Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
fourteen Of Them, Carrying Approx
mately Billion Dollars.
iucH ORAToRY On OTHER SUBJECTS
Gon'ral Opinion, however, It Will Largely
End With 1alk.
HOUSE BILLS PLNONG IN THE SENATE
ship Subsidy Measure and Philippine
Tarin, with smoOt Case,
All Ready for Final
Disposal.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-The passage OF
the appropriation Ollis, and AS n,ue vther
general Ieslsiauon as possible. sucn, la
Urief, the forecast Tor the snort ses-
SION Of the hitJy-nInth congress, wnicn win
Degin at nlgh noon tomorrow.
there has not yet been time for as gem
eral an exchange of views among mem
bers as is ordinarily desired by leauers be-
| fore expressing their views. but all seem
/ to regard the present situation as so sim
pie as to need comparatively little inter-
course to arrive at an understanding. II
is evident that for various reasons II Will
not be possible to do much on the appro-
priation bills before the holidays, and this
circumstance will practically have the ef-
/ feet of cOndensing the consideration OF
! the fourteen large supply measures into
/ two months. Considering that the aggre-
gate Of the appropriations to be, will be
approximately S1,OOOOoo,Oo0 some senators
and members express the opinion that con-
gress cannot do better than give all OF its
time to these measures.
The shin subsidy bill probably will be
an exception to the rule for no general
legislation The friends OF that measure
have never been more insistent than now.
They are extremely hopeful and yet very
/ apurebensive The bill has passed the
senate and is in committee In the house
The committee has heretofore been quite
! evenly divided but the advocates OF the Dill
! believe that they will be able to get 1t
| out In due season and they hope TOT l1A
| consideration when once reported TO the
I house. Speaker Cannon has given no posi-
/ tive assurances as to his attitude, but the
bills supporters find encouragement In MS
silence one incident that is very mate
/ rally helping the subsidy is the recent
speech Of Secretary Root in support OF II.
! The fact that the speech was delivered
at Kansas City is helpful, as the bill has
found its principal opposition In the IN
terror of the country. There have been some
s,eniAcant conferences on the bill amons
the most influential members of the two
houses
Important Bills In senate.
The senate has on it's calendar two tna@
portant house bills the immigration bill
ana the PhiiipplBe tariff bin, but there
are snags in the pathways Of both. Tnsre
is stil intense opposition to the Philippine
bill especially and it is not believed that
It can possibly receive serious consideration
during a short session.
! The session bids fair to be productive OF
many bills and also of much oratory.
Not a few members OF both houses are
anxious to meet the demands of the bank
ers and others for more elastic cur
rency and it Is quite certain that there
will be efforts to supply this want but
there are so many plans that even the most
| sincere believers in the necessity almost
despair Of accomplishing anything In that
direction during a short session.
The recommendations of the president In
the interest Of a national inheritance tax
| T. FVFa hNy
and there is no doubt that a large follow
ing could be secured for measure of the
character he will outline but, as in the
matter of currency reform, the few weeks
of the session will not suffice for adequate
consideration. 1t is also recognized that
the present plethoric condition Of the treas
ury would furnish a strong argument
against the proposed innovation.
| Suggestions looking towards amending
the railroad rate law are not expected 70
bear fruit this session. All these matters
and many others are certain to receive at
tention in debate.
Discussion of Tariff.
Among the questions slated for a liberal
share OF discussion, the tariff stands at
the head of the list, but no one has the
least idea that any serious effort will be
made to secure the notifications which
even many republicans think desirable. The
president. who himself desires some
changes. has recently promised his con-
gressional callers that he will not ask to
have the subject taken up at this time.
The Japanese question the discharge Of
the negro soldiers. the deslrabillty OF an
income tax law, the result Of the late cleo
tions and the trusts are also slated for
discussion, and II Is even expected that
some OF these questions. II not all OF them,
will receive oratorical attention from demo
cratic members as soon as the first ap~ %
priation bill Is laid before the house.
The senate will give attention to the case
OF Senator Reed Smoot, but what II will
do about It, not even the senate wishes
now to contemplate. There has from the
first been a disposition to put the smoot
matter aside, but with the report OF the
committee on privileges and elections on
the calendar and Chairman Burrows quite
determined to press consideration. the fact
that the matter must be dealt with IA be-
ginning to impress itself upon members
and they are preparing seriously for its con-
sideration. The Michigan senator will set
the ball rolling Monday. the 10th instant,
in a speech in which he will review The
entire case, and he will doubtless be fol-
lowed by other members OF his committee
for and against the Utah senator The
! TesOluLlOn D6iOIG inc senate merely oe-
clares Mr. smoot TO be not entitled 10 his
seat and much opposition is likely 10 be
made TO its form. It Is considered equiva-
tlent 20 a resolution OF expulsion, but, IN
like a declaration for expulsion In explicit
language, il does not require a two-thlrds
vote to pass It. Mr.. Shoots friends will
not yield this advantage without a strug-
gle The question Is a privileged one and
Senator Burrows has expressed his deter
mlnation 20 utilize all his rights IN keeping
Il to the 'front.'
Much interest attaches 20 the presidents
Forthcoming recommendation concerning
the Panama canal especially because o.
his recent visit TO the canal zone. II ls not
expected that he will ask much legislation
beyond the necessary appropriations and
there Is a general disposition TO grant
these.
The Increase Of the navy will receive
much consideration, but there Is s1l EHaa-