Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-03-02
Number of Bills introduced Ex-
ceeds That of Any Pre-
vious Congress.
9EMOCRATS TO CONTINUE FIGHT
Filihustering to Be Kept Up Until
Present Session Expires-confer.
ence Reports ON Remaining Appro-
prIation Measures May Be Passed.

the session. and do it's best there must
be much left undone when the gavel
of the president pro tempore shall
fall at the close of the final sitting at
noon Wednesday, when the last SEES
sion of the Fifty-seyenth congress will
close by constitutional limitation. The
calendar, even at this late day, is
quite full and there are many more
bills in committee than have been
gress, like most others, only about
10 or II per cent of the bills introduc-
ed have become laws, but it is also to
be said that the record of bills intro
duced far exceeds that of any previous
congress. Tuesdays session will be
continued until Wednesday and the
senate will be in almost continuous
session day and night until then.
OF the supply bills the sundry civil,
postoffice, naval and fortification bills
are still in the hands of conference
committees, but there are no points
in dispute in connection with any of
them which are likely to be difficult
of adjustment. the general deficiency
bill is the only one of the appropria
tion bills that has not passed the SEN
ate, and it will be passed some time
today.
Aside from the appropriation bills
and conference reports, preference
will be given to the Aldrich bond de-
post bill. There is also great anxiety
to get action on the Philippine tariff
bill. There will be a determined ef-
fort to get the Philippine bill in shape
to send to the president before the
final dissolution of congress on We'd
nesday.
A final attempt will be made to press
the Panama canal treaty to con-
clusion, in the hope that Senator Nor
gan may relent in his opposition and
allow the treaty to be ratified rather
than force an extra session of the SEN
ate. His friends say, however, that
he has no such intention, and they
add that he is willing to accept the
full responsibility for a called session.
On the first day of the new session
the new senators will be sworn In
Among those who will take the oath
of Office will be Mr.. Smoot, of Utah,
against whom, on account of his con-
nection with the Mormon church and
his alleged adherence to it's tenets,
old and new a, number of protests
have been filed. These protests
do not constitute proof, and as Mr..
Shoots credentials are entirely re-
ular, he will be allowed to take his
seat, and the investigation, if one is
to be made, will be postponed until
the regular session of congress. be-
ginning In December next
House Forecast.
The Democrats of the house have
decided to prosecute their flibuster-
ing until congress expires by limita-
ton at noon on March 4 and the three
remaining days of the session, there
fore, promise to be largely repetitions
of the last three-that is, all BUSH
ness will have to be transacted in the
face of every obstacle which the mi
nority can interpose. But even by
the laborious process to which. the
majority will be put, it is believed
ample time remains to get through
the conference reports on the remain
ing five appropriation bills. There
is slim chance for much beyond this
so far as the house is concerned.
Twenty-seven bills with senate
amendments are on the speakers Ia
BILE, One or two of these may get
through, but the great majority are
doomed to die where they are The
one bill in which the Republican lead
ers are particularly interested is the
Aldrich financial bill, and if il comes
over from the senate way will be
found, probably through the operation
of a special rule, to secure action on
1t. It is believed that the I'm.
migration bill which passed the
senate Saturday in an amended
form also will be acted on. One CT
the things which gives the Republican
leaders grave concern in these clos
ing hours of the session is the weak
ness Of the position of the house con
ferees on the appropriation bills.
With the present tie-up in the house
the house conferees cannot go back
to the house for instructions without
a complete agreement, except at the
price of great risk and delay.
In the House.
The house of representatives held
four-hour session yesterday and put
the District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill through its last parliament
airy stage in the face of the Demo
cratic filibuster. The previous
question on the conference report on
the Alaskan homestead bill was or.
dered and the vote on it's adoption
will be taken when the house recon
yenes at II o'clock today That was
the net result of Sundays session. All
though it was Sunday by the calen-
dar it was still Thursday. Feb. &c,
according to parliamentary fiction.
The Democrats put block in the leg
islatiye wheel at every opportunity
and it required six roll calls to ac-
complish what was done yesterday