Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-23
57TH CONGRESS-.
Senate Will Now Clean Up the
Odds and Ends.
No Cuban Reciprocity Legislation Is
Expected at This Session.
Extra Session May Be Called After
November Elections.

| Washington, June 22.-The sessions
of the Senate during the present week
will be devoted to odds and ends OF
| legislation. 1t was the purpose of the
| Republican steering committee to make
| the Cuban reciprocity bill the order
| of business after the disposition OF
| the inter-oceanic bill. but the two
Republican conferences have rendered
| ii evident that there could be no reel
procity Legislation this session, so the
steering committee has abandoned its
purpose.
Some interest is manifested in the
notice Senator Quay has given that.
tomorrow. he will call up his motion
for the discharge of the committee on
territories from further consideration
Of the omnibus statehood bill in or
der to secure action on ii during the
present session, but the understand
ing now is that he will not press his
motion and that the question will 20
over until the next session of Con-
gress in obedience to the wish of the
Republican leaders. Senator Bate.
however, has stated that if Senator
Quay does not press his motion he
(Bate) viii move to have the com
mittec discharged and the bill taken
uD, but coming from the minority side
of the chamber it would be predes-
tined to defeat, rs it is understood
very few if any Republican senators
will support such a motion if made
by a Democratic senator.
on Tuesday. the Senate will take
up, in obedience TO the wish of SEN
ator Burton, the bill creating a ma
tional forest reserve in the southern
Appalachian range.
Wednesday. Senator McCumber win
he heard in support of the pure food
bill. but there will be no effort at
that time to pass the bill.
Senator Stewards bill concerning
the agreement with the Choctaw ana
Chickasaw Indians is the unfinished
business and it is understood to be
Stewards purpose to press its con
sideration when there is no more
highly privileged matter to be con
sidered.
Senator Penrose, Monday, will re-
port the general Immigration bin and
it is understood that he will make
strenuous effort TO have the measure
considered during the week, or at
t''lNt btlblt llle IIldl adjournment OF
Congress.
For the rest, the work will be given
over to conference reports on appropria-
ton bills ana other measures i'll dispute
between the two houses.
The conference report on the naval an
preparation bill will be submitted. Mon
day. and early consideration will be Civ
en- the report. There also will be an ef-
fore to have the dispute over the army
bill adjusted during the week with some
prospect Of success.
The committee on appropriation will
take up the general deficiency bill, tomor-
row. ana will report it the latter part Of
the week. This is the last of the appro-
priation bills ana with its disposal there
will he little in the way Of final adj
journment of Congress.
Senators generally predict that the CON
Fress will dispense between July l and a.
The session probably will be extended
somewhat by the necessity of concluding
consideration Of the Philippine govern
ment bill. as all the appropriation BILL
could be finally disposed Of during tho
present week.
The conference between the two houses
on the interoccanic canal bill has been
arranged and it is expected that an agree
ment will be reached during the present
week
1t is possible that the Cuban committee
will report the reciprocity bin before ad-
journmcnt, but if it should do SO there
will be no effort u sanction On it in view
OF the wcll-known opposition Of a large
part of the Senate.
The friends Of the policy Of reciprocity.
however, are quite determined to bring
the matter up at the next session and re-
port that they Will not desist until they
accomplish their purpose. Whether in
the end they will do this through a. bill
or through treaty they do not now UNI
dertake to say.
1t is generally understood about til
Senate that a reciprocity treaty with Gu
ba is well underway. but IL IS not be-
leved that there Will be any effort to rat
ify it during the present session even Il
the document should be sent to the Sen
ate. The disposition in brief is to 20 to
the country on the question, in the hope
that the cause will be strengthened there
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