New-York tribune., 1910-06-22
HOUSE AND SENATE DIFFER
Former Insists on Labor Organ
ization Exemption.
UPPER BRANCH MAY YIELD
Presidents Conservation Bill
Passed-Agreement on Naval
Appropriation Measure.
UPPER BRANCH MAY YIELD
from The Tribune Bureau ]

Washington June 21.-The House by
vote of 152 to 1O5 to-day instructed its con-
ferrees on the sundry civil bill to insist on
the Hughes amendment exempting labor
organizations from prosecution under the
Sherman antitrust law. This action con-
stituteS the menace TO final adjourn
ment this week. Members OF the House in
sist that nothing will induce them to re-
cede from their position. and many Sena-
tors are equally emphatic in their asser-
tons that the Senate will never consent
to the enactment of the provision. There
is therefore, all the material for & dead
lock In this situation. On the other hand,
the breaking of the insurgent flibuster
against the postal savings bank bill in the
Senate by an agreement TO vote at 3 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon will result in concen-
trating the entire pressure for adjourn
ment on this single amendment, and Judg-
ing from experience 1t will hardly be pos
sible to hold the entire Congress in Wash
ing for many days because OF a deadlock
over a proposition of comparatively minor
Importance.
IF the President takes no hand in the sit
uation it is probable that ultimately the
Senate will yield to the demand of the
House. The Democrats, for partisan rea-
accept the House provision if they have the
opportunity. The insurgents will doubtless
perceive an opportunity to revive their
waning popularity by voting for a provision
desired by the labor organizations, and 1t
is doubtful If a sufficient number of regu-
lar Republicans will have the determina-
ton long to resist on principle, especially
if that means subjecting for a long time
the entire Congress to the torrid weather
the national capital is now experiencing.
The House continued its remarkable
legislative progress to-day. The Presi-
dents conservation measure, known as the
withdrawal bill, was passed in short order
early in the afternoon. The Democrats
and q small number of Insurgents voted
against il on the ground that the oil and
mineral provisions are not all that might
be desired, but the regulars had votes to
| spare.
I The conference report on the naval ap-
preparation bill was agreed to without di-
vision Representative Foss, of Illinois,
| chairman of the committee, devoted few
minutes 10 explaining the provision which
| allows an officer who has been a bureau
| chief and is transferred TO retain the sal
| ary and rank which he had when serving
| as the head of staff bureau. Representa-
| 1--WE HUI, Ol iowa, OppOStu tHt pioElSiOL
| until Mr. Foss pointed out that the plan
| had been adopted in the army.
| The Sherley bankruptcy bill providing
| for a uniform system of bankruptcy and
| correcting evils found in the present law
( was also passed
Representative Foelker of Brooklyn, in
| troduced a resolution calling on the Attor-
| ney General to give Congress all the facts
| in his possession which may tend to show
! that there Is 4 beef trust
Originally the Senate passed such a BILL
! although it carried provision for an issue
aggregating s30O00.O00. 1t was recognized
! that even this amount was too small to
! complete works approved, and 1t was ex-
pected that ultimately fund aggregatins
| 600 would have to be supplied. Un-
| der the terms of the bill the certificates
are TO be taken up from payments made
/ by settlers for water to be supplied by the
| government. There will be no drain, It Is
| said on the federal finances.
! After passing the bill the House ad-
| iourned The bill now goes to the Senate
! where its passage is assured.