The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-04
GENERAL DEFICIENCY APPRO,
PRlATION BILL WAS PASSED
LATE LAST NIGHT.
LOSES HOPE.
Reciprocity Measure Will Fail of Pas.
sagec, Practically Certain
Final Adjournment Will
be Taken Today.

Washington, March 3.---at iii5 TO-
night the senate passed the general
deficiency bill, the last of the .Is
supply measures.
With the virtual certainty of an
early extra session of congress De-
clouding the horizon hotn houses or
congress were In session at late
hour tonight, grinding through tie
mass Of routine legislation which
must be completed before final adj
iournmcnt tomorrow Several sharp
tilts in both houses served in some
measure to break the monotony, hut
for the most part it was drudgcry In
both
From tho White House, practically
from the lips of President Taft HIM
self, came late in the day that the
president had abandoned the hope OF
passing the reciprocity agreement
with Canada, and awaited only the
formal confirmation of its faiiure 10
issue his cali for an extra session.
The president cave little outward
evidence of his lsarpointment,
though he is well known to be rather
peeved He went to the theatre TO
enjoy a little opera
The date OF the extra session has
not been definitely fixed. The Demo
Gratis want it deferred until hprii; the
Rcpul licans want it to start. if start
1t must, as so6nsas possible. ;t the
White Houss today it was intimated
rather definitely that the date the
president had in mind is March Is.
Two interesting and. unexpected
features marked tne evening. Eo.h
houses passed the bill to give the
rank and raise in pay Of a rear adj
miral and tine thanks of congress to
Capt. Robert II. Peary in recognition
Of his attainment of the nortn poe.
The bill had been regarded as hope
lessly lost. but was revived ard
passed in the senate which concur~el
without delay.
During tie afternoon Senator Crane
had cndeavored to have the Peary
recognition measure added as a
rider" to the naval appropriation
bill, but objection blocked it,
Suddenly the separate Peary bill
came from the house and the thing
was lone.
Another unexpected episode was
Senator Lorimer's motion to STRIFE
from the general deficiency bill an
appropriation of $4,000 to reimburse
him for expense in defending his
title This gave rise to acrimonious
debate, some senators WHO are mem.
bers OF the committee more than IN
tlmating that t1e amount had been
put in the bill without the knowledge
of some members of the committee.
The senate agreed to Mr., LorImer's
motion.
During the day the senate passed
and sent to the house four appropria.
ito bills. They were the postofrce,
naval, sundry civil and general delc-
iency bills.
A thing which chiefly marked the
passage OF the postoffice bill was the
abandonment of the proposed IN
crease of magazine postage and the
substitution of the provision for a
commission to be appointed by the
president to investigate the whole srb
ject.
| Rumors of every degree of excite
ment and consequent absurdity marH-
cd the day, 1t was suggested, for in.
| stance, that President Taft had de.
cided TO withdraw the Canadian re-
ciprocity agreement ana resume ne,
| gotiations with Canada so as TO obvi-
ate the necessity of an extra session.
All the rumors ''pinched OUT at last
AMI left only the practical certainty
that the new congress will begin its
work, as this ore did, with an extra
session devoted largely TO the ques
tion of tariffs
NO REAPPoRTioNMENT.