The Sentinel=record., 1911-02-19
MAY BE EXTRA
Session YET
RECIPROCITY SEEMS TO HAVE
TIED THE SENATE UP IN HOPE.
LESS MANNER.
Many Important Bills Still to be Acted
Upon-There is Not Time to Act
on Ten General Bills on calen-
fdar.

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sion of congress looms very large and
probable tonight.
Unless President Taft and the
friends of the Canadian reciprocity
agreement are able to bring more than
ordinary pressure to bear upon the
senate and avert the expenditure of
any time whatever by the opponents
OF the agreement-or friends either
for that matteer-it is difficult to see
how the senate can reach a vote on
the subject before adjournment two
weeks from tonight
Ahead of the Canadian agreement
for consideration by the senate in ad-
dition to the general appropriation
bills are measures affecting the fol
lowing subjects:
Popular election of senators.
Senator Lorlmer case.
Permanent tariff board.
General age pension.
Apportionment
Fertilization of Panama Canal.
Not one of these measures can be
sidetracked without a contest. Back
of each is a group of determined sena-
tors insistent that a vote shall be
taken before adjournment. Some Of
tAe measures must be left unpassed or
the Canadian agreement will die.
There is not time enough left for
all.
The foregoing is the opinion of re-
publican leaders of the senate Sew
eral senators whose knowledge of the
legislative situation cannot be doubt
ed expressed views in accord with the
outline given when they were asked
today for a statement as to what
might be expected in connection with
President Taft's demand that a vote
be taken at the present session on the
Canadian agreement.
Those senators who hoped to avoid
an extra session of congress by get
ting vote on the Mccall bill, to carry
out>>the provisions of the Canadian
agreement, see their chance for sue
cess growing less and less as the close
Of the session draws nearer without
any of these controverted matters be
ing got out of the way
With no little anxiety those sena-
tors who fear they are facing sum-
mer session are seeking light from
the White House. The general opn-
ion now seems to be that there will
be an extra session and the only sena.
tors who are making preparations to
go home after March 4, are those
whose services expire on that date.
Among those are number of SEN
ate leaders, the list being Messrs. Aid
ricn, Beveridge, Bulkeley, Burkett,
Burrows, Carter, Depew, Dick, Flint,
Frazier, Hale, Kean, Money, Piles,
Scott, Taliaferro, Warner and Young,
when the Iowa legislature adjourns.
The retirement of these senators, a
number of whom have played import
ant roles during the consideration of
many important tariff measures, will
mark quite change also in the polit-
ical complexion of the senate. AT pres
ent there are SO republicans, 32 demo-
Gratis and one vacancy. In all the
states which now are in legislative
deadlocks elect senators to succeed
the vacancies whicn will occur at L.le
end of the present session the senate
if called together to consider the Ca
madam agreement probably will be
composed of so republicans and AZ
democrats.
The argument advanced by congress
leaders in support OF the contention
that President Taft will call special
session is that the executive is de-
termined to derive what benefit he
can from the changed conditions in
the house, where the democrats will
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the republican majority will be mate.
rally reduced by the retirement of
number of members who are now op-
posing the administration program.
AS the house passed the Mccall bill
by decisive vote and practically all
of the democrats voted for it, the
president believes democratic house
in special session would again pass
the bill without delay. 1t is said also
that fac president believes the senate
as It will be constituted after March
4th. would pass the bill.
The senate committee on finance
met today and decided to give hear
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