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nTss Congress. needless CO one o. re
most important Legislative tasks s~s
before L. came 10 ~ end aacrxly a<-
ter noon today. wsthIn she aonr fol-
loving President Taft bad Issued .
proclamation calling The nsw Con
gress TO meet IN extraordinary ses-
sion 1t noon Tuesday. April I. At
that time he will submit for ratlfsea-
ton 10 House overwhelmingly Deu.-
ocratic and = Senate barely Rspue-
liean the reciprocity agreement 3lth
Canada The Mccall bill carrying
that agreemnt into effect and passed
By the House met today n the hands
OF the old Senate the death that had
been freely predicted for It.
The President. well warned IL not
entirely reconeiled 10 the fate In
store for the measure. Was ut the
Capitol to witness the obsequies. The
bill was not allowed 1t any time 10
come up In the Senate for moments
consideration.
The permanent tariff board bill.
forced TO its passage through q re-
luetant Senats at $40 o'clock this
morning. was hurried over To the
House. Their to be strangled by a
Democratic filibuster. The President,
In the room reserved for him in che
/ Senate lobby. heard the news with
resignation. Congress provided funds
| to continue the work of the temper
airy tariff board for another year.
1t was at the request of the DEM
| ocrats of the House and Senate that
| President Taft fixed the date of the
| extra session on April 4. The new
Democratic ways and means commit
tee of the House. which Is also to
serve as the new committee on COM
mittees, will meet on Monday to take
up its latter duties. A full caucus
of all the Democratic members of
the new House will not be held until
4 Tn, h. Il a
| for the extra session will have de-
veloped.
There is little doubt now that the
| Democrats of the House will under
take to revise at least two or three
kof the schedules Of the Payne-Al-
drich tariff act, and there is every
reason also to believe that these bills
will be favorably received in the new
fSenate-the increased Democratic
and insurgent strength in that body
giving a majority to the principle OF
further revision of the tariff down
ward. 1t is supposed that So long
as the new schedules do not flag
rantly violate the policy of protec-
ton, President Taft will not withhold
his approval of them. He has an
nounced, however, that Ii general
revision, in violation Of the protec-
tive policy, should be inaugura.ed.
he would not hesitate to use the
| power of the veto.
| Presidents Right to End Session.
How long the extra session will
| last is problematical. While the new
Congress may promptly ratify the
reciprocity agreement-some Demo-
| Gratis are in favor of Withholding
confirmation until two or three new
tariff differences should arise be-
tween the new House and the Senate,
the session unquestionabiy would be
a long one.
In this connection, however, the
interesting fact was developed to-day
that the President hes constitu-
tional right to bring the session to
Congress cannot agree upon tie for
adjournment. Such action, it Is adj
mitted, would be revolutionary, and
there is thought to be little likeli-
hood that any President would care
to invoke the power in vested in
him by Section 8, Article 2, OF the
Constitution.
The old Congress ended amid
scenes OF extraordinary excitement
and uncertainty. In the House the
disorder at times during the closing
hours. when the successful filibuster
against the tariff board bill was in
progress, became almost riot.
Representatives Johnson. OF Ken
lucky. glaring angrily at Speaker
Cannon, shouted, above the general
roar of confusion, a challenge to the
effect that but for the Speakers
0rav husrc ho w0uid carry the w0rdy