Evening star., 1911-08-19
PLAN ADJOURNMENT
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Tentative Agreement Reached
at Conference of House
and Senate Leaders.

| tentative agreement to adjourn Con-
gress at o'clock Tuesday afternoon was
| reached at a conference of House and
Senate leaders today. This plan will be
carried out unless something now un-
foreseen develops
The only thing that lends uncertainty
to the situation is the attitude assumed
toward the cotton revision bill by Repre-
sentative Mann of Illinois, the minority
floor leader. Mr. Mann has thrown out
broad hints that he may start filibuster
against the measure.
Every effort was made by Vice Presi-
dent Sherman and Senator Penrose today
to induce Representative Oscar Under
wood of Alabama, majority floor leader,
to agree to an adjournment tonight But
Mr.. Underwood could not be persuaded.
He insisted that as things now stood 1t
would be impossible to get away until
Tuesday or possibly Wednesday of next
week. He pointed out that the iron.
steel and chemical schedules inserted in
the cotton bill by the Senate had not
been debated by the House. and he ex-
pressed the opinion it was only fair the
measure be given some consideration by
the lower branch.
Vice President Sherman and Senator
Penrose. who went over to the House
side this afternoon to confer with MIR.
Underwood, returned to the senate with
the determination, it was SAID, TO advise
the passage of a resolution fixing Tues
day afternoon at O'Clock as the time
for adjournment.
Underwood Is Sanguine.
"As things now stand. said Mr.. Under
wood to Star reporter this afternoon.
Il see no reason why we should not be
able to get away at that time. We do
not intend to run away from the cotton.
1t is our intention to concur in the SEN
ate measure and send 1t to tie President.
We will tarry awhile after that out Of
courtesy to the chief executive, to give
him an opportunity to decide whether he
desires to communicate another veto mes
sage to Congress. The cotton bill will
probably go to the President Monday
night. BY Tuesday afternoon we will be
informed of the Preslaent's intentions
"If he decides to forward message dis
approving the cotton bill, well and good;
if he decides upon pocket veto all will
be well. In anJ event we would have
time to ask the House either to pass the
cotton bill over the executive veto or
refer the message to the committee on
ways and means Congress then would
| be ready to quit
1t became apparent today from the
questions hurled at Majority Leader I'm
derwood on the floor of the House by
members of his own party that everybody
on botn sides Of the aisle is thoroughly
sick and tired Of the special session ami
extremely anxious to get away.
There was quite little colloquy be-
tween Majority Leader Underwood and
Minority Leader Mann over the ad-
| journment proposition. Mr.. Mann
wanted Mr.. Underwood to assure him
that no attempt would be made to
override the Presidents veto. Mr.. Un-
derwood, while declining to give a
positive answer on this question, did,
however, indicate that no such attempt
would be made. But the absence of
a positive statement from Underwood
on this point caused Mr.. Mann to shrug
his shoulders and comment. in pessi-
mistic tones for the benefit of the
House. why. We may be here for two
weeks yet"
Minority Leader Mann made a motion
that the House adjourn at 10 o'clock to-
night. Representative Shackelford Of
Missouri moved that 1t be laid on the
table, and the proposition was beaten by
the adoption Of that motion, LOG to 66.