The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-25
FORECAST OF
 WEEKS NEWS Congress May Probably
 Adjourn. FEW IMPORTANT BILLS LEFT General Deficiency and Agricultural
 Measures to Pass.
FEW IMPORTANT BILLS LEFT
Railroad Rate Bm wnI Be Speedily Adopted When Time Comes for
 suspendIng work of Body.

Senator Hale. who in the absence of
 senator Allison is acting as chairman
 or the Senate Committee on appropri-
 ations expresses confidence in the final adJournment of Congress before the close Of the present week. His pro- gram will be to urge the consideration
 or appropriation bill and conference
 reports to the exclusion of practically
 all other matters, and with the supply
 bills finally passed there is no mess- ure unless 1t be the railroad rate Dill.
 that can hold Congress together. The
 Maine Senator is of the opinion that
 the work can all be concluded by Fri-
 day. but says that in no event will if
 go beyond Saturday
 The only two appropriations bills which have not passed the Senate are
 the general deficiency bill ana tha
 omnibus public building biil but the
 sundry civil, the naval and the agricuI- | tural bill are still in conference Of
 these none is expected to require much
 time except the agricultural bill to
 which Is attached the meat Inspection
 provision and it is generally conceded
 that in case of necessity that measure
 could be disposed of in short order. as
 It has already been sufficiently discuss | ed to satisfy most senators
 II Is not anticipated that the defi- ciency bill will arouse debate, but there will be general scramble to secure recognition on the building biu. For
 this reason 1t will be held in reserve
 until the last minute.
 Rate Bin status.
 As to the rate bili no one doubts
 that 1t will get through, but no one Is l satisfied as to just how the cou1n,od
 ity amendment prohibiting common ear.
 riers from transporting their own pro-
 ducts, will come out. If Senator Till-
 man adheres to his determination to | insist upon the retention of the words common carriers" instead of subati- | tuting the words railroads" as is now proposed, there will be delay There | will also be further discussion of the resolution asking tho attorney general
 for statement of suits under the an- ti-trust laws. and Senator La Folette l has given notice of his intention to | prosecute his efforts to secure the
 adoption of his resolution providing for
 the withdrawal of coal and oil lands
 from entry.
 | Night sessions are probable towards | the last of the week. Every effort to be made to finish the business or l the session in the House of Repre-
 sentatives this week. Contrary to the usual practice the adjournment resolu-
 tion is not to be introduced until leg 1 islative business Is in such shape that it cannot be blocked by the single | handed opposition of any member of either body and particularly the Senate. General Deficiency.
 The last of the appropriation bills,
 the general deficiency, will be reported to the House today (Monday), and passed. This bill carries $10,2A5,50s. and before 1t becomes a law this amount will be increased very largely as it is planned to add to it in con ference a certain percentage of the appropriations to be authorized in the omnibus public building bill This ad- dition by the conferees will be au- | thorized by a joint resolution as has been done in the past. After the de- fciency bill Is out of the way. the tnl- migration bill Is to be considered under a special rule which will limit the dis- cussion to q few hours. strong en deavors are to be made to amend this bill regarding the educational test and the increased head tax. The public building bill will follow the immigra- tion bill
 nresent will make it possible. unless some unforeseen delay occurs to nnish bv Friday. The final decision to com plete the passage or the pure Lood olil by reconciling the Senate and House hills which are radisaily oi,sssehI asSa9 ppicn cannot well be calculated, but the lead ers say this measure must become a law before adjournment
 On Thursday the Yale-Harvard rsRa,t- | ia will be held for the twenty-eightn | tIrne on the Thames river at New Lon don Conn. As of late years it will att tract a great throng of students, alumni and friends of the two universities, more of them probably than for several The spectacular race between tho
 ,Uarsfty eiRhts last year. the unbound ed confidence of Harvard men in coaca , Wray and the prospects of a victory for tha Crimson have stimulated ln- terest this year and race day scenes m
 the old town are sure to pc HveS. n tha twenty-seven times the two uni
 verElties have met Yale has been tri-
 umphant eighteen and Harvard seven' the other two races. triangular ones,
 having gone to Cornell Harvard has
 not won since 1899
 Royal Henly Regatta.
 The royal Henly regatta which VIII ha beld m the river Thames. England.
 Tnlv 3 4 and 6, promises to be a series
 of close and exciting contests. crews halonG ring to the recognized governing
 bodies of rowing in France, Germany, Holland, Belgium and Canada, having been entered to compete with the crews of Oxford and Cambridge UnlVersities.
 In the grand challenge cup the most
 frnnortant event of tho regatta the Argonauts of Toronto. Canada are con sldered the most dangerous but will have strong opponents in the third Trinity eight and tho club Natique de Grand Crew of Belgium. The Lean ders, winner of the cup twelve times since 1891 will not be entered this
 year, having been unable to get an eight strong enough to defend the ti- tic. The United States has only one en- try in the series that of the Diamond scull in which William B. WestoftheUn- dine Barge Club of Philadelphia, is en- tered West, however, has been badly handicapped in having to practice in a stvange boat. His own shell was damaged in transit to Holland and probably will not be repaired in time