New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-12
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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Washington. August il.
pRORoGATION IBLE.-That Con-
gross will adjourn very soon. probaoiy next
Thursday. was assured to-day. when ior-
NAL agreement on the wool Dill was
reached. Tho members do not take ser'-
onslv Senator La Follette's threat thst ne
desires TO debate the iron ana steer sVhe"-
uIes. the sugar schedule and various olhe'
sections OF the tariff law. In complnauo"
with the Democrats. the Senator from WIS
consin enjoys considerable power, but IL Is
certain to be short lived when the Demo-
Gratis desert him. and they arc now quite
as insistent on adjournment as the hepun-
licans II there is any more limelight 10
he drawn by an effort TO prevent an ad-
iournmert the Senator from Wisconsin
will. of course, make the effort nut' az
has been said, II the leaders OF both houses
wish 20 adjourn, and mere hanoIul vi
insurgents seek by filibustering TO proions
the session, the President Will not hesitate
to invoke his power to prorogue congress
II has been suggested that President tart
agreed not to utilize his power in this re-
spect when he called the special session
but that is not correct. He dld assure Tue
Democrats that he would not take mat
step Immediately upon the passage OF lhe
reciprocity bill and without giving them
an opportunity to pass their popSun tarlH
bills. and II is not probable he would resort
to that course now except with the APP
nroval of the Democratic leaders. but with
the Democratic and the regular Republican
leaders anxious to adjourn there would DC
nothing whatever TO prevent MS eHerclsihs
his constitutional power, and there Is every
reason TO believe he would promptly do So
WITH RECOIL ?-Sena-
tor Bailey resigned from the Mchet"'S
Commission to-day. and Senator's ana rep
resentatives are wondering II. as uslai' MS
resignation carries recoil attachment
There is nothing on the exterior or the
resignation 70 indicate the presence or inns
Ingenious little device: but. then, that mas
heen true of all the Texans other resisna-
tions-a fact which in no way inter'ered
with the successful operation Ct the at
tachment. The Texan announced 10 an IN
terested Senate to-day that he WOULD oe
unable to complete his deliberations on the
questions Of monetary reform by Decen1per
I and that as the Senate seemed deter-
rninod to demand 4 report from the COM
mission nv that date, he would not PLAY
any. lonoor on the contrary. he purposed
10 take his doll rags and go home to Texas
leaving the unfortunate commission to en-
dure such dire affiiction as best 1t may. All
condolences extended TO the remaining
r,o,,bers of the commission to-day were OF
a tentative character. and carried the Pro-
viso that they were 10 take erect oh'y IL
the event that the recoil attachment faieG
TO work Meanwhile, the remaining mem
hers are bearing up as cheerfGlIy as pos
sible under the circumstances. and some OF
them seem to think they will he able TO
present a report even if the Texan does not
reconsider.
DISCOURAGED INVESTIGATORS a
more sadly discouraged set OF men tnan
the Democratic members of the two House
committees which deal with naval afalrs
n would he hard to find. They have worked
IN season and out and with q painstaking
energy worthy Of better cause to ds-
cover some scandal In the administration
81 the Navy Department susceptible OF ne
ing converted into campaign material ana
have finally been compelled TO abanoon
the task az frmtless. compensated only by
the knowledge that nothing could con-
tribute so greatly to the credit OF the 40
,,,inistratiou as the failure of their quest
The Committee on Expenditures In the
NAVY Department abandoned its task after
come six meetings The only thing the
committee had been able to unearth was
the crookedness OF contractor, when &C
Cured seven or eight years ago, ana II
was shown that Immediately on discovery
NJ tho case the department took such
remedial measures that there was nothihS
left for the committee to criticise. one
other charge was duly proned ~ Was
made nv An employe who had been as
,,,iesed and by another who had been de-
r,o,ad for Inconvenience. II involved two
navy pavmasters, but on Investigation II
proved 90 be wholly without iouhoaIion
II is said that the committee VIII hoin
other meetings later. hut this announcement
is received with large grain OF SAT- as
tho members are sorely discouraged. ms
conor,it,oa has even encroached on the
,rovince Of the Committee on Naval Al
fairs and has aroused a sharp protest TOT
en- doing. The Committee on Naval AHairs
has boen equally unfortunate It's utmost
efforts having disclosed nothing worth even
at+emrtine 10 investigate This showing OF
itself discloses conditions remsrkanly iree
rror, ANYTHING even suggesting graft. and
tho committee could cover itself with
glory by joining in a testimonial TO the eN
co,lent condition in which it has found