The Work In Congress

■Washington, July 5.- The senate Saturday afterncon completed the firstreading of the tariff bilí, administrative sections and all. The hoüse section prohibiting the entry of all convict-made goeds was agreed to and many other house administrative provifions -svere restored to the bilí. Then a hitch occurred. The committee offered an amendment Kiving a bounty of % cf a cent a pound for beet sugar manufactured in this country. The Democrats immediately declared they would flght this and the committee withdrew it. Then Alien introduced it. Allison gave nctice that he would press a vote on the bilí Monday or Tuesday. Washington, July 6.- Allison, in charge of the tariff bill, announced shortly be-, fore the adjournment of the senate last night, that as no agreement had been reached for a final vote on the tariff bill he would ask the senate to remain in sessicn tonight at least until the bill was reported from the ccmmittee of the whole to the senate. This promises a test of endurance unless the opposition to the bill gives way. Allison's statement was maöe after another futile effort to have a time fixed for the vote. In some rapects the senate made good progress yesterday, disposing of two amendments, that placing a stamp tax being agreed to with little or no cppositlön and without the formality of a vote, while the Spooner amendmer.t, proposing a tariff investigation, was withdrawn after a protracted struggie. The 'ïouse by a party vote, without transacting any business, took a recess until tomorrow to get ready for the tariff bill, if completed before then by the senate. Washington, July ".-The final vote on the tariff bill will be taken in the senate before adjournment tcday, a deflnite agreement, assented to by all parties, having been reached at the close of the debate yesterday. The agreement is a? follows: "That debate on the tariff bil) shail proceed under the rlve-minute rule after 1 p. m. tomorrow, and the final vote on the bill shall be taken before adjournment tcmorrow." Allison did not ask that the hour for the vote be set, being content with the positive agreement that it should be some time today. The limitation of speeches after 1 p. m. to five minutes will bring the debate within narrow limits. The announcement by the vice president that the agreement was perfected led to general exchange of ccngratulations among the senators. Durir.g the day the anti-trust question was debated at length, and Pettus' amendment on the subject was defeated -26 to 33.