Evening journal., 1902-05-26
.SBNA BUSY With
PHILIPPINE BILL
Probably Will Consider 1t
Another Week
Beet Sugar Men Seek Delay in Order
TO Defeat the Cuban Bill
in Senate

Washington, May 26.-From present.
indications the senate will devote an
other full week. if not a longer time,
to consideration of the Philippine bill.
The prediction is freely made that a
vote will not be reached before the
middle of next week. There are still
a number of set speeches promised on
the bill and some other senators have
not yet indicated whether they will
speak or not. Senator Burrows spoke
today in advocacy of the bill, and
among others who are expected to
speak this week are Senators Patter.
son, Pettus, Bailey and Bacon in Op-
position to the bill, and Senator
Spooner in its support When the set
speeches are disposed of there will
be an effort to secure two or three
days time for consideration of
amendments, allowing speeches not ex-
ceeding 10 or is minutes on each Of
them.
The continued deferment of the time
for taking a vote on the Philippine
measure has caused considerable
abatement in the preparation for dis
cussion of the Nicaraguan canal bill
and the Cuban reciprocity bill, which
will be taken up next in succession OF
jointly, The beet sugar people predict
a months debate on the Nicaragua
bill, but this prediction is not in ac-
cord with the views of the advocates
of the Nicaragua bill or its oppon
ents in the isthmian canal commission.
Both these elements are now claiming
a majority and are saying that the
sooner the vote is reached the better
they will be satisfied. The beet sugar
men, however, are counting confident
ly on the cooperation of the side
which finds itself in the minority in
the matter of postponing the vote on
the canal bill. In other words, the
beet sugar advocates welcome the in
PRODUCTION of any question which will
defer consideration of the Cuban bill
since they think that there will be nc
Cuban legislation at all if the taking
up of that question can be postponed
until after the passage of all the ap
preparation bills.
The appropriation bills should be
passed before the 1st of July in order
to supply money for the support of the
government after that date, and the
beet sugar men consequently expect
that considerable time will be giveI
during the month Of June to the ap
preparation bills remaining undisposeC
of. They count confidently on the earl!
adjournment of congress after the ap
propriation bills are out of the way
and they hint that If after that tim'
there is an effort to pass the Cubat
bill it will be incumbent on the friends
of the bill to maintain a quorum in th'
senate.
1T would be hardly fair" said ;
beet sugar Republican senator in dis
cussing the contingency mentioned
ito expect the opponents Of the pro
posed reduction to assist in prolong
ing a session in midsummer for thu
purpose of passing a measure whicl
they do not want to see enacted int
law"
There is still a considerable Repuh
lican element in the senate opposed Il
the tariff reduction, and it is asserted
by the beet sugar men that the As Re
publicans necessary to pass the bill
have not yet been secured. It is dc
clared, however, that a practically
unanimous vote could be secured TO
a rebate measure.