The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-06
WHAT CONGRESS HAS
TO DO This WEEK
Senate and House Will Handle
Important Legislation
INSURGENTS ARE ACTIVE
ings Bank Bill In House VIII Take
I'm Most of the Time That
Is Devoted to Debate

Washington, .hlne 5.-Conservation leg
islation in the Senate and the postal saw
ings bank bill in the House constitute the
features of the congressional programme
for the coming week. The general opin-
ion is that both of these measures will
be voted on before Sunday night and that
they will be sent to conference. Party
lines will be dissolved and new lines OF
insurgency developed in the Senate in
connection with the public land with
drawal bill which it is expected will be
taken up tomorrow
Sore of the wester members are pre-
pairing to make vigorous assaults on the
Roosevelt Garfield administration of the
public domain, and especially as regards
the blanket Withdrawals of large areas
l. is net improbable that this course will
lead to some bitter criticism of the more
conservative policies of the Taft-Ballinger
administration of the land laws.
The discussions will arise over the con-
sioe-ation of the administration bill which
ALREADY has passed the House to author
lie the President TO withdraw public lands
for purposes of classification for the pro-
lection of water power sites. for forest
reserves and to prevent mineral lands
from falling into the hands of monopo-
lies. Many western railroads through
Senators Clark, Hepburn and Borah of
Idaho, Carter of Montana and Hughes
of Colorado have expressed fear that the
enactment of this measure will mark the
return of the policy of locking up great
Of To- hot
might be deprived of the benefits of devel-
opment that would accrue to them froiu
their expansion.
On the other hand the more radical
prcgrs NINE carried out during the regime
OF former Forester Clifford Pinchot is fav-
ored by such western men as Senators
Dixon of Montana, Flint of California,
Perkins of California, Piles of Washing
ton. Chamberlain and Bourne of Oregon,
Smoot anG Sutherland of Utah AID num-
err us others.
Administration leaders are committed
TO the conservation legislation advocated
by President Taft. and it is not doubted
therefore, that the House bill for the
Withdrawal of public lands for conserva-
tlon purposes will be passed at an early
date. and that the measure will emerge
successfully from conference
supporters of statehood legislation are
willing 10 give the administration con-
servation measure the right of way If the
republican leaders will give their pledge
that vote shall be taken on the Arizona
New Mexico bill before adjournment.
At one time there were indications that
there would be serious clash over the
question of which should be taken up
first. The democrats were inclined to op-
pose taking up any other measure in ad-
vance of the statehood bill. but at an in
formal conference yesterday they decided
their cause would not be advanced by pre-
cipitatfng such a controversy as long
there is no time fixed for the present ses-
sion to adjourn. They argued that they
could force action before adjournment in
any event
The House committee on postoffices and
post roads will meet tomorrow and prob
ably will report to the House the postal
savings bank bill perfected last week in
the republican caucus.
It Is expected that the committee on
rules will meet on Tuesday and report out
a special rule that the postal bank bill
will be given the right of way through
legislative channels. The rule will pre-
cipitate a hot fight In the rules commit
tee and on the floor Of the House, it is
expected.
Both of these committees were ordered
by a majority of the republican caucus
to take the action outlined
Republican leaders of the House say
there will be no difficulty in putting the
bill through without amendment. They
estimate that at the outside limit not
more than IA of the insurgent republicans
will vote with the democrats against the
measure.
Unless some agreement is reached by
which a conference can be avoided, both
the House and the Senate will name con-
ferees on the railroad bill tomorrow.
The suggestion made Saturday that the
House accepted the Senate amendments
to the bill met with favor in some quar-
| tiers, and for that reason no action was
| taken in the House, Speaker Cannon al
| lowing the question of naming conferees
| to go over until tomorrow.