Arizona republican., 1912-11-30
 Says There Are Really Only Twenty-six Days i'll Which to Transact Gen eral Legislation and 9th CT Business. DEMOCRATS SAID
 TO BE AFRAID Will Not Take Much Part In Work of Winter Term for Fear of Going on Record for the Flu ture.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-HOw to dispose of a billion dollars in annual appropriation bills and transact other general legislation in twenty-six days is the problem which is worrying Speaker Clark and the associate man sgers of the house. Republican leader fann just back from Panama, dropped il today to greet the Speaker and to discuss the prospects of a three months session.
 T did not make the plans of the ses sons" said Mann later with smile of eats, who have now come into power a'e afraid to do anything important at tlis short session for fear it will put item on record in the future.'
 Speaker Clark agreed that no plans fer the future had been considered. but h, took a different view of the reas- ore why no general legislation of inn prtance is likely to be enacted at the winter session.
 There are actually only about ] tventy-six free days to work on the ! appropriation bills and general meas i ures" said the speaker. There are l niaety-two days in the session. Take l olt the thirteen Sundays, fourteen 1 Christmas holidays, thirteen Mondays l de7Oted alternately to the District of | Columbia and pension legislation; thir- ] ten Wednesdays given by iron clad i rules to bills on the regular calend9r. i thirteen Fridays devoted alternately to claim and private bills and there are Jeff but 26 unincumbered days for gen er,l work
 Senators and representatives poured into Washington today from all direc- tid&S Senator GalIinger, republican nominee for the office of president pro l tenpor of the senate is expected to- | morrow and a republican senatorial
 calcus will probably be held soon after his arrival to determine whether the Ney Hampshire senator shall be con tinied as a nominee or some one else
 chosen for the honor
 h case the caucus is held, there will
 be more interest in the personnel of
 themembarship than in the subject of
 disdssion. Senator Dixon of Mon
 tara who was Colonel Roosevelts
 mara ger. said today that he did not
 contemplate participatin in the repub- lica1 caucus and Senator Poindexter announced publicly his withdrawal | iron the republican party. Other pro- 1 eressive senators remained silent on
 the subject.
 | Representative Underwood the demo-
 craic floor leader of the house wher l he )egins tomorrow conference with his house associates on plans of tariff rev sion next spring. will be met with
 the suggestion of the senate democrats
 tha. the senate be iven the first hanC
 chance of framing the tariff bills dur 2 ing the Wilson administration. The plan of cooperation of the democrats
 of the two houses. which have been ad 1 vOcated some time by Senator Hok'
 Smith, of Georgia and other member:
 of the senate is receiving the attention
 of the incoming members aud has SC l cured considerable support. Member
 of the ways and means committee her ! have not gone on record thus far il 1 the matter, but chairman Underwoo, ! will be urged to make the senate al
 integral part in the tariff machine iron the beginning of work on the bills O
 the special session.
 A revolutionary reform of the entir | fiscal scheme of the government Continued on Page Ten)