The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
WILL FIGHT PHILIPPINE
 BILL T0LAST DITCH
Seeking to Postpone Consid- eration of Measure Indef- illiteiy or Beat H-Ad-
 journment Unlikely
Bx HuGH w. RoRERTs

Washington. April 26.-(specialo Time for the consideration by the House of certain pending measures which lie close to the administrations heart approaches not without attend ant alarm to the republican phalanx.
 For the purpose of postponing the consideration of such legislation- which of necessity will exercise a paign of the summer-the republicans have in part resorted to filibuster; and there is every indication that such dilatory tactics will be constantly em- ployed in the hope that by the pass age of time Congress will be unable to enact one or more of the meas ures.
 The Mann filibuster against the democratic effort to get the House mill itary bill with Senate amendments into conference was directed, accord- ing to the general interpretation. against the bill which provides for the liberation in few short years of the Philippine Islands The tariff commission measure and the ship pur- chase bill are others on the passage of which the republicans are prepar- ing to play partisan politics.
 THE PHILIPPINE ISSUE
 At the present time,s however, it is against the Jones bill which would make the Philippine Islands free in from two to four years, which is agi- tating the republicans of the House. There is no doubt but that the re- publican politicians. not those who are House members but those who are in charge of the national republican, con- gressional committee with head quarters in Washington, are deter mined to postpone indefinitely the passage of this legislation. or to de- feat it in straightforward fight on the floor.
 From the office of the secretary of the republican, committee. charged with so staging the situation that the republicans will have a fine chance to capture Congress before the next session, comes today to local corres- pondents, patches of press agent stuff containing argument against the Jones bill.
 There is enclosed petition ad- dressed by .92 residents of the islands of Negros and Panay, Philippine Islands, to Representative Clarence B. Miller of Minnesota. The petition urges Congress to postpone the liberation Of the island for 20 years and then to submit the question to the voters of the islands
 PLANS FOR ADJOURNMENT
 The purpose of the republicans to filibuster against administration meas- ures means. in all probability, that the adjournment of the session in June will not materialize
 It is certain that a long, stubborn fight will be waged against the Philip pine bill It iss also certain that the republicans will throw impedimenta iii the path of the tariff commission bill although that bill is the embodi- ment of a rock-rinbed republican idea, And the republicans, too, will vigor- ously oppose the ship purchase bill.
 Inasmuch as the two latter meas ures will not enlist in their behalf all of the democrats. their success will be bought it is certain. at a sacrifice of considerable time. And as there are many other bills pending including the military bill,, which is still fin the wa ter" and the navy bill, which has just been introduced, the idea of 2 June adjournment--or an adiournment be- fore the middle of summer-ts not sec riously entertained