The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-21
WEEKS NEWS
 FORECAST Railroad Rate Bill a
 Feature. ANSWER TO CARS ADDRESS Disappointment Felt Over Em-
 peror's Action. Annual Regatta of American Rowing Association at Henley and Brook iyn Watch Club wnI Have
 Lipton Race.

The railroad rate bill, the statehood propriation bill the naturalization bill. the pure food bill, conference reports on the army and Indian appropriation bills are all possibilities of eonsidera- ton in the national House of Repre- sentatives this week.
 The certalnties in this calendar of business are that today (Monday) will be devoted to the passage of minor bills under suspension of the rules. With the flibuster of the Democrats to promote the statehood bill the result will be comparatively small in the number of measures passed.
 The diplomatic and consular appro- priation bill will be called up Tuesday according to the present program.
 The diplomatic bill is a small meas ure and will require but a day or two at most in consideration unless it is to be made the vehicle for set speech es.
 The rate bill Is likely to be made the subject of more or less discussion when the motion is made to send 1t to conference. Just what will be the character of this discussion or the length of time 1t will occupy cannot be ascertalned with any definiteness
 The conferees on the statehood bill indicate that preliminary report to the two houses Is q possibility for the not distant future. While nothing def mite can be said as to the character of this report, it is believed 1t will in clude a compromise on the basis of the Foraker amendment permitting the people of Arizona and New Mexico to. VII a snhiaPf 0f 1nfnf statehood.
 The pure food bill will be called up in the House at all times. when the appropriation bills or other private good measures are not under consid- eratior
 The Senate will resume business to- day (Monday), by taking up the leg islatlve, executive and Judiciary appro- priation bill, and when that is passed, will probably enter upon the consid- esation of the immigration bill sss- Senators have been so engaged with the rate bill during the past few months that they have given very lit tie attention to other questions. Con sequently there is no well defined pro- gram for future legislation.
 Panama Canal Bill.
 The general disposition Is to confine business to the supply bills as much as possible, but there is considerable d. vision of opinion with reference to the Panama canal bill. and also on the question of the discharge of the Phil ippine committee from the further consideeat of the Philippine tariff bill There is very strong pressure to secure alteration of the canal bill this session, while the preponderance of sentiment on the Philippine ques tion appears to be against the reopen ing of the subject. The conference re- port on the Indian appropriation bill will be presented during the week and will be taken up for consideration as soon as 1t is presented. The report on the postofice appropriation will be late in the week and it. too, will re- ceive early attention.
 For all who have followed the prog ress of Russa's struggle for govern mental reform this week will hold great interest as it is expected that the answer to the addresses adopted by the new parliament in reply to the speech from the throne will be made today or tomorrow. Dispatches from St. Petersburg indicate that the em- peror does not consider the demands for amnesty. which will take first place in his reply. It is also evident that much disappointment Is felt in Russia that the emperor did not make his birthday the occasion for granting amnesty The other nine demands of the address to the throne will be taken up in turn, but it does not appear, ac- cording to advices from Russia, that they will be considered more thansug- gestions for the emperor's considera- tion
 The annual regatta of the American Rowing Association, often called The American Henley" will take place on the schuylkill river at Philadelphia, May 26 The crews of the principal colleges of the country have been en- tered and some stirring contests are promised.
 The cup offered by Sir Thomas Lip ton will be the prize for the winner of the ocean yacht race to be run Mon day. which will be started under the auspices of the Brooklyn Yacht club, May e6. The race is for small yachts of not less than thirty eight or more than fifty feet.
 The national convention of the Amer ican Physicians and Surgeons Associa- ton will be held in Chicago May 22- 24.
 The Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society will hold its national conven- ton in Minneapolis. Minn., May 2l-2S crIERRATED INDEPENDENCE DAY.