Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05
Taft Issues Proclamation Immedi-
ately After Two Houses Cease.
TAR BOARD ALSO FAILURE
s,,N - ~ Filibuster Renders Action
\ ~" - the Senate Futile.
EXPECT SCHEDULE AMENDMENT
President VIII Probably Not Refuse
sanction 20 Any Action which
Does Not Oppose Policy
of Protection.

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first congress, needless Of one Of the most
important legislative tasks set before It,
came TO an end shortly after noon TODAY.
! Within the hour following President Taft
had issued a proclamation calling the new
congress to meet in extraordinary session
| at noon on Tuesday April T.
| He Will then submit for ratification to a
house Overwhelmingly democratic and TO
a senate barely republican. the reciprocity
agreement with Canada. The Mccall bill.
carrying that agreement into effect and
passed by the house met today at the
hands Of the old senate. the death freely
predicted for 1t. The president. warned IL
not entirely reconciled to the fate in store
Tor the measure. was al the capitol to wit
ness the obsequies. The bill was not
allowed at any time to come up in the
senate for moments consideration
The permanent tariff board bill. forced
to its passage through q reluctant senate
at $3.50 o'clock this morning was hurried
over to the house, there to be strangled bv
| a democratic filibuster
The president, in the room reserved for
him in the senate lobby. heard the news
with resignation.
Congress provided funds to continue the
work Of the temporary tariff board for
another year.
Democrats Requests Granted.
It was at the request Of the democrats
of the house and the senate that the presi-
dent fixed the date for the beginning of
the extra session at April 4.
The new democratic ways and means
committee of the house, which is to serve
as committee on committees, will meet
on Monday to take up its latter duties.
full caucus of democratic members of
the new house will not be held until April
2. In the meantime the plans for the
extra session will have developed.
There is little doubt now that the demo-
Gratis OF the house will undertake TO revise
at least two or three of the schedules of
t1e Payne Aldrfch tariff act and there
Is every reason TO believe these bills will
be favoraby received in the new senate
the Increased democratic and insurgent
strength in that body giving a majority
for the principle Of further revision of
the tariff downward
It also is supposed that so long as the
new schedules do not flagrantIy violate the
policy Of protection President Taft will
no withhold his approval Of them He
has announced, however, that il a general
revision, in violation Of the protective
policy, should be inaugurated he would
not hesitate to use the power of the veto
How long the session will last is
problematical. While the new congress
may promptly ratify the reciprocity
agreement some democrats are in favor
Of Withholding confirmation until two or
three new tariff schedules are ready. If
tariff differences should arise between
the new house and the senate, the ses-
sion unQuestionably would be long one
President May End Session.
In this connection, however, the inter-
esting fact was developed today that the
president has a constitutional right to
bring the sessionto an end In case the
two houses Of congress cannot agree upon
time for adjournment. Such action, II
is admitted, would be revolutionary, and
there is little thought TO be little Iikeli-
hood that any president would care to
invoke the power.
The old congress ended amid scenes
OF extraordinary excitement and uncer
tainty In the house the disorder at
times in the closing hours, when the use
cessful filibuster against the tariff board
bill was in progress. became almost a
riot.
Representative johnson Of Kentucky,
Eiaring angrily at Speaker Cannon,
shouted above the general roar OF con-
fusion a challenge that but for the
speakers gray hairs he would carry the
wordy disagreement TO a more serious
conclusion hTe speaker, his sparse
gray hair bristling with rage, declared
with Vicious blow Of his gaveI on the
desk that no member need let his gray
nalr De a bar to any thing they had to
orfer. The house stood up and cheered
In the senate a filibuster, conducted bv
Senator Owen OF Oklahoma, threatened the
final approval Of four Of the great an
preparation measures up TO within half an
hour Of the time set for adjournment. Sem
ators OF both parties appealed IN vain 10
senator owen to stop talking and let the
supply bills go through. The senator said
he had 50 ut to talk to death the resolu-
ton approving the constitution OF New
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