Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-04
PoStoffice Bill, Shom of Fea-
ture Increasing Rate on Sec
Ond Glass Matter Finally Ap-
proved By Conference.
EXTRA SESSION CANNOT
BE AVOIDED Is BELIEF
President, KeenIy Disappointed,
AbandonS All Hope Of Secur-
lng Action on Reciprocity
Agreement With Canada,


Washington. March 3.-Wlth the
virtual certainty of an early extra
session of congress clouding the hori'
zon, both houses of congress were in
session at a late hour tonight. grind
ing through the mass of routine leg
islation that must he completed be-
fore final adjournment at noon tomor-
row. Several sharp tilts in both houses
served In some measure TO break the
monotony, but for the most part II
was drudgery in both
From the White House, practically
from the lips of the president himself
came late In the day the admission
that the president had abandoned all
hope of the passage of the Canadian
reciprocity agreement and awaited
only the formal confirmation of its
failure to issue his call for an extra
session. The president gave little out
ward evidence of his disappointment,
though it is known to be rather keen.
He went to the theater to enjoy a
light opera
The date OF the extra session has not
been definitely fixed. The democrats
want 1t deferred until April: the re-
prNieans want u to start. II start u
must. as soon as possible.
At the White House today it was
intimated rather definitely that the
date the president has in mind, is
March Is.
Pcary's Discovery Rewarded.
Two interesting and unexpected
features marked the evening. Both
houses passed the bill to" give the
rank and retired pay of rear admir-
al and the thanks of congress to
Peary in recognition of his attain
ment of the north pole The bill had
been regarded as hopelessly lost In
the tangle Of legislation in the house,
but was revived and passed to the sem
ate which concurred without delay.
During the afternoon Senator Crane
had tried to have the Peary recogni-
ton added as a rider to the naval
appropriation bill, but objections
blocked it. Suddenly the separate
Peary bill came out of the house and
the thing was done.
Lorimer Declines Reimbursement.
The other unexpected episode was
Senator Lorimer's motion to strike
from the general deficiency bill an
appropriation Of $4,000 to reimburse
him for his expenses in defending his
title to a seat In the senate. This
gave rise to an acrimonious debate,
some senators, who are members of
the appropriation committee more
than intimating that the committee
had put 1t in the bill without the
knowledge Of the members of the COM
mittee. The senate agreed to Senator
Lorimer's motion.
Half Billion i'm Appropriations.
During the day the senate passed
and sent to the house four appropria-
ton bills providing for the expendi'
ture of more than s500,000,000. They
We're the postoffice. naval, sundry
eivil and general deficiency appropria-
tion bills. The thing that chiefly
marked the passage OF the postofilce
bill was the abandonment of the pro-
posed increase of magazine postage
and the substitution of provision for
commission to be appointed by the
president to investigate the subject.
Rumors of every degree of excite
ment and consequent absurdity mark
ed the day. 1t was suggested' for in
stance. that President Taft had de-
cided to withdraw the Canadian reel
prooity agreement and resume negotl-
ations with Canada, so as to obviate
the necessity of an extra session.
Extra Session Inevitable.
All rumors played out. however, and
left only the practical certainty the
new congress viii begin its work as
this one did. with an extra session de-
voted largely to the question of the
tariff.