Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-03
WAIgT LTNE9 Az coETE
Hot Weather Eut<rSsrss with Legisla-
tion At Washington.
SESSIONS on CONGRESS SHORT
Democrats Fix Data fox Cotton Re
vision Bill to Reach House.
START SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION
RAaner 81 TIIaasts 90 Re . Te.eher.
nrfaEfaE ssmpIes Late Hauss aad
Gtwf.E D-~-rfutfans OF CIssh ~
set Forth I'm Tariff BIZ

WASHINGTON, Jury E-(SpeciRl Tele-
gram. l--.'How many pounds havs you
I1ztY That II the question winch has
sapercrded the inquiry concsrning the
urobahis date Of vote ON the reciprocity
treaty in Washington. since the not wave
struck the national capital
Il ia snid President TAFT weighed Just be-
fnru he iuft for Beverly. and the scales
showed ham ten pounds lighter than ne was
twe weeks ago. The president is said %
have seriously considered posfponing his
trip 10 his summer homa when be rezllzs
his iessening waist measurement
Wee President Sherman Speaker Champ
Clark Senator Boise Penrose. Ollie Iames.
Postmaster General Hitchcock and practi-
ealir al Of tilose STAT, smen who are In
eiined to sufh0npoint ar find ng compens n
Ton for the WORK arr the fearfs1ily hot
weather In slowly contracting waist lines.
Ven nke Senator Root La Toilette aud
Camnl Ms. representatives. Bartlett. Hard
wick and Stanley. who are built more on
he lines of the lean and hungry Cas-
sias," have not tss element q compenl n
tinn-
Southern Wen stand Heat.
The denaoc- ats bar up under the heat
better ttnn the republicans most 0f the
deEnoc as eaning from the south and be-
ing acci mated a. TIE heat as n were. In
fact the aonss democrats ara acfilal y
plann.nE though they were thoroughly
eantrnted 70 stay on through the whole
summer for h,s.Rn when trey bring
IN their revision of ths cotton Schedule to
the house. they intend 10 start school of
instruction for the rensfit o. repuhiis ans
and democrats alike
Representative Rafney of Illinois viii be
one uf tss teachers. Mr. Radney proposes
"a bring cotton samples pasted on card
bnard with the affic al description Of the
cioth as SCI torth in The tarfff bH. indi-
cafsd heso~ Il
In addition the information will contain
the rates NJ duty imposed upon this cfoth
under the DfnEssy aud Payne Avs and
uisaer esfesN prop0sed Democratic r-visionsL
This method OF illustration was prac1iced
BY the republicans in the senate in the Isas
tariff debate Mr. Rainey may have some
extra samples with him for general dis
tributi0n among the members in order that
they may follow his arguments.
Estimaffnx Amouas s9 R@~enue.
As 10 the revised cotton schedule itself
the democrats now have experts in the
treasury At work estimating the amount Of
revenue certain proposed rates OF duty viii
produce. They have finished the actual
bilI except for the insertion OF these rates.
II the present plans az the democratic
leaders are carried out the cotton revision
bill VIII not reach the house until the Sec
ond week IN July. r. the bill In completed
IN time il may be possible 70 hold a party
caucus on il the latter part OF the first
week in July.
IN AL probability II viii take about ten
days ume 20 pass the hiu through the
house. Meanwhile the democrats win busy
themselves with the sugar and steel sched-
ulea. with the intention Of bringing them
before the house later if the senate persists
IN its present rate of legislative progress
One effect Of the heat was 10 make the
senate establish a new REGARD for hrsvfty,
Saturday. Whsn II held q session lasting
exactly three minutes and then adjourned
until Wednesday. Sscre4ary Bennett called
the senate to order AZ noon in the abscnce
0f Vice President sherman. there being no
president pro ten OF the senate AZ this
time There was a brief prayer BY the
chaplain. a fsW br1ef announcemsnts and
then a motion tn adjourn was made by
Senator Smoot and carried
senators who Eers thres minutes late IN
rsachiEg tha chamber rnizs.d the session
entirely