The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-24
CONGRESS SESSION NEAR END
ONLY ABOtT TWO WEEkS MORE
or talk ~ THE SENATE.
sH,r Tarin Biiis Are to Bc nratcn. but
There WIN Be sharp Discussion on
the Rrapport ionn,ent and statehood
Nieas asures cotton Revision Plans.

the RrappOrt ionn,ent and statehood
Mea sures cotton Revision Plans.
wAsprNoroS. July ~ With the Ca
nadian reciprocal agreement disposed Of
Democratic le aders are fearful that il
will I've difficult to hold a quorum of the
Senate and House in session after August
:, when n vote will be taken on the State
hood bill In fact Senators and Repre-
sentatives have given notice that imme-
,liately upon the passage Of the Statehood
bill. which was included in the agreement
that fixed dates for votes on Canadian
reciprocity and the wool and free list
billie they will hasten 10 their homes.
There hasn't been quorum in the
House in Washington for many weeks.
Senators have been obliged to stick TO
their jobs and the House has transacted
little or no business for long time. The
impression Is quite general that unless
there IL a change in. the situation the
lawmakers will put up the shutters few
days after August : The House Demo-
Gratis do not expect the Senate to take
up the cot on revision bill. which will be
reported this week
There will be another week OF tariff
debate in the Senate The Underwood
wool bill. which was passed by the House
and has been favorablv reported to the
Senate. is now the unfinished business in
the Senate and will continue TO be- until
IL is disposed Of by the final vote. which
will be taken on Thursday Immediately
after the Underwood bill is disposed of
the Senate will consider the farmers free
lat hill nd xx,,n
vote ia taken on Saturday
With the vote on the farmers free list
bill, which now seems certain of defeat
and the certain defeat of the Underwood
wool bill on Thursday. the consideration
OF tariff legislation at the extra session
OF Congress il is believed will lie at an
end II is possible that the La Toilette
wool bill may be adopted as a substitute
for the Underwood bill but there will
have to be a considerable change of
sentiment in the Senate If this happens.
The latest canvass of the situation in
the Senate indicates that from fifteen to
twenty Democrats will refuse to vote for
the La Toilette bill because 1t is framed
As a protective measure and they will
prefer to wait until the Democrats can
~
accord with the Democratic tariff policy
Il is expected that the debate this week
will he very lively and will be marked
by all shades of political opinion.
Democratic Senators who refrained
from debating the Canadian reciprocity
bill because they we're committed 10 the
plan Of passa ge Of that bill without amend
rnent will probably take advantage of
the presence in the Senate of the wool
bill and the farmers free lisr bill TO deliver
themselves of some warm speeches. But
IT is the general opinion that the general
debate will end III talk and that the last
prospect for general tariff legislation will
vanish with the defeat of the farmers free
list bill on Saturday.
The second week ahead will be devoted
TO the consideration of the reappor1lOn-
rnent bill. which is certain to arouse
ferce antagonism This bill. which pro-
vldes for a areapportionment nv the States
OF the Congress districts based on the
last census. was passed by the House
and reported from the Senate Committe tee
on the Census by the Democrats on that
committee with the aid of two Rapubli-
can members. The chairman OF the COM
mittee. Senator La Toilette and Two
other Republican members have joined
IN a minority report against the bill.
Senator Root of New York and Senator
DuI tOu OF tNlb nave drnbllnCe0 tnaf tnev
will speak in opposition 10 the bill and II
is understood that other Senators on the
Republican side will oppose 1t This
gives promise of a lively debate The
vote on the reapport ionmsnt bill is to he
taken on August 3.
Following the vote on the reappor-
tionment bill the Senate will pass to the
consideration of the resolution providing
for Statehood for New Mexico and Ari-
zOna. The friends of the Statehood reso-
luton believe it will pass with an amend :
ment striking out that part of the Ari-
zona Constitution which provides for n
recall Of judges and providing that that
question shall be again submitted to the
people
The advicee received from Arizona are
that there has been change of sentiment
among the people on the question of the
recall OF Judges and that this obno xious
feature of the Arizona Constitution will
be voted down when it is next submitted
to the people. The vote on the statehood
resolution W he taken in the Senate two
weeks from tp-morrow.
The cotton revision bill will be pre-
sented to the Democratic caucus on Tues
day afternoon by Representative Under
wood. chairman Of the Ways and Means
Committee. The indications are that il
will be approved and that debate on it
viii be begun in the House on Wednesday
Representative Underwood is of the
opinion that debate on -1he measure will
be exhausted a week from "Wednesday