The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
BOTH HOUSES IN
FIGHTING TRIM
Week Closes in Very Unsat-
isfactOy State
PRESIDENT is WORST OF ALL
Congressional Leaders Look for GEN.
eral Cleaning Up In Both Branches
of Congress This
PRESIDENT is WORST OF ALL
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEY.

Washington, June 16.-(Special.) )-Con-
gressional leaders say there may be a leg
islative clearing up early next week, but
one thing is certain, the week closes
with things in a highly unsatisfactory
state, the members of the Senate and
House all angry with each other, and
both sides pretty well agreed that for
one cause or the other the President is
a little worse than any faction in either
the Senate or the House.
The meat inspection controversy is of
course the center around which all the in
dignation, executive interference and
charges of bad faith are revolving. There
is more feeling being displayed than has
been witnessed here In many day The
Wadsworth row Is simply the
elimination of a long series of dictatorial
ideas handed out from the White House
for Congress to swallow.
Speaker Cannon Loses Head.
To cap the climax Speaker Cannon has
lost his head and is exhibiting an unusual
degree of sensitiveness. His inability to
keep the statehood bill from becoming law
has hurt him very much, and this morn
ing the speaker Is in high dudgeon over
the fact that someone is msrepresenting
him "out home on the pure food bill.
In addition other members are claiming
that the speaker promised that he would
let them have a rule to consider the i'm
migration bill On this point the speaker
seems to have changed his mind, and
Representative Gardner, who has the bill
in charge, is threatening to call a caucus
next week and get the immigration bill
up regardless sof the speaker.
Ready for Anything.
At the White House the President Is
about ready for anything which ma y
happen. He has lost so much ground at
the present session Of Congress that II is
now a simple case of recklessness with
him. The statehood bill. which is now on
his desk for signature, is defeat for
him as well as Speaker Cannon and Sem
ator Beveridge. He is announcing daily
to members that he will veto a sea-level
canal bill If 1t is sent him. and he is
urging the speaker to rush through the
immigration bill.
The Santo Domingo treaty, the Isle of
Pines treaty and the Philippine bill all
strongly supported by the administra-
tion, are hopelessly buried in committee
and as for the railroad rate bill. still
in conference, the President probably
hates to think of It, Everyone knows
that when the rate measure becomes law
it will be very far from what the Pres
ident wanted.
Trying to Save Himself.
Realizing that he has been badly de-
feated upon practically every big question
which has come before Congress, the
President is now trying to save out OF
the wreck a little credit on the canal
former he Is at war with the Senate
and on the latter he Is ptted against
the House organization. A majority of
the Senate is for a sea level canal, but
through threats OF veto the President
Is trying to force 1t to take the lock
canal. Speaker Cannon and the House
would like to have the House agrcul-
tural committee to pass upon the meat
bill in the regular order, but the Pres
ident jumps in and will have none Of
It, Following - letter of Thursday to
Chairman Y ellsworth the President to-
day sent that member another telling him
what he wants the House to do. The
President idea Is to work up a big
public sentiment in favor of the Bever-
idge amendment and thus force the House
to repudate its committee. The Presi-
dents friends in the House claim that
they will bring the committee around to
their views even If the President has to
man Wadsworth. The President stands
ready to do this and every one especially
the democrats. are enjoying the fun.