Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-19
57TH CONGRESS.
Passage Of Antitrust Bill Ex-
pected This Week.
Statehood, immigration and Cuba
Reciprocity Bills Are Coming.
Action Expected in the Senate During
the Present Week.


are that the present week will witness
the passage by the House of the anti
trust measure, which is being prepared
by the judiciary committee. The SUBJ
committee which is at work on the bill
expects to have it ready to report tc
the full committee. Tuesday, and nc
delay is expected in the full committee
1t is still possible that separate
measure will be reported to cover the
publicity features. AS soon as the
measure or measures are reported ev-
erything will be sidetracked and they
will be brought into the House. The
leaders already have agreed to this
course and special order for consid-
GRAFTON will be prepared.
No decision has been reached as to
the length of time which will be al
lowed for discussion, or whether OPP
portunity will be given for amendment
The Democrats will desire extended de-
bate. but owing to the latene3s of The
session it is not probable that more
than two or three days at most will
be allowed. 1t is more likely to be a
single day. At least the members of
the Subcommittee which is preparing
the bill are of the opinion that day
will be ample.
The question of opening the bill to
amendment presents many difficulties
and in order to prevent a food of
propositions of all sorts, the rule prob
ably will limit the amendments at least
to those pending when the time al
loted for consideration expires.
Appropriation bills will probably &C.
he -
clusion of everything else if the anti
trust bill does not appear in the arena.
The District of Columbia, consular and
diplomatic and Indian bills are on the
calendar The bill to grant Alaska
representation in the House through a
delegate is continuing order Begin
ming Wednesday,, but the rule for it's
consideration provides that it shall not
interfere with the appropriation bills so
that it can be used as stop gap when.
ever appropriation bills or other inn
portant matters are not pending.
The statehood bill, the immigration
bill and the Cuban reciprocity treaty
will vie with each other in demanding
the attention of the Senate during the
present week and the probabilities are
that before the close of the week all of
them will be displaced temporarily by
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill. The last named
measure has been under consideration
at the hands of subcommittee of the
Senate committee on appropriations for
the past two weeks and will be laid be-
fore the full committee, tomorrow
Its consideration by the full commit
tee VIII be completed at one or two sit
tings and as soon as possible, it Will be
taken up in the Senate the purpoe be-
ing to present consideration of the an
preparation bills as rapidly as possible
in order to avoid necessity for an extra
ession. Senator Allison, chairman of
the committee on appropriations, has
given notice that he will resist all fur
Their efforts to secure an adjournment
of the Senate from Thursday to Mon
day, as all the supply bills yet remain
to be passed.
The fact is, Senator Cullom as chair
man of the foreign relations committee.
has given notice, that he will ask the
Senate to go into executive session,
Monday, to consider the Cuban treaty,
does not mean that there will be any
clash at that time between the treaty
and the statehood bill. Senator Gull
loms notice was to the effect that he
would ask the Senate to take UP the
treaty during the morning hours in the
Senate while under the agreement Of
the Senate, the statehood bill does not
come up until the expiration of the
morning hour at o'clock.
There is no conflict, however, between
the notice given by Senator Cullom in
the interest of the treaty and one given
by Senator Fairbanks to the effect that
he would seek to cali up the immigra-
ton bill during the morning hours,
Monday. These interests certainly will
be reconciled. 1t is probable that the
treaty will be given the preference
The present Indications are that the
Cuban treaty will be before the Senate
for some time to come. Whatever may
be it's ultimate fate, there is no doubt
that the present disposition is to discuss
1t at considerable length. Many South
ern senators feel that the treaty Ms-
eliminates against southern products, and
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