The Washington times., 1911-05-12
CONGRESSMEN ARE
NOW PLANNING FOR
SUMNER VACATIONS
Believe They Can Arrange
Business So as to Ad-
journ July IS.

For the first time since Congress con-
vened in extraordinary session, mem
bers of the House and Senate are be-
ginning to make definite plans for their
summer vacation. These plans are, of
course, subject to revision, but leaders
in the House and Senate who have put
their heads together have reached the
conclusion that ii will be safe to make
engagements which will take them out
OF Washington not later than July Is.
The Ways and Means committee will
report only two more tariff bills to the
House. These are cotton and wool.
Some time ago there was a feeling that
the committee should bring in a re-
vision Of the steel and sugar schedules,
but this suggestion is now becoming less
ana less insistent. The brief spell of
hot weather which already has prevail
ed in Washington, has done much to
oampen the ardor of members who.
during the cold weather, announced
thelr Willingness to remain in Wash
lngton until the extra session met
IN head-on collision with the regular
session next December.
Wool Up in May.
As mapped out by the Democratic
leaders in the House, the wooIen
schedule will be brought into the House
the last week in May. Chairman Un-
oerWood is expected to ask for an
agreement that general debate on the
Dill VIII be limited to one week and that
vote be had before the first of June.
Following the wooden schedule will
come the cotton schedule. The Demo-
cratic leaders hope TO put that through
the House after a week of general de-
Date. This plan would keep the House
pusy on tarln legislation until a few
Gays after the first week in June.
win these two schedules sent over
10 the Senate, the House leaders plan
70 wait a reasonable length of time for
the upper branch of Congress to demon
strate to the country its unwilling
ness 10 enact any tariff legislation be-
yond that contained in the Canadian
reciprocity agreement.
rms waiting process, II is expected,
Will consume about two weeks At the
END Of that time there will be a few
Wen CHOSEN speeches on the Democratic
& Si1e or the House. delivered for the
purpose OF calling the country's atten-
tlon to the fact that the Senate refuses
TO do business.
Will Cite Taft's Speech.
In the case of the speeches dealing
with the woolen schedule the utterances
OF President Taft will be used with great
hberality. There will be quotations
from the speech delivered by the Presi-
dent at Winona, shortly after the pas
sage Of the Payne-Aldrich tariff act
1t was In this speech that the President
criticised the woolen schedule and de-
clared that while he desired its revision
the entire tariff legislation would have
been defeated by the powerful Influences
blind the wooden interests.
With the Democratic position thus for
tined by the words OF a Republican
President the leaders in the House will
be ready to adjourn. There is no dispo-
sition on the part of Speaker Clark or
Majority Leader Underwood to wait
OUT the Senate, and to refuse to con-
cur in a resolution of adjournment.
While President Taft has given assur-
ances that he will not exercise his pre-
rogative to adjourn Congress, upon the
failure of the two houses to agree upon
the date of adjournment, the Demo-
cratic leaders are of the opinion that
little or nothing could be gained by re-
naming in Washington after the SEN
ate had made evident its unwillingness
to consider legislation sent over by the
Democratic House.
In the first place it would be extreme
ly difficult tc keep a quorum in Wash
ington, and in the second place there
would be practically nothing for the
House to do but adjourn twice a week
for an indefinite time. For these rea-
the House leaders that the plan which
WILL be most satisfactory to members of
Congress and to the country, will be to
adjourn after the Senate makes II plain
that IL will not legislate. II is the gen.
eral opinion tfat this disposition will be