The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-06
THEIR HOLIDAY OVER
oru HOUSES OF CONGRESS RE-
CONVENE TODAY.
THE IsTHMIAN CANAL BILL
rrp,RN MEASURE TO BE INTRO
DUCED TUESDAY.

infer of the Panama Canal Company
% sell for $40, 900, 900 May PrOlOng
.Lo Discussion and Change the
u-oorsmme Somewhat Several
s..otors VIII Criticise the Bill,
h,t the probability Is That 1t
uiu Pass SpeediIy-The Senate
VIII Take Up the Philippine Tar
III Bill.
woebington. Jan. 5.-After a recess
# nearly three weeks, both houses
ill re-convene tomorrow. The prin-
.iraI article on the House programme
,or the week is the Hepburn isthmian
oonal bill. which is the special order
.,r Tuesday. No limit has been fixed
nc to the time for debate upon this
measure. but Mr.. Hepburn does not
contemplate a prolonged discussion OF
u It is surmised in some quarters,
however. that if the proposition of the
Panama Canal Company to sell its
rronerty for $4O0OO,0O0 should be made
to.morrow, as promised, this may have
tbs effect of opening wider field of
ssoresion than at first seemed prob
oble and if this should prove to be
tbe case the bill may be before the
House for a longer time than is now
contaminated. Mr. Burton has given
notice of a speech on the bill, and 1t
Is understood that there also will be
other speeches in criticism of special
features of the measure, but its
friends are very sanguine, not only
that the bill will pass, but that it VIII
pass speedily. Mr.. Hepburn, the author
of the bill, thinks that only few days
of debate will be necessary.
It is expected that by the time the
canal bill is disposed Of there will be
one or more appropriation bills ready
for consideration by the House. None
of the appropriations bills mas YET been
passed on by the Appropriations Com
mittee, but both the urgent deficiency
and the pension bills are in a forward
state and the expectation is that they
will be considered by the committee
during the current week. The present
intention is to give first attention to
the deficiency bill. The estimates for
that bill aggregate about Sl2,00O, 600,
and it is not believed that these fig
ures will be scaled down materially.
Little business Before senate.
The Senate has no programme for
the week and very little business on
It's calendar, as the re-orga ganization of
ha 1Y71fffanc did MT fqE.a
Place until Just before the holidays.
There are, however. a few bridge bills
reported, and Senator Morgan's bill
for the acquisition of right of way for
the Nicaraguan canal is among the
measures in position to receive atten-
ton. It is not probable, however, that
the right of way bill will receive con-
sideration at this time, the disposition
being rather to await the action of
The House upon the general subject,
and then have the Senate predicate its
action on the House bill. If this course
should be decided on the discussion of
the canal question in the Senate will
De postponed for q few weeks. The
committee on the Philippines will take
up the Philippine tariff question very
soon, but there is yet no indication as
10 how much time the matter may con-
sumo in committees. Hence there is
no probability that the Senate itself
Will be able to reach that question for
some time. Senator Frye is engaged on
ms report on the shipping bill but is
not yet able to fix the time for it's
completion.
the announcement of Senator Sew
eus death probably will be made to-
morrow IN which event there will be
al immediate adjournment for the
uay. An adjournment from Thursday
o Snul the following Monday is contem-