Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
L0OSEN|NG THE JAM
Better Prospects of Legisla-
ton in the Senate.
AGREEMENT LAST EVENING
Rapid Work Expected on the Ap'
preparation Bills.
TO DROP TAX ON ADVERTISING
Vote Looked for on Tariff Board and
Five Annual Supply Bills Before
Adjournment Tonight.
o DROP TAX ON ADVERTISING

AS q result of the planting of the
white flag in the center of the Senate
chamber about o'clock last evening, 1t
was predicted early this afternoon that
before adjournment tonight the Senate
will have voted on the resolution to UNI
seat Senator Lorimer, on the bill to es-
tablish a permenent tariff board and on
five appropriation bills-the agricultural,
post office, diplomatic and consular, for
ti6cations and Military Academy supply
bills.
This will leave the sundry civil, naval
and general deficiency bills to he con-
sidered and disposed of tomorrow and
Friday.
The situation as regards a vote on the
Canadian reciprocity bill is generally re-
garded as unchanged. The finding OF the
kew log in the legislative jam, which Will
allow the disposition of the other big
measures that confront the Senate, gives
a little better chance for a vote on the
reciprocity bill; but there are practically
no senators who will predict positively
that vote will be taken
AS an extra session is supposed to hinge
on the vote on the reciprocity bill, there
are not many senator's who think the de-
yelopments of yesterday and today have
lessened the probabilities of an extra ses-
sion.
The task cut out for the Senate for
today was outlined late yesterday after
noon and it will require late session
tonight to complete. Only two OF tie
appropriation bills-the agricultural and
the post office-are expected TO take up
much time and those who are pushing
the program to completion have suggest
ed the abandonment of amendments
which will stir up controversy ana scare
away the dove of peace that mas been
coaxed into the Senate cnahlper WIN
such great pains.
Last Evenings Agreement.
The white flag of truce was carried into
the Senate chamber late yesterday after
noon. And while the members OF the
upper house rallied around it, with the
shirt of compromise possessing them,
this agreement was reached:
To vote on the resolution declaring the
| election of William IIor1mer as senator
| from Illinois as illegal a.
To make the tariff board bill the I'M
| finished business.
| the articles of truce they made supple
| mental "gentlemen's agreement to vote
on the tariff board measure before ad-
| journment tonight and TO Withdraw the
ton bill providing Increased postage on
advertising matter in magazines
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End of Long Battle.
| The battle In the Senate, which kept it
| in practically continuous session until
G 20 o'clock last evening, was continued
until shortly before & o'clock. Following
| the speech of Senator Stone attacking
tb, legality Of Mr.. Lorimers election,
Senator Young of Iowa and Senator
Gronna made speeches in opposition to
the reciprocity pact with Canada
| After the grim fight that had lasted Tor
twenty-fiv hours the speech Of Senator
| Young came as a great relief. His many
| humorous references to the insurgents
| and to the "lamentaton'' of Senator
| Bourne the evening before brought prac-
| ticalIy every regular republican and
| the democrats into the Chamber, and
| they more than once stopped the speaker
| with loud laughter.
| AS soon Mr. Gronna, who followed
| Mr. Young with his maiden speech in the
| upper house. had finished, Mr. Hale OBJ
! tanned the floor and talked about the
| legislative jam, with particular reference
| to the appropriation bills. 1t was known
| that conferences looking to the breaking
| of the jam had been in progress all day,
| and it was understood in the corridors
| Of the Capitol that tentative agreement
had been reached at a conference held
| about 4 o'clock. And it was known that
| an attempt to put the agreement into eff
| feet was to be made in the Senate at
| that time. Practically every senator was
| and so busy in perfecting the details and
satisfying the warning elements that they
did not remain in their seats.
Agreement Finally Reached.
Senator Burrows orena1 the discussion