The Washington herald., 1911-08-17

wool BILL will undoubtedly make clear
In that instrument his determination to
veto any general tariff legislation passed
at the time in advance of a report from
the tariff board that would make such
revision a scientific one.
Work on Metal Schedule.
Before the Democratic Senators took
the action they did yesterday they con-
ferred freely with the Democratic lead
ers in the House. Representative Under
wood. chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee. will go about the work of
reporting bill revising the metal sched
ule. The Senate will probably pass the
cotton bill as 1t came from the House
after adding to it the Overman amend
ment relating to chemicals and the Cum
Minis amendment relating to iron and
steel. The Senate may amend the bill
still further, as the conference yesterday
took no action against other amendments.
but left individual Democratic Senators
free to vote as they might see fit on all
amendments other than the two for which
the conference affirmatively declared.
After the bill is passed through the
Senate. as 1t doubtless will be with the
combination OF Democratic and fnsur-
gent Republican votes that has hereto
fore prevailed, 1t will go to the confer
ence committee of the two Houses and
a compromise will come forth that will
probably demand enough votes to pass
both Houses
There was much disappointment among
leaders at both ends of the Capitol last
night when II became known what action
the Democrats of the Senate had taken
IN conference. Nearly everybody IN Of
fetal life in the Capitol is tired out and
heartily sick of the long, dreary session,
which has been fruitful of no results
since the passage of the Canadian reci-
procity bill, for which purpose the extra
session was convened. Everybody fears
wrangle that may prolong the session
far beyond September 1. Representative
Oscar Underwood, Democratic House
leader. painted very gloomy picture
last night. -....
Is I'D TO the Senate.
THE date of adjournment depends al
together upon the Senate" said Repre-
sentative Underwood. of Alabama, chair
man of the House Committee on Ways
and Means If the Senate proceeds to
the consideration of the cotton revision
bill we will doubtless be in session until
September 1, or thereabouts."
The Committee on Ways and Means
held a meeting yesterday morning. Fur
ther consideration was given a bill in
amendment of the iron and steel sched-
ule 1t is the purpose of the Democratic
leaders, in event that the Senate pro-
ceeds to a debate on the cotton bill, to
report to the House next week bill
amending the iron and steel schedule If
this is done, as now seems probable, the
session may be prolonged far beyond
September 1.
The House leaders are not in very
optimistic frame of mind to-day over the
date of adjournment. Speaker Clark, Ma
jority Leader Underwood; and their i'm
mediate lieutenants are reconciled to the
present situation. There is a possibility
that Congress may remain in session IN
definitely If the Senate should attach to
the cotton bill amendments proposing
changes in the iron and steel rates, as Is
threatened by Senator Cumnins, Of Iowa,
Chairman Underwood will. at once report
a bill along the same lines. This means
a ten-day or two-week debate in the
House, supplemented by a debate in the
Senate on the cotton bill, and still an
other debate on the iron and steel bill as
will be provided in the proposed Under
wood bill.
Get Free List Bill Report.
The Senate received the conference re-
port on the free list bill yesterday and
promptly voted to insist upon the amend
ment adopted on the motion of Senator