The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-06-02
TRUST INQUIRY IS
PROGRAM IN HOUSE
No Important Sessions Will Be Held in
Lower House Until Friday When
Wool Schedule is Reported.

Washington, d. c., May 29-Investi-
cations of the steel and sugar trusts,
and the expenditures and methods of
government departments will com
prise the activities Of the house of rep
resentatives early this week. With
the democratic wool tariff bill promis
ed for Friday, the house will hold no
important sessions until then, and in
vestigating committees will have OPP
portunity to push important inquiries.
The Lorimer case probably will
come to vote in the senate Monday,
as to the method 90 be adopted IN
making another investigation. The
LaFollete resolution to name a special
committee and theIMartin and Dillirg-
ham substitutes, leaving the inquiry
to the regular senate committee on
privileges and elections are before that
body for further debate today.
The steel trust investigation will be
resumed Tuesday with important wit
nesses. Chairman E. H. Gary of the
United States Steel corporation board
being among those summoned. The SUI
gar trust committee will meet Thurs
day to take up it's work.
The committee to investigate the
department of justice and the depart
ment of commerce and labor are to
meet today. while the committee in
vestigating the postofice department
also will continue its sessions.
At the house end of the capitol there
will be no general rally of democrats
until Thursday, when the wool tariff
comes before the full democratic eau
: Gus. This is expected to be the first
note of hard fighting that is to follow
!, on the revision of the wool schedule.
i The wool bill is practically ready for
d the caucus, but untiI it comes before
q that body it's specific terms will not
r be made public. 1t is expected that il
!. will be introduced in the house Friday
n and that the debate will open the fol
J. lowing week. While there is mucf
n free wool sentiment among house dem
n ocrats, the party leaders are conhden
A. the revenue bill, drafted by the ways
< and means committee, will be ratified
is by the caucus.
's The congress situation, general,
w speaking, is of house which has a.
n most completed the special programm
IT, to which it limited itself after Pres
n dent Taft had called the extra sessio
a. to consider the Canadian reciprocit
agreement and of senate that ha
ct not acted upon the first legislative bi
tn of Importance.
ed President Taft is reported hopefl
is that majority of the senate can no
by be rallied to adopt the Canadian agre
es ment as it came from the house, bl
re when that hoped-for majority will g
an opportunity to assert itself is as u
certain as the length of the presel
session.
The senate finance committee h;
but few more witnesses to appear b
nm fore it on the reciprocity measure. T
IW day and Tuesday it is expected, W
wind up the hearings. The commits
plans to go into executive sessit
nd Wednesday.
vr How long the committee will dell
crate no member has hazarded CUES
'oii When it is ready to report many sc
OF ators have predicted it will subn
to the bill without recommendation
7er- was done at the last session.
nu- The democratic house leaders pla
co. ly are troubled over the doubtful S
by uation in the senate. Speaker Char
600 Clark has declared, however, tn
the while he does not like the hot wealth
ses, in Washington, there must be vC
ON in the senate on Canadian reciproc
ent if congress has to "sizzle" throu
on burning suns until snow flies"
ing AS to the senate's action on
be farmers free list bill, popular elect
ON of senators, re-apportionment, sta
'rge hood for Arizona and New Mexico a
on; wool tariff revision, the democrats
anu believed to be not so insistent. Th'
tile, is an assurance now that the popu
ley, election of senators measure will
sec disposed of in the senate June II,
lsti- date fixed for a vote.
eme The democratic house leaders hi
g to made threats that they would dem'
hen vote on their tariff measures in
upper house, but, it is declared on {
stantial authority, if the senate i
Gates clearly that it will not consi
the tariff bills in the extra sessi
the house will not demand contil
TAI tion of sweltering process to fC