The Washington herald., 1911-12-05

The Senate and House appointed the
customary committees to call upon the
President and inform him that the Con-
Srco> WAS ready to receive any COM
munications he may desire to send to
II. Senator GaIIinger. OF New Hamp-
shire. tituIar head OF ,hc Republican
organization in the Senate. and Seua-
i"r Martin. the minority leader in the
Senate, were ,hc Senate committee. and
Representatives Underwood and Mann
wade up tho House committee.
EAPECT LONG SESSION.
The most striking feature "f the open
Ing Of the session j. the extreme views [
taken hy lhc leaders "r both parties in
regard {" IN" pruhahir length Of the Sos-
sion Leader InderW"ud declared yes /
I"rdav that the present meeting Of Con .
-'css will he one Of the longest on rec .
y. notwithstanding the fact that th. /
'.ionHl conventions Of both parties will q,
"eld early i'm tn" summer and every
Uill b" d"siruus Of getting away to
""itiral fcl.r"S.
umdouht"dy going - be tho
session in Gfty years. aid Lcad- /
rnrwUOd We will probably he
"' ,ar int" next fall"
lilar expressions were heard from
':',uhli~nns in both the House and the
'nate. These predictions are. Of course, I
tSeG "u IT," ambitious programme of
gtslati"n that the President is said TO
'nve in mind. NotWG hStandmg the dole
lHl views i'm rcEard to tn" length Of the
Session. 1n" attention uf the Congress ,
leaders III both parties iS already TO-
"us-'d On tn" To'iriraI phases Of the seS
son, rather than on the prubahl" legis- /,
!dlIE" programme"
PUIitIrHl Game begun.
The or r..dnr< ur the Capitol. the ante
- uus. and even the fuur- of tho two
Houses ..umm'd Yesterday afternoon With /.
political gossip 1md Speculation. The
Western l,'ru..lir,ns wanted TO know
w'ar SORT Of Roadway the Roosevelt Z,
Iu"u VA making fn tho East: Eastern (
Ee7uhHcHnS made auAi"us inquiries about
the attirud" "C the West toward Taft /
The democrats W"T. more intent oven
han in' Republicans in guessing at the /
DulitiraI puzzle.
The avoWcG candidacy of two mem
E'rS of tn" House. ndcrwoud and Clark .
aodel I" th'. general interest Of the House
momhcrs ia the situItiun Most Of the .
l''moCrHt> seemed to fear that tho Pres
IGcntidl ambitions of TN" several candi- .
dates in tn" D"mu' ratio party we're
charged with d,nI:uitc. and that the !
nu"h-N a'ut"l democratic harmony Of the (
trrst session VI tho SiXty-Secund Cun- J
Cress may b" blown ZIP through these ,
personal wire-puIlinEs. At present Dem
ocrars feel that GOV. Harmon and GOV .
Wilson ar" likely to enter the national |
convention in tho lead. hut that they |
Goth may bc sidetrackcd in favor Of Il /
-umprOmiSc candidate such as Champ !.
lark or Underwood.
Await National COmmittec<.
From the present outlook neither House T,
oI Congress will settle down to serious
legislative work until the national COM J
mittees have held their meetings i'm this /
city. and TN" times and places for the /
two big conventions have been set The |
Republican committee will met Decem- |
her l. and the Democratic January s. |
Chicago will probably be the place named |
by both parties
The Senate came together a noon in /
its usual quiet and dignitied way, For |
half an hour before Vice President Sher- |
mans gav"l fell the Senators were re- |
neyying their acqUaintances and friend |
ships the floor. All political differ !
ences were buried for the time being. |
Insurgents CIasped hands with regulars !
and the Democrats with both
All but eleven members of the Senate |
were in their seats. The absentees were |
Bradley. OF Kentucky: Davis OF Arkan-
sas; Foster Of Louisiana; Gore of Okla /
homa; IApp"tt. OF Rhode Island: Lori !
mer, Of Illinois; O'Gorman of New York: /
Owen, Of oklahoma; Paynter. of Ken
tucFy: Percy, of Mississippi. and Heed, !
Of Missouri. Benjamin r. Tillman the |
picturesque Senator from South Carolina
was In his scat for the first time since
last spring. lie was compelled to leave |
Washington on account OF his health |
lie is stin feeble and not much like the
"Pitchtork Ben Of former days
New Senators Present
Two new Senators. Oba diah Gardner. OF !
Maine. who takes the seat occupied for
so many years by Senator Frye. and