The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
By Associated Press.
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By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 4-The six
y ty-first congress, needless of one of the
1st most important legislative tasks set
before it, came to an end shortly after
! noon today Within the hour following,
President Taft had issued proclama-
. lion calling the new congress to meet
4 I'm extraordinary session at noon, on
y =, Wuesday, April 4. He will then submit
Jhi Tor ratification to a house overwhelm-
s4ngly Democratic and to a senate bare
I " Republican the reciprocity agreement
q with Canada The Mccall bill, carry
e ing that agreement into effect and
e passed by the house, met today at the
fg hands of the old senate the death free
|. ~ predicted for it.
EnI The president, warned if not entirely
reconcIled to the fate In store. for the
eft measure, was at the capitol to witness
The obsequies. The bill was not allowed
~ any time to come up III the senate
Tor moments consideration
,,cuk The permanent tariff board bill,
lNpforced to its passage through a reluc-
tant senate at $50 o'clock this morn
Ing, was hurried over the house, there
!. 70 be strangled by Democratic fill
&c buster.
The president, in the room reserved
for him in the senate lobby, heard the
Los news with resignation.
d4 Congress provided funds to continue
10 fhe work of the temporary tariff board
% psi ifor another year.
pug Heeds Request of Democrats.
- 1t was at the request Of the Demo.
sso1crnts of the house and senate that
81 5President Taft fixed the date of the
Vt Eextra session on April 4
4 ha j
y, committee of the house, which also is
IL Il TO serve as the new committee on
I rscommittees, will meet Monday tc
take up its labors.
ION full caucus of Democratic mem
sr bers Of the new house will not be held
: ssr<qntll - April 3. In the meantime the
,m plans for the extra session will have
~ ~ tdeveloped
There is little doubt now that the
raE pemocrats of the house will under
axe 10 revise at least two or three Of
nss ss tne schedules of the Payne Aldrich tar
= WI act: and there is every reason alsc
Idrs g believe the bills will be fayorably
feased Democratic and insurgen
I'M ength In that body giving a major
iNrEty TO the principle Of q further revis
A1lNSon OF the tariff downward
II IS also supposed that so long a
s9e new schedules do not hagrantl,
x,sr5I tue Pollcy OF protection, GreSl
sa<i s,,s< dent Taft will not withhold his ap
IL Proval Of them. He has announced
&. " however, that if general revision il
0 O" stoIdtlon of the protective polio.
fnould be inaugurated. he would no
~ ~ hesitate to use the power Of veto.
Length of Extra Problematical
.ah HOW long the extra session will las
and as problematical. While the new cor
OIL gress may promptly ratify the rec
veg Procity agreement some Democrats ar
81 favor Of withholding confirmaio
Until two or three new tariff schedule
are ready, If tariff differences shoul
..,,5 arise between the new house and tb
sid It senate the session unquestionably woul
Is pc long one.
bdr In this connection, the intercstin
o !act was developed today that the pre-
- .uent has constitutional right to brln
rs 'flysi the session to an end III case the wv
I'D houses OF congress cannot agree upO
ssrr{ Time for adjournment. Such action,
fIm admitted, would he revolutionary, an
y j. tnefe is thought to be little likelihoo