The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-01
EARLY VOTE
 ON LORIMER
SENATE DECIDES TO HOLD ROLL CALL ON RESOLUTION AT 1880
 WEDNESDAY,.
Compromised by Making Tariff Board Bill Unfinished Business Follow ing Lorimer Vote to Rush Ap-
 propriations.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-The agree ment of the senate reached shortly after o'clock tonight to vote at 1:30 pm. tomorrow upon the resolu- tion to unseat Senator Lorimer of Illinois, and to make unfinished busi- ness of the bill to create a perma- nent tariff board, materially improved the legislative situation.
 This improvement does not by any means wipe out the probability of an extra session of congress, but 1t gave ray of hope which was seized upon eagerly by the advocates of Canadian reciprocity.
 The storm clouds in the senate which hung menacingly low through an all might session last night, lifted materially late today and when an ad- journment was taken shortly after $ pm. until Il o'clock tomorrow, there was promise of a further clearing of the legislative skies.
 After a day of constant search for basis of agreement and amid a scene of extraordinary intensity of interest and evident mutual suspicion, the pro-Ilorimer senators, most of them opposed to the tariff board, and the pro-tariff board senators, most of them opposed to Dorimer got together about o'clock in modus vivendi. which cleared the situation and ob- viated the impending danger of an- other pictracted might session.
 So there will be Ia vote tomorrow afternoon on Senator LoIimer's case, and there is little reason to doubt that it will sustain Lorimer.
 The tariff board proposition is at least in materially improved position.
 The vote of 53 to 21, by which it would indicate that should it come to vote the bin would be passed by a subtamial majority. Some go so far as to say that it will receive the en- tire republican vote of the senate. Senator Hale gave notice he would attempt to put five appropriation bills through tomorrow afternoon and even ing. These are the agricultural, the postoffice, the diplomatic and consu- lar the Notifications and the military academy supply measures.
 It was stated tonight that as part of today's arrangement clearing up the situation it practically was agreed that t4e proposed increased rates on postage on the large magazines would be dropped from the postoffice bill, ending the possibility of a filibuster on that measure.
 It was stated further that some oth- CT seriously controverted items in ap- propriation bills likely to cause delay |would be eliminated
 If Senator Hale's program is car ried out tomorrow, and there is every reason to believe it will be, the sen ate will be left with only the sundry civil, the naval and the general de- ficiency appropriation bills to dis pose of. The senator from Maine warned senators today that unless they acted upon the appropriation | measures there would be strong chance that many of the most import ant of these would come in extra ses- sion from a democratic house.
 No senator was so sanguine tonight lover the improved legislative situa- tion as to predict that the probabil- lity of an extra session had lessened materially Many of them were hop ing" however, that such would prove tion bills should be carried into law the only extra session factor that would remain to be disposed of is Canadian reciprocity.
 The situation with regard to this agreement cannot be said to have changed in any way, unless it profits some hope it will, by the clearing away Of other matters, leaving reef procity to stand upon it's own merits Although made tho unfinished busi. ness of the senate by a decisive vote tae permanent tarif Gcard bill can
 net be said to be of the rocks by any means.
 The democratic vote was almos solid against the advancement of tht measure and Senator Money of Mis- sisglrgd, while pleading with sena tors to adjust their differences ant avoid an extra session said he wa