New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-11
From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, August

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, August 10
ADJOURNMENT AUGUST T.-Demo-
cratic members OF both houses are now
predicting the adjournment OF Congress on
August II. this prediction being made on
the virtual understanding which Repre-
sentative Underwood and Senator La FOL
lette have reached on the wool bill and on
the agreement on the free list bill. 1t Is
confidently asserted that at least one OF
these bills. and probably both, will reach
the President not later than Monday II
Is known that tho President will promptly
veto one or preferably both. and IL IS as
serted by those in position TO know that
once the President has vetoed tariff bill
the House will insist on immediate adj
journment. AS for the Senate. no one IN
that body other than the insurgents op-
poses a resolution fixing an early day Tor
adjournment. Assuming that tho President
will receive one Of the tariff bills by Mon
day. and that his veto will come back with
in two days. the Democrats and the reg
ular Senators calculate that resolution
providing for adjournment without de-
lay will he Immediately adopted in the
and approved there, and that this session
Will have been adjourned sine die before
the sun sets on August H.
THE WOOL GREEMENT.-Senator La
Toilette and Representative Underwood
reached virtual agreement on the wool
hill to-day. ostensibly on the basis of a 30
per cent duty on raw wool. although act
ell
lower rate is effected by transferring from
Glass l. which, according TO the agreement.
IL 10 carry a duty OF 30 per cent, TO Class
! .. which is to carry duty OF 10 per cent,
number of grades now included in the
! former classification. In this way Senator
| La Toilette believes he can fool the wool
growers as to the actual provisions Of the
agreement knowing that. as It IS certain TO
be vetoed. they will never be put in force
Incidentally. Mr.. Underwood will use these
| changes OF classification in an effort to
persuade his colleagues In the House to
accept the compromise. There is one ny
| in the ointment. however and that is the
| uncertainty that tho House will accept the
| compromise made by Mr.. Underwood The
! Democratic leader called a special meet
| ing Of the Ways and Means Committee
this afternoon and endeavored TO secure
| the approval OF the Democratic members
| for the compromise he had made, but in
! this he was unsuccessful. He twice put
| the question TO a vote, and both times the
members refused to approve the agree
| ment, although they were willing 10 tndi-
| cate Informally that they would support
| II or the floor Of the House. The. Demo-
| Gratis. however. are becoming considerably
worried over the prospect of compromising
on what they consider so high a figure.
because they fear that the Tariff Beard 3
report may show that the industry Will
| stand considerably lower duty, and then
they will find II diff1cult to explain their
course. Many Democratic members Of the
House believe they would be far better off
II no wool bill were passed at this session.
and that may yet he the outcome Of the
situation.
TO DEFER ARBITRATION.-A
| the Committee on Foreign Relations Will
| not meet again 70 discuss the arbitration
treaties until SATURDAY., informal discus
| sion Of their provisions goes on continuous
". and the indications now point 10 no
action by the Senate until next winter.
Some Senators, as has been told in these
dispatches, are insistent on an amendment
TO the third clause OF the treaties which
! would either do away with the proposed
Joint commissions or would make any de-
oision Of such commissions effective only
when approved by the Senate The friends
OF the treaties feel that such an amend
ment would practically nullify the con-
/ ventions and when the committee meets
on Saturday they will urge delay as at
! least preferable to the mutilation OF the
treaties It is believed by those who have
studied the subject that In the course Of
time Senators will come to realize that no
/ such amendment is necessary to conserve
the authority Of the Senate as a part Of
/ the treaty making power OF the govern
ment and that they will be helped TO an
appreciation OF this fact by the great pop
ular sentiment in favor OF the conven-
tons. II is realized, too. that this is not a
favorable time for the consideration Of
such an important subject. Senators are
worn out The weather is most oppres-
slve and the conditions generally mill
tate against thoughtful and unprecedented
elaboration Much. therefore, as the
necessity of delay is regretted. the gem
uine friends Of arbitration will urge It as
far better than the proposed mutilation OF
the conventions.