The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-08
FREE LIST BILL
TO PASS TODAY
House Tariff Tinkers Will Then
Turn Their Attention to the
Wool Schedule.
SENATE TO SELECT
PRESIDENT PRO TEN
Fight Over ReinyestigatiOn of
LOrimer Probable; Busy
Week i'm Congress.

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Congress will
be busy this week with many subjects,
Tariff tlnkering Will have a change OF
scene. the senate committee on finance
taking up the Canadian reciprocity Bill
with hearings expected to- continue
throughout the week
After the farmers free list bill is
passed tomorrow the tariff debaters in the
members OF the ways and means commit
tee. behind closed doors prepare for the
next assault upon the Payne Aldrich bill.
Their center of attack is TO be the wool
schedule Several weeks viii probably
elapse before the committee is ready TO
report.
Among the important matters on the
senate programme are the election Of a
president protein to succeed Senator
Frye; the proposed Investigation OF Sena-
for Lorimers right to remain In his seat
and the resolution providing for the pop
ular election of senators.
Progressives to Protest.
Progressive senators at caucus to-
morrow are expected TO protest against
the selection OF Senator Gallinger OF New
Hampshire as Mr.. Fryes successor Sem
ator Clapp OF Minnesota Is the candidate
OF the progressives. The only chance of
defeating Mr.. Gallnger. 1t Is said, will
be through an alliance between progress
sve Republicans and Democrats and such
II union appears
Activity In the proposed reinvestigation
OF Mr. Lorimer's right to his seat will
center in the effort OF Mr.. La Folette to
have his resolution providing for an In
new senators passed without reference.
The opposition plan is to refer the reso-
luton to the committee on privileges and
elections
On the senate calendar is the bill pro-
viding for the constitutional amendment
changing The method OF selecting United
States senators. There being no prospect
OF a report this week from the finance
committee on the reciprocity bill, the pop
ular election measure may be called up
for discussion.
General House Programme.
The general programme in the house
contemplates consideration of statehood
for Arizona and New Mexico; passage OF
special resolutions providing FOR various
departmental vestigatlons and inVestl-
cations OF the United States Steel cor
poration Sugar rehneries and the Amer
lean Wooden company,
Contrary to persistent reports. IL is
known no bin has been prepared by the
ways and means committee looking 10 q
revision OF the wool schedule: at the same
time il is improbable efforts TO persuade
the Democratic members Of the committee
TO postpone the woolen bill until next
winter will be successful Mr. Under
wood, the chairman, summed UP the wool
situation when he said. After the house
passes the free list bin tomorrow. the
WAYS and means committee Will begin
Immediately the consideration of the wool
schedule. 1t is true that there are diff
ferences in the party regarding wool. but
feel assured that we will be able TO
draft bill acceptable TO the party as a
whole and that 1t will he ready within a
few weeks"
4 proposed investigation of the Ameri- :
can Woolen company Is n trust provided
for in a resolution introduced by Repre-
sentative Francis OF Ohio, a Democrat.
probably will be authorized, but Demo-
cratic leaders declare 1t will have no
effect whatever on the ways and means
committee in its proposed revision OF the
wool tariff.