The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-03
Senator PenrGse Will Press Early Vote on All I'm
 portant Bills
THE INVESTIGATIONS
 ARE TO BE RESUMED
Chairman Underwood Will Take Up Revision of Cotton Schedule of the Tariff Law During
 This Week

Washington July 2-lndications are growing that Congress may conclude it's extra session earlier than has been gen. erally expected Many senators, together with Representative Underwood and other democratic House leaders, are figuring on the first week of August as a possible adjournment time. The situation. how ever is not sufficiently clear 10 warrant a positive prediction No understanding has yet been reached for vote on any Of the trio of big measures before the Senate. the Canadian reciprocity, bill whose advocates express complete conh- dence in it's passage and the wool tariff and free list bills. Senator Penrose, chairman of the finance committee. pro- poses, however, to press for unanimous consent to fix dates in quick sequence for votes on all three measures.
 To hasten action MT. Penrose and other senators are planning longer sessions im- mediately and perhaps will insist in night meetings. MT. LaFollette of Wis consn Is to offer amendments when he makes his long speech on reciprocity. MT. Bfstow of Kansas will put forward i'm significant contentious and others who will figure in the debate include Messrs. Gronna of North Dakota and Thornton Of Louisiana, who will speak this week; Burton of Ohio. Stone of Missouri, Nelson and Clapp of Minnesota Bailey of Texas and Simmons of North Carolina.
 No Session Wednesday
 Neither the Senate or the House will be in session until Wednesday. The Senate special committee to investigate the cleo ton of Senator Lorner will resume hear jngs here July 13, and the House sugar trust" Investigating committee July 10. The House "steel trust investigating committee will continue it's hearings very soon.
 revision of the cotton schedule of the tariff law will be undertaken by the House committee on ways and means probably the latter part of this week ana Chairman Underwood expects to re- port it to the House shortly thereafter. House leaders don't expect 1t to be pressed in the Senate. That, and host of other matters are scheduled to go over to tbe regular session in December, provided expeditions action can be se- cured in the Senate on the reciprocity, wool and free list bills.
 In the Senate next Wednesday MT. Owen of Oklahoma will deliver his de- l ferred speech on the commission form Of government and Mir Newlands of Ne yada on federad commission regulation of industrial interstate business. Senator Works of California will speak Thursday on the federal public health service
 Dent to Explain
 The committee on the state depart ment expenditures expects to present to the House possibly this week its report recommending the dismissal of Consul General William H. Michael at Calcutta and Disbursng Officer Thomas Morrison Of the state department. because of their connection with the Justice Day portrait voucher and the s1600 unaccounted for herewith. MT. Michael was formerly chief olerl; of the department. Representative Dent of Alabama, who had charge of tie preparation of the committees re- port will explain the committees ac- ton.
 The Honduran and Nicaraguan loan guarantee treaties, the former already before the Senate and the latter still in committee and strenuously sought by President Daz of Nicaragua in the n- terest of restoring business ill his country already have been urged on the Senate for ratification in a message by President Taft.
 A treaty for the safeguarding of seals in Alaskan waters in which the United States, Russia, Japan and other nations are interested, is about ready for sub mission to the Senate. The administra- ton also is counting upon ratification of the Brtish- h-American general arbitrat ton treaty, not vet quite concluded, during thy present session of Congress.