The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-25
SHORT SESSION OF
CONGRESS MEETS
NEXT WEEK
viii Last Only Until the Fourth
of March
REPUBLICANS LAST CHANCE
Will Have Final Opportunity to Put
Forward Ideas to Revive Their
Party Strength.

Washington, Nov. 24.-Congress
will reconvene next Monday for the
last short session of republican con-
troll in national legislation. Com
| paratively few senators and represent
tative had reached Washington yes
| terday but discussion has been &C
tive during the last week among those
early on the scene over plans for the
winters work and the prospects for
| the special tariff session next spring
when all branches of the government
pass into the hands of the demo
! Gratis.
While the vexing question of the
tariff is not scheduled for considera-
ton this winter, the three months of
the short session will be crowded
with legislative work. In addition to
the annual grist of appropriation bills
| Congress will be forced to dispose of
quantity of general and special
legislative matter left pending with
the adjournment of the long session
in August.
Durig the early part of the session
the House will be busy shaping appro-
priation bills, while the Senate is
disposing of the impeachment trial of
Judge Robert W. Archibald of the
commerce court, set to begin Decem-
Der 3. Several important measures
will be pushed for early action in the
Senate, among them the resolution
of Senator Works of California to
limit the president to a single six-year
term, the Sheppard-Kenyon bill pro-
hibiting the shipment of liquor into
prohibition states. and the vocational
education bill of Senator Page of
Vermont. The bill of Senator Borah
creating a department of labor is also
scheduled for early consideration.
The department of labor bill has
passed the House, but that body
would still have to act upon the vo-
cational education bill and the six
year presidential term measure If
they passed the Senate. The prohibi.
ton liquor measure will be pushed in
the House by Representative Shep-
pard OF Texas, who will succeed Sena-
tor Bailey in the next Congress.
Energetic efforts will be made in
both houses to secure legislation
amending the Sherman antitrust law
'N-A@ AAAiiANAhS tOhNAlOuAtOHN W
campaign funds. The House iudici.
airy committee is under instructions
by resolution to conduct an investi-
CATION into violations of the Sher-
man law with view to preparing leg
islation and 1t is preparing to begin
the investigation Immediately after
Congress convenes. Senator Ken.
yon's bill amending the Sherman law.
which has been before the Senate in
terstate commerce committee will
undoubtedly be brought up for early
action in the Senate.
Meantime the committee headed by
Senator Clapp will probably formu-
late measure limiting campaign con
tributions, based upon its extensive
Investigations. Several bills on this
subject are pending In both House
and Senate.
Efforts will be made during the
session to repeal at least a part of
the Canadian reciprocity tariff agree.
ment The attempts failed last sum
mer, when the repeal was attached TO
various democratic tariff bills. The
failure of Canada TO ratify the agree
ment left only the clause relating TO
wood pulp and print paper in operat.
ion.