The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-04
President Pretty Sure to
Call Extra Session
for March IS.
PASSING the SUPPLY BILLS
And tho Tariff Commission Bill
May Slip Through in the
Last Hours To-day.

WASHINGTON. Ms rch The ways have
finally been creased in the Senate. with
the prospect that all OF the appropriation
hills and also the troublesome tariff COM
mission measure will slip through before
the Sixty-first Congress gives up the
ghost AZ noon tomorrow
Reciprocity. however. is apparently
doomed to failure. although there is II
remote chance that in the final hours of
the dying session an attempt will be made
10 compel the Senate to record its will.
st least indirectly. on this subject Thomas
?. Gore. the blind Senator from Okla
boma. told his friends tonight that he
would move tomorrow morning TO take
up the reciprocity bill.
The motion undoubtedly will be tabled
and in that event Congress- will he called
back by President Taft in special session
about March Is The call will be !ssued
Immediately after the expiration of the
present Congress This information came
Informally from the White House to-day
After day Of unusual smoothness ard
speed in conducting business the Senate
tonight ran against new snag which
for time threatened to disrupt the hard
earned peace and harmony of the situation
and plunge that body again into series
II filibusters. The general deficiency bill,
'he last Of the big appropriation measures
10 be considered by the Senate developed
an item of $4,000 to cover expenses in
cured by Senator Lorimer in his defence
Of the bribery charges
The readin Of this item was almost
ike a bomb explosion in the Senate, and
Immediately there was a great uproar
Democrats were dec lsring that they as
members OF he Committee on Appropria-
mons had not been consulted and some
Republican regulars joined in the hula
If all the hard work of the leaders to bring
about a peaceful situation had been
blown up by great blunder
But the protests were hardly under
way Uclofe " WtS uOirtu dDDut ''lt
chamber that this item was plant.
designed TO afford Senator l.ormer al
orportunity to make an impressive re.
nunciation Whether this is true or not
Y was only few minutes later wher
the Senator from Illinois arose an.
announced that while he had been undei
heavy and unjust expenses in defendin7
the attacks upon him he would moi
accept the proposed appropriation snc
asked for it's elimination. This afforded
senator Hale. chairman of the Appro
prations Committee. who voted th,
o'her day against unseating l.orimer. ~
opportunity to compliment him at con
Siderable length on his generous action
Tho Scnat tor from Maine characterize
this act as in keeping with the good sens,
and taste shown by Senator Lorimel
throughout the entire case.
Many members of the Senate. mostly
Democrats, demanded to know of Senate
Vale who was responsible for the insertion
Of this item in the general defcienc,
hll. Democratic members OF the ApprO
rria,ions Committee declared that they
had not been consulted and had neve
heard of it,
senator Hale failed to throw any ligh
m the matter and many rumblngs wer'
heard even after the item had beer
dropped from the bill on Senator Lori
mer own motion.
The Senate having finally disposed o
the Democratic fihbuster against ths
'a,E commission bill got down e
business with a rush. The Democratic
fIlbuster against the appropriation bill
which was started last night petered OH
IN the early hours Of the morning. follow
lng a surrender by the Democrats on th'
tariff commission propos ition, and fo
The first time in four days the wheels o
the legislative mills were able to turI
Without obstruction
BY midnight the Senate had cleared
the decks SO far as the appropriation
bills are concerned. In to-day's session
TIE Senate passed the remaining four bii
appropriation bills. These were the pos
ONCE. carrying about s2iO, 600 900 tn
naval with appropriations aggregatinI
Sl?s n00. 900; the sundry civil slA2, 900 ,00O
and the general deficiency. ssOO, ,0Oo
All told the Senate authorized the ex
renditure in the course Of the day u
something like s5S8, ,OOO. 900, Figurin
on the actual time II was IN session IN
Senate authorized the expenditure o
about s5O.OOO 600 an hour. or little les
than 81 .OOO, 600 minute.
In tn. consideration and passage q
tho naval bin a still more impressiv
'ecnrd was made. This bill. carryin
N?G ooo, 600, went through in about thirt
fnmUtes, or at the rate Of about 81, ,0O0, ,0C
minute The sundry civil bill. wit
~ Ei2 ooo. 600, occupied the attention @
N" Senate about three hours. Most q
VI" tim" was spent on the post Office bill
winch oontained subjects like the IL
rreh-e on second rate postage, whic
''irr"d the Senate To debate.
he Senate will meet at 2 O'Clock tc
f'nrrow morning ready TO vote cn II
- u commission bin and after that Il:
''maining few hours will be devoted I
'ds and erds and conference report
moss Senator Gore or somebody eli