The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-01
AGREEMENT REACHED LAST
k1GAT--ALso AGREED TAR
iFF BOARD BILL UNFlN-
IsiiED BUSINESS.
EXPECTED L0R|M[R
WILL RETAIN SEAT
ccratcr t.ac 10 Bring up Five Sup
ply Measures Today--rhrce Ooh
ers Reritia~Recippci,y Nay.
Yet Cause an Extra
Session

Washington. Feb. 2S.-The agree
ment the senate reaelel shortly after
six o'clock tonight ID re tomorrow
at 1850 p. m, on lile resoiution TO
rnsea. ganator Ionmer, of Illinois,
and to make unfinished business" OF
the bill to create 4 permanent tariff
holaiJ, materially improved the legs
lative situation. I
This improvement does not by anv
means wipe out lie probability Of A
extra session Of congress, Dat Il gave
a ray q hope that was seized eagerly
ly the advoeaas OF Canadian recIp-
racitg.
The storm clouds which hung men
acingll low tModgh an all night ses,
sion list night l!lted materially late
today. and Wien an adjournment was
taken shortly after G 2. m. till IL
uclodl tomorrow, there was prom
ige d further clearing Of the legls.t-
tive skies.
Afer a day OF constant search for
bgais fer agreement amt a2l.d d
scene of extraordinary intensity a.
inteest and evident mutual Suspicion
the nro l-orimer senators, most Of
them opposed to the tariff board, an |
the 3ro.tariff board senator's, most CT
them opposed TO Lorimer, got to-
geihu' in aodus yiyendi which
cleard the situation and obviate t
the impending danger of another
Right session.
viii Sustain Lorimer
SO there will be vote tomorrow
Afternoon on Senator LcGimer's case,
ami there is little reason TO doult
that it will sustain Mr.. Lor;mer.
Ths tariff board proposition is at
least in materially improved posi-
ton. The vote OF SO to q by which
Il was made the unfinished business
II the senate would indicate that
should 1t come to a vote the hill
would be pas, ed by substantial ma
jsrity
Some 80 50 far as to say II viii
receive the entire Republican vote 81
the senate.
Senator Hale gave notice that he
would attempt to put five appropra-
tion bills through the senate tomo.-
row afternoon and evening.
These arc the agricultural, post
Office diplomatic and consular for.
tlfcaton and the military academy
supply measures.
1t was said as a part OF the ar
rangement Gearing UP the legislative
situation 1t was practically agreed
that the proposed increased rates OF
postage on the large magazines would
be dropped from the postollice biz
ending the possibility of filsbusscl
on that measure.
Three Bills. viii be Left
n Senator IIale's program is cat
Fied out tomorrow, and there is ev
cry reason to believe that il will be
the senate vii be left with only tn;
sundry civil, the naval and the gen
eral deficiency appropriation bills t
disrcse Of
The senator from Maine warae,
senators that unless they acted o
1.-The appropriation measure the''
would be a strong chance that many
of the most important Of these wou',
eventually come in an extra sesscJ
from Democratic house.
No senator was 50 sanguine owe
tbe improved legislative situation u
Ito predict that the probability of al
lextra session was lessened materi
ally. Many Of them were 'hoping'
that such would be the case. II a.
the appropriation bills should be car
ried into law the only extra sessio;
factor that would remain to be d.
poeed of is the Canadian reciprocit,
agreement.
The. situation with regard to thi
agreement cannot be said to hay
thansed, unless it profits, as som
hope ii will, by the clearing away o
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