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Show QUAY MASTER OF THE SITUATION. From the Washington dispatches it is evident that Senator Quay is growing tired of his Statehood fight and would willingly surrender now but . for the fact that his followers hold him to the agreement agree-ment to which he united them early in the session. Only sixteen legislative days now remain, and even the most sanguine among Senate members admit that little can be accomplished in that time, as Quay has fcffectually blocked legislation. The session will not go down in history with a very creditable mark checked opposite its name. Since Congress was called to order both houses have dodged anti-trust legislation, and only the extra session threat of t President brought about the enactment of the Nelson Nel-son amendment to the bill creating the new Department Depart-ment of Commerce and Labor, "which -contains the desired publicity clause. True, the coal rebate bill was passed, but that was only a j)lay to the galleries. galler-ies. The Littlefield bill, a stringent anti-trust measure, meas-ure, passed the House, but it will die in the Senate. Senator Quay is responsible in a great degree for this regrettable state of affairs. With his Statehood bill he has done more to block anti-trust legislation than the entire army of trust lobbyists. The Committee Com-mittee on Agriculture,' which has the agricultural appropriation bill in charge, to which Quay has offered of-fered the Statehood bill as an amendment, has decided de-cided to hold the measure back in order to see if Mr. Quay will persist in his effort to obtain Statehood legislation in the usual manner he has outlined. Legislation is still blocked, and while the appropriation appropri-ation bills will doubtless be rushed through before the session closes, indications that none of the pending pend-ing treaties will be ratiflwl increase daily. Senator Morgan's opposition to the Panama canal treaty, supported, as it is, by Senators Teller, Harris and a few others, .has shown the Senate that much time will be wasted in discus. 'on, and the time may not be available. Morgan has taken advantage of the deadlock Quay has created to block ratification. A dozen different propositions have been advanced as affording possible bases for a settlement of the Statehood fight, but none has proved satisfactory. Irritation among both the advocates and the opponents oppo-nents of the Statehood measure is increasing, principally prin-cipally because the situation how threatens the failure fail-ure of the canal agreement, and a large majority of the Senate wants that measure acted upon. Members Mem-bers of the Foreign Relations committee declare that it is useless to call the treaty up for consideration considera-tion while ihe pending deadlock continues, and that everything now depends upon whether or not the Statehood bill can be displaced. Quay holds the key to the situation. He has it in his power to prevent the enactment of the Littlefield bill at this session, and those who know the Pennsylvania boss do not believe that he will do anything to make the paths of the trust kings rough and jagged. Quay has been a true and valued friend to the so-called captains of industry during the present session. |