The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-17
THIS WEEK N CONGRESS
Hope Of a Compromise on State
hood Abandoned.
MEASURE BLOCKS PROGRESS.

Will Probably Be Tackled On to Post.
office Bill as Rider-Both Sides
Still Determined and End Seems
Further Off Than Ever.
Washington, Feb. 16.-The senate
still finds itself burdened with the
statehood bill, and while just as anx-
ious to dispose of it in some way in
order to proceed unimpeded with other
business, it is not even as confident
of being able to do so as at the begin
ming of last week. With only fourteen
working days of the session left. SEN
ators generally feel that the matter
must be gotten out of the way. There
are still numerous appropriation bills
to be considered, Senator Cullom
wants to call up various treaties, Sen
ator Lodge is anxious over the fate
of the Philippine bills, Senators Pen
rose and Fairbanks are clamoring for
time for the immigration bill. Sen
ator Aldrich wants his national bank
bill considered, Senator McComas is
urging the lighthouse bill, Senator
Quarles the land entry bill and Sen
ator Warren his omnibus claims bills.
Indeed there is scarcely senator
who has not some measure which he
desires to press. and all feel that the
statehood bill may be In the way of
consideration. Senator Quay more
over. gave notice that he would insist
on having the statehood bill taken
up PROMPTLY after the close of routine
morninr business each day in order
to cut off other measures. All thought
of compromise on the statehood mat
ter apparently has been abandoned,
and no course except to fight it out
now seems open. The Democrats
compromise which would link Arizona
with New Mexico and Senator Quay
| has decided not to make any agree.
| ment which would not be satisfactory
| to his allies. His intention. therefore
is "to stay with the bill to the end u
| 1t is now quite definitely decided &c
! use the postoff1ce appropriation bill
as the vehicle for carrying the state
I! hood bill provided the senate shows
| WILLINGNESS to put the measure or
one of the appropriation bills. If the
amendment should be carried the
| statehood fight would be transferred
to the postoffice bill with the result
ant danger of an extra session if the
| fight became protracted. If the amend
ment does not prevail, the genera
opinion is that the statehood advo
Gates either will have to accept a com
promise or allow the entire measur,
to fall with the expiration of the ses
sion. for the opponents of statehood
show no disposition to yield.
The chief supporters of the two i'm
portant treaties now before the sen
ate the Panama canal treaty and tn
Cuban reciprocity treaty. are great
puzzled over the situation The state
hood bill stands squarely across thei
respective pathways. After allowin
a day for consideration of the Panama
treaty. Senator Quay has declined It
yield any more time and as conse
quence Senator Cullom, who is Il
charge Of both treaties, finds the en-
of the session approaching wfthou
seeing his way clear to get eithe
treaty ratified The one dav given +
the Panama treaty has served merel
to demonstrate that it will requir
! considerable time to secure action o.
1t. After Senator Morgan had talke
most of the day Thursday last. i
which he told some of his senatorial
friends that he had onlv begun hi
discourse. it was made eviden
that there would be sufficient oppos
ton on the part of other senators t
prevent the success of the treaty b
the mere physical exhaustion of tn
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