Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-02
57TH CONGRESS-.
House Democrats Threaten to
} Continue Their FiIibuster.
Seemingly No Way to Avoid Extra
Session Of the Senate.
Many Important Bills Are Doomed to
Die ON Table.

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| Gratis of the House have decided to
prosecute their fIibuster until Con-
| gress expires by limitation at noon,
March 4. and the three remaining days
| Of the session, therefore promise to be
| largely repetitions of the last three
| days that is, all business will have to
| be transacted in the face of every OBJ
| stacle which the minority can inter-
| pose. But even by the laborious pro 9.
| cesses to which the majority will be
| pat, it is believed, ample time remains
| to go through the conference reports
on the remaining five appropriation
| bills. There is slim chance for much
| beyond this. so far as the House is
| concerned.
| Twenty-seven bills with Senate
| amendments on the Speakers table.
| 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 leaders are par
| ticularly interested is the Aldrich fl
| nancial bill, and if it comes over from
| the Senate = way will be found, prob
| ably through the operation of a special
| rule, to secure action on it. The COM
| plicatiOns arising out of the fact that
| l hostile committee, that on banking
| and currency has jurisdiction over the
| subject can be overcome by rule. 1t
| is believed that the immigration bill
| which passed the Senate, yesterday, in
| IN amended form, also will be acted
IN.
| One Of the things which gives the
| Republican leaders grave concern in
| the closing hours Of the session, is the
weakness of the position of the House
/ 'onferees on the appropriation bills.
With the present tie up in the House.
| the House conferees cannot so back TO
the House for instructions without a
complete agreement, except az the
price of great risk and delay. The
Senate cOnfereeS have not been SLOW to
take advantage of this situation it is
said, and believing that the House is
at their mercy, they are insisting on
propositions which the House conferees
say they would be forced to abandon if
he House could be appealed to to up
hold the hands of its representatives.
The Senate has more than enough
work to keep it occupied during the
last week of the session and 40 the
best it may, there will be much left
unGone when the gavel of the Presi-
lent pro tempore shall fall at the close
If the final sitting, at noon Wednesday,
when the last session of the 51th Con-
gress Will close by constitutional limi-
alton. The calendar then at this ate
lay. is quite full, and there are many
more bills in committee than have been
exported out. In the present Congress-
'i1,a nth p,,1, oh I
per cent. of the bills introduced have
become laws, but it also is to be said
hat the record Of bills introduced far
exceeds that of any previous Congress.
Tuesdays session will be continued
until noon Wednesday and the Senate
will be in almost continuous session
lay and night until then.
OF the supply bills the sundry civil,
1ost office. naval and Notifications
BILLS are still in the hands of confer
ence committee. 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
appropriation bills that has not passed
the Senate and it will be passed some
time tomorrow.
Aside from the appropriation bills and
conference reports. preference will be Civ
III to the Aldrich bond deposit bill. Sen
ltor Aldrich expresses confidence that tits
dill will pass during the day. but some OF
he Democra tic senators say that it's pas
sage, tomorrow, is out of the question
because OF the number of speeches to be
made upon it; and they contend that if it,
passage shall be delayed beyond the day
it cannot he gotten through the House
There is also great anxiety to get action
IN the Philippine tariff bill and while there
S opposition to this measure. it is intlicat-
ed that this antagonism might cease in
case of 4 cessation of the efforts to pass
he bond deposit bill but Senator Aldrich
is not disposed to yield to this kind of
argument. 1t therefore seems probable |
that the greater part Of the day tomor |
row. will be devoted to the Aldrich bill; |
and to appropria tons A number of Dem. |
ocra.ic senators are scheduled Tor speeches |
IN the Aldrich bill and in all probability |
The consideration of the measure win run |
well into the night. There will be de- /
t rmined effort to get the Philippine bill |
in shape to send to the President before |
the final dissolution of Congress on /
Wednesday but this rs intimated above
may depend on the fate of the financial |
measure All senators understand the fac. /
that at this time in the session any fonc \
or two of their number can prevent the II
passage of any Individual measure. a f.
nal attempt will be made to press the Pan
anna canal treaty to conclusion. in the n
hope that Senator Morgan may relent in II
his opposition and allow the treaty to be
ratified rather than force an extra session n
OF the Senate. His friends say. however, III
that hei has TO such intention, and they II
add that he is willing to accept the future II
for called session ii
Senator's generally. however. have given III
up all hope of avoiding the extra session III
and now are concerned principally as to III
the time it shall begin and the length OF II
time it shall occupy. Some of them are
advising the President not to ask the body
% reassemble before Monday, The 9th inst.
while Senator Aldrich is urging that tn.
,all be issued FOR the 9Th inst. the day
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