The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-13
CONGRESS WILL
 PAY ITS BILLS Appropriation Legislation to
 be Considered. 7AWHEY WILL HASTEN ACTION Presidents Recommendations to be
 Given Attention. ship of State Expestsa ts Split ss Rock of Railroad LegisistieH-- otAer Questions Mere Easiiy
 Put Aside sy Law
TAWHEY WILL HASTEN ACTION

Washington. Dec. i2.--Appropriation Legislation will be undertaken by Con rress before the adjournment for the holidays. There has been general supposition that all measures of any character would be postponed untii Ai- ter the first of January.
 Chairman Tawney, Of the committee on Appropriations, has upset tnis scheme by declaring that an appropfiA. ton bill codld be prepared and passed before the Christmas adtournmeht As easily as not
 MT. Tawney has found a ready sec ond in Chairman Payne. of the Ways and Means Committees, and the two put ting their heads together have arrank- ed n program which will insure the passage of the District of Columbia sp- propriation bill and possibly the army biil before the departare of the soions for their homes.
 .sThey must earn their turkey before they eat it." said Mir. Tawney when reminded bf the anxiety os some of the members of both houses tq set aWsy next Saturday.
 The dsterrialnation to Immediately begin work on the supply measures is an indication of the program for the leaders of the present Congress. They are going to have the appropriation bills passed at as early date as pos sible
 Two yciements in Congress.
 There are two elements in Congress. One fayors extensive general iegisia- tlon. The other takes the position that in view of the fact the general tariff bill was passed in the long extra ses- sion of the spring and summer. Con gress should be content to do yery Ilt- tie more during the present session pf Ia fAn a latter faction takes the position that in recent years there has been too much Legislation rather than too little.
 All recognize. however. that some, ef- fort probably win be made to carry into effect the recommendations of the President. whether contained tn his an- nuRi. message or in tite1 special mes- sages which he has promised He is I laying out an extensive program, and nobody believes it will be possible to do all he wili ask to have done His recommendations with refefence tc railroad iegisiation are apt to give mora trouble than anything else. be- cause 1t Is believed that there will be a public demand for such that he Will recommend. and because. Congress is always divided on the policy to be pur sued with reference 10 the roads. The conservation. irrigation. postal savings, merchant marine. and other questions will not attract so much attention and may be more easily put aside tban the railroad question. There is general antipathy to a bond issue, and any measure involving any such feature win be very carefully considered be- fore it ig accepted.
 No one expects any antitrust 1egss- lation until the Supreme Court shall have had an opportunity to pass upoh the important cases involving the Sher- man law which are now before that tribunal, or In q way to reach 1t soon. Aside from the consideration of ap- propriation bills. there wlll be littls attempt at legislation in either tho Senate or House during the present week.
 The Senate will meet tomorrow but the House win not be in session again until Tuesday. ~