The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-16
STILL MORE TALK
ON RATE BILL
No Hope of Reaching Agreement
to Vote During Present
Week.
LA TOILETTE EXPECTED TO
TAKE ADVANCED GROUND
Free Alcohol Is Chief Object of
Interest in the
House. ~.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Speeches on
the rate bill will be the feature In the
United states Senate the present week
Notwithstanding the assurances to the
contrary which were given by Senators
last week there Is no immediate prospect
for securing an agreement upon a time
for voting upon the bill No one has at
any time counted upon getting such an
agreement until the general speeches
should be exhausted and there arc suf-
ficient number OF these already In sight
to consume the entire week. Beyond the
fact that Senator Hepburn Will speak
Monday no order OF delivery has been
agreed upon.
La Toilette Will Speak
Senator Tllman has stated that Senator
LaFollette would probably be ready 10
proceed Tuesday. but the Senator himself
Is not apparently prepared to say whether
ne VIII Ge. If ne docs not take the floor
Tuesday he Will ask TO be heard later in
the week, II Is understood he Will take
advanced ground for stringent legislation.
1t Is not improbable that the Junior Wis
consin Senator Will be followed immediate
ly by his colleague, Senator Spooner, who
VIII devote special attention 10 the point
raised by Senator Bailey. and will reply
to the Texas Senator'S y contention tnat
Congress has a right TO limit the lnJunC-
tive powers OF the lower United states
courts
May Take All Day.
III all probability his speech Will provoke
considerable debate and undoubtedly II
time.
Other Senators who Will be heard during
the week or later are MesSrs. Foster
Clarke OF Arkansas and Daniel
Free Alcohol Bill.
The feature of the week In the National
1I1ng. n N "a "a ff no hn ms
sage OF the free alcohol bill AS this
measure deals with the revenues of the
country and might possibly be considered
the vehicle OH which to load political cap
ital, especially by the minority, II Is to be
brought up tomorrow under suspension OF
the rules. Monday is regular suspension
day. and bills handled under this order
are not subject to amendments.
There Ia little opposition To the bill
itself. the only task connected with its
passage being TO prevent its being used
for the purpose OF producing record for
other rcvenuo-reform propositions.
Pensions on Tuesday.
Pensions are to have the right of way
Tuesday and on that day also the appro-
priaton bin for the District or Columbia
Will be reported This blu Will be taken
up Wednesday and VIII serve as the leg
islatve topic for the balance OF the week
There are several measures OF minor i'm
portance which VIII also be brought up
for passage under suspension OF the rules
Monday.
Appropriation Measures.
The sundry civil appropriation bill is
now ION the ways" in the Appropriations
committee-room. As this is n bulky
measure II VIII require considerable time
in preparation. The agricultural appro-
priation bin Is locked up In Representative
Wndsworth's safe, having been ready for
action for some time. This bin IL under
stood to be next in order after the passage
OF the District bill
The pure food bin and the bill amending
the naturalization laws are both special
orders lii the House and NAV be called
up at any time when an appropriation bill
Is not under consideration.