Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-20
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1911.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT


lieve that much work will be accom-
plished during the Legislative session.
BY vote of 296 to 16 the bill pro-
posing Constitutional amendment
providing for the :irect election OF
United States Senators was passed.
Only one Democrat opposed the
measure. The other fifteen voting
against it were Republicans. The
Canadian reciprocity bill has also
been favorably reported. Mr.. In
derwood, chairman of the ways and
means committee announced that
the free list tariff measure will be re-
ported before the end of the week.
Among important bills introduced
was one to regulate the traffic in cold
storage products, another to increase
the prestige of the American mer-
chant marine, third to regulate the
issuance of injunctions and another
bill to change the date of the inaug,
uration of the President to the last
Thursday in April. This last bill
has often been up in Congress and it
is an effort to extend the term of the
short session and to fix the date OF
Inauguration which has become a
national pageant, attracting hundred
of thousands of people, to time OF
year of fairer weather than the pro-
verbally cold and stormy 4th of
March. 1t is probable that before
this is in print the Canadian recipro-
city measure will have passed the
House. The Democratic leaders
have fully decided to 60 into the
agricultural schedule and make
important changes which they de-
manded during the tariff discussions
of last year. Other schedules not
included in the general Legislative
program it is expected will brought
before the House probably during
this month. The success of the
House in passing the bill providing
for the popular election of Senators
has had an exhilarating influence on
the minds of the majority leaders,
and they are hopeful that much
imp ,rtant legislation may be enacted.
Up to the present time the Dem
ocratic ways and means committee
of tn. Honse had not contemplated
unl h more than revision Of the
w"l and cotton schedules, but owing
to their successes this week, they re-
allie that they have time for ad-
ditional tariff revision. Mr.. I'm
d,'rwood, chairman of the committee,
is of the opinion that the session will
be completed earlier then has been
anticipated, 1t is expected that the
ways and means committee will take
up the woollcn schedule of the tariff
bill without waiting for the report of
the tariff board, inasmuch as it is
understood that this board will not
hr able to furnish information con-
corning the woollen schedule during
the present session. The possible
revision of this schedule came up in
ihe Senate on Thursday, when Sen
ator Warren, who the late Senator
D"lliver characterized as the great
ct shepherd since Abraham", offered
a lumb'r of protests and memorials
d prcating revision of the wool
sch dulr The Wyoming Senator
/ p rsents a wool-growing state, but
J. aid that these memorials do not
pre-; st against ultimate revision, but
s;nl'y prayed Congress to defer action
until proper information could be re-
e iv i rs a basis for scientific re-
vision.
Senator Cummins has opened
L.rg expected attack on the some
what latory national monetary
commission, that refuge of Lame
ducks. rs it has brern called. The
Iowa Senator introduc, d bill re-
qui ..ug = is commission to present
it. iia;l port at the Leginning of
n.xt session. in December, and this
bli provi !! for the repeal of the law
cr atng t... commission and remov-
i.g Il .r,n, he payroll as soon as its
pnrt j. submitted. The com
mission. j, !, II be remembered con-
sists Of eighteen members. Seven of