The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-17
Will Follow Vote on Arizona and New Mexico Bill
 August '
SIX DAYS MORE ON
 RECIPROCITY BILL
Bailey and LaFollette to Be the Star Performers This Week-Inves- tigations to Continue Reg ular Grind

Washington, July f6.-All legislative
 paths now lead to adjournment of Con-
 gress quickly after the vote on tho
 taken in the Senate on the legislative
 day of August '. The Senate will be ready then, in all probability despite
 the general tariff revision threat of
 Senator Cummins of Iowa and other in-
 surgents, and the House will not inter- pose any Legislation to disturb the Senate programme for winding up the
 extra session.
 Only six days remain before the final vote will be taken on the Canadian reciprocity bill in the Senate. Its passage by a two-thirds vote Of
 the Senate is confidently predicted by Senate leaders who have seen many im-
 portant amendments voted down in the
 last few days by majorities larger than 1 they had ventured to hope for A number of important speeches in support of the bill are expected with a.
 view to making clear the position of the democrats and republicans who have
 refused to entertain any amendments
 to the bill and who have supported President Taft's desire for early ratifi- cation of the agreement as it stands. Senator Stone of Missouri and other democrats will advocate the bill this week while Senators Bailey of Texas
 and LaFollette of Wisconsin will op-
 pose. The other bills on which dates for votes have been set will be de-
 bated as soon as reciprocity is out of
 the way
 A conference on the resolution for
 constitutional amendment for direct
 popular election of United States sena- tors probably will be held Monday by the Senate and House conference to adjust difficulties over the Senate's
 amendment of the House resolution
 looking to federal control of the elec-
 tions.
 House leaders agree there will he no | opposition to the adjournment plans of | the Senate. The House committee onN ways and means is working on a revision
 ct the cotton tariff, which will be taken | up Tn the House next week. About ten
 days' debate in the House is expected,
 but the bill will not be pressed on the l Senate so as to cause any delay and | if necessary will be put ahead as rider on the wool free list bulls when the l Senate votes on them. Cotton revision. however, in case such a programme is
 not adopted, will be pressed at the reg ,lar session converting Tn December. | The Investigating committees will be active during the rest of the extra ses- son. The Senate commit tee which is pl obing into the election of Senator Lor- inner of Illinois will resume tomorrow with probably several witnesses who are expected to testify regarding the s10OOc0 | primer election fund.
 House committees will continue prob ing into the Controller bay, Alaska, land c;aims involving alleged activity of the Cuggenheim mining interests looking to monopoly of Alaskan coal; into the Attorney Generals recommendation for the removal of Drs Harvey w. Wiley, chief of the governments chemistry bu- reau; into the charged failure of Attorney General Wickersham to prosecute al- legged frauds by the Alaska syndicate.
 ard into the charges of travel pay ir-
 regularites and favoritisms of Maj B.
 B. Ray, an army paymaster. The House
 sugar trust" investgat lg committee
 will meet in New York Tue sday for sev-
 eral days. The House "steel trust inves-
 tigating committee will resume work here this week.