The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-19
SENATE FORECAST.

The statehood bill, the immigration bill and the Cuban reciprocity treaty will vie with each other in demanding the attention of the senate during the pres ent week, and the probabilities are that before the close of he week, all of them will be displaced, temporarily at least by the legislative and judicial appropria- tion bill The last named measure has been under the consideration by the sub committee of the senate committee on ap- propriations for the last two weeks, and will be laid before the full committee to- morrow. It's consideration by the full committee will be completed at one or two sittings, and as soon as possible it will be taken up fn the senate, the pur- pose being to present consideration of the appropriation bills las rapidly as possible, in order to avoid necessity for an extra session. Senator Allison, chairman of the committee on appropriations, has given notice that he will resist all further ef- forts to secure an adjournment of the senate from Thursday to Monday.
 Cuban Treaty Today.
 The fact that Senator Cullom, as chair man of the committee on foreign rela- tions, has given notice that he will ask the senate to go into executive session Monday to consider the Cuban treaty does not mean that there will be any clash at that time between the treaty and the statehood bill. The seante will be asked to take up the treaty during the morning hour in the seante, and the statehood bill does not come up until 3 o'clock There is a conflict, however, between the notice given by Senator Gull lom in the interest of the treaty and the one given by Senator Fairbanks to the effect that he would seek to call up the immigration bill during the morning hour on Monday It Is probable that the treaty
 will be given preference. The present in-
 dications are that the Cuban treaty will
 be before the senate for some time to
 come. Many southern senators feel that
 the treaty discriminates against southern products, and they are organized for a determined fight. There are also some in- dications that while the beet sugar in- terests may not openly antaganize the treaty as amended, they will stand ready to encourage others in opposition. The tobacco interests are dissatisfied with the
 agreement and are preparing to fight it vigorously. The first effort of the opposi-
 tion will be to substitute for the treaty either the reciprocity bill passed by the
 house last session or the French reci- procty treaty. There will be many cf forts to amend the Cuban treaty if the senate decides to proceed with its con- sderation, and the offering of these amendments will be followed by much | speech-making
 Statehood Bill a "Goer."
 All efforts looking to a compromise of | the statehood bill appear for the time to | have been abandoned, and both sides now claim that 1t is their purpose to fight
 it out on the lines already drawn The | opponents of the bill express confidence | in their ability to continue the present speech-maling as long as 1t may be neces- | sary to accomplish It's defeat in the pres- | ent session The friends of the measure 1 express confidence that they will secure
 vote before the close of the session. | The trust question Is receiving no little attention at the hands of senators but
 their talk is confined largely to the cloak
 rooms. The members of Senator Hoar's
 subcommittee are giving attention to the
 subject as individuals. but will postpone | formal consideration of the question until 1 the house shall act, unless 1t becomes l apparent that action there will be post | poned too long. Senators generally ex- | press the opinion that some conservative | trust measure will be gotten through dur
 ing the present session, but all of them
 recognize the difficulty of agreeing on
 measures affecting such vast interests.
 and involving such important principles as | VIII any bll on ine SuDJect or trusts | There is also promise of debate on
 Senator Vests coal tariff resolution. It
 was expected that the passage of the | bill removing the duty on anthracite coal | would prevent further discussion of this | subject, but some republican senators | have indicated a desire to reply to the | remarks of Messrs. Vest and Tillman. | and if they adhere to their decision a | pretty sharp tariff debate not unmixed with reference to the trusts may be pre- | cipitated at any time