Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-01
57TH CONGRESS.
The Finals Session Will Be
Opened, Tomorrow.
DeIuge Of Bills on Trust Question
Expected in the House.
Great Amount of Business Also Ready
for Senate

a perfect deluge of bills de;,lin. with
the trust question in all its phases wilt
he thrown into the Legislative homer
II is admitted ON al sides that this will
he the most important topic of discus
sion. Indeed the leaders incline To the
belief that beyond the appropriat ton
bills and roumiinc Legislation il will be
the only general subject On which there
is Il CHARGE of action at the short SEES
sion.
AS yet the leaders have formulated
no measure and there exists quite IL
vile divergence of opinion as 10 what
can or should be lone. The President s
recommendations on the subject are
aw,titcd With interest. The most con
servative opinion among the Republic
can leaders seems to favor an appro-
priation fer the enforcement of the
Sherman ANTITRUST law. Snch an al-
preparation. is pointed out. could bc
placed on oi,a Of The regular appropria-
ton bills and put through both Houses
without difficulty. whereas. any
amendment t6 tn. law Itself. no matter
how conservative WORLD likely meet
OPP ostcn.
Mr.. Hepburn Of Iowa. chairman Of
the Interstate ana foreign commerce
commission. is one of those who be-
liere that the sherman law. if enforced.
is sufficient 10 meet the situation and
tomorrow. he will introduce IL bill APP
propriating $561.eN0 10 be used by the
deraitm Of justice i'm prosecuting
under the present law. 1t is not i'm
proba Die when the leaders ascertain
exactly what can he done that eau
Gus of the Republicans will be called
to agree Oil Il measure.
Meantime the trust bills introduced
proba bly, will be referred to the iudici-
airy COMMITTEES. There is some question
Of pirisdictior. If Il bin invokes the in
tcrStat" commerce clause of the conSti-
tuition it properly should go L" the
commerce commission and IL the tax
ing rover of the government To the
ways ana means committee. But to
secure uniformilN III bills dealing with
the subject have game heretofore 70 the
judiciary committee and this practice
probably viii be followed unless a fight
for jurisdiction is made. The leaders
already have resolved TO expedite tn"
appropriation bills as much as possible,
lime. for other matters.
Mr. cannon. chairman Of the appro-
priaticns committee. b, lieves that the
legislative. executive and judicial and
the pension appropriations bills can be
disposed of before the holidays. His
committee will go to work at once and
prepare the supply bills us rapidly hs
! possible The Legislative ana pension
| bills probably will be read before the
| end OF the week. one of the first
| things the appropriations committee
| will he called To do however Is to pre-
| pare 4 hill To provide for the coal STRIKE
commission. Judgn Gray chairman Of
ihc commission. has written a letter Il
Mir Cannon asking for an appropria
! lion nt S.o.G,0 To defriy the expenses 81
| the commission. Ia pay its clerical force
| ar,l to furnish such compensation loi
its members as the President may fix
| Tho appropriations committee vii
meet. tomorrow, To prepare bill which
L is believed will be presented art
| pgsSed. this week. No opposition to J.
from the minority is anticipated
The session Of the House. tomorrow
| will IL. brict The roll will be callet
ana the announcement of the death:
that have occurred during The recess:
| will BE- made
The House will adjourn Tuesia,
when The Presidents message viii b'
read There is no program for the re
maindcr Of The week beyond the bill 4
d,fray tn expenses Of the coal strik
commission. If the regular order is de
mand,d the London dock charge bill !
the unfinished business.
| The admission of the territories c
Oklahoma. New Mexico and Arizona a
states of the union probably Will he III
subject of general Importance to RI
ceive the attention of the Senate
the session which begins at noon. IL
morrow.
After The omnibus territorial hi
| passed the House. last SESSION. i
friends in the Senate We're so insistei
!, on action Nv the Senate and so stror
in point Of numbers that in the int
cst Of other pending legislation a unal
NOUS agreement was reached that
= | consideration of abatement by u
. friends Of the measure during the Ia
:. session the committee on territori
4 would report on the bill. next Wedne
.. day. Dec 3. and that week later Il
! hill should become the unfinished bus
ness of the Senate. which means tn
= unless the measure shall he displa @
: nv vote or by unanimous consent.
y eli occupv the first place on the Sc
4 late calendar until disposed Of. 1t
!, the current expectation that this pr
gram will be carried out whether I
:. committees report is favorable or u
a favorable. as the agreement confer
:, Mated rega rdiess of n character Of ]
II port.
There is no definite information
, to what the committees decision "
! be. but at the last session all Repub
j can members of the committee exec
n Senator quay voted to defer consider
= ton. while Senator Quay and all I
Democratic members voted for imme,
- ate action. the result being a MAORI
10 for postponement- IL is known I'll
:. some. of the Republican members fay
Ia an amendment of the bill so as to pl
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