New-York tribune., 1910-06-25
CONGRESS CLEARS DECKS
Obstacles to Adjournment To-
day Practically Removed.
MANY REPORTS ADOPTED
Agreement on Campaign Public
ity and Reclamation Bond Bills
Three Still Unpassed.
IErom Tho T,rihri1A Bureau. I

IFrom The Tribune Bureau
| Washington. June 24.-With the adoption
| tomorrow of a few belated conference re-
| ports the first regular session of the 6lst
Congress will close. Several problems
which for time threatened deadlock be-
tween the Senate and House were solved
| late this afternoon, and when the Senate
adjourned at O'Clock regulars. insurgents
| and Democrats agreed that it would be an
easy matter to close up all remaining busi-
ness tomorrow.
Three appropriation bils-the sundry
| civil, general deficiency and pension-are
| still in conference. but it is expected that
! the conferrees will be ready to report an
| agreement by noon tomorrow. The differ
ences on the sundry civil and general def
| cheney measures will be easily adjusted.
| The conferrees on the pension bill are in Il
deadlock on the old question whether
not the agencies shall be abolished and ali
pensions paid from a central agency in
| Washington. The Senate conferrees are
holding out for the retention of the eigh-
! teen agencies, and it is probable that at
the eleventh hour the House conferrees will
| yield
! Two important conference reports were
approved by the Senate to-day. The
House conferrees abandoned their opposi-
| ton to the Senate's amendment TO the
| campaign publicity bill, and the Senate ap-
proved the report without debate. The
| House bill provided for the publication of
campaign expenses before and after cleo
ton. while the Senate bill does not. require
publication before election.
Compromise on Reclamation Bonds.
Many conferences were necessary before
an agreement was reached on the bill au-
thorizing a $40 900 bond issue for the
completion Of reclamation projects. West
| ern Senators were unalterably opposed to
the provision of the House bill that no part
| of the proceeds of the bonds should be ex-
pended on any project until after it had
been approved by the President and
board of engineer officers of the army.
President Taft insisted that he should have
the right to designate army engineers 10
examine existing projects, with view TO
enabling him to determine their feasibil-
| ity. The conferrees were luncheon guests
at the White House to-day, when the sub
! ject was gone over in detail. Returning to
the Capitol. Senators Lodge and Smoot
submitted a compromise provision to the
Western men. They discussed it several
hours. and late in the afternoon decided to
accept it. 1t was then submitted to the
Senate and adopted Senators Bailey, Car
ter, Dixon and .NewlandS said they regret
ted that army engineers were to have any
thing to do with the reclamation projects,
but they were not willing to stand in the
way of the issuance of the bonds, and
would not vote against the adoption of the
conference report. although it was far from
satisfactory The compromise requires
army engineers designated by the Pres-
dent 10 examine projects on which the pro-
ceeds of the bonds are TO be expended but
/ strikes out that part of the House bill re-
/ quiring the engineers to approve project
/ before any more money is spent on it.
The House provision required approval by
the President and the army engineers.
whereas the compromise requires approval
| by the President only.
| Burton Fights Appalachian Bill.
The Senate was in session eight hours to-
| day most of that time being consumed by
Senator Burton's eflibuster speech son the
Appalachian and White Mountain forest re-
| serve bills From 10 o'clock until noon
| bills on the calendar were considered and
| forty or fifty measures were passed by
unanimous consent. Shortly after IL
| o'clock Senator Burton began his long
| speech. He discussed many topics and al
! though at times he was far away from
the bill before the Senate, his speech was
! orderly in its array of facts and in many
ways is the most notable filibuster speech
| which has been delivered in Congress in
many years. From time to time there were
| calls for a quorum, but the Ohio Senator
! did not take advantage of them TO rest.
Instead. he stood at his seat chatting with
colleagues who were sitting near. Mr.. Bur-
ton held the floor for more than four and a
half hours.
| second filbuster speech was begun by
| Senator Newlands when Mr.. Burton fin
| ished. Conservation was his theme, and in
| a few minutes he had dressed "co-opera-
! tion and coordination" in verbiage made
over from his former efforts. The Senate
paid no attention to the enthusiastic Sena-
| tor from Nevada as he outlined his familiar
| plan for improving everything and every
| amendment providing for conservation
commission with authority to join the states
in comprehensive scheme TO uplift the
human race by the applica ton of the balIl
of cooperate ton and coordination" Sena-
| tor Bacon suggested that an application Of
| "alliteration'' might also be helpful Sena-
! tor Kean mildly intimated that the scheme
of 'uplift proposed would not be complete
unless it included divorce laws and prize
| fights. Mr.. Newands did not reply to this
soft Impeachment of Nevada.
From time to time Senators Burton and
Newlands yielded the floor for the consid-
GRAFTON Of conference reports.