Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-03-09


important legislative tasks set befor,
it, came to an end shortly after moor
today Within the hour following
President Taft issued a proclamation
calling the new congress to meet il
extraordinary session at noon on Tues,
day, April a. At that time he will
submit for verifcation to a house
overwhelmingly Democratic and to q
senate barely Republican, the reci-
procity agreement with Canada.
The Mccall bill, carrying that
agreement into effect and passed by
the house, met at the hands of the old
senate today the death freely predict
ed for it. The president, warned if
not entirely reconciled to the fate in
store for the measure, was at the
capitol to witness the obsequies. The
bill was not allowd at any time to come
up in the senate for consideration.
The permanent tariff board bill,
forced to it's passage through reluc-
tant senate at s 80 o'clock this morn
ing, was hurried over to the house,
there to be strangled by Democratic
filibuster. The president heard the
news with resignation in the room re-
served for him in the senate lobby.
Congress provided funds to continue
the work of the temporary tariff
board for another year.
1t was at the request of the Demo-
Gratis of the house and senate that the
president fixed the date of the extra
session as April A. The new Demo-
cratic ways and means committee of
the house, which also is to serve as
the new committee on committees, F."
will meet Monday to take up it's la
bors
A full caucus Of Democratic mem
bers of the new house will not be held
until April 8. In the meantime the
plans for the extra session will have
developed.
Washington, March 3.-That an ex-
ira session of congress is a certainty
is the belief, following President
Taft's official admission that he favors
March Is for the opening day. The
date represents compromise reached
at conference of Republican and
Democratic leaders. 1t is now be-
lieved that all chance of vote on Ca
madam reciprocity at this session has
vanished.
Ottawa, Ont. March 8. - With the
idea of permitting the measure to
stand as an open offer to the United
States, it is stated on the highest
today, parliament will pass
the Canadian reciprocity agreement
alterations.
w. L. Mackenzie King, minister
of labor, is expected to go to Washing
ton to confer with the president or his
on possible amend
ments to the reciprocity agreement.
He was in the house last night and so
far as can be ascertained today has
not yet departed for Washington.
Washington, March 3.-When the
senate reconvened today Senator
Stone, a Democrat, of Missouri,
served notice that at the close of the !
of the naval appropria-
ion bill today he would call up the I
measure. The naval bill
carries appropriations aggregating I
;125, 000,0
An agreement was reached in the G
enate at o'clock this morning that s
vote on the tariff board bill should 3
,e taken at $50 O'Clock Saturday 5
morning. If the agreement is ad- 5
ered to the tariff board will become r
reality. :
Washington, March 3.-After an n
ll-day and all-night filibuster against a
ppropriation bills by Democrats in v
rder to force the calling of an extra a
ession and by both Democrats and a
ew Old Guard Republicans against
he tariff board bill in the hope of
illing it and incidentally to haze Bev-
ridge, the senate at 3 :05 this morn :
lg agreed to vote on the permanent
ariff board bill at $3.50 O'Clock Sat
rday morning. Il
1t is understood the appropriation cl
ills will be passed prior to that time. p
Republicans came to the conclusion p,
that the Democrats were fl
/ earnest in their filibuster against W
apply measures. After considering cC
le situation, some of the senate lead
IS became of the opinion the admins gi
alton might be led from a political m
tfall, if appropriation measures ts
ere forced into an extraordinary ses- OF
on by reason of obstructive tactics W
7 the Democrats. NJ
The retirement of $4,000, 900 of su
Iree per cent Spanish war bonds now pl
may be one of the fea- tv
res of Secretary MacVeagh's finan-
al plan, after the treasury has been CT
plenished with preliminary issue of m
IS, 900, 600 to $50, 900, 900 of Panama tv
'nds. The Spanish war bonds, is tn
ed in 1898, were payable at any
me after 1908 and do not mature un- da
1918. G.,
About $40, 900, 600 are owned by ma NJ
onal banks and are held by the treas M
Y as security for national bank notes GC
d public deposits. de
The Democrats offered no objection Sc
the pension bill, carrying $155, 0OO,- Oh
0, until Smoot attempted to put the an
lloway general service pension bill of
the appropriation measure as re