The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-03-05
LAST DAYS Or CONGRESS-


Both Branches -v, ,-orc Than
Enough Woke e9 Them Busy.
AN ExTrA e--s 5N Of SENATE
Al Hore o. Ave SAG O-s ass esen
Given e.. 40 ca--l9r Moran stu
Opposes ca - T,osty-Aouce 0sr,-
eerass Continue Fuisusterins.
Washington. II zen 2-The senate
has more tlsn on irh work 70 Keep il
occupied du.ing ,.e LEST days OF the
session. a. 80 t-e best &c may there
viii DC mach lcft uuacre whom the
gavel o. the president pro tc-pore
SHAH fail al the close OF the final sit
ting II noon on Wednesday. when the
last session of the Flfty-scrcnth con-
srcss will close by Institutional limi-
tct!Cn. The calendar even at this late
day is quite iull. and there are many
more bills ia committee th1n have
been reported out Tomorrow session
viii be continued until noon We5nes.
day. and the senate VIII be in almost
continuous session day and night I'M
iii then.
OF the supply bills. the sundry civil.
postomce. naval aa1 Notifications
bills are stll In the hands OF confer
ence committees. but there are no
points in dispute in connection with
any Of them which are likely to De
diicult OF adjustment The general
deficiency bill is the only one OF the
appropriation bills that has not PASSED
the senate. and it viii be passed some
time today.
Aside from the appropriation bills
and conference reports. preference will
be given to the Alirich bond doposit
bill. Senator Aldrich expresses CONF
dence that this bill viii pass. There
Is also great anxiety 10 get action on
the Philippine tamil bin. ard while
there is also opposition 70 this meas
ure. it is minated that this antag-
onism might cease in case OF 4 cessa-
ton of the efforts TO pass the bond
deposit bill but Senator AiGrich is not
disposed to yield To this Kind Of arsu-
meDL There Will De determined ef.
fort 70 get the Philippine bin i'm shane
10 send TO the president before the final
dissolution Of congress on Weanes-
day. but this may depend on tie tate
OF the financial measure.
\ final attempt VIII be made L.
press the Panama Canal treaty TO
conclusion. in the hope that Senator
Morgan may rclent in his onnosition
and allow The treaty 60 De RATIFIED
r1tlcr than force an extra session of
the senate. Ills friends say. however.
that BE has no such intention. and they
add that he Is w.ilins 20 accept the
iul responsibility for q called session.
Senators generally the. fore. have
given MP au hope OF avoiding the cx-
ira see- Ion and are now concerned
principally as 20 tho t-.aa 10 shall be-
sin AMI the length of time il shall
occupy Some OF them are advising
the president not 70 ask the body 10
reasonable before Monday the 9th
instant. while Senator Aldrich is urg-
Ing that TIE cali be issued Tor the 9Th
instant the day after the dissolution
OF She present consrc-s.
The principal ii not TIE ONLY. duty
OF the extra session viii be the con
sidcTation OF the Panama Canal treaty
and the Cuban reciprocity treaty. but
the senate may. IL ii so desires. take
up the question OF the reorganization
Of the committees. 20 disposition
towards this step has yet manifested
itself, and it does not now seem prob
able.
House Holds Session On Sunday.
The house of representatives held
a four-hour session yesterday and put
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill through its last parliamentary
stage, in the face of the Democratic
hlibuster The previous question on
the conference report on the Alaskan
homestead bill was ordered. and the
vote on its adoption will be taken to
day. Although it was Sunday by the
calendar. il was still Thursday. Feb
ruary 26. according to parliamentary
fiction
The Democrats of the house have
decided TO prosecute their hlibuster
until the congress expires by limitation
at noon March 4. and the remaining
days of the session promise TO be
largely repetitions of the last three
that is. all business will have to be
transacted in the face of every obsta-
Gle which the minority can interpose
But even by the laborious processes TO
which the majority will be put it Is
believed ample time remains to get
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.
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
tcularly interested is the Aldrich
financial bill, and If it comes over
from the senate a way will be found.
probably through the operation of a
special rule, 10 secure action on it.
MutiIated BODY Found IN river.
Norfolk, Va, March 1.-The body of
q white man aS vet pnidonfi6o1 NO.