Show SUPPLY BILLS NOTHING ELSE Forecast of Work Likely to be Accomplished at Short Session of Congress I The Report on the Ship Subsidy Bill Will Probably be an Exception to the Rule for no General Leg Islatlon at Coming Session Ses-sion Washington Tho paasagff of fid appropriation bills and as little other general legislation as possible Such in brief Is tho forecast for the short session of the Fiftyninth congress which began at high noon Monday There has not yet been time for as general an exchange of views among members as Is ordinarily desired by leaders before expressing their views loaders before expressing their views but all seems to regard the present sltuaton as so simple as to need comparatively little Intercourse to arrive at an understanding It Is evident evi-dent for various reasons that it will not be possible to do much on tho appropriation appro-priation bill before the holidays and tho circumstance may have tho effect of condensing tho consideration of the fourteen largo supply measures into two months Considering that the aggregate of the appropriations to bo considered will approximate ono billion dollars some senators and members mem-bers express the opinion that congress cannot do better than give all of Its time to these measures The report on the ship subsidy bill probably will be an exception to tho rule for no general legislation Tho friends of that measure have never been more Insistent than now They are extremely hopeful and yet very apprehensive |