Show RATE BILL ILL WILL PASS THIS WEEK Conservative Senators and the President Will Leave Re Reformers Reformers Reformers formers in the Ditch GAME OF POLITICS PLAYED HOUSE WILL WORK ON THE SUP SUPPLY supPLY SUPPLY PLY BILLS Washington May 6 Practically all the members of the United States senate agree agreen in n predicting that the present week will see th end of the discussion on the rail railroad railroad railroad road rate bill There is among Republican can senators some disposition to antagonize antagonize antagonize onize the compromise provision for a ju judicial judicial u review of the findings of the inter interstate interstate interstate state commerce commission but the fact that this provision is accepted by the conservative senatorial leaders on the one hand and by b the president on the other renders it practically certain that the amendment will In the end be ba accepted as asa asa asa a party measure and that it will receive most If not all an of the votes of Republican senators Democrats Wit Will Criticise It remains to be seen what effect the consolidation of the Republican party will have upon the Ule Democratic senators There is little doubt that they will criticise crit eise the course of their political antagonists but It Is not probable that they will carry carr their opposition to the extent of trying to postpone the final vote on the bill bi 1 for any great length of time The Democrats will probably content themselves with ex ox expressing expressing pressing surprise that the bill should be transformed transform d into a party measure and then after chaffing their opponents will let the votes be taken each man voting according to his own personal views Amendments Not Agreed Upon There is no agreement among Republicans cans can as to whether the bill be other otherwise otherwise otherwise wise amended and it is probable that a day or two will elapse before any policy in that point can ean be determined The con consideration consideration consideration of the bill will proceed In ac accordance accordance accordance with the tiie unanimous agreement the measure being considered section by b section and each section disposed of ot in order The proceedings last Friday the only day on which the senate has been in session under the agreement indicated ed that there is little prospect of any general change in iii the measure Changes May Be Made At this time it seems probable that changes may ma be made giving the com coin commission commission mission power to compel trunk lines to tomake tomake tomake make connection with other lines and pro prohibiting prohibiting prohibiting the transportation companies from engaging in the production of com corn commodities commoditIes Amendments for the accomplishment of both these purposes will be urged ur ed and so far comparatively little opposition to them has been developed Opinions differ as to the length of time that may be required for the conclusion of the work on the bill and estimates vary all the way from Wednesday until Saturday The principal debate will be beon beon beon on the question of court review which will probably be reached by Tuesday After that Is disposed of there will be belittle belittle belittle little heart left for anything else and whatever may be offered will most be bc acted upon up n after comparatively little discussion There are as yet yot t no plans for taking up other measures after the railroad bill shall shan have hae been disposed of but it is expected that some of the thc appropriation bills will willbe willbe be ready read for consideration by that time tim The discussion of the nomination of Mr Barnes assistant secretary to the president president president dent as postmaster of Washington ton will also proceed when opportunity offers House The national house of representatives will complete the naval appropriation bill this week If the foreign affairs com corn committee committee can get the diplomatic and consular consular lar mr appropriation bill ready in time action also may mav be taken on that measure Aside from this charter of legislation today toda is to be devoted to the passage of bills under und r suspension of the rules and Friday is to be devoted to the passing of private pension bills Reading of Naval Bill The reading of the naval bill Is ex cx expected expected to occupy the house Tuesday Wednesday and possibly Thursday Should there be any unoccupied time however there are two special orders already alread on the calendar and the immigration immigration Immigration gration bill is to constitute the third if the present plan succeeds to give it that status by b the passage of the resolution today toda Pure food legislation has the right of way after atter appropriation bills and next the bill creating a uniform system of ot nat naturalization naturalization Night Ni ht sessions are contemplated to get through the voluminous codification of the criminal laws which is pending but no special order to this end has been adopted Two More Supply Bills With the naval and arid diplomatic bills out of the tho way wa there remain but two ap appropriation bills to be formed and passed These are the sundry civil which will willbe willbe be out of ot committee the middle of May and the general deficiency which Is al always always always ways the lust last l st and calculated to carry the odds and ends of the money necessities of the government Jay Gould of Lakewood N J I whose excellent playing in the amateur court tennis championship of Great Britain at atthe atthe atthe the Queens club has attracted great at attention attention attention in England will meet V Pen Pennell Pennell Pennell nell last years ears runner up this week and the winner will wUl play Eustace Miles files the holder of the championship i Standard Oil Inquiry The interstate commerce commission on May lla v 10 will begin one of the most thor thorough thorough thorough ough inquiries that has ever been instituted instituted instituted into the relations between the rail railroads railroads railroads roads and the Standard Oil on company Special counsel have been engaged and hundred of subpoenas Issued Independent dent oil oU refiners have been summoned and the commission will make as drastic an investigation as possible The ecclesiastical court which tried trie Dr Algernon S Crapsey of Rochester N Y V for heresy will reassemble in executive session at the parish house of St James church Batavia May 9 to examine the evidence and decide on a verdict The following day the court will transmit their findings to Bishop Walker upon whom rests the responsibility of deciding what punishment if it any shall be bc meted out The rhe Illinois Democratic Demo state convention will be held in Springfield May 11 U UThe The national convention of the Broth Brotherhood Brotherhood Brotherhood of ot Locomotive Engineers will meet at Memphis May 9 |