The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1911-03-04
IN
NIGHT session
BOTH HOUSES HOLD PRACTICAL
LY ALL-NIGHT SESSIONS TO
FINISH UP.
Senate Goes Into Executive Session
While the House Resolves Itself
Into Mutual Admiration
Society.

Washington, March ES.-Wfth the
virtual certainty of an early extra
session of congress beclouding their
horizon, both houses of congress were
i'm session at "a late hour tonight
grinding through the mass of rou-
tine legislation which mnst be COM
pleted before final adjournment at
noon tomorrow.
From the White House came late
in the day the admission that the
president had abandoned all hope of
the passage of the Canadian reciproc-
ity agreement and awaited only the
formal confirmation of its failure to
issue ais call for an extra session.
The president gave little outward evil
dence of his disappointment, though 1t
is well known to be rather keen.
He went to the theater to enjoy a
light opera. The date of the extra
session has not been definitely fixed.
The democrats want it to be deferred
until April; the republicans want it
to start. If start it must, as soon as
possible.
AT the White House today it was
intimated rather definitely that the
date the president has in mind is
March Is. Two interesting and unex
peeted features marked the evening.
Both houses passed the bill to give
the rank and retired pay OF rear
admiral and the thanks of congress to
Robt E. Peary in recognition or his
attainment of the North Pole. This
bill had been regarded as hopelessly
lost in the tangle of Legislation in
tie house, but was revived and passed
10 the senate, which concurred with
cut delay.
During the afternoon Senator Crane
had tried to have the Peary recogni.
tion added as "a rider" to the naval
appropriation bill but objections
blocked it, Suddenly the separate
Peary bill came out of the house and
the thing was done.
The other unexpected unexpected
episode was Senator Lorimer's motion
to strike from the general deficiency
bill an appropriation of $4,000 to re-
imburse him for his expense in de-
tending his title to a seat in the SEN
ate. This gave rise to an acrimoni-
Gus debate. some senator's who are
members of the appropriation COM
mittee more than intimating that the
item had been put in the bill without
the knowledge OF the members of the
committee. The senate agreed to
Senator Lorimer's motion.
During the day the senate passed
and sent to the house four appropria-
ton bills, providing for the expendi-
ture of more than s500,000,000. They
were the postoffice. naval sundry
civil and general deficiency appro-
priation bills. The feature of the
passage of the postoffice bill was the
| abandonment of the proposed In
crease of magazine postage and the
substitution of a provision for COM
mission TO be appointed BY the presi-
dent to investigate the whole subject.
Rmmors of every degree of excite
ment and consequent absurdity mark
ed the day 1t was suggested for IN
stance that President Taft had de-
cided to withdraw the Canadian
agreement and resume negotiations
with Canada, so as to obviate the
necessity for an extra session. All the
rumors "pinched out" at last and
left only the practical certainty that
the new congress will begin its work
as this one did, with an extra ses-
sion devoted largely to the question
of the tariff.
The senate went into executive ses-
sion at 2:0S O'Clock in the hope OF
cleaning up the nomination calendar
The proceedings in the house dur
ing the evening ranged from demo
cratic filibuster which quickly col
Ilapsed, TO galaxy of speeches taa'
were delivered for the sole purpose O
entertainment Mr.. Nye, of Mime
sofa. delivered speech OF goo'
cheer and Mr.. Cox of Ohio, a demo
crat paid high tribute to the serv
ices of Representative keifer, Q
ohio, the only living ex-speaker 0
the house, who retircs from congress
tomorrow.
| Amid great applause, Genera
lKeifer responded with speech.