The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-02
SENATE To VOTE
ON PHILIPPlNEBlLL
Canal Question Will Also Be De-
bated This Week.
-A
HOUSE TO DISCUSS ANARCHY
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CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN
THE IRRIGATION BILL.
HOUSE TO DISCUSS ANARCHY

TTTASHINGTON, June Under the
Wv terms of the unanimous agree
mcnt reached last wednesday,
the senate viii vote at 4 o'clock Tues
, day on the bin providing a form Of
civil government for the Philippine is
lands. and the entire Intervening time
of the senate's sessions will be devoted
10 ffteen-ninute speeches on the BILL
/ The senate will meet at II O'Clock Oh
/ Monday and on Tuesday for The pw-
/ pose of giving additional time for the
/ discussion. A large number Of short
! speeches viii be made, but no order
| for their delivery has been agreed on.
= The general understanding nov ls
/ that on Wednesday. after the disposal
of the Philippines bill, the Nicaragua
! canal bill will be called up AND made
] the regular order Of business An eff
fort viii be made to substitute for the
( Nicaragua bill the bill introduced by
/ Senator SpOoner. leaving 70 the dis
/ erection Of the president the selection Or
an isthmian canal route, and its cham
[ piOns are claiming a majority Of the
! senate will support them
7 The friends of the Nicaragua route,
and also the advocates of a policy tnaL
would leave the president discretion as
i to the route, now say there is no ne
/ cessity or prospect for prolonged de-
bate A number Of speeches. however,
/ already have been announced.
Senator Hanna viii speak at length
for the SpOoner bill. as VIII Senator
Kittredge. Among those who have in
dicated their purpose of addressing the
senate i'm the interest of the Nicaragua
route are Senators Harris, Mitchell,
Foster of Louisiana, Turner ana Nor
gan.
The present understanding is that
the Cuban reciprocity bill VIII not be
= 4 discussed during the week That meas
ure is still in committee but prona0.y
win be reported on Tuesday or We'd
nesday. its terms having been practi-
eaIlvr agreed on by the Rapuoiican
members OF me committee, and oena :
tor Platt of Connecticut, chairman ~
The committee, having indicated ms
purpose TO lay the bin before the 1ull
membership at an early day.
The bin agreed on provides for 2
} straight reduction for five years OF ~
} per cent Of the duty on cuban sooda
I coming into the United States WlInoul
imposing conditions as 10 Immigration
and labor, or, indeed, any otner con-
. ditiOns
II fs the present intention to have the
RepubIican senators caucus on the Dill
when reported. with the hope OF ma 3
ing II a party measure. and thus avoid
ing the division in the party ranks
which was experienced over the ques-
ton in the house Of representative.
2 The naval and District Of columbia
r, appropriation bills probably VIII be re-
a ported during the week, but their inn
$ mediate consideration VIII depend
70 largely on the readiness Of senators q
81, continue the discussion of the cana
question.
= Probable Doings Of House.
e During the coming week the hous'
probably viii act on three Importan
l. bills which the rules committee decided
a some time ago to bring before tina
d body at the earliest opportunity. Ihes
II are the anti-anarchy, the Pacific cabF
bill. and the senate irrigation bil. ~
i. time limit is to be set on the anti
e anarchy bill. consideration Of whici
l. viii be entered on tomorrow, but % 2
le nor believed that ii viii occupy NOR
lie than two days
s dav is TO be given to the BIN 10
re the Government cable TO the Phlnpplne
lie and three DAYS TO the irrigation Dill 4
al case the general deficiency, the last @
the big appropriation bills IS read
le before the end OF the week, the pro
a gramme above outlined may be inter
is rIpted. as appropriation bills and cor
IT. ference reports are to have the righ
w [ of way