Show f END D Of DISCUSSION O ON THE RATE Bill Nearly All Members of The Sen ats Agree That This Week Will See it POLITICS WILL HAVE A PART PARTI I principal mile lie be on Court He view Which Ir batty Will Uc He Tocsin ln acre l May a nil 11 tho th o members men menate of ot the tho United Don Donate w on onate ate o In III predicting that the tho pres present tort ent week will see tho the end of ot the tho discus discussion dl cu slon sion on the railroad rate fate bill There Thero la I Republican senators I Boino tits ills position to the thu compromise e provision for to l u n 1 judicIal revow of ot the Iho of ot tho the Interstate commerce commission but Jut the fact that this pro provision vision Is III accepted by the tho conservative leaders on tho the one ana hand hanl and nl by the president on tho till other renders It practically curtain certain c that the tho amend amendment ment will In III the end be he Jo accepted an lIS n II party measure meU lure and that It t will receive most It If not Mt nil all of at the votes otes of ot Republican sun can senators It U remains to bo bl seen effect the consolidation of oe the tho Republican n party will upon the Democratic son nto s There Is III little doubt douht that they wilt will criticize the course courso u of ot f their not ci antagonism hut but itis It Is la not that they will carry carry their opposition to tho the extent of ot trying to 10 postpone the tho linn final vote on Oil tho the bill for tor arty any 1111 great of ot time lime The fhe Democrats will probably content with ex rc dressing surprise that t lt the tho bill he hr transformed Into u n party measure Cud ow then thell utter after their theil will vill let the voles otell be hI taken tallen each cach man voting according to his hid own views view There Is la no 11 agreement among liB Its i to whether lit bill hill shall bo he o amended and It In Is probable that thai a n day or two will elapse before any policy on en that lint point ran cnn be bc determined allf The consideration of ot tho the bill hili will pro reed In accordance with tho the agreement o the measure r fi section by section and each eath section disposed epo el of ot In order The Tho pr proceeding s List lael l at Friday tho the only day daiY on nn which the Imo hilt heel been in III session under the tho agreement Indicated that lint thero therm Is lit lit tie II prospect of at any nil general chungo In Inthe Inthe Inthe the measure At Al t this Unto limn It seems s erns probable that changes may bo be 0 1 giving the tho com cont commission mission power to 10 trunk lines lilies to 10 connection with other lines Until and prohibiting the lorta com companies panics from enlacing engaging In III the production tion of or commodities Amendments for tor the accomplishment of ot both these purposes will be he urged und and to so o ten far comparatively little opposition l lion tion lo to them has hAIl boen buen 11 developed Opinions differ as nn to In t the length lenth of ot time that may bo be bl required for tor the tho con cot elusion ot of Uio tho work on the tho bill and es estimates e vary nil the way froth from day laY until Saturday The principal de tic debate bate will bo be on all the tho of ot court review I which will wilt probably be reached reach f ed d 1 by Tuesday After Atter that Is I til et o there will b h he little heart left fur for lIr any anything Oil thing else clet and lillI whatever may mil bo ho offer el cd 1 will wilt most likely bo ho acted upon aped after r comparatively little tittle discussion Th There Ther r Are re us aS yet no plans plan for tor In InI up lip other measures after the tho bill shall MII have been disposed of ot but It ItIs Is b expend expected ex th d some of tit the ai I atlon ullon will b be ready vendy for Cor consideration lion tion by that thaI time lime Th Tho discussion slon of ot tho rho nomination of ot Mr lr Bastes Burne rant secretary ss s to 10 the tho president us post master of or Washington will also pro pru seed when opportunity offers The rhe national house of ut representatives enta lives tives will complete the appropriation appropriation II bill hill this week If It f the tho foreign affairs committee can tel get ut the th diplo diplomatic matic natle dad and consular appropriation bill hili ready In III time action also ul o may be tak taken taken I en on un that lilt i Aside 81 from this character of ot I Ilion lion tion today Is III tobe to be devoted to tn the tha pus SIKO of ot bills under of ot the tho rules and Friday Is to lo be he devoted deviled to the tho nf ot private pr Isato hills The fh reading lear of ut the naval bill Is ex expected to occupy tho Tuesday Wednesday and possibly Thursday Should tou I there ie be bo e any t time limo tite however there Fire are two special orders order already on the calendar and the bill hili Is U to constitute con tIute the third If It the thc present plan succeeds to tu Rive give It tint status by hy tho the passage of ut the tho res resolution rc today Pure IUlo food legislation ills has the thC right of or way utter rater appropriation lion tion bills lillis und and next th ll the bill creating n a uniform system of ot naturalization Night sessions are contemplated to get through h like Iho voluminous tinn of ot the criminal laws which Is pending but n po no special order to thin end has been adopted With the tha naval and diplomatic bills out of oe the way II there remain but hut two appropriation bills to be he formed tool and II passed These are the sundry which will be Je out of ut committee the thel of or May and tho general de d 11 l e C which Is always the last nn 1 calculated to lu carry carl tho the odds edits and un II ends of ot the tha money necessities of ot tho the government gov government ov Jay Gould 1 of ot N J whose Vho excellent playing In tho amateur court tennis championship of oC Great Grent Britain at III the th Queens QUI club has hils attracted great In England En will meet V Pennell last la t years runner up this tilts week and the winner will x play Hits Ius lace Inc Miles files the holder of oC the chant cham championship The Interstate commerce commis commission Sloe sion on an tray May lIln 10 will begin heln one of oe the themo most mo t thorough Inquiries that has hUll ever eor been Instituted Into the relations be he between between tween the and the Standard Oil company Special counsel have havo been heon and hundred of ot sub subpoenas Issued Independent oil refiners ors orB have been boen summoned and tho the commission will make mauo us as drastic nn au Investigation as ns possible The ecclesiastical court which tried Dr DI Algernon S of oC Rochester N X Y tot for heresy will void reassemble TellI emble in 11 executive session nt the parish h house of o if St Ht James cinch church Batavia May 9 0 to examine the tho evidence and decide on un ona una a 1 verdict The following tiny day the court will transmit their findings K to Bishop oller upon whom rests thu th responsibility of ot deciding what punishment If ally shall shrill be lie meted out ont Th Illinois Democratic state con will be held In 11 The fhe national convention of ut the lire Both of ot Locomotive Engineers will meet at nt Memphis May ey ay 9 III 1 T S t T S YS It t T TED ED ny 6 volt velt elt today reiterated his hist views on nn rat rail railroad rood road rate legislation In III a n ent to tl the tho executive committee of lit the tho Pennsylvania State Grange The rhe tele tuba groin gru follows allows Washington D C O Slay May Mil CW C 1 K KHill 1 Hill Members rR I Commit tau tco Pennsylvania State Orange Grange Tola Tele Telegram gram received I am tun happy to tell you yon ou that not only nm min I T standing on nn my original position lo as 1111 us regards regard rut rite legis legislation legislation lation but It seems scants likely that Con Cun Congress gross gress will take this position pOl too Th lh Hepburn bill meets my views as I 1 have hate from the tho th beginning stated Tho Allison amendment Is la only onh declaratory of oe what the tho Hepburn bill must moan supposing It 11 to be he b no 1111 genuine friend of ot the bill hili cnn can oh ob object to 10 it Il without stultifying him himself self In I 1 shall he be glad to tl get set eel eer certain tain amendment is such an nS those com commonly known ns as thu Long LOllI and lIll Over Ovel Overman man nine amendments but they are al not vl vi 1 till and event even s without them the th a Hep Hepburn t burn hurn bill with the Allison son amendment let contains practically exactly what I have luw e both hoth originally and always since Ince risked asked for tor to 1 mid If It enacted l Into Unto law Ian la It will represent longest step stele ever eer yet et taken In the direction of ot solving the tho railway rate problem Til EO SE |