The Fort Sumner review., 1911-05-20
CONGRESS MAY
ADJOURN SOON
MORE INTEREST IN SUMMER RE-
SORTS THAN IN TARIFF
QUESTIONS.
FINISH WORK JUNE Is
SENATE EXPECTED TO PASS REcl-
PROCITY BILL WITHIN
MONTH.

shington.-Although the special
session of Congress is but little more
than month old, talk of adjournment
has already become general. Republi
cans in both branches have been hint
ing that a recess during the hot
months would not interfere with legis
lation, while many Democrats in the
House are beginning to believe they
will be through with all they care to
enact of their legislative programme
within another month.
High temperature experienced last
week in Washington served to stimu-
late in the Democratic representatives
more interest in summer resort mat
ters than in tariff questions. For sev-
eral days they have been considering
the possibility of getting through for
the summer by June 18th.
The House expects to have before
1t the revised woolen schedule within
a week or ten days.
There was much missionary work
last week to unite the factions for an
agreement upon revision, in the ma
ture of compromise between the ad-
vocates of revenue tariff on raw wool
and the champions of free raw wool.
All Democrats have agreed to abide by
the caucus decision.
Outside of that feature of the tariff,
with perhaps some revision of the cot
ton schedule, there is little before the
House. The caucus decided a month
ago to make this a tariff session.
There is nothing to come before the
House except some inquiry resolu-
tions. The Democratic majority in
tends to ward off being drawn into dis
cussion of general legislation by con-
sideration of the discharge calendar,
which is loaded by the Republicans
with many stumbling blocks. Twice
they have lodged the calendar and
have announced they believe it can be
successfully avoided in the future.
Though the Democratic free list bill
probably will not be passed by the
Senate--it may not be considered at
all-the Democratic leaders insist that
they have demonstrated to the people
that in passing that measure their in
tentions were good, and that it will
not be necessary for them to insist
upon remaining in session to await ac-
tion on it by the Senate.
The reciprocity bill they expect the
Senate to pass within a month and
then all that President Taft asked of
the extraordinary session will have
been disposed of. The Senate, they
believe, will then be ready to go
home. Meantime the House will con-
slider such matters as army reorgan-
ization, labor legislation and reform
in the civil service.
In the Senate, hearings will con-
tinue this week before the finance
committee on the Canadian reci-
procity bill, and on the floor the fight
over the election of president pro
tempore to succeed Senator Frye will
be resumed. Representatives of the
regular and insurgent Republicans in
sist that there will be no break in the
deadlock The opposition of the pro-
gressives TO Senator Gallinger will
hold intact, it is said, and the stall
warts will not yield to agree on some
other candidate.
Discussion in the Senate of the bill
passed by the House on the popular
election of senators may come up this
week, Senator Borah intending to call
up the bill at the earliest opportunity.