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SENATE UNCERTAIN
AS To WHETHER 1T WILL CON-
TINUE OR ADJOURN.
END OF THE EXTRA SESSION
A MATTER ON WHICH BOTH
HOUSES ARE UNDECIDED.

Senate Wants to Close the Session
and Vote ON Dec. 16 on the Cuban
Treaty Bill-HOuse Has Not Yet
Given Any Expression Upon This
POint-SOme Members Do Not Ad-
vOcate It-FOrecast for Both
Houses.
Washington Nov. 22.-The Senate
will begin tomorrow in a state of I'M
certainty as to whether a final ad-
journment of the extra session will be
secured during the week or the regu-
lar daily sessions continued.
A majority of the senators are
anxious to bring the session to a close,
and to this end an agreement has prac-
tically been entered into for a vote on
Dec. 16 on the Cuban reciprocity bill.
The acquiescence of the House of Rep
resentatives in the programme, how
the two houses reach an agreement no
definite announcement can be ma lie.
Leading senator's. on the whole, are
rather confident that an adjournment
will be brought about and say 1t will
be impossible to hold a quorum of
either body after Thanksgiving.
The present understanding is that a
proposition to fix a day for adjourn
ment will be made by the Senate on
Monday or Tuesday, whereupon it will
be formally conveyed to the House.
This will form a basis for negotiation.
% hoe
ence between members of the two
houses on the adjournment question.
The understanding in the Senate is
that the day for taking vote on the
Cuban bill will be fixed without re-
gard to the adjournment of the extra
session. When the Republican Sena-
tors secure this agreement they will
be comparatively Indifferent as to
whether the Senate remains in session
or not. If an adjournment Is not had
there will be a general agreement that
senators who wish to speak on the Gu
ban bill will be allowed that privilege,
with the understanding that no other
business shall be taken up. If there
are no speeches to be made the Sem
ate will take frequent adjournments for
three days at time, as permitted by
the constitution, without reference to
what the House may do. There are a
number of senators who desire to dis
cuss the Cuban bill, but it is probable
most OF them will postpone their
speeches until after the beginning of
the regular session, Dec. Z.
When the Cuban bill is taken UP,
Senator Cullom will make brief
speech in explanation of it's merits,
and after he concludes there probably
will be no more addresses by friends of
the bill until towards the close of the
discussion. Meantime the Colorado,
Louisiana, Texas and Florida senators,
and probably some others, will make
speeches intended to show that the
enactment of the bill into law will be
injurious to the sugar interests of the
United StatcS-lnd contrary to the best
public policy.
In addition to receiving the report
on the Cuban bill, the Senate prob
ably will make a reassignment of
senators to committees tomorrow.
The committees announced is likely
to be made the occasion for a speech
by Senator Morgan which is antic-
ipated with considerable interest.
In the make up of the committees the
Alabama senator will be displaced as
: chairman of the Committee on 18th
milan Canals. He has been chairman
of that committee since it's organi-
cation and has been identified with
canal legislation ever since he en-
tered the Senate. 1t is understood
that he will review to some extent
(lis connection with this important
work and that in doing so he will
sharply criticise those who fail to
agree with him in advocacy of the
Nicaragua route.