The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-01
THREEFACTORSA Al
 WORK IN SENATE Republicans More Embar- rassed Every Day DOING HEROIC WORK Senate Chamber Is Hottest Place in Washington and Capital City Is
 One of the Hottest in
 America
BY WALTER HARPER

. Washington, June 30.-(Special.)-Th Senate of the United States finds itself in the midst of very extraordinary ses- sion in most uncomfortable situation In more ways than one.
 The discomforting condition would not exist if some of the old guard of the high legislative body of former days were still here to lead the deliberations. Some of the old regulars never failed to find some means of adjournment when sessions be- gan to drag wearily into the heated months of summer. The youngbloods now in control of the body are either too timid or too ambitious to show the white feather in the face of boiling humidity and scorching temperatures ranging around 100. The Senate chamber Is one of the hottest places in the hottest town in America, but the brave boys on the three sides of the chamber are standing to their posts with a tenacity and a grim ness that would be classed as heroic under any other circumstances
 Perhaps it is because there are three sides to the chamber that no one seems to be able to devise a method of adjourn ment There are three strong divisions which with their varied collisions make map out plan of successful campaign that would bring the miserable session to speedy and satisfactory close.
 There Is an interesting fourth factor in the present legislative mix-up that will have considerable to do with the progress and termination of the present fight. That Is the executive up at the White House. It is claimed by visitors that he
 is the coolest and most comfortable man lin Washington, but that Is hard to be- lieve. The man up 2 tree is compelled to believe from his point of view that MT. Taft must be most uncomfortable.
 The little special session that he called together, fer one specific purpose and per haps with the object in view of capturing fine point of political advantage in the ratification of the Canadian reciprocity agreement has turned out to be a veri- table carnage of political disaster.
 The democrats being in ontrol of the House grasped the oppe unity to get busy on real tariff revis, the one issue on which that body wasd to defeat the republicans. This coupled with the unan- imity of purpose, fine team work and smooth party management has greatly confused and embarrassed the President and his stand-pat followers.
 Then in the Senate tlfe insurgent repub- licans have taken advantage of the situa- tion and the opportunity to begin & most a ai ion To ba executive and confuse the protective tariff republicans.
 The regular republicans are divided on the pet issue of the President, Canadian reciprocity. The democrats are enough divided on the same issue to complicate matters and confuse the probable result. The Senate democrats want to continue the tariff revision schedule that has been started by the House and they have a partial support from the insurgont repub- licans. They want revision, but they are not willing to go as far as the demo- crats.
 Some of the regular republicans - who would like to hold up the hands of the President want to pass the reciprocity measure, but they want it amended. On top Of this is the claim that the President will not sign this bill if it is amended in any form. A feeling of resentment at this autocratic dictation from the execu- tive is growing in tho Senate and open rebellion is eminent. The President has no enthusiastic supporters on the floor and it appears that he and his party are at the mercy of three warning factions that may never lgree on anything. The President has announced that he is ready and willing to stay on the job all summer, it matters not how hot it gets, until he secures the ratification of the Canadian reciprocity bill. Insurgent re- publicans seem just as determined to stay here until they put the administration in a hole, while the democrats, most of them used to hot climates, are willing to camp on the capitol grounds until they put the President and his party on record on tariff revision.
 The President and the regulars are put ting up the argument and will stand be- hind it that no drastic tariff revision should be attempted until full report is had from the tariff board which has an nounced that it cannot report on even the wooen schedule until December.
 That the people back home will accept this excuse is very doubtful.
 MT. Underwood and his committee on ways and means had more information on tariff matters than any preceding com mittees charged with the making of tariff laws ever had and then it is argued that the special tariff board was not created nor has it the authority to collect infor- nation for Congress. It was only created for the purpose of assisting the President in determining equitable charges under the maximum and minimum clause of