Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-08
nnnniinican Affairs Will
Claim the Attention
/ the Senate This Week 1.-The
House Will Consider
|tiirpiue and Statehood Bi||s-.-Saturday's
Proceedings in the House.

v,sbinaton. Jan. The Senate will
(seein the week with the consideration
- the question Of relations between
.tie country ard San Domingo. 1he
nh;ect will lie brought up on Senator
r;,Ir,an's resolution calling on the
#r,rnsident for information relative 10
{tra status OF affairs since the Hight OF
I,,o,alas and if the Senate does not take
e., that resolution Mr.. Rayner VIII ad-
&c the Senate ON the general Domin-
I,oon question. With the subject once
|nr4nnd ~ considerable debate may De
axnected. for the Republican senators
! ,rr prepared to defend the ATTITUDE Oh
.ha President in the Dominican matter
Ia, Ia not expected that the treaty Win
E,soralcs will be presented Tor some
{t,n, but Republican senators say they
#have no intention of letting it go by de-
Efaut The President. it is pointed out
!. ANXIOUS for action and prefers re-
&;sctioo TO failure to act. His friends IN
[,be Senate cite the course of events IN
tbo nr.sent revolution, when the fnan-
cio, affairs of the country have been
,ss, disturbed than in previous upris-
,ngs as sustaining the Presidents at
Ititude toward the little republic. On the
{o.her hand the revolution has had a
to solidify the Democratic
s.nators against the agreement and II
tbnv hold together they will be able to
#defeat ratification.
Senator t;allnger. chairman Of the
MERCHANT Marine Commission. has
ev.n notice of his intention to call up
| the commissions shipping bill tomor-
Eroy. ana if he does that measure, being
/ the unfinished business, will supplant
thr Dominican question.
II is expected that the treaty with
Cuba relative to the Isle of Pines will
i BE- discussed during the week, but II
{oeferred. the discussion will be had in
the near future. The treaty will not be
ratified without opposition. Severa!
seuatols have expressed themselves as
OF he opinion that the Americans on
! The Isle Of Pines acquired some rights
as such under promise made them by
representatives OF their government.
| There is 10 expectation of being able
| TO take up the railroad rate question
IU S'NtIdl EtthS, Dut lIt sp'-iihA' iN>''
ers say The consideration of that sub
| jcc; will not be unduly postponed. They
are already discussing the possibilities
Of the final adjournment of the session
and It conference on that subject with
S,,aher CuIEon has been held. The
Seeker assured the senators that il
would be POSSIBLE to get all the appro-
priation bills through the House by
tht FIRST of June. In that event, ad-
jounMcnt by the 10th of that month
/ will be possible for the Senate mana
ecrS express confidence that the rail.
road. statehood and Philippine ques'
tiais Will have been disposed of by that
/ time. The emergency appropriation bii
which the Senate expects to receive
from the House toward the end of thi:
|Wcai will carry q much lnrger amoun
| than usual. Ordinarily only the pressing
|dcici"ncies are provided for in this
|bill. the last important measure to be
considered before adjournment.
After contemplating a new plan tt
|disiace the Philippine tariff bill witt
the statehood measure in the HUuss
this week. tho leaders arrived at the
conclusion just before adjournment
Saturday that the present order of bus
mess ShuulG not be disturbed and thu
lis; Of sneec3es which is to occupy a
least the first half Of the week on th'
revenue measure will be unrestricted.
Mr Payne. in charge of the bill, es
timated that the discussion on this sub
fleet next week will occupy the frs
three or four days. After the Philippine
| bill has been disposed of. the state
hood bill, which the committee on terri
tories has still in preparation, will b'
brought forward Immediately and tha
question discussed and acted upol
without interruption.
No appropriation measures will b'
taken up until the statehood bill na:
been disposed Of.