The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
House Will Pass the Farm CTS Free List Bill
 Today
BOTH HOUSES HAVE
 MUCH WORK AHEAD
Popular Election of Senators--Lori- mer Investigation and Election of President Pro Fem
 Confront Senate

Washington. May 7.-Congress will bs busy this week with many subjects. Tariff tinkering will have a change OF scene the Senate committee on finance taking up the Canadian reciprocity bill with hearings expected to continue throughout the week.
 After the farmers free list bill is passed | tomorrow, tarif debaters in the House will rest from their efforts while mem- bers from the ways and means commit- tee behind closed doors prepare for the next assault. on the Paye-Aldrich bill. The center of attack is to be the wool schedule. It will be several weeks in all probability before the committee is ready to report.
 Among the important matters on tho Senate programme are the election of president pro temporare to succeed Sem ator Frye who resigned; the proposed re- investigation of Senator Lorimer's right to retain his seat; and the resolution pro- viding for popular election of senators, passed by the House and favorably re- ported last week by the Senate eommittee on judiciary.
 Some of the progressive senator's at a caucus tomorrow are expected to protest against the selection of Senator Gallinger from New Hampshire as MT. Fryes suc- cessor Senator Clapp of Minnesota is the candidate of the progressives. The only chance of defeating Mir. Gallinger. it is said. would be through an alliance between progressive republicans and dem-
 >t. able.
 LaFOllette's Resolution Activity in the proposed re-investigatio9 of MT. Lorimers right to his seat wi4 center in the effort of MT. LaFollette t4 have his resolution providing for an ini vestigation by special committee of new senator's passed without reference The opposition plan is to refer the resolution to the committee on privileges and elec- tions
 On the Senate calendar is the bill pro- vid'ng for the constitutional amendment changing the methods of selecting United States senators. There being no prospect of a report this week from the finance committee on the reciprocity bill. popu- lar election measure will be called up for discussion.
 The Senate therefore will do it's first weeks work Of the extraordinary ses- sion instead of adjourning from Monday to Thursday and from Thursday to Mon- day, as has been the rule
 The general programme in the House contemplates consideration of statehood for Arizona and New Mexico; passage Of special resolutions providing for various additional departmental investigations, and investigations into the United States Steel corporation, sugar refineries and the American Woolen company.
 Bill Is Not Prepared
 Contrary to persistent reports It is known no bill has been prepared by the ways and means committee looking to revision of the wool schedule. At the same time it is improbable efforts to per suade the democratic members of the committee to postpone the wooen bill un- til next winter will be successful. Repre- sentative Underwood the chairman. summed up the whole situation when he said today:
 After the House passes the free list bill tomorrow the ways and means com mittee will begin immediately to consider the wool schedules. It is true that there are differences in the party regarding wool. but I feel assured that we will be able to draft bill acceptable 10 the party as a whole and that 1t will be ready within few weeks.
 proposed investigation of the Amer ican Woolen company as trust provided for in a resolution introduced by Repre- sentative Francis of Ohio a democrat, probably will be authorized but dem ocratic leaders say it will have no effect whatever on the ways and means com mittee in it's proposed revision of the wool tariff
 Hearings of the franchise resolution by the committee on rules may be held later in the week.