Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-01
SESSIONS END NEAR
Underwood Says Congress
May Adjourn by August /.
TIRE THE INSURGENTS OUT
Have Had Little Help in Keeping
Senate Talk Going.
RECIPROCITY NOT THE END
Other Tariff Bills Will Have to Be
Considered When Canadian
Pact Is Passed.
TIRE THE INSURGENTS OUT
RECIPROCITY NOT THE END

Democratic Leader Underwood an
nounced today that the ways and means
committee would begin drafting a revised
cotton tariff schedule next week. Statis-
tics subcommittee has been preparing
for month will be ready then. He said
there is now a prospect that the extra
session might end by August I.
II think that the Senate will get vote
on the reciprocity bill within two weeks
said Mr.. Underwood, land 1t ought not to
take more than two weeks to vote on the
free list and wool bills
Willing to Forego Cotton.
Action in the Senate on the cotton SEIZED
ule probably will not be insisted upon. in
the view Of House leaders, il the Senate
disposes of the other measures. The cot
ton schedule will not be ready for action
in the House for two weeks or more, but
a long debate is not expected by the
leaders
The Senate. after brief session TODAY.
adjourned over until next Wednesday.
Many senators left the National Capital
this afternoon for a rest of three days
they come back to work they will enter
into an agreement to close the debate
on the reciprocity agreement in short
order, and take a vote.
The four or five insurgent republicans
who are bitter in their opposition to the
agreement. and who started out to talk
against 1t for several weeks. are showing
unmistakable signs Of firing Of the task.
Not Interested in Debate.
They have discovered that the country.
being for the agreement, is, apparently.
not greatly interested in what they are
saying. Some Of them have been en-
barrassed by Information from their own
states that their course is not approved
by the people.
Neither the standpat republican sem
ators nor the democrats are showing
much inclination to debate the agreement
and but few of them have listened to
what the insurgents have SO far had to
say. OF course, the Senate will not be
"out Of the woods" by any means after
1t has taken a vote on the reciprocity
agreement. The democrats Will then de-
mand vote on the farmers free list
bill and the wool revision bill passed ny
the House of Representatives.
Whether these bills will hold the Sem
ate for many weeks will probably de-
pend on the attitude of the insurgent
republicans. Within the last day or TWO
there have been intimations that the in
surgents might decide to support these
two bills. However, no decision to do
this has been reached. 1t does seem to
be true that some of the insurgents are
more or less moved by the criticism OF
their course in trying to obtain revision
along the precise lines that would satisfy
them They have received many COM
munications the last few days advising
them to show their good faith by sup
porting the democratic revision bill.
Underwood Well Pleased.
Chairman Underwood, in addition to
predicting early adjournment. said that
the democrats have every reason to be
pleased with the situation in Congress.
RECIPROCITY is certain to pass the