New-York tribune., 1908-05-22
MAY PROLONG SESSION
WEEK MORE OF CONGRESS.
Senate and House at Odds-1he
Public Buildings Bill.
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Washington. May 21-There appears 20 be a
radical difference between the Senate and House
on the subject of adjournment. The Senate has
almost cleared it's docket and up to the hour OF
adjournment this afternoon expected TO ad-
journ on Saturday. In the House. however. ir
/ is emphaticaly asserted that adjournment will
, not be taken until some time next week. the
Speaker and the chairman Of the Approprfa-
tOns Committee insisting that the Congress will
not adjourn Saturday.
1t has been asserted that some doubt 10 the
I Presidents attitude toward the public buildings
bill would lead to delaying adjournment until
the measure was signed. but authoritative in
! tmations that the President viii not veto the
bill remove this uncertainty Senator's have in
some Instances gone so far as to have their
boxes packed. and one two have engaged their
sleeping car accommodations. but Mr. Cannon
insists that they have another guess coming
1t said in the Speakers Office this evening
that there are four or five important bills which
the House purposes to pass before adjournment"
After the adjournment of the Republican
conference tonight Speaker Cannon expressed
the opinion that it would be eight or ten days
before final adjournment of Congress could be
reached We have fIibuster which pre-
vents action more than five six bills a
day he said. There are twenty-nine meas
ures now in conference. and YOU can make Your
own estimate 10 the time it will take to dis
pose OF them We are not going 10 turn tail
and run Possibly the Senate can adjourn
without the House but I under the impress
sion that it would find some constitutional OBJ
stacles in the way of its doing so"
Representative Tawney said this evening: ut
is possible to get away Saturday. but it won't os
done 1t is true the Appropriation bills are in
such condition that they can be disposed of.
promised they would be. and they are But the
public buildings bill may involve some delay be-
fore an agreement is reached. and then we viii
have 10 make omnibus appropriation TO carry
IT. 1 prepared an amendment carrying S5.Obo.-
90 for this purpose and it has passed the Sen
ate but it cannot become a law until the public
buildings bill is passed
President Roosevelt has already taken notice
of the So 100000 public buildings BILL although
it is still in conference. He asked Secretary
Cortelyou to-day to prepare report to guide
him in deciding whether TO sign or veto it Mr.
CorteIvor1 was asked TO include in his report.
first whether the condition of the public funds
justified so large expenditure for public build
ngs at this time; second, the amount OF future
expenditures which will be made necessary to
complete the new projects authorized in the
measure and third opinion based on the
expert Judgment of the supervising architect OF
the Treasury as to the necessity for the projects
provided for. That there is a connection be-
tween the Presidents desire be fully informed
as to the public buildings bill and his wish TO
have an anti-intunction law passed and SUBJ
vention for ocean mail carrying steamers pro-
vided is declared to be obvious. He is continue
ing his personal work with members TO induce
action the anti-injunction bill. and TO per-
suade Representatives that the mail subvention
provision contained In the postoffce appropria-
ton bill should be accepted.