanger the passage OF
he Hepburn or any other bill.
PHILIPPINES TARIFF IN SENATE.
While the House is considering
the canal bill the Senate will be
engaged in debating the measure
| formulating a tariff system for the
Philippines, which was passed by
the House prior to the holiday re.
cess. The bill as passed by the
House will no doubt be subject to
amendment by the Senate com.
mittee. and it is almost certain
not to be disposed of without de
bate of the utmost freedom. The
measure was rail roaded through
the HouSe-an action made posi-
BILE by the undemOcratic rules oil
that body-but in the Senate its
faults will be laid before the
country and the precise attitude
OF the two parties be made clear
before vote is taken. The Re
publicans of the Senate are by nc
means a unit as to what should be
done with this measure.
RECIPROCITY CONVENTIONS.
Senator Shelby M. Cullom, Of
Illinois, chairman of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, be
fore which reciprocity treaties
| with France, Argentina and Other
countries are pending, is DESTROYS
that favorable action shall be
taken by the Senate upon those
conventions, although every in
dicatioH points to their death in
the pigeon holes of Mr.. Cullom's
committee. A consensus of the
Senate shows overwhelming op
position to these treaties in theil
present form, and unless they are
radically amended so as not te
impair the colossal profits now be
ing commanded by certain highly
protected interests under the Re
publican tariff policy, they have
only a shade of a chance of being
favorably acted upon.
The Ship Subsidy bill, nov
pending before the Senate Com
merce Committee, will be consider
ed by that commit tee during tn,
week. 1t will probably be favOra
bly, reported. 1t is said that thu
subsidy bill will not be consider
ed in the light of a party measure
by the majority of the Senate
Senator William ?. Frye, of Maine
one of its authors, chairman of tn,
Commerce Committee, has inform
ed his colleagues that he is con
tent that the bill shall be PLACED
upon the Senate calendar ant
allowed to take its chances in thu
regular order of business.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
Reciprocity with Cuba Will re
ceive an impetus in the House soOl
after Congress meets. Leading Re
publican members of the Ways ant
Means Comm ittee favor the propo
sition and will endeavor to secur