The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-05
Taft Sets April 4 ASH
Date Of Legislators
Convening.
OLD SESSION
ENDS IN TUMJJLrlI
Fllibusters in Senate and House
Defeat Tariff Board Bill and
Statehood, While Reciprocity 81
Agreement NJ easure Is
Strangled 10 Death-Ex- III
traordirsry Scenes.

NnshinEt"r ,Iurct 4--The sirfyafs
most Important legislative tasks setE'
heforc ~, cnmc 10 m cnd shortly aftets
noon to-day. Mithtn the hour follow IS
Ing rrcsidcut 'TprtshnJ Issued n urocl,, 81
nation cuIlrs The new Congress- 4ns
meet IN cNtrn.Ttiinury session nt noon
on TucSiI?, Sprit 4 t45443
AT that ti,ur Nc .,iii submit for ~, .t.,s;
hcatfon - House Observation-Disclosures
democratic nrd 70 II senate barely nc -
publican the rcciprucity Increment
With Canada. .rhc NcCnn bill, carr1y, 81
lug thnt nirrcmeut iuto effect enLa
pissed hs' thr Hunsc. met to-day gf#
INC hands OF ''c old senate the death
That had been frosty predicted for II f:98
The President. well warned If not&
entirely reconciiel - the fate in stores
lrf the measure, was at the CAPITOL to-
WITNESS tn. obsequiss Tha bill was noE
! plloWed ~ any tinle 70 come UP in thsaS
senate for moment,s consideration 8
| The Permanent tariff board bill.4
forced 70 It's massage through re z$s
luctan' SENATE n $50 o'clock thisS
morning, w-aa hurried over to tha%
House. thare 10 he strangIed BY 55 ~
Democratic nlibuster. The President
| IN the room reserved for him III thaA
| Senate lobby. heard the news WITH:
1 =
e continue the work Of the temper 4 r,-S
tariff beard for another wear s
\ Democratic Request. IA
| II vas q the request of the Demo -
Gratis OF the House and Senate tia ~
| fresihent raft lNfd rhe date OF thas
Democrats Woys and Means Commit
tee OF the House, which IS also gtc5
serve a S tho new COMMITTEE on com .- 81
iniitees.' viii iueat on Monday TO take!
/ up It's latter duties 4 tull caucus pf9
iall the Democratic me nlbers OF thasi
aew t.3uss viii not be held until Aprliss
! : In the meantime, the plans for thsN
extra session viii have developed 52ys
There IS little doubt now that tfs
Democrats of the House viii! underta ka5
! TO revise at least two or three OF the
| schedules OF the Payne-Aldrich tariff
act. and there s eyery reason to hes
lieve that these bills will be fayorablys;
Preserved in the new senate. the in-S
creased Democrats ana Insupgent
strength IN this, hody giving a ma
jority to the principle Of @ further re-
vision Of tile 'arin downward 1t &iaS
supposed also that SO long Is the new
schedules do not Tia grantly violate thaM
policy Of protection President TAFT wiz
not withhold his approval of them H 81
has announced. however. that If G. gen
era revision in violation Of the pro
tectiye policy should i, inaugurateds
ne would not hesitate to use the poWaeN
of the veto. Ssss
How long tho extra session Will le sh.
is problematicai While the new Com
gress may promptly ratify the rect-g
rrocity agreement. some Democrats
are In favor of withholding conhrnla.1
ton until two or three new tariff
schedules are ready If tariff differ
ences should arise between tho new:
House and the Senate tbs session u11ss
IiaS In, nj -,
Right to Stop 1t. 500
In this connection however, the it,9@
tercsting fact was developed today
that the President has a constitu-:
tional right 10 bring the session 81 o
ali end in case the two houses OF
Congress cannot agree upon a. tiTns
for adjournment Such action ts-ss
admitted. would be revolutionary. ana
there Is though, 10 be little Likelihood
that any President would care to IN
woke the power vested In him by sec =
ton 8. article 9, OF the CONSTITUTIONS.
The old Congress ended amid scenea
Of extraordinary excitement and M.
certainty. In the House the disorder
a times during the closing hours,s
the tariff board Bill was in progress.S
! became almost a riot. ~
Representative Johnson OF Ken a
| lucky. slaring angrly a t Speaker Cana
non, shouted a bovc the general roar
OF confusion a challense 10 the ef-8
| feet that but for tho Speakers graz
hairs ne would carry the wordy& dis
agreement TO a moro serious concIu48
sion. The Speaker his sparse gray
hair hristlins in his rage. declared
with a vicious blow OF his gavel on.
the desk that no member need Ter hiss
age be a bar 70 anything they had to-
Offer, The House stood UP and cheers
ed 9Ss
In the Senate nlinuster conductedi
| hy Senator owen. of Oklahoma, threat
sned I'll. final approya! Of four of thai
great appropriation nlea sures up to-
within helf an hour 81 the tins fore
adjournment Senator'S OF both par @sS
ties appealed in vain TO Senator Owen
70 stop talking aud let The supply
bills go through Ine Ssna tor safd3
he had set out to tglf TO death thae
resolution apr owing the Consultations,
OF New Mexico and comforting upon
that Territory the lastarights OF State..N
hood 50 Il was shat when Prestderr
TAFT arrived u. the CAPITOL at 1880
o'clock to Sign the last OF the bt4ies
rushed through in the closing hours.
he found Statehood holding the Sena
ate at a standstii, and the tariff boaf1
bill absolutely blockading m. PROF.
sress OF the House,
Declines TO Sac Taft. sBssfsgi
The President vas appealed r tc IA ,ys
the Senate leaders to use whatever
owen, This Senator declined 4 to se oS
come IN jointly With NeT Mexssa asss y
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