The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-23
CLOSE OF CONGRESS AT HAND
JULY 5 GENERALLY FIXED AS
 THE DAY.
Republican Steering Committee of the Senate AbandOns It's Purpose of Fore ing Consideration of Cuban Reel procity-Now Recognized That There is No Hope for the Measure.

l NO pope TOT the meRHuEe.
 | Washington, June 22-The opinion ot
 the house leaders is that this coming
 week will be the last week of the pres.
 ent session of congress. Although nc
 resolution for a sine die adjournment has yet been introduced the leaders | generally fix the date of final adjourn ! ment at July of next week
 The sessions of the senate during the present week will be devoted to odds
 and ends of legislation. It was the purpose of the republican steering com | mittee to make the Cuban reciprocity bill the order of business after the dis
 position of the inter-oceanic canal bill, but the two republican conferences
 have rendered it evident that there
 could be no reciprocity legislation this
 session so the steering committee has
 abandoned its purpose.
 On Tuesday the senate will take up
 in obedience to the wish of Senator
 Burton the bill creating a national for est reserve in the southern Appalachian
 mountain range. Wednesday Senator
 McCumber will be heard in support of
 the pure food bill, but there will be no effort at that time to pass the bill.
 The committee on appropriations will take up the general deficiency bill to- morrow and probably will report it the latter part of the week. This is the last of the appropriation bills and with its disposal there will be little in the way of final adjournment of congress
 Senators generally predict that con- gress will disperse between July and 4. The session probably will be ex- tended somewhat by the necessity of concluding consideration of the Philip pine government bill as all the appro- priation bills could be finally disposed of during the present week.
 The conference between the two houses on the inter-oceanic canal bill has been arranged, and it is expected that an agreement will be reached dur ing the present week.
 It is possible that the Cuban commit tee 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 well known opposi- tion of a large part of the senate.
 The friends of the policy of reciproc- ity, however, are quite determined to bring the matter up the next session and repeat that they will not desist un- til they accomplish their purpose. Whether in the end they will do this through a bill or through treaty they do not now undertake to say
 It is generally understood about the senate that a reciprocity treaty with Cuba is well under way, but it is not believed that there will be any effort to ratify it during the present session 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 thereby and that at least some of the beet sugar republicans will oe won over by next December.
 Senators generally do not count on an extra session immediately in case treaty should be sent in, but many of | hem are inclined to believe that if the | ,reaty is completed the senate will be | ,aled together in extraordinary session | or it's consideration soon after the No- ,ember elections in order to get the | reaty out of the way if possible before he beginning of the regular session in December. Indeed, it may be said that | his is the present programme so far as . programme has been outlined though ts execution will depend somewhat on he result of the elections.