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Show RAILROAD RATE BILL Congress Will Face Much Important Work the Coming Week. WASHINGTON. March 26 -Tbo .nllrrnd rate bill will continue this week to absorb the attention of tho United Statoa Senate. Thero nro several Senators who atill cxm-ct to do-llvcr do-llvcr prepared speeches on the bill, but nono of them has Indicated Ills rr-ndlness to proceed pro-ceed on Monday, so that It Is Impossible to glvo tho names of prospectlvo orators. Senator Sen-ator Tillman says, hnwxvor, that he has no dcubt that some one will, bo prepared to pro-wed pro-wed when tho bill Is taken up. Ho admits thnt thcro Is a tendency In the debate to lag. but attributes It to tho necessity for mu. h priparatlon In discussing tlio quesllin. II.-still II.-still Insists that us soon ns It becomes evident that tho debate la exhausted ho will press the bill to a voto. Indian Affairs Feuding. should thoro bo nn agreement upon tho con-kular con-kular reorganization bill. Senator lxnlge will probably call up tlio conference report during tho week, and some dchato on It Is looked for. Tho Indian appropriation bill will txi reported Tuesday, and Senator Clapp will tako It Up there should b- a lull In tliv debato on rates. A conferonco report on the bill for the settlement of tho nfTairs of the Five Civilized Civil-ized trlboa In pnllng In the Senate, and inny be debated at some length If thcro Is an opportunity. op-portunity. Appropriating of money will b Iho chief occupation of the Iloijfo this week. Tho leg-llntlvo leg-llntlvo appropriation bill, which hnd a rocky read with tho rulos of the House us nn ob-mructlon ob-mructlon last week. Is not finished by half. Mr. Llttnuer, In charge of tho bill, estimate that It will require Tuesday. Wednesday and possibly Thursday to complete tho measure. Criticisms Expected. Of tho features of tho legislation which will cauao comment. It Is predicted that a criticism of tho Bureau of Corporations will be tho chief; that In view of the recent decision In Chicago, which somo members regard as a curtailment of tho usefulness of this bureau Tho provision for the mints of the country always provokes discussion, and there nro Items relating to the jiostal service In the bill al.vo IlabN to cnuso talk. War clulmit havo tho right of way an Friday, Fri-day, by special agreement. The postolllcc appropriation ap-propriation bill Is on tho calsndar and Is slated for consideration at the earliest possible moment. mo-ment. Statehood Conferences. Of Interest outsldo of tho floor proceedings will bo tho meetings of the statehood confer-once. confer-once. Kfforls nro being made to bring the Bhlp subsidy bill within the horizon of legls-lutlvo legls-lutlvo action, nnd Mr. Bonynco of Colorado Is watching closely for opportunity lo complete tho pending consideration of tho bill making ii national system of naturalization. |