The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02

Early Adjournment May BE
Especial To The Richmond Virglnian. }
WASHINGTON, u, G., June a
There are rumors to-day. as the pres
vnt session Of Congress begins TO run
into June, that the regulars ana the
Insurgents will probably get together
on a proposition 10 stack their arms.
adjourn and get back home as quick
Is as possible to take an active part
in their respective campaigns. This
plan is being talked of in the House
particularly,
Necessarily the Presidents legla-
iativo program Is going to suffer. II
Congress sits until that is pat through
it means August, at best July Ia.
Not single piece OF legislation urged
hy the President has as yet become
law.
The House has passed the State
hood bill. The Senate has not and
probably will not.
The House has passed the railroad
bill. The Senate IL Just getting to
vote. and II Is going 10 Require at
Least two weeks 70 straighten out the
Senate and HouEe differences when the
bin goes to conference,
The anti-iniunction bill. which the
President urged, Is dead. II appears,
so far as this session Is concerned.
II reposes quietly In subcommittee
os the House judiciary committee.
The Senate has passed the postal
savings bank bill House republic
rans have held u number Of eauruses
and have about agreed upon a meas
IRE. but II must go back to the post
office committee for report and mi
nority views, and II will require n
special rule to rush II through IN
anything less than two to three weeks.
The anticipation bill. aimed at gam
bling in futures. may or may not have
look In this session. 1t depends
somewhat upon the pressure brought
/ by Southern democrats, who have
fences Of their own to look after back
home.
The sundry civil bill Is not yet out
OF the House; the general deficiency
appropriation bin has not been re-
ported from committee and the leg
islatlve appropriation biz Is tied up
in conferences.
There Is yet to be reported also an
omnibus public buildings bill, carry
Ing about si5,000.000 for public
buildings, hut. inasmuch as bills cali
ing for appropriations of about $780,
090, 900 are before the public build
inga committee of the House, II may
readily Ire seen that there will be
much grievous oratory when meas
! ure carrying "a paltry fifteen millions
| or 30 ~ brought in.
/ THAT about sums up the legislative
/ situation to-day. June has twenty
six working days. In the House four
Of these must be given over to calen-
dar Wednesday, two to the District
| of Columbia, two To- suspension of the
rules. and there should be- couple
OF days set aside for claims. This
would leave the House about eiSh-
teen days tn get through the tegista-
ton referred to above.
The regulars and insurgents have
+ looked the situation over and have
about come t. the conclusion that
everybody ought togo home July l.
True, the session hasn't brought
much except the passage OF appro-
priation bills and some OF the general
legislation wanted by the President
must fall by the May. II Congress ad=
iourns to hunt votes. The regulars
and Insurgents, however. have tbs
proper explanations ready to spring
from the stump. Here's the way the
/ doubling constituencies will be told
atout IT:
Regulars explanation, We couldn't
4 get through any good legislation on
! account OF the insurgents and the
| democrats We are not in the ma
JorIty any more.
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