Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-09
EXTRA SESSION Of
CONGRESS APRIL 4
President Taft Calls 1t to Take
Action on the Reciprocity
Agreement with Canada.

sress Needless of one OF the most i'm
oortant legislative tasks set before IT,
,ame to an end shortly after noon yestcr-
lay. Within an hour aftcrward Presi-
dent Taft had issued a proclamation
sailing the new Congress to meet In eX-
raordnary session at noon on Tues
lay, April 4.
At that time he will submit for rati-
Aation to House overwhelmingly
democratic and to a Senate barely re-
publican the reciprocity agreement with
Canada. The Mccall bill. carrying that
agreement into effect. and passed by
hit House met yesterday with the death.
~ the old Senate. that had been freely
predicted.
The President, we'll warned. IL not en-
irely reconciled to the fate in store for
he measure. was at the capitol to wit
ness the obsequies. The bill was not al
lowed at any time to come up in the
Senate for moments consideration.
TARIFF BOARD BILL KILLED.
The permanent tariff board bill. forced
to its passage through reluctant SEN
ate at $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning. was
hurried over to the House, there to be
The President in the room reserved for
him in the Senate lobby heard the news
with resignation Congress provided
funds to continue the work OF the tenn
porary tariff board for another year.
1t was at the request of the demo-
Gratis of the House and Senate that
President Taft fixed the date of the
extra session on April A. The new
democratic ways and means committee
Of the House. which is also to serve
IS the new committee on committees"
will meet tomorrow to take up it's
latter duties. A full caucus of all the
democratic members of the new House
will not be held until April 8. In the
meantime the plans for the extra ses-
sion will have developed.
EXTRA SESSION PROCLAMATION
The proclamation calling the extra
session follows:
Whereas, by the special message
dated January %, 1911, there was
Transmitted to the Senate and House
of Representatives an agreement be-
tween the department of state and the
Canadian government in regard to
reciprocal tariff legislation, together
with an earnest recommendation that
the necessary legislation be promptly
adopted
And, whereas, a bill to carry into
effect said agreement has passed the
House of Representatives.. but has
failed to reach a vote in the Senate;
And. whereas. the agreement stipu-
lateS not only that the President Of
the United states will communicate to
Congress the conclusions now reached
and recommend the adoption of such
Icgislation as may be necessary on
the part of the United States to give
effect to the proposed agreement. but
also that the governments of the two
countries will use their utmost efforts
to bring about such changes by con-
current legislation at Washington and
at ottawa;
Now, therefore, 7. william Howard
Taft. President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the power invested
in me by the constitution. do hereby pro-
claim and declare that an extraordinary
occasion requ:rcs the converting of both
houses of the Congress of the United
States at their respective chambers in
the city of Washington on the fourth Of
April, 1911. at twelve o'clock noon to the
mine whether the Congress shall by the
necessary legislation make operative the
agreement.
"All persons entitled to act as mem
5rrs OF the ed Congress are required to
.ako notice of this proclamation,
Given under my hand and the seal
n the United states at Washington, tho
Fourth day of Mlrch, in the year Of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
Steven and of the independence of the
United states the one hundred and
'uirtH-fifth.
civilian II. TAFT.
By the Ere ident.
w. G. nno~. Secretary of State"
DEMOCRATS TO REVISE TARIFF.
There is little doubt now that the
democrats Of the House will undertake
20 revise at least two or three of the
schedules OF the Payne-Aldrch tariff
3't and there Is every reason also to
i"lIere that these bills will be favorably
;ortiVcd in the new Senate, the increa sed
democratic and insurgont strength In that
J0dy giving majority to the principle
Of further revision OF The tariff down
H4rd.
1t IS supposed also that so long as the
lcW schedules do not flagranty violate
b" policy Of protection President Taft
Nil not withhold his approval Of them
lie has announced however. that if n
general revision, in violation of the pro-
."ctive policy IS attempted Ae viii not
hesitate to use the power of the veto
PRESIDENT CAN END SESSION.
How long the extra session will las
Is problematcal. While the new Con
Gress may promptly ratfY the recproc
Ity agreement, some democrats are II
favor of Withholding confirmation unit
Two or three new tariff schedules ar,
ready, If tariff differences should arts,
between the new House and the Senate
the session unquestonably would be
long one.
But the interesting fact came out yes
terday that the President has n constitu
ional right to bring the session to al
End i'm case the two houses of Congress
cannot agree upon time for adjourn
nent. Such action, II is admitted
would be revolutionary, and there /
thought to be little likelihood that an!
President would care to invoke tn