The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-14
PLAN To BREAK
THE DEADLOCK
House Will Agree TO Adjourn
if the Senate Makes Certain
Specific Statements.
RECIPROCITY BILL IS
LIKELY TO BE PASSED
Direct Election of United
States Senator's May Also
Get Through Senate.
as Wire N The Tribune.

BY Leased WIRE 10 inc tribune.
WASHINGTON, May 13.-With the
prospect OF session of congress OF IN
definite length in sight and hot wealth
CT already here, members OF hoth
branches are trying to find ways and
means TO break with the greatest pos
sible ease the deadlock between the
house and senate, which they fear VIII
characterize the end of any session IN
which one house is controlled by the
Republicans and the other by the Dem
ocrats. With this situation IN view
the Democratic leaders in the house
have already framed tentative terms
upon which they will accept recess
or adjournment of this session before
all the work done in the house is
passed upon by the senate. Tho house
leaders say they will not permit tins
congress 10 take a recess or adjourn
until the senate officially notifies 1T
that ii will not consider such leglsla-
ton as maybe left over at that time,
all of which must be specifically
named
It is virtually assured that this ses-
sion of congress viii not be wholly de-
void of reults The senate will pass
within reasonable time the resolution
carrying a constitutional amendment
providing for the direct election of
United States senators.
Reciprocity to Pass.
There will certainly be a vote in the
senate on the reciprocity bill with the
chances in favor Of its passage.
Recent polls of the senate place the
number of senators favorable to rcci-
procity at forty-seven to forty-two
against, The Republicans for the bill
are said to be Brown, Burton, Crane,
Cullom, Kenyon, Lodge, Lorlmer, Pen
rose. Poindexter, Root, Works.
The Democrats said to be against 1T
are Bailey. Simmons and Foster, with
chamberlain uncertain.
a bitter fight is being made on the
bill from many sources and some votes
may yet be changed
When the senate will take up the
Democratic amendments to the cam
the publication of receipts and expen-
ditures before as well as after election,
remains TO be demonstrated.
The old senate passed on this subject
a year and half ago and struck out
the provision calling for publication
before election, but there is some de
mand for the new amendment at this
time and the bill may be acted upon
before the next election, at least.
The Statehood Bills.
There is even stronger demand for
action on the statehood bills for Ari-
zona and New Mexico and both Repub-
llcans and Democrats are working hard
to find q solution of the difficulties
raised by objections to the Arizona
constitution, which calls for the re-
call of Judges. The house will act on
this measure beyond question and the
progressive Democrats and Republicans
in the senate will line up behind the
bill when it reaches the senate. Wheth-
or any other legislation will be acted
upon al this session by the senate is
questionable except as to the appor-
tionment bill passed by the house re-
Gently.
The senate has rarely, hitherto,
questioned the action of the house on
legislation of this character.
In the last congress the apportion-
ment bill was defeated on the last day Of
the session, owing to An objection by
Senator Root of New York. The house
having reiterated its judgment by pass
ing the same bill over again, it is said
the senate will now act favorably,
Another item which is of country
wide Importance and which relates TO
the senate alone is the Lorlmcr case 1t
is still uncertain at this time whether
the senate will order reinvestigatiou
of the election of the Illinois senator.
Those senator's who genuinely regard
the honor of the senate are determined
that this time there shall be no half,
hearted investigation of the election of
the Illinois senator and that there shall
come out Of any other inquiry some well
defined rules relating to future eIec-
tions OF senators by corrupt practices.