New-York tribune., 1911-02-26
Senate Leaders Convinced That
Vote on Reciprocity Before
March a Is impossible.
PRESIDENT STANDS FIRM
Determined to Call Congress In
March or Early April-Lorimer
to Keep His Seat-Tarif
Board Bill Dead.
rrrom The Tribune Bureau.l

sion of Congress Is now inevitable. In
the opinion OF all the best Judges In tho
Senate. unless. of course. the President
can be persuaded not to reconvene Con-
gress because the upper house falls to
vote on the Canadian reciprocity agree
ment. and there ere few who believe hs
can be induced to abandon his purpose
The President is as firmly determined
as ever to summon Congress In extraor-
dinary session n the Senate fails TO vot"
on the reciprocity agreement, and ex-
nects 70 do so within from ten TO thirty
days after March 4.
The Senate leaders are convinced tnaf
IL will be impossible n obtain vots
on the reciprocity agreement beforS
noon on arch 4. VIXEN this Congress
Will expire by limitation.
| The Senate will vote next week on ths
I,orimer case. and his title TO seat VIII
be sustained by safe majority.
The tariff board bill is dead. so far 40
this session IS concerned. The House
has provided 100000 TO carry on tbs
work OF the existing board, and an ear
nest effort will be made 10 save that pro-
| vision in the Senate.
! No hope is entertained in the senatS
that Il will be possible 20 pass the
amendment TO the postoaice bill provid-
ing for an increase OF the postage on
ma ga eines. As the effort would be at
tended with considerable debate ths
] amendment is not likely 10 be pressed.
The coming week will be marked BY
vigorous hgh. to pass the Sulloway PEN
sion bill as an amendment 10 the PEN
sion appropriation bill. The leaders fear
the hill will command sufficient votes to
carry II. but believe the chair Will sus-
tain the point Of order which VIII oS
made against II, and that they can COM
mand sufficient votes to sustain tne
chair. II the chair is overruled and tne
bill goes to the President he VIII veto IT,
May Not Try for Reciprocity Vote.
Senator McCumber opened the debate
a, the reciprocity agreement to-day with
a three-hour speech against II. Wheh
he closed Senator Gronna, or North Da-
kota and Senator Young, OF Iowa, CAV"
notice that they would speak against IL
NEXT week. So discouraging are tne
prospects Of getting a vote on this meas
IRE that 1t is possible Its supporters VIII
not make the attempt
Senator Bacon and Senator Jones. OF
Washington, have given notice that they
will sneak on the Borah CONSTITUTIONS
amendment for direct election oil sen
ators before the vote is taken on lues~
day.
cenator Hale has advised the Senato
| that unless it holds sessions contihu-
ously from II a. m. to midnight all next
week It will be impossible even 10 pasSi
the appropriation bills. An earnest et"
fort will be made to pass all or tnese' De-
cause of the forlorn hope that II only
Canadian reciprocity remains without ac-
,,on the President may be persuaded noe
to call Congress to extra session h
Of the big supply bills have not yet oee"'
) pa ssed by the Senate.
: perhaUs the most discouragng featur~'
~ the situation Of those who dread -
= special session is the change OF senu-
ment in the Senate The Republicans'
are not only discouraged as > the pros
poets OF approving the agreement AZ this
session. but they are saying that II thers
, must be the turmoil and disturbance in-,
. evitablv attending Democratic efforts 10
, amend the tariff they might as well coms
now. and, I'm fact, the sooner they ara
. over the better. IL is freely predictehl
that once Congress is called in speciaE
session IL will not adjourn until far into
:. the heated term, and some Senators ana
-, REPRESENTATIVES predict that the SESSION.
. will last all summer. For considerabls
;. noriod the Senate VIII doubtless mara
y time The new organization will be per-,
!. fected and then three-day adjournments
: will be taken. that being as long as ono
House can adjourn without the consents
= :, Of the other, until some of the popguni
tariff bills which the House expects to
ass come up to the upper house. They
will be attended by flow OF oratory or
:, course. and the President will doubtlessl
consider each on its merits. But shouldl
the approval OF the reciprocity agree
ment reach the White House in the form
NJ 4 section OF a tariff BILL the PRESIDENT
would promptly veto II and ask that sucn'
approval he sent to him as separats
" measure Nevertheless. IL is not believed
> the Democrats will pass the McCan
resolution or any similar measure urtii
they have passed. a number OF tariff bills
through the House and through the Sens
ate with the help OF the insurgent -
y publicans. whose number will he in
- creased in the next Congress il that bs
=, possible.
a, Anti. .lorimer Campaign Fails.
a The bottom appears to have dropped
vs. cut Of the threatened filibuster on the
I.orimer case. and as the situation stands
s. to-day he has ample votes To affirm
LII / the validity OF mis- election. For some
We unexplained reason practically all the
b. Democrats who stood with Senators
SIS Root. Lodge and other Republicans who
ly believe Nr. Lorimer was not validly
at elected have been won away. and with
lie. the confidence gained from strength o'
s- numbers Mr. Bailey. OF Texas, has giver
80 notice that ne will flibuster on the ap
propriation bills unless the fate OF IN,
Illinois Senator is decided at this session
Under the circumstances Mr.. Lorimer
r opponents Will not try to prevent a vote
G. II is now felt That those who believe IN,
Lorimer election To have been corrup