The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-28
SENATE UNABLE
 TOCET THROUGH Exta Session That Body is
 VGg , IRON CLAD RJlt IN HOUSE
Senate Ring Surprises Everybody By Allowing Test Vote on Trust Cues ton, Showing Republicans
 Against LlttIefieId Bill.
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEY.

Washington. February 27-(Special)- The close of soday's session of the two bodies of congress, finds the legislative atmosphere but little clearer than yes- terday.
 On the surface legislation Is badly tied up, and predictions of an extra session of congress are rife. They do not seem to be justifie-as however. for with the iron clad rule run through the house under whip and spur today the repub- licans are able to get through all the big supply bllls leaving nothing absolutely necessary unfinished.
 As for everything else, congress can do vast amount of work even when It gets to the point of setting back the hands of the clock so it Is unsafe to predict the defeat of any measure of importance now pending.
 The consensus of opinion still indicates the close of the session without the rati- fication of the two treaties, Cuban and canal and an extra session of the sem ate Is therefore considered probable.
 Public Buildings and Grounds 6lll.
 With everything else in a somewhat settled condition, interest Is now cen- tered mainly upon the public buildings and grounes bill, with it six millions ap- propriation and the Aldrch financial bill. Opinion Is very much divided as to the future of the two bills, but the supporters of each express confidence that they will get through and the chances would seem to favor this view of the situation.
 Senator Aldrich will try to get his measure before the senate tomorrow morning, and he believes 1t will pass that body and go through the house.
 Before the house recessed this after noon. Chairman Mercer of the public buildings ana grounds committee, intro duced resolution providing for the im- mediate Consideration of the bill report ed from hw committee.
 1t was 3t once referred to the rules committee and will probably be consid- cred tomorrow morning. The fact that the republicans interested in this bill stood up in the house this afternoon and voted for the house machines iron clad rule on appropriation bills has led to a report that the rules committee will bring in an order for the bills consideration, or else allow the bill to be passed under suspension with a two-thirds vote, which it Is declared can be obtained.
 Speakers Objection. The OppOSltlDn OI lne SpedhtA bo tne bill is said to rest principally upon the original site proposition placed in 1t by the house committee. Should it result that this is the cause of the speaker 8 opposition, the senate could easily pass their bill, which simply provides for addi- tions, by making it a rider on one of the appropriation bills and giving 1t to the house in that form.
 The most important development today, If not of this session, so far as future political campaigns are concerned. was the action of the senate republicans in allowing a record vote on the ques- ton of trusts. Without hesitancy they voted down most solidly Senator Blackburn's motion to take up the Hoar- Littlefeld antitrust measure. This bill is the only one emanating from republi- | can sources which has amounted to any | thing. Everything else has been mere | clap trap to which the trusts were ab- | solutey indifferent.
 | After all the White House thunder | against trusts the senate republicans to- | day voted Just the other way There is
 no surprise over this ending of the al- legged antitrust efforts of the administra-
 ton, but 1t was not thought that tho | senate ring would allow record vote.