Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-16
NEXT DECEMBER MAY
 MARK END OF PRESENT
 CONGRESS SESSION
Special to the Review1

long will the Sixty-second congress remain in extraordinary session?
 You may ask the man in the moon. or you may ask a member of either Louse of congress and one will be able to give you as satisfactory an sNer as the other. Speaker Champ Clark cant tell. neither can Repre- sentative Underwood. the leader of the majority in the house. nor can senator HenIose, the leader ot the senate, and if anyone were able to know, he would have a better knowl- edge than anyone else.
 The question affords matter for speculation in which the public has as much information as congress It. self. The guesses IEnge all the way nom July 1, which is the earliest anyone has had the teTerity to suggest, to the day for the conven- ing of the regular session In De- cember, and one guess upon any date between these two extremes IS just as good as any other. There are memt CTS who predict that the ex- rraordianry session will merge with the regular session on Decem- Der i, thus establishing the long est .continuors session on record in the history Of the government Otn- CTS fix the dog days and some along in October and November.
 House and Senate Disagree.
 The two houses being controlled h. different rolitical parties, and the tariff being the subject up for consideration, there is promise or of a long disagreement between the two todies, which means that the president. having called congress in- 10 extra session, will have that body on his hands perhaps all summer.
 The record shows that, whenever the tariff question has been up, the sessions have Teen protracted, even when one party was in control or both houses. The Payne-Al ri"h law was passed in an evtra session last ing IA days. The Dtgnley olli which preceded it was rassed in iSI days. It required regular session of 26S days to enact the Wilson tar if law. regular session Of Sp4 days to rass the Mckinley bill, ana when the Mills Jill which passed the democratic house, but failed in the republican senate, was under .consi5 5erat'on, congress was In ses- sion from December 5, 1887, until Oc- toter 20, 1888. or 321 days.
 Other Lonq Sessions.
 This was the longest contiadcus session Of congress on recor7, ana tbe first session Of the Fifty-hrst co,,ere-s. hen Tom Reed was enos- on sneaker ty a majority of three votes When the Mckinley bill vas rassed. was the newt longest session, extending from December ?, lSSs, 10 October 1. 1890. There was one ses- sion however, which was longer tban either of these two, but 1t was irterru~ted ry three recesses. Ihet was the second session of the for tietb congress, which convened on Decer Der 9, 1867, and did not finally adio1rn until November 10, lS6S. 5fo days from the time it Fegan. There were turing this congress recesses iron, sJr1Iv 27 to Serte~nNer 21, rom 70 te- Der 21 to October 26 ana fron, October 6 to Nove7' her 70 when an adfournrent was taFen. No bust mss of importance was transactea orfer T-lv 27. altrough congress r-et on ce-terber 21 and on OctoO- f was in session from March 4, lNo'' 10 Deceml CT 2, 1867. or 2!4 oaYs y-;tbo-t recess, so that, during the tvo vs7rs of tNat cou0ress, tnere were only 26 days that 1t stood au- io-rueT. from a ter the saco71 rfor finally udiourne7 on NoFem0eI 16 congress met a~ain in FeguaI short -ssion on TeceT Tber [, lsoS' a-1 continued in session unul Mar 9. 1869.
 The thirty-first congress was m session fo~ 2O2 days continuously .rd was the only one, eycent th0se rentioned. which passed the 5OO days mark. With two exce~tons the second session of the firy-eighth congress was the shortest long ses- sson the @long session" being the one which fegins in the odd years Tt lasted only for IA days. adjourn s~r on Arril 28, 1904, both parties isiry an~fous to begin work on the :dertial camraign Of that year. The zeconF session Of the thirteenth and lhe first session Of the tit'eeuth, the former i24 days and the l9tter rf1 days. were the only ot'er long sessions." which were shorter than tte second session Of the fiity-eighth co1E ess.
 Shortest on Record.
 Ths shortest session on record was the seoon1 session Of the thiTiv- fourth congress. which lasted only ter days, converting in extraordinary seesion on hugust 21, lS6', and ai- iournIns on Avg7st 31. TNe first ses- sion Of the Thirtv-seveuth co1eress lasted only 3+ days. from July l. 1861. to August 6. 1861. and was call d incident 10 the beginning of the Civil war. and the first se-sion ot the fortv-first congress continue1 TOT only 34 days. from March 4, lS69' to hDrIi 2z.
 There is a constitutional urcvisio1 which enafles the rresident to pro rog-e cone eress, if st any time, the two houses gre unable to a@ree u"on d date of ad'ournw en'. This power rosseesei fy Ire president has nev- sr been exercised. and. altHough ne Is authorized to do so. such acton
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