The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
LOOKS BAD FOR CUBA
BEET SUGAR MEN PLAN TO DEFEAT
RELIEF.
A SCHEME TO SIDETRACk.
TOO MANY OTHER BILLS CLAIM
RIGHT OF WAY.

Senate VIII Put I'm Another Week on
Philippine Bill and VIII Probably
Not Reach n Vote Until Middle of
Next Week-Nicaragua Canal and
Cuban Reciprocity Come Next, but
Appropriation Bills Must Be Dis
posed of by July IA Months De-
bnte Predicted on the Canal Meas
ure.
Washington May 25.--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
vote will not be reached before the
middle of the following week. There
are still a number of set speeches
promised on the bill and some other
senators have not yet indicated wheth-
er they will speak or not. Senator
Burrows will be heard tomorrow in
advocacy of the BILL and among others
who are expected to speak during the
week are Senators Patterson, Pettus,
Bailey and Bacon in opposition to the
bill and Senator Spooner in it's 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
exceeding ten or fifteen minutes on
each of them.
1t is not. expected that there will be
any session of the Senate on Friday,
as that is Memorial Day and a holt
day. The practice of the Senate in the
matter of adjournment on Memorial
Day hassnot been uniform, and there
may be an effort to keep the Senate
in session, but this effort will be an
tagonized.
The continued deferment of the time
measure has caused considerable
abatement in the preparation for dis
cussion of the Nicaragua canal bill
and the Cuban reciprocity bin, which
will be taken up next, in succession or
jointly.
Want Canal Question Decided.
The beet sugar people predict n
months debate on the Nicaragua canal
bill, but this prediction is not in accord
with the views of the advocates of the
Nicaragua bill or it's opponents in the
iSthmian canal committee. 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, how
ever, are counting confidently 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 ad-
VCcateS welcome the introduction of
any question which will defer consid-
Grafton of the Cuban bill, since they
think that there will be no Cuban leg
islation at all if the taking up of that
| question can be postponed until after
the passage of all the appropriation
| bills.
The appropriation bills should be
passed before the first of July in or
der to supply money for the support
OF the government after that date, and
they consequently expect that consid-
cradle time will be given during the
month of June to the appropriation
bills remaining undisposed of. They
count confidently on the early adjourn
ment of Congress after the appr0pria-
ton bills are out of the way, and they
hint that if after that time there is an
effort to pass the Cuban bill it will be
incumbent on the friends of the bill to
maintain a quorum in the Senate.
1T would hardly be fair" said a
beet sugar Republican senator to-day
in discussing the contingency mention
ed, ito expect the opponents of the
proposed reduction to assist in prolong-
ing a session in midsummer for the
purpose of passing a measure which
they do not want to see enacted into
law"
tn
There is still a considerable Repub-
lican element in the Senate opposed to
the tariff reduction and it is asserted
by the beet sugar men that the as Re-
pubhcans necessary to pass the bill
have not yet been secured. 1t is de-
clared, however, that a practically
unanimous vote could be secured for a
rebate measure.