The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
ADJOURNMENT is
VERY UNCERTAIN
Congressional Situation In
Mnddled Condition.
STATEHOOD DEBATE ON

under Unanimous Consent Agreement
Vote Is to Be Taken Before To-
days Adjournment, but Dozen SEN
stors Went TO Talk on Resolution
end Probability Is That Recess
VIII Be Taken to Prolong Discus
slon-LaFollette's Actions.
Washington, Aug. 7.-Congress re-
convened this morning under condi-
tions that give no promise Of definite
results within the week, and consid
cradle uncertainty as to when 1t will
be possible to adjourn. In the senate
the resolution for statehood for Ari
zona and New Mexico is the order OF
business, and under the unanimous
consent agreement a vote Is to be
tak1 on the resolution before ad-
journment.
There are perhaps a dozen eenators
who want to debate the resolutions.
II is not likely that the decision can
be concluded today and II Is expected
that instead of adjonrning the senate.
will recess until tomorrow and pos
sibly again until Wednesday. thus
prolonging the executive day and
preserving thespirit of the unanimous
consent agreement. Under the con-
ditions that prevail In the senate the.
time may as we'll be consumed on
statehood. as there is no prospect.
that the senate will have any other
A.sc 3 aH
nesday OF THURSDAY.
Some of the southern Democrats
express the opinion that Senator La.
Toilette IL purposely holding back o
report on those measures uaii he
gets vote in the senate OF l,a cot.
ton bill This prospect is r1t pleas
ing to those southern senators who
have been hoping that a Veto might
be drawn out Of President TAFT On
either TIE wool bill or the farmers
free list bill before tho time came FOR
a. vote On thetcotton bill. ani that H.
the Veto t5dsshEe the preident would
make his attitude toward tarilf lesi9
lation go clear that the futllity Of
passing any more bills might be i'm
pressed upon the senate and the cot
ton bill btiallowed to go over.
y Friends Defend LaFollettc. s
Senator LaFollet,e's friends. speak
ing for him., declare. however. that he
was not trying 10 delay anything. lie
wants the senate TO vote on the cot.
tdn bill and will use every effort pos
sfble to secure Il. He tried 10 secure
ipromise from the Democratic le1l
ers in the senate before the farmers
free list bin was passed that. in con
sideratjon 0i insurgent support for
the farmers free list bill the Demo
cats would agree to concode vote
on the cotton blll but the Democratic
leaders would not make the promises.
There are indications that the insur-
gents are not losing their interest In
the cotton bill. II is understood that
Senator Cummins will offer az
amendment TO the cotton bill reyis
ing the metal schedule: that Senator!
Bristow is preparing TO offer his re
vision Of the sugar schedule; and q
Democratic senator intimated that, IN
view OF the general disposition to
amend the cotton bill, he would prob
ably offer an amendment revising the
chemical schedule He pointed out
that the metal schedule and the
chemical schedule were intimately
related to the cotton IN lustry and II
would be very appropriate that they
be considered at the same time with
q bill revising the cotton schedule.
Chairman Underwood said that he
believed an agreement would be
reached within three or four days,
but added that he didn't believe that
the LaFollette bill would be accepted
as the compromise. 1t Is the under
standing that Senator LaFollette Is
canvassing his insurgent followers TO
learn how many of the l3 will stand
for a reduction OF the duty on raw
wool below that carried In the sen.
ate bill and Just how much reduction
they will stand. Representative I'm
derwood, on the other hand, has a
recalcltrant element to deal with
among his followers, represented by
those members who were originally
for free wool.
Both Want Honor.
When the conference Is resumed
tomorrow or Wednesday II is expectcc
that Senator LaFollette and Chair
man Underwood will have iniorma
tion TO show just what sort OF CON
promise measure can commau
enough votes to pass both house.
Some OF the Democrats think Mr