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Show EARLY AGHMEII SEEMS PROBABLE House and Senate Likely to Get Together on the Railroad Rail-road Bill. v By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Juno 4. Although il came as. a surprise to many, there were numerous indications today that, the senate and the house might rench a prompt agreement on the railroad bill through practical acccptanco by the houso of tho senate bill. Whilo there was no certainty that Buch would bo tho case, there wero man' straws pointing that vrny. This would havo tho offect of hastening hast-ening tho adjournment of congress and members prophesied that, with the railroad rail-road bill agreed upon, adjournment would come within three weeks. Senators Aldrich. Crano and Ellcins today conferred with Speaker Cannon and Tieprosentativo Maun of Illinois, who has charge of tho houso bill. Mr. Mann said that, as far as ho was concerned, con-cerned, personally he would not agree to the senate bill. He said there wero many things in tho houso measure which were not in tho ono adopted by tho senate upon which he would insist. Also there were somo things in the senate bill to which he objected. The subject will be called up in tho houso next Tuesday, when Mr. Mann -will move nonconcurrenco aud appointment of conferees. |