The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
Legislation Is Behind and the.
 Time Is Short
DEBATERS NOT OBSTINATE
Some Fiibustering Is Expected, But Even With a Minimum of ObstruU- ton 1t Will Be Hard to Get
 All Bills Through.

Washington, February 21.-Both houses of Congress will begin this week to crowd m steam for the last spurt of the pres ent Congress. After the close of busi- ness next Saturday there will remain only three days for legislation, and 1t is realized it will be necessary to get practically all of the appropriation bills through both houses of Congress before that time as the remaining days will be necessary for the adjustment of differ ences between the two houses.
 Consequently no attention will be paid in either house to any other measures when appropriation bills are in shape for considerations Both houses will prob ably commence holding night sessions early in the week.
 The house will begin the week with the discussion of the great sundry civil Dill, which not only carries large approprla- tion but covers a multitude of subjects in which, as usual, there is much new legislation. and it is expected this bill will consume most of the week. The House will however, find opportunity 10 consider reports of conference commit tees as they are brought in and u IS expected the question of the salary oA the Secretary of State will agaln on Tuesday receive aIIenllO<l III SOiiAiSSeiOAA with the conference report on the legls- 1ative, executive and judicial appfopria- tinn bill The conferees have reached an agreement on that subject put tnls fact will probably not prevent turthef rel erence to it in either the House or the Senate when the report Is presented. me House will again refuse to yield on the question of an under secretary of state, and that subject will also be discussed In connection with the conference re- port.
 Chairman Tawney of the House com mittee on appropriations is exerting his best endeavors to prevent general debate on the sundry civil bill, and so far with fair prospect of success. Representative Rainey of Illinois is, however, extremely anxious to find opportunity to make reply to the critics of his Panama canal speech, and is pleading strongly for recognition for that purpose while the sundry civil bill is under consideration. Present in- dicatons are that he will succeed and that he will speak tomorrow.
 Undoubtedly the House will be able before the close of the session to dis pose of all the appropriation bills, and the outlook in the Senate Is much brighter than 1t was a week ago. During the past week the Senate put behind it the postoffice the naval, the pension, the army and the Indian bills, and 1t will be prepared to go on this week with the diplomatic and consular, the agricultural and other appropriation bills as they may be reported from the committees, so that unless there should be unusual obstruc- tions that body will also be able to con- trel=sthis important portion of its busi- ness before March 4.
 Apparently the prospect of obstruction is not so great as 1t was, for MT. La toilette and his insurgent following have shown little or no disposition during the
 fl.l Df f1an progress of the measures. If this attf- tude is maintained there Is little doubt that all of the supply measures with the possible exception of the river and harbor bill. which is already through the House, will be passed long enough before March 4 to permit a final agreement on all of them before the close of the session. There is a probability that the rivers and harbors bill may meet the sad fate of be- ing talked to death.
 In addition to the appropriation bills the Senate will on Tuesday consider and vote on the bill providing for the re-en- listment of the negIas soldiers who were discharged on account of sthe Browns vile riot. and Saturday will be given up entirely to eulogies of members of Congress who have recently died, in cluding the late Senator Latimer of South Carolina, Representative Powers of Maine, Representative Wiley of Alabama. Representative Meyer of Louisiana, and Representative Brick of Indiana. The en- tire day Tuesday will be given to the Brownsville bill.
 Senator Garter will continue his efforts to procure consideration of and action on the postal savings bank bill with somewhat better prospect a of success than in the past. There will also be a strong effort to get the Arizona and New Mexico statehood bill out of com mittee with the hope of passing 1t dur ing the last days, but the outlook is poor.