The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-06-12
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY BILL IS
TO BE DISCUSSED ON THE
FLOOR.
FULL WEEK IS COMING
Besides Consideration OF Presidents
Pet Measure, Upper House viii Vote
on Popular Election OF Senators
Date Of Adjournment Is Subject of
Continued Spec ulation.

Washington. June Ii,-Opening OF
the fight on the Canadian reciprocity
bin on the floor OF the senate Tues
day with house democ"atlc leaders
urging the senate To defeat the Root
amendment tn the paper schedule: vote
In the senate tomorrow on the pop
ular election OF senator's. resumption
Of the wool tariff revision debate on
Tuesday: this IL the weeks program of
congress.
Several conferences are planned, In
Guiding a caucus of democrats In the
house Wednesday night to consider ex-
tension of the progressive program.
House investigating committees will
continue work.
There Is much speculation as to the
probability of adjournment which Sem
ator Smoot and some others predict
as early as July 81. while Demo
cratic Leader Underwood says III the
extra session continues until late sum
mer or autumn. n more comprehen-
sive scheme of tariff revision VIII be
undertaken by the house.
Action Unlikely.
Early action on the reciprocity bill,
hoped for by the president, seems un-
likely unless the Root amendment.
which has been objected to as fatal
to the agreement. Is defeated. i.A
Mr.. Underwood and other democrats s.
who oppose the Root amendment now
propose to exert ali the influence they
can to prevent favorable action on the
amendment. so that II viii DE unneces-
sary for the bill to be referred to the
lower branch of congress
Word from the senate finance com
mittee that II has practically wound
up It's business for the extra session
has reached the house. Democratic
representatives are about convinced
that the senate committee will not
pass on any of their tariff bills. the
free list and wool bills and one yet
to come. probably revised commit
tee on schedule. on which house sub
committee is working.
Whether the democrats of the ways
and means committee will take up re-
vision of any other schedules. such as
sugar and steel, will depend on the
length of the session.
There Is probability that we will
undertake to revise other schedules
after we have passed the wool bill
and drafted a committee on the bin"
said Mr.. Underwood today "Ir the
session continues until late into the
summer or into the fall we might as
well go ahead with our tariff pro-
gram After cotton. sugar and steel
schedules would naturally be dis.
cussed z-
Recess?
But II the senate Is going To get
through with reciprocity and refuse to
to take any action on the farmers
free list and the woolen schedules.
then recess probably viii come and
our work can go over until next win
ter"
Because of the attitude of the senate
finance committee toward the house
tariff bills. Senator Stone. backed by
other democrats. has served notice that
after waiting reasonable time for
the committee to act, motions will be
made to have 1t discharged from con
sideration OF bills referred to II, such
as the free list bill and the wool bill.
This action would force discussion on
these measures to the front, and dis
position of the bills in that way might
be made
In the senate tomorrow the consti-
tutional amendment providing for the
popular election of United States SEN
ators Will be voted on. Indications
point strongly to its passage by the
necessary two-thirds majority.