Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-15
NOT WHOLLY DEVOID OF RESULT;
Reciprocity Stands a Good Show Of
Pulling Through.
POLL OF THE MEMBERS is MADE
Forty-Seven Said to Favor and Forty
Two Against Measure.
STRONG DEMAND FOR STATEHOOD
Both Republicans and Democrats
Working TO Find Solution of Diff
cuItics Raised by Arizona
Constitution.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-(Special Tele-
gram with the prospect for session of
congress Of indefinite length in sight and
hot weather already here members of both
branches are trying to find ways and
means TO break with the greatest possible
case the deadlock between the house and
senate, which they fear will characterize
the end Of any session in which one house
is controlled by the republicans and the
other by the democrats with this situa-
ton in view the democratic leaders in the
house have already framed tentative terms
upon which they Will accept a recess or
adjournment Of this session before all the
work done in the house is passed upon by
the senate.
House leaders say they viii not permit
this congress to take a recess or adjourn
until the senate officially notifies It that
# will not consider such legislation MS may
be left over AZ that time, all Of which must
be specifically named.
1t is virtually assumed that this session
of congress will not be wholly devoid OF
results The senate will pass within a
reasonable time the resolution carrying a
constitutional amendment providing for the
direct election Of senators. There will GER
tanly be a vote in the senate on the
reciprocity bill. with the chances in favor
OF its passage.
Poll on Reciprocity.
Recent polls of the senate place the
number of senators favorable TO reciprocity
at forty-seven TO forty-two against. The
republicans for the bill are said to be
Brown. Burton, Crane. Cullom, Kenyon,
Lodge Lorimer, Penrose, Poindexter, Root
and Works.
The democrats said to be against It are
Bailey, Simmons and Foster. with Cham
Jerlain uncertain.
bitter fight is being made on the bill
from many sources and some votes may
yet be changed
Whether the senate will take up the
democratic amendments to the campaign
fund publicity bill which provides for the
publication of receipts and expenditures
before as well as after election. remains
10 ho DEMONSTRATED. -. slsr'f l,s- 's
The old senate passed on this subject a
year and a half ago and struck out the
provision calling for the publication before
election. but there is some demand for the
new amendments at this time, and the bill
may be acted upon before the next election
at least.
Demand for Action on statehood.
There is even a stronger demand for ac-
ton on the statehood bills for Arizona and
New Mexico and both republicans and
democrats are working hard to find sou-
tion OF the difficulties raised by objections
TO the Arizona constitution, which calls for
the recall 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
IL reaches the senate. Whether any other
legislation will be acted upon at this ses-
sion by the senate is questionable, except
as TO the apportionment bill passed by the
house recently.
The senate has rarely. hitherto. ques-
toned the action of the house on legisla-
tion of this character.
In the last congress the apportionment
bill was decided on the last day of the
session. owing to an objection by Senator
Root of New York. The house having
reiterated It's Judgment by passing the
same bill over again. it Is said. the senate
will now act favorably.
Another item which is OF countrywide
importance and which relates to the senate
alone is the Lorimer case. 1t is still uncer-
tain at this time whether the senate will
order a reinvestigRtion OF the election of
the Illinois senator. Those senators 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 we'll defined rules relating to future
elections OF senators by corrupt practices