The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-30
LEADERS CAN SEE ONLY TWEN- TY-sIx DAYS FOR TRANsAc-
 TON OF GENERAL WORK.
NO PLANS ARE FORMULATED
Senate Deaires to Join With House Ways and Means Committee in initiating Tariff Legislation
 During the Session.

WaShlngton, NOV. 29.--floW to dis pose of one billion dollars worth of annual appropriation bills and tran. sact other general legislation in 26 days is the problem worrying Speak CT Champ Clark and associates of the house of representatives. Re- publican leader James K. Mann. just back from Panama, dropped in today to discuss with the speaker prospects for the three months session.
 We didn't make any plan for tho session" said MT. Mann later.
 Speaker Clark agreed that m plans for the future had been con sidered
 There are actually only about 2s days for work on appropriation bills and general measures. said tho speaker. There are 92 days in the session Take out 13 Sundays, 4 Christmas holidays, 13 Mondays, which are devoted alternately to Dis trict of Columbia and Pension legis lation; 13 Wednesdays, which are given to bills on the regular calen- dar. and 13 Fridays devoted alfernare- ly to claims and private bills. ard there are left but 26 unincimbexed days for general work.
 Senators and representatives pour ed into Washington today from an directions. Senator Gallinger, the republican nominee .or the office Of president Drotempore of the senats. IS expected tomorrow and repub,i- can senatorial caucus probably wjtl De held soon after his arrival to de termine whether the New Hampshire senator shall hb continued as ths nominee. or some one else chosen for the honor
 In ease caucus is held. there will be more interest in the personnel of It's makeup than in the subject Of discussion. Senator Dixon of Mon- tana, who was Col Roosevelt's ma1.- ager said today that he did nos con template participating in another ra- publican caucus, and Senator Poin dexter has announced publicly his Withdrawal from the republican parfy
 Senator Bacon, now the temporary president of tho senate, has taken up with the returning senators fhu question of procedure for next Mon day It is believed that after conveii- Ing the senate will be officially in- formed first of the death of Senators Heyburn and Rayner; and that Sen ator Root will officially announce the death Of Vice President Sherman ani present resolution for immediate adjournment.
 Representative Oscar w Under wood. democratic tariff leader Of tha house tomorrow, when he begins h.s conference with House associates over the plans fer tariff tariff st,if spring will be met with suggestion rom Senate democrats that the sen ale be given first hand chance at the framing of the tariff bills fos the Wilson administration A plan for cooperation between the democrats of the two houses, long advocated hv Senator Hoke Smiih of Georgia. has been having attention from incoming members and has secured consider able support Chairman Underwood Will be urged to make the senate all integral part of his taslff machins rom the beginning of work on tue pills for the special session. Demo cratic members of the senate finance committee are urging that the body and the house ways and means com mittee be converted informally into q joint body; and that the two houses work in harmony on tIhe tariff bill.
 Representative underwood's arri- val in Washington tonight will bring tariff plans to the front. Members of the ways and means committee have been urged by the chairman to with hold expression of opinions: hut many of them have publicly declared in favor of a revision of the tariff schedule by schedule. the plan that will be favored. 1t is believed. bx Chairman Underwood. This number includes Representative Hull ol Tes. nessee. James of Kentucky, Dixon Of Indiana, and Peters of Massaehusetts
 The passage of legislation prescrIb- ing literaey test for prospective inl- migrants into the United States hy both house and senate at the coming sersion of congress was predicted tor day by Representative Burnett. chair man of the house immigration com mittee. MT. Burnett reported he has been assured of enough votes In tho house to pass the measure. and tll1t there was little opposition in Ina senate