The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-01
SENATE WILL
 SOON DEBATE
 RECIPROCITY Three Weeks of Extra Ses- sion Gone and Senate
 Just Organized
HOUSE DOING SOME
 RAPID LAWMAKING
House Now Debating Free List Bill. Senate Finance Committee Will Take Up Reciprocity To-
 day or Tomorrow

Washington. April 2o.-Three weeks of the extra ordinary session of the sixty-second Congress having passed into history with a record of rapd-flre legislation by the House. the Senate is finally organized to transact bus mess, but in no haste to consider that part of the democratic programme all ready disposed of by the lower branch. Canadian reciprocity Is the only mat ter now being considered by the Sem ate, and that probably will not come before 1t for discussion for several weeks: The finance committee. to which 1t was referred. has determined to grant hearings on the bill which would carry the reciprocity agreement into effect. How ong committee deliberation will be prolonged is proplematical, but the prospect is for lengthy discuss son before the measure emerges from the committee.
 Tomorrow or Tuesday the finance committee will meet to determine upon a pla nof procedure on the reciprocity measure. It practically has been de- cided that all interests desiring to be heard will be welc med. Chairman Pen- rose of the committee Is In favor of the bill and the majority of the committee opposed to it. The prevailing opinion is that 1t will be reported to the Sem ate without any recommendation, as was the case last session.
 Senator Stone of Missouri will ad- dress the Senate tomorrow on the rect. procity bill and endeavcr to explain some of the alleged Misrepresentation that have been made regarding the proposed agreement. After his speech there will be nothing before the Sem ate and adjournment again until Thurs day Is probable, with adjournment from Thursday until Monday to follow. There Is no prospect of the Senate consider ing the House bills providing for pop ular election of nenators, re-election publicity of campaign contributions or respportionment until reciprocitv has been desieed.
 House Working Hard
 In the House t4e democrats are keeping up the rapid legislative pace and most, iff not all the coming week will be devoted to oiscussion of the farmers free list bill. Chairman Un- derwood demonstrated his desire to hasten action and also to give all mem
 
 ing fth II o'clock as the hour to convf le instead of noon. It Is probabls tha 4ebate will be closed Thursday or fr//Ay. That it will be passed there Ia yI~doubt. the democratic support being 's,1most solid, reinforced by the votes of ra few progressive republicans. Many members smiling at the Expenditures of Representative Dalxell of Pennsylvania. who Saturday att tempted to block the effort of the dem- ocratic leaders to take a recess until Monday in order to dodge the conn mittee discharge calendar. MT. Dalxell, who headed the rules committee of the last Congress, had forgotten that the democratic House had changed the rule relating to motions to discharge conn., mittees and he made the point of order to Mir Cnderwoods motion to recess that motion to discharge the pension committee from consideration of a bill was on the calendar. Mir. Underwood called MT. Dalzells attention to tho new democratic rules, which contained an amendment providing that no mos ton to discharge a committee on Mon- days after the call of the unanimous consent calendar unless it had been filed seven days previously. The motion MT. Dalzell referred to will have been but six days old on Monday. Mir. Dalzeil was compelled to refer to the rules and then withdraw his point of order.
 The democratic leaders are anxious to hasten the free list bill in order that the ways and means committee may be free to devote their time to the revision of the textile schedules. While this work Is progressing is probable the House will act upon the report of the territories committee on state. hood for Arizona and New Mexico.