Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-06-13
SENATE VOTES on
DIRECT ELECTIONS
MEASURE PROVIDING FOR AN
AMENDMENT TO cONsTITU-
TON DISPOSED OF.
RECIPROCITY FIGHT ON TUESDAY
Congress This Week Also to Take W
Wool Tariff Revision.-Panams
Bonds Will Sell
Fast.

Washington, June 12.-Opening o
the fight on the Canadian reciprocit.
bin on the floor of the senate Tues
day, with the house Democrat leader
urging the senate to defeat the Roo
amendment to the paper schedule
vote in the senate on the popular cleo
ton of senators bill; resumption O.
the wool tariff revision debate in the
house Tuesday-this is the weeks
program of congress.
Several conferences are figured on
Including a caucus OF Democrats In
the house Wednesday night to consid-
or extension of the legislative pro.
gram, and a meeting of Republican
senators to revise the list of senate
employees. House investigating COM
mittses will continue their work.
Meantime. there Is q raft of speou.
lation as to the probability of adjourn.
mont, which Senator Smoot and some
others predict as early as July
~, while Democratic Leader Under
wood says: III the extra session con.
tinued until late summer or autumn"
. more comprehensive scheme of tar
1T revision will be proceeded with by
the house."
Early action on the reciprocity bill,
hoped for by the president, seems un-
likely unless the Root amendment,
which has been objected to as fatal
20 the agreement. is defeated.
Amendment to bs Opposed.
Mr.. Underwood and other Democrats
who oppose the Root amendment now
propose to exert all the influence they
can to prevent favorable action on the
amendment 80 that 1t will be unneces-
sary for the bill to be re-referred to
tho lower branch Of congress.
Word from the senate finance COM
mittee that It has practically wound
up its business for the extra session
has reached the house. Democratic
representatives are about convinced
that the senate committee will not
pass upon any Of their tariff legisla-
tive bills, the free list and wool bills
and one yet to come. probably q re-
v1sed cotton schedule, upon which q
house subcommittee Of the ways and
means is now working.
Because Of the attitude Of the SEN
ate finance committee toward the
house tariff bills, Senator Stone,
backed by other Democrats. has
served notice that after waiting rea-
sonable time for the committee to act,
motions would be made to have it dis
charged from bills referred to 1t, such
- the free list bill and the wool bill.
This would force discussion on these
measures to the front and disposition
q them In that way might be made
but not without prolonged discussion.
h the senate the bill providing for
tAe popular election of United States
s>pators by amendment to the con-
e0eution will bs voted on, June u hav.
ing been agreed upon some time age
90 the date to complete the work on
that measure. Indications point
strongly to its passage by the neces.
cary twothirds majority. At the last
session similar measure almost se.
cured the necessary two-thirds.
With view Of insuring the widest
publicity OF all the expenditures OF
candidates for congress, the senate
committee on privileges and elections
next week will complete amendments
TO the house bill on this subject, which
will vastly broaden the proposed laws
1t 10 proposed to make the law ap
plicable to primary as we'll as regular
elections.
Bids $50,o00,0o0 Panama Loan.
The governments $50,000,000 Pana
ma canal loan probably will be takeI
in the main by small investors. AL
though the bids will not be opened un
til next Saturday more than soc
aAalad nr0nnaala have been recaived