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Show DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL. The fterato Republican regard the administration hip bill as dead beyond the hope of n-Mirrcrtion, and to an unprejudiced observer it begins to look that way. Under sin agreement between the two partiep the measure hn.n been tent to conference and tho appropriation appropria-tion bills will tie taken up and paHSd. When the shipping bill comes up auin the liepubl icanK re to resume their filibuster until the 4tb of March, when (he life of the present, congress expire. ex-pire. The Democrats having only a small majority in tho next, bonne, nnd that, majority divided g a i n .n t itwelf, there is no hope of getting the bill through rjt. the coming .session, although it would probably pa1- the senate, president pres-ident Wilson has, therefore, w ipely determined de-termined to abandon the plan of enli-ing enli-ing an extra seb!on and will take the trip to the Han Francisco exporting, making speeches at the principal rjlie en route. The fibjpping bill will probably prob-ably bo the burden of his song. |