The Washington times., 1910-06-01
TRUCE REPORTED
AT THE CAPITOL
Insurgents and Regulars
May Agree TO Adjourn by
End of June.
LEGISLATIVE PLANS
OF TAFT TO SUFFER
Members of All Parties Appear
Anxious TO Get Out Into
Campaigns.
BY THEODORE H. TILLER.

There are rUmors today. as the pres
ent session OF Congress begins 10 run
into June that the regulars and the
insurgents probably viii get together
on a proposition to stack their arms,
adjourn and get back home as quickly
as possible TO take an active part in
their respective campaigns. This plan IS
being talked Of in the House particu-
larry. with June So as a probable ad-
jo'Inment date.
Necessarily. IL this is done. the Presi-
dents legislative program will suffer. II
Congress sits until that is put through
IL means August. or at best July L. Not
a single piece of legislation urged By the
President has as vet become law.
The House has passed the Statehood
bill The Senate has not passed 1t and
probably Will not do so
The House has passed the railroad bill
The Senate is just getting to a vote
and il will require at least two weeks 10
straighten Out the Senate and House
differences when the bill goes TO confer
snce.
The anti-injUnction bill, which the
President urged, is dead. It appears, so
far as this session is concerned. It re-
poses quietly in a subcommittee Of the
House Judiciary Committee.
Two Weeks for Postal Savings.
The Senate has passed the postal saw
ings bank bill House Republicans have
held a number Of caucuses and have
about agreed upon q measure. but IL
must go back to the Postoffice Commit
tee for report and minority views and
Il will require a special rule 10 rush il
through in anything less than two to
three weeks.
The anti-option bill. aimed at gambling
in futures. may or may not have a look
In this session II 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 bill has not been reported
from committee, and the legislative APP
preparation bill is tied Up in conference
There is yet TO be reported also an
omnibus public buildings bill, carrying
about S15,OOG,OOO for those who need
pork barrel appropriations for the va
rious sections.
Eighteen Working Days In June.
Public buildings are sreat vote-getters,
and. inasmuch as bills calling for ap-
propriations Of about 100000 are be-
fore the Public Buildings Committee Of
the House, Il may readily be seen that
there will be much grievous oratory
when a measure carrying a patty fifteen
million or so is brought in.
That about sums Of the legislative
situation today June has tweCty-siX
working days. In the House, tour OF
these must be given over TO Calendar
Wednesday, two 10 the District or Col
umbia, two to suspension of the rules,
and there should be couple Of days set
aside for claims This would leave tn
House about eighteen days to get
through the legislation referred to above.
The regulars and insurgents have
locked the situation over and have
about come to the conclusion that every
body ought TO go home July /.
True, the session hasn't brought much
except the passage Of appropriation bills,
arc some Of the general lnsi5 aticn
wanted BY the President must fan by
the way II Congress adiourns TO hunt
votes
Explanations Ready.
The regulars and insurgents, however,
have the proper explanations ready To
spring from the stump. Here's the way
the doubling constituencies will be told
about it:
Regulars explanation - We couldn't
set through any good legislation on
account of the insurgents and the
Democrats. We are not in the ma
jority any more.
Insurgent explanation-The leEisla-
ton was bad and the regulars
wouldn't give US chance TO make Il
good by amendment They wanted TO
work the old gaE-rUIe and we
wouldn't stand for il. That's why
we're changing the rules.
Democratic explanatiOn-Just an
other example of Republican cussed-
ness. Make US the majority party and
ven show you some legislation.
50 II begins to appear that the
legislative program is rather shot to
pieces. But what's q legislative pro-
gram. asked one anxious member.
when some opponent is making the
welkin ring back home and the
chances are daily growing more slim
for the return Of the aforesaid anx-
iOuS one.