The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-11
CONFLICT OVER
RAILROAD BILL
Taft'S Measure Is Being
RaiIrOaded Into Law
NO ADJOURNMENT IN SIGHT
1t Is Certain That Several Weeks Will
Be Spent in Discussion of the Rail-
road Bills and Then Other Bills
VIII Come Up
NO ADJOURNMENT IN SIGHT

Washington, April 10-Everything in
Congress is subordinated now to the con-
sideration of the administration railroad
bill through it's having been advanced
to a privileged status in both branches.
The differences of opinion which exist in
relation to many of its most important
features have brought the regular and
insurgent republicans into sharp conflict,
while the democrats look on, ready to
grasp any political advantage that may
chance to crop out of the discussion.
Until the railroad bill is out of the way
it would be idle to speculate upon the
probable date of adjournment. The most
optimistic of the republican leaders of
the Senate predict that the measure will
not pass the upper house before May l.
In the lower house no one has hazarded
guess. The rules committee, it is re-
ported, is not inclined to bring in a rule to
limit debate.
After the railroad bill is passed by both
branches and goes to conference, where
there will be several weeks hard work
probably in the reconciliation of the ideas
of the Senate and House, the other Taft
policies will have to be considered State
hood, injunction bills, postal savings and
conservation legislation all will require
time for their disposition. If Congress
concludes its labors by June 25, or be-
fore, no one here will complain. notwith-
standing the anxiety of members to get
home to look after fall campaigns.
OF the general appropriation bills, the
sundry civil bill is the only one remain
ing to be considered by the House that
will take much time. 1t is probable this
will be taken up in the coming week to
the exclusion of deliberations over the
railroad bill in order to pass it on to
the Senate committee on appropriations,
which has run out of work
Senator Lodge is expected to call up
tomorrow the request of republican mem
bers- OF the "eost OF living COMMITTEES"
for an appropriation of $4,000 to extend
its work. The outline of work the COM
mittee wishes to undertake is compre-
hensive but 1t has occasioned some criti-
cism from democratic senator's who al
leeg that politics is involved in the In
quiry.
The rivers and harbors bill will be also
reported to the Senate Monday. II prob
ably will be called up during the week.
but western members will demand that
1t go over until some agreement is
reached on the measure authorizing the
Issue of s30,0Oo,00O In certificates of in
debtedness to complete reclamation
projects already begun. This bill has
passed the Senate and is being held up
in the House.
There will be sessions this week of the
committees investigating the Ballinger-
Pinchot controversy the cost OF living
and the charges by Representative Steen-
erson of Minnesota that there is a lobby
here to influence shipsubsidy legislation.
The ende of none of these Investigations
is in sight.
The most interesting event in the Pres
ident's programme this week will be the
reunion at a dinner tomorrow night of
the Taft party" that Travelled with him
in 1905 to the Philippines and Orient. The
President will give attention during the
week to pressing further legislation in
which he Is interested. He may an
nounce the appointment of a successor
to Gen. James s. Clarkson, surveyor of
the port of New York. The possibility
that a decision will be announced Mon
day in the Standard Oil dissolution suit.
the tobacco trust case or the corporation
tax cases directs attention to the su-
preme court of the United States Argu-
ments In cases involving the validity of
number of state laws will be heard
during the week. Among these will be the
cases involving the Kentucky tax on
doubled stamped spirits and the Missouri
law prohibiting foreign corporations from
removing suits from state to federal
courts.
Other interesting cases that may come
before the corut involve the decree of
the supreme court of Tennessee ousting
the Standard OIL company Of Kentucky
from doing an intra-state business in
Tennessee and the Jim Crow car in inter-
state commerce, as raised in the Chiles
case.