Cañon City record., 1911-07-06
EARLY ADJOURNMENT OF CON-
GRESS CONSIDERED PROBABLE


clude its extra session earlier than
expected. Many senators and Demo-
cratic house leaders are figuring on
the first week of August as adjourn
ment time. The situation, however,
is not sufficiently clear to warrant
positive prediction.
No understanding has been reached
for a vote in the senate on the Cana
dian reciprocity bill, those advocates
express complete confidence in its
massage and the wool tariff and free
list bills. Senator Penrose, chair
man of the finance committee pro-
nosas TO press for unanimous consent
m fx dates for votes on all three' 10
hosten action Mr.. Penrose and otner
sions and may insist on night meet
ings. Mr.. LaFollette of Wisconsin is
to offer amendments when he makes
his long speech on reciprocity. MI
pristow of Kansas will put forward
,nsurgent conditions and others VINO
will fieure in debate include Senator'S
Gronna of North Dakota and Thorh-
ton of I,ouisiann who will speak this
waek Burton of Ohio, Stone OF Mis-
souri,. Nelson and Clapp of Minnesota
Bailey of Texas, and Simmons of
North Carolina.
Neither the senate OK the house 8lli
be in session until Wednesday. The
senate special committee to invesu-
gate the election of Senator Lorimer
will resume hearings July 16, and the
house sugar trust" investigating COM
mittee July 10. The house steel
trust" investigating committee will
continue its hearings soon.
A revision of the cotton tariff will
be undertaken by the house commit
tee on the ways and means probably
the latter part OF the week and Chair
man Underwood expects to report 1t
to the house shortly thereafter. House
leaders do not expect 1t to be pre-
sented in the senate. other matters
are scheduled to go over to the regu-
lar session in December provided ex-
peditious action can be secured in the
senate on the reciprocity, wool and
free list bills.
In the senate next Wednesday Mr..
Owen OF Oklahoma, will deliver a
deferred speech on the commission
form OF government and Mr.. New
lands of Nevada on federal commits
sion regulation OF Industrial interstate
business. Senator Works of Californ-
ia will speak Thursday on the federal
public health service.
The committee on state department
expenditures expects to present to the
house possibly this week its report
recommending the dismissal of Con-
sui General William II. Michael at
Calcutta and disbursing officer Thom-
as Morrison of the state department.
because of their connection with the
Justice Day portrait voucher and the
1000 unaccounted for therein. Mr..
Michael was formerly chief clerk of
the department
The Honduran and Nicaraguan loan
guarantee treaties, the former already
before the senate and the latter still
in committee and strenuously sought
by President Diaz of Nicaragua in
the interest of restoring business in
his country, already have been urged
upon by the senate for ratification
in a message by President Taft A
treaty for the safeguard of seals in
Alaskan waters, in which the United
States, Russia. Japan and other ma
tlons are interested. is about ready
for submission to the senate. The
administration also is counting upon
ratification of the British-American
general arbitration treaty, not yet
concluded. during the present session
Of congress.