The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-20
CONGRESS B R3RHa REa
Insurgents Are Planning %
DO Some Heavy Stunts on
The joint statehood Bill

week VIZ DC knbutEeGtlVnftHeeh u
ne House. The Insurgents are 70 be
given an opportunity to insurge to
iheir hearts content They hal the
opportunity this week but they let 1t
slip from them They were going to.
play shand hayoeN with the Philip
plnelTarin bin, b6tRheudt came right
down 70 the scratch the Republican
Insurgents although there were 81
r them couldn't connect up with the
Bemocrat on any one particular prop.
.sitIon and the Philippine taritr blll
vent through Just Is the House L sad-
en- wanted 4
Next weeks tnsulTeeti0n Will be
nore sercas The opposition. to the
hamilton statehoot bill, admitting,
Oklahoma and Indian Territory as
enc, and Arizona ana New Mexico as
mother State, Is composed of9a uni-
~ minority and of nearly 20 mem
rs q the House Who are bound to-
usther 70 upset tie organization pro
rramme gsbc6ek Of Wisconsin, iS
.as leader Of tie Republican lnsur.
1snts. He says that there is no ops
POSITION 10 the admission Of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory. All are willing
ts grant that But he declares EN-.
phaHesllS that the other feature Of
NJ administration programme can.
nol be realized. The test will come
rhen she billas presented to the House
~ consideration On Wednesday, &C.
,ompauieds sby rule providing that IL
sha1i not be subject to amendment.
Bpon this rule the fight Of the in.
surgents willbe made They declare
nat By their combination with the.
minority. the rule will be rejected and
the bin win be amended in conform;
IL With the pIap outlined BY Hrt
1abcock =.
The Statehood bill Will be the i'm.
oortant buaIness & the week Non
day wtii be District Day in the House.
ruesdss win be devoted to clearing
% afew odds and ends Of legislation.
Il lie Statehood bill IS out Of the way
F. i.
before the end Of The, week, the .ap.
propfiationa committee will probably
Sring in the bill making appropria.
HONS tor the Legislative executive and
jadiciaI branches Of the government,
me ship Subsidy bill and the Pure
Food hin VIM continue to receive con-
iieation IN the Senate next week.
both nave been under discussion since
the Christmas holidays and a mum.
ser 81 more or less important amend.
meuts have been added to each.
senator Gailinger, who is in charge
s ths ship subsidy measure will make
N tiof ome time during the coming
Mees tothaye.a date hxed upon which
sne anai vote upon the passage Of the
biIi ma be had
Outside Of these two subjects tor
peeehinadhg the foreign relations
b lie Hhited States VIII be under
sis6nssion, Senator sploner is pre-
paFiag 70 reply on Monday to sena-
Iiilman,s criticism on the admin
lstratioa policy IN santo Domingo. III
ilnd dsrstood that he will carefully
4 rir from reference to the incident
of us morris removal from the
whHe House which vas the text of
orsst d part Of the Tillman attack
~ lie President. The Senate hay
le efiseds to order an investigation
tiiat ahair as proposed by Senator
rilinan the incident will be alioweO
drop. The railroad rate question
likely be injected into the SEN
te procs edlngs towards the end Of
he week as the Interstate Commerce
Committee has practically decided
6p6n ths bill It will recommend for
age, on Tuesday the finance COM
mittee. WIN have a meeting TO consider
nator Bailey's resolution Of 10.
apifs as 10 tie authority under which
administration entered into an
@ent with Panama for the main
uaHce of the currency Of that repplbS.
ID parity sscretary OF War TAFT,
wiio made the agreement has pre-
bared al elaborate response to the
oIu1op which will probably be
made public
The investigaton Of the manage
meat ii Panama Canal which was
tarted thls week VIII be condnued.
b s. Beaison auditor 81 the saHal g.
tconEIbasd d Fourth Pace;
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