The Washington times., 1902-06-23
No Measures of First I'm
portance Pending for
Consideration.
INDIAN TREATY CONES UP TlDAY
An Indication that No Big Business Is
in Sight-Statehood Bill Will Prob
ably Be Dropped-Some Measure Still
in Conference.

The Senate, for the first time during
the present session, has nothing of i'm
portance. OF the first Importance. before
it in the way of unfinished business.
Even since the Philippine tariff bill
was up enc big bill has followed another
without a break of day between, until
last Thursday, when the vote on the
canal bill took place.
Adjournment is near. There would he
an important bill up If there were one.
but as a matter OF fact they have all
been disposed of.
No Exciting Outlook.
The outlook for the coming week in
the Senate is not very exciting. Two or
three appropriation bills are yet to be
disposed of, but the conferees will do
all the work on these. and 1t is not be-
lieyed that any one Of them will cause
a half hours debate in the Senate.
So far this session the appropriation
bills have not resulted in two hours de-
bate altogether. AS far as talk on the
floor of the Senate is concerned they
have been disposed of as easily as "un-
objected pension bills" except for The
bother of reading them.
Nothing is expected in the way OF
Cuban developments. The only possi-
bility is that the President may send in
treaty. and 1t is not believed that he
will do this during the coming week
under any circumstances.
The Senate Calendar.
The Senate calendar contains the fol-
lowing:
Unfinished business; an act to ratify
and confirm an agreement with the
Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of In
dams
Mr.. Stewart, the chairman of the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs. has been try
ing for some days to secure considera-
tion of the bill The fact that he has
at last succeeded is a most convincing
argument that there is nothing else
in sight for the Senate to occupy itself
with. The Senate takes up Indian trea-
ties with great reluctance. and only to
I'LL in time between other matters
The bill will be taken up at o'clock
unless by unanimous consent the state
hood bill is allowed TO lap over from
the morning hour. II is probable that
1t will be disposed of in one or two
days.
The statehood bill will be taken up
Immediately after the morning business
Mr.. Quay has a motion On the table,
subject TO his call, that the Committee
on Territories be discharged from fur
ther consideration of the bill. II Mr..
Quay is strong he may succeed in car
rying his motion. In which case lively
discussion of the bill might ensue.
Bill May Be Dropped.
It is thought probable. however. that
his motion will be lost, and that the bill
will be dropped for the remainder Of
the session.
The Appalachian forest reserve park |
bill is scheduled for tomorrow, unless |
reports or appropriation bills |
come in to occupy the time of the SEN |
ate. The bill has a number of friends |
in the Senate and a number of epemies, |
and perhaps it will be found that it |
will furnish something for the Senate |
to do this week during the early hours |
of the day.
The pure food bill will be called up
on Wednesday by Mr.. McCumber, chair |
man of the Committee on Manufactures. |
The Senate is skeptical OF either of the |
latter bills getting through before the |
of Congress.
The conferees on the District appro-
priation bill are still hard at work, and |
there seems to be little chance that they !
will reach an agreement before the end |
of the present week.