Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-21
Indications that Statehood Measure Nav
Also Be Brought Up,
LIKELY TO DELAY BUSINESS
Foraker Amendment Probably the Basis
for the Agreement
NO REGULAR PROGRAM IN THE SENATE
Reply of the CEsr of RussiH
20 the Address of PRrIiament
watched for with Great
Interest.

WASHINGTON, May 2o,-The railroad
rate bill, tho statehood bill the diplomatic
and consular appropriation hill the natu-
ralzatiou bill the pure food bill. confer
ence reports on tho army and Indian sppro-
priation bills are all possibilities Of consid-
era ton in the national house Of repre-
srntativcs this week The certainties in
this calendar Of business are that Mon
day will he devoted to the passage
of minor bills under suspension OF the
rules. With the hibuster Of the democrats
to promote the statehood bill, the result
will be compare lively small in the number
of measures passed
The diplomatic and consular appropria
tion bill will he called up Tuesday. accord
ing to the present program The diplo-
matte bill is small measure and will re-
quire but a day or two at most in CON
sderaton, unless It is to he made the
vehicle for set speeches. The rate hill is
likely to he made the subject OF more or
less discussion when the motion 10 made
To send II to conference. Just what will
be the character OF this discussion or the
length Of time it will occupy cannot be
ascertained with any dehniteness. The
conferees on the statehood bill indicate
that preliminary report to the two
houses is a possibility for the not distant
future. While nothing definite can be said
as to the character OF this report, It Is
believed it will include a compromise on
the basis of the Foraker amendment per
mitting the people OF Arizona and New
Mexico to vote separately on the subject
Of joint statehood.
The pure food bill will be called up in
the house at all times when the appro-
pria ion bills or other privileged measures
arc not under consideration.
No Program in senate.
The senate will resume business Monday
by taking up the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill and when that
is passed will probably enter upon the
consideration of the immigration bill. Sen
ators have been so engrossed with the rate
bill during the last few months that they
have given very little attention to other
questions. Consequently there is no we'll
defined program for future legislation and
no one has definite authority TO state what
course will be pursued. But the inimigra-
ton bill is so generally favored by the
republican leaders that there is no doubt
it will be given the next place of prefer
ence on the senate calendar. There will
not. however, be any further effort at legis-
lation aside from appropriation bills until
the republican steering committee can get
together and decide upon a program, which
will probably be some time during the
week. The general disposition is to con-
fine business to the supply bills much
as possible, but there is considerable di-
vision Of opinion with reference to the
Panama canal bill and also on the question
of the discharge of the Philippine commits
sion from the further consideration OF the
Philippine tariff bill. There is strong pres
sure to secure consideration of the canal
bill this session, while the preponderanee
Of sentiment on the Philippine question ap-
pears to be against reopening Of the sub
ject The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill viii be presented during
the week and will be taken UP for con-
sideration as soon as it is presented. The
report on the postoftice appropriation bill
will be made late in the week and It too
will receive early attention.
Russia Center of Interest.
| For all who have followed the progress
| of RussRs struggle for governmental re-
form this week viii hold great interest, as
| It is expected that the answer to the ad-
dresses 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
! emperor does not consider the address OF
beyond the demand for amnesty, which will
take first place in his reply. 1t il also
/ evident that much disappointment is felt
/ in Russia that the emperor did not make
| his birthday the occasion for granting am
nestya The other nine demands OF the
I address "a the throne will be taken up in
/ turn. but IL does not appear. accordinE TO
Advices from Russia, that they will be con-
sidered as more than suggestions for the
empeTor's consideration.
I The annual regatta Of the American
/ Rowing association. often called the Amer
| ican Henley, will take place on the schuyl-
Kill river at Philadelphia May &. The
crews OF the principal colleges of the cOun-
try have been entered and some stirring
contests are promised
The cup offered by Sir Thomas Upton
will be the prize for the winner Of the
ocean yacht race to Bermuda, which will
be started under the auspices Of the
Brooklyn Yacht club May 2i The race is
for small yachts OF not less than thirty
eight or more than fifty feet
The national convention Of the Ameri-