The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-06-16
BUSY WEEK AHEAD
FOR CONGRESSMEN
Probable That No Schedules And the
Free List Bill Have Been
Passed.

Washington, d. c., June 12.-0pen-
ing of the fight on the Canadian reci-
procity bill on the floor of the senate
Tuesday, with house democrat leaders
urging the senate to defeat the Root
amendment to the paper schedule;
vote in the senate today on the popu-
lar election of senators bill; resump-
tion of the wool tariff revision debate
in the house Tuesday-this is the
weeks programme of congress. Sew
eral conferences are planned, includ-
ing a caucus of democrats in the house
Wednesday night to consider extern
sion of the legislative programme and
a meeting of republican senators Tues
day to revise the list of senate en-
ployes. House investigating commit
tees will continue their work.
There is much speculation as to the
probability of adjournment, which Sen
ator Smoot and some others predict as
early as July q, while Democratic
Leader Underwood says, ''If the extra
session continues until late summer or
autumn" more comprehensive
scheme of tariff revision will be under
taken by the house.
Early action on the reciprocity bill,
hoped for by the president, seems UNI
likely unless the Root amendment,
which has been objected to as fatal to
the agreement, is defeated.
Mr.. Underwood and other democrats
who oppose the Root amendment,
now propose to exert all the influence
they can to prevent favorable action
on the amendment so that it will be
unnecessary for the bill to be re-refer-
red to the lower branch of congress.
| Word from the senate finance COM
mittee that it has practically wound
up its business for the extra session
has reached the house. Democratic rep
lresentatives are about convinced that
the senate committee will not pass up
on any of their tariff legislative bills,
the free list and wool bills and one yet
to come, probably a revised cotton
Ischedule on which a house sub-com-
mittee of the ways and means is now
working.
| Whether the democrats of the ways
land means committee will take up re-
vision of any other schedule, such as
sugar and steel will depend upon the
length of the session.
There is a probability that we will
undertake to other schedules after we
have passed the wool bill and drafted
a cotton BILL" said Mr.. Underwood
chairman of the ways and means com.
mittee. eff the session continues until
late into the summer or into the fall
we might as well go ahead with oul
tariff programme. After cotton, sugar
and steel schedules would naturally
be discussed.
But if the senate is going to gel
through with reciprocity and refuse
, to take any action on the farmers free
: list and the woolen schedules, then {
recess probably will come and ou
work can go over until next winter.
Because of the attitude of the senat,
, finance committee toward the hous,
tariff bills, Senator Stone, backed b.
: other democrats has served notice tina
0 after waiting reasonable time for tn,
q committee to act, motions will be mad
d to have it discharged from bills re
Iferred to it, such as the free list bill
a and the wool bill which will go to it a
i soon as it passes the house. Thes
8 would force discussion on these meas
s ures to the front and disposition Q
5. them in that way might be made. bu
d not without prolonged debate
r In the senate today the bill provit
r ing for the popular election of Unite
l. State senators by amendment to th
II constitution will be voted on, June /
having been agreed upon some tim
ago as the day to complete the wor
E on that measure. Indications poir
strongly to its passage by the nece
sary two-thirds majority. At the la
b session a similar measure almost s
lcurad tba nacessarv two-thirde