The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10

cannot tell until he has seen the
Presidents message on the wool and
cotton tariffs what the Democratic
bills Will be. The general Impression
in tho House Ia that there will be lit
tie change. II any. In the now bills to
be presented by the Democrats of tho
Ways and Means Committee from the
revision bills presented at the last
session.
Speaker Champ Clark is pressing for
action by the Democrats on all meas
ures to be supported by the Democrats
at the coming session OF Congress. He
says there Is mucn to be done, and he
does not want the Democrats to be
charged with responsibility for failure
to pass Legislation desired by local!
communities. The Ways and Means
Committee will meet the coming week
and take up work on all the Important
schedules OF tbs tariff. An innovation
Will be that the Speaker may attend
the sessions of the committee to give
It's members the benefit OF his judg-
ment and experience on tariff legisla-
ton. For many years, under Republi.
can control of the committee. Speaker
Clark was the ranking Democratic
cratic fight for low tariffs in the House
for years.
Senate Marks Time.
The Senate has been marking time
during the past week, and will con-
tinue to do so until the House shall
have sent across some bills which the
Senate thinks worth its time TO con-
slider. Up to the present the Senate has
been busy considrrings nominations by
the President and muling over the
presidential message o nthe trusts and
foreign affairs.
Most OF the committees OF the House
will get busy next week. The Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign Com
MERGE. Chairman Adamson. Will leave
from New York Sunday to inspect tho
Panama Canal.
This committee will have charge OF
the legislation fixing tho tolls and
enacting the regulations governing the
Panama zone. The members OF the
whether the progress OF the canal war
rants the claim that tolls should be
established at this time.
The committee on expenditures In
the Department OF the Interior will
take up questions involving the work
OF the reclamation service, and espe-
cially with reference to the construc-
ton or the Roosevelt dam In Arizona
for the irrigation OF lands in that
country. Colonel Roosevelt Is said to
have urged thls work to be done, and
It Is now charged that the Southern
Pacific Railroad 10 the only benefl-
ciary OF the project that cost many
millions and forced the issuance OF
/ s20oo0.ooO bonds by tho government
that the reclamation service might not
become bankrupt.
Tho Stanley Steel Investigating Com
mittee announced late this afternoon
that It had decided. by unanimous vote,
to continue the steel inquiry. 1t was
agreed, however, that the committee
will not attempt to make any recon-
mendation as to tho guilt of the steel
trusts now that the government has
Instituted suit against 1t. This agree
ment Is compromise between the Lit
Teton and Stanley Views, which have
/, been unharmonlous heretofore as to
the acope OF the future investigation
OF the committee
Representative Graham, chairman Of
the House committee, which lnvesti-
gated the Controller Bay charges, pre-
ssnted the majority report OF HIS COM
p'dttSo to the House to-day