The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-12
Reciprocity, the Wool Tariff Revision and Direct Elec-
 ton All Come Up
SPECULATION AS
 TO ADJOURNMENT
Some Predict July 27, But Underwood Talks As If He Believed the
 Session Would Last Until Fall

Washington, June 11.-Opening of the fight on the Canadian reciprocity till on the floor of the Senate Tuesday with House democratic leaders urging the Senate to defeat the Root amendment to the paper schedule; vote in the Sen ate tomorrow on the popular election of senators bill; resumption of the wool tariff revision debate in the House Tuesday-ths is the weeks programme of Congress. Several conferences are figured on, including d caucus of dem ocrats in the House Wedn nesday night to consider extension of the legislative programme and a meeting of republi- can senators Tuesday to revise the list of Senate employees. House investigat- ing committes will continue their work.
 Meantime there is much speculation as to the proba bility of adjournment which Senator Shoot and some others predict as early as July 27. while Dem ocratic Leader Uderwood says, If the extra session continued until late sum mer or autumn" a more comprehensive scheme of tariff revision will be pro- ceeded with by the House. Early ac- tion on the reciprocity bill. hoped for by the President, seems unlikely unless the Root amendment, which has been objected to as fatal to the agreement, is defeated.
 MT. Underwod and other democrats who oppose the Root amendment now propose to exert all the influence they can to prevent favorable action on the amendment so 1t will be unnecessary for the bill to be re-referred to the low CT branch of Congress
 Word from the Senate finance com mittee that it has practically wound up its business for the extra session has reached the House. Democratic rep resentatives are about convinced the Senate committee will not pass upon any of their tariff legislative bills. the free list and wool bills and one yet to come, probably revised cotton sched- dle upon which a House sub -conlnlitsee of the ways and means committee is now working.
 Whether the democrats of the ways and means committee will take up revision of any other schedules such as sugar and steel, will depend, of course, upon the length of the session.
 May Continue Revision
 "There is probability we will under take to revise other schedules after we have passed the wool bill and drafted cotton bill" said Mr. Underwood, chair man of the ways and means committee, today If the session continues until late into the summer or into the fall we might as well go ahead with our tariff pro- gramme After cotton, sugar and steel schedules would naturally be discussed.
 But if the Senate is going to get through with reciprocity and refuse to take any action on the farmers free list and the woolen schedules, then recess probably would be welcome and our legis- lation would go over until next session"
 Because of the attitude of the Senate tariff bills. Senator Stone, backed by other democrats, has served notice that after waiting reasonable time for the committee to act, motions will be made to have it discharged from bills referred to it. such as the free list bill and the wooden bill, which will go to 1t as soon as it goes over from the House These would force discussion on these measures to the front and disposition of them might be made, but not without prolonged discussion.
 In the Senate tomorrow the bill pro- viding for the popular election of United States senators by amendment to the constitution will be voted on, June 12 having been agreed upon some time ago as the day to complete the work on that measure, Indications point strongly to it's passage bNe the necessary two-thirds majority. At the last session similar measure almost secured the necessary l two-thirds.