The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-01
EXTRA SESSION
FACES MUCH WORK
Likely to Prove Hard Problem to
Get Senate and House To-
gether OH Tariff Program.
Freely Predicted That
Underwood's Program
Will Be Broken.
special to The rimes-Oispa,eh.i

Washington. November 5o.-The leg
isiativc branch OF tho national govern
meut was ready for the grist tonight
livery train brought us quota Of SEN
sfcrs and Representative, aw alung the
g:vel fall at M0lday noon for ths last
session OF the RepJblicsu admlnlstra-
ton.
Downtown. IN hotel Hobbies and At
the senate and House ofnce buildings
the Legislators gathered. holding post
mortelns over the election. boosting
pet measures. c. just foreSsihHT1ng
for wo4k. In the legislative chsU e~rs,
employees had carefully busted each
chair and desk in the House and car
penters had placed braHd-uew sound
ing board Of thick oak piauks OF the
spot where speaker Champ Clark's
xavel was expected to play tsttoos dur
ing the next few months
May Last Iesr.
II will be more than the next Few
months"-lt may DC continuous ses-
sion 70. = year--according TO the gen
ersl belief OF members. II Mas con
ccded that President Wilson would call
the extra tarin session about April l..
and no one was willing even 20 hazard
4 guess as 10 when the Democratic
House and Senate would he willing 10
stop their tariff work
The short session which will begin
Monday, and which must terminate by
March J.. under tho constitutional re-
quirenert will he 4 busy one IN a
routine way. There are nearly score
OF the big budget o. general appro :
priation bills which have the right OF
way over other legislative business.
and leaders predie; that not more than
ono or two oth.r bills would ever get
on the statute -particulsTiy since
e soodiy part u the senate ; slime Tor
& feE weeks - ie5Sf. = AZ b ~cnsiifs 70
in - Impeachment trial OF Judge
Rooer, X. Archibald. but ~ was gener-
alIv believed that the Adamson bill tor
physical valuation of railroads. the
CLAYTON bill limiting Presidents 70 one
term Of six years, purchase Of "Monti-
cello the home OF Jefferson. and pos
sIbIy the Department OF Labor bills.
nigh, be passed
The general plan of iee1ers to-nlsA'
was 10 recess for the Christmas hcl-
DAYS about December 81. reconvenins
again about January or ,
suash-Jp OF Program.
\ srnash-up OF the Underwood taria
proc-au in the next Congress was
freelv predicted 5y Democratic lead
ers here tonight Detection OF pro
lection Democrats in the Senate was
the rock upon which they said the
Underwood program would founder
Free sugar is TO be the test Of adj
81 and progressive Democratic tarir
revision. II was stated Three certain
". and possibly FIVE, Democratic Sen
ators VII vote against taking all
tarin of sUg~r, according to a count
OF noes" BY the Democratic chieftains
senators Ransdei and Thornton. Of
Louisiana, and Simmons. OF North
Carolina, are said 10 have declared
against any reduction OF the sugar
schedule
with a scant majority in the next
Senate. 81 was pointed out tonight that
detection Of three Senators will block
passage Of a free sugar or other rsdi-
cal tariff revision bill
Lumber wool and cotton are other
schedules which threaten partisan de-
se-tion when the House tariff measures
reach the Senate
That Majority Leader Underwood
can pass almost any tariff bill he de-
sires In the House next spring with
the overwhelming Democratic major
;ty al his comand is conceded
Underwood formally announced to-
night that hearings on the tariff
would be begun in January b. the
Wav~ and Means Committee senator
simmons. OF North Carolins. stated to-
night that he favored a Joint hearing
biz the Senate Finance Committee ana
House Ways and Means Committee 10
consider framing all tariff bulls
Doesn't Meet With Favor
The suggestion. however did not
meet Tnderx Gods favor n formal
statement tonight the Mouse leader
fntinate-5 that the most serious draw
hack 10 tariff legislation would be
subsec. OF agreement between the Sen
ate and House
I think thet the members OF the
Was spd Means Committee would be
willing 20 confer freely with the mem
Der, OF the Finance Committee GO the
Senate. as well as with members OF
the Senate. with reference 20 tar
m BILL be said II think ve should
endeswo-. ~ Il - possible. to euSSf
bin which will meet with Tire approval
% the Democrats or tire Senate
think that IL 80 far a. you can 20
You cannot have = general commit
tee Of the two houses 20 Wrlte tar
~ bill. because the WAYS and Means
Committee fs responsible 20 dif-
ferent constituency than the Finance
Committee
The passage Of a tax measure TO
distribute taxation among the wealthy
interests OF the country" was favore~
~ the majority leader lie also cd
vocated passage Of the income ,sN isw
n the proposition has been ratthei BY
the States before the erd % the com
Ing special session.