The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-23
Looks Like the Minority Is About to Jump Into
 the Saddle
UNDERWOOD TALKS
 OF SUDDEN TURN
The House Leader Has Gone to At- lantic City for a Few Days Rest-Long, Tiresome
 Fight Ahead
Fly WALTER HARPER

Fly WALTER HARPER Washington, June 22.-{ -{specia1)-- Just before leaving the city this morn ing for Atlantic City, where he will join Mrs Underwood for a few days rest, Chairman Underwood of the House ways and means committee, ex- pressed himself as immensely pleased with the sudden turn of affairs in the Senate last night when the finance committee was instructed to report the woolen schedule and the free list bill back into the House by July 10.
 He had left the city before the finance committee brought-in It's adverse re- port almosta month earlier than Chair man Penrose had declared that it was possible to report it in any form. Things happeneds rapidly In the Sen ate last night and today's activity Is just continuation of the chase that has lined up with the republicans on the run and the democrats and insur- gent republicans at their heels. Word reaching Washington today from President Taft, who is in New Y ork, is not reassuring to his friends. That the democrats have things going their own way just now with most ex- cellent opportunities for the future is admitted on all sides.
 UnderwOod's Comments
 MT. Underwood said: The action of the Senate last night where 16 re- publicans, insurgent and regular, joined the democrats in demanding an early report of the wooen schedule from the finance committee was most interest ing and is very significant as well as gratifying to the democrats, who are interested in a real revision of the tar 1 iff according to the demands and wishes of the people.
 q am very anxious for the success i of the Canadian reciprocity bill and if the other measures should fail at this special session want to sec that meas al aa3pfe0- hs the Congress We de fnot want any complication that will interfere with the passage of the reci- l procity bill. But 1t looks now as if we will not only get that bill through. but may be able to push through some of the other more important sched- ules of the general taffir bill.
 The cotton schedule will be ready 1 for introduction in the House Tn few days and then work will probably go forward un the preparation of one of the other more important items. The House can handle it's business and put up the schedules to the Senate as fast as that body can manage them
 History Making Period
 Last night and today form history making period in American politics The democratic control of the House has appa rently been extended to the Sem ate through the running to cover of what is known as insurgent repub- | licans.
 Chairman Penrose, of the finance committee, of the Senate today made the following significant statement on the floor: Tt has been demonstrated that the republicans no longer are in control of the .snate and responsibility has been taken from them
 This statement from Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, chairman of the once l all-powerful committee on finance, today reflected the chaotic conditions in the Senate as result of last nights fight over the House wool bill. which brought about a coalition of democrats and pro gressive republicans By 39 to IS this CO., alition instructed the finance committee to report the wool to the Senate oy July 10.
 Senator Lodge expresses satisfaction that all responsibility in the Senate now rests with the democrats. He said today that there are barrels of fun ahead of the Senate
 Long. Tires0me Fight | Immediately following the adverse re- port of the finance committee of the woolen schedule and the free list bill to- day. the Senate settled itself down to what may be a long, tiresome fight, the end of which cannot be guessed, though 1 the result is more easily surmised. It is now generally predicted that the special session will collide, tail-end, with the regular session. Though the Senate found itself last night after ten weeks of featureless hounderng and may repeat the performance of the closing days of the last regular session, when it suddenly spat on it's hands and came under the rope with more business accomplished in few days than had been affected dur ing all the previous part of the session. l Mir Underwood predicted a few days ago in talking to friend that the Sen ate may wake up one of these days and do a surprising amount of real work in a 1 few days.
 The Senate is awake and Gore Martin, Williams, LaFolette and Cummins are in the saddle. Penrose admits that he is unhorsed His committee, heretofore the | most powerful in the senate, Is humiliated and practically admitted It's humiliation when 1t made it's report today, throwing the whole tariff matter into open Senate.
 The democratic leaders in the Senate, | on whom has been thrown the responsi- bility of tariff legislation, have assumed the responsibility with courage and confi- dence.
 The republicans have announced they l will fight to the death and the struggle promises to be spectacular.