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Show BELIEVE SENATE WILL AOJOillOHll Ratification of ColombiaiN. Treaty Will Fail This Session. Jf By International News Service. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 11. It was predicted tonight that the special session of the senate which convened , ; March 5 will adjourn not later than i Wednesday of the current week. The session ses-sion has -accomplished the principal object ob-ject for which it was called, namely, the revision of the rules of the senate so that hereafter no such exhibition of dilatory di-latory tactics and interference with the wishes of the vastly dominant majority of the upper house of congress may be re-enacted. re-enacted. ( The other object of its assembling, as-sembling, the ratification of the Bryan treaty with the Republic of Colombia, whereby the United States engages lo pay $15,000,000 to that nation, will, not be gained. The senate has a majority favorable fa-vorable to the ratification of the treaty today, but the two-thirds necessary for the passing of the measure into organic law is lacking. The 2000 and more nominations which failed of action in the closing hours of the sixty-fourth congress were not renewed re-newed with the exception of a very few. Among that number was the elevation eleva-tion of Dr. Cary T. Grayson, U. S. N., the president's aid and family physician, from the rank of lieutenant commander to that of rear admiral in the medical corps of 'the navy. This designation has had the same effect in this congress a:; in the last and has halted the progress of confirmations completely.' With the reassembling of congress in extraordinary session only five weeks distant, the great interest is developing in the probable complexion and control of the next house. The death of congressman Cyrus Sulloway of New Hampshire, Republican. today again ties the big parties in the hou?e. Each party has 214 certain adherents. The Independent group remains the same, five doubtful quantities with the chances fa -voring the lineup of three of the so-called , independents with the Republicans on questions of organization and the POPi- tive certainty of the alliance of the maining two with the Democrats. Representative Scnall. the Minnesota Progressive, cleared the situation . somewhat some-what by announcing that he would not hold out as an Independent or go into any "little group of wilful men" willing to halt the organization of the house until un-til they can win for them&elves extraordinary extraordi-nary consideration in the way of committee com-mittee places and patronage. This is accepted at once to mean that Srhall will affiliate with the Republicans. Representative Repre-sentative Fuller of Massachusetts will without doubt vote with the Republicans On organization, it is asserted by men who know him. Representative Martin, the Louisiana Progressive, is reckoned in the doubtful column. Governor Whitman's announced intention inten-tion to call a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Repre-sentative Conry. Democrat, of New York, it is expected, will result in a similar call by the governor of New Hampshire to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Sulloway. a sneclal election elec-tion in the Granite state is proposed for the later part of March in order to insure a complete house when April H arrives. |