The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
Senate Must First Dispose of the Archibald
 Case
APPROPRIATION
 BILLS YET TO ACT ON
House May Adjourn and Leave the Senate to Work Out Its Own Problems by Agreement-To
 Vote on Tariff Measures
By c. E. STEWART

Washington, July 9o-(Special )-There are many in Washington who believe Congress will not adjourn in August but will be here as late as the middle of September. The reasons advanced are, 1t is evident Representative Clayton and the House managers in the Archibald case are going to insist that the Senate try Judge Archibald before they adjourn and 1t is conceded that the trial may drag through several weary weeks.
 Republican senators insist ttat they will not remain in Washington at the end of a long and trying session to put in three or four additional weeks on the Archibald case. But Senator Bailey, Senator Sim mons and other democratic leaders in the Senate are standing behind Representa- tive Clayton and are determined to put the republicans in an embarrassing posi- tion if they refuse to hear the Archibald case before adjournment. Judge Arch bald himself Is expected to ask that the case go over and then it will como down to a matter of which side can command the most votes. It is said that there are some republican senators who will vote to hear the case now.
 Senate Has Big Programme
 Outside of the Archibald case the Sem ate has big programme 10 dispose of Many appropriation bills are hanging fire and some of them are yet in conference The s'indry civil bill is ready to report but the rivers and harbors. pensions and Indian affairs are stll in conference and all of these bills must be acted upon.
 In addition to these, Senator Sim mons has made up his mind that some tariff legislation must be enacted by the Senate and will delay proceedings on the important bills until he gets an agreement to take up the tariff measures.
 It Is said that after the Senate has disposed of all legislation that 1t will take up this session that by agree ment the House might adjourn and leave the Senate here to work it's own ponderous way through the Archibald case. Altogether 1t can be safely said that the prospects for the anxious rep resentatives to get away from Congress and back home In time to attend to picnics and hobnob with their con- stituents and repair broken fences, is not as promising as 1t was a week ago.
 To Probe Officeholders
 It is said that as soon as the ap- propriation bills are passed that the government will begin an investiga- ton through the civil service commits sion of charges against some 70 odd employees of the government in the south who come under the civil sery- ice regulations.
 These men, it Is said, are to be in- vestigated on charges arising mostly out of the part they are alleged to have taken In the Taft-Roosevelt pre- convention scramble for delegates
 These investigations, it is said. would have begun July 1, but for the fact that there were no funds available and the investigations are necessarily postponed until Congress passes the appropriation bills.
 Republicans Are Doubtful
 Senators and representatives of the re- publican faith are very slow and reluct- ant to express an opinion as to what effect Roosevelt's candidacy Is going to have upon the general results in the Mo- vember election. Since Senator Works however, has gone on record as saying that the new party will die because 1t is not founded upon principle. but upon Roosevelt. and when Roosevelt is beaten the party will be dead beyond resurrec- ton, some of the rest of them have taken a little heart and have been bold in their utterances
 It is believed that the general process of lining up that usually comes after the country has conclusively demonstrated that Roosevelt will only contribute to Taft's defeat and his appeal to progress sives will not draw any recruits from democratic ranks. Some small bets are made that he will not get 50 electoral votes, and they will all be taken from Taft.
 Johnston Visits Father
 Forney Johnston, prominent young at- torney of Birmingham, son of Senator Johnston, has been visiting his father in Washington. and looking after some busi- ness matters. He left Washington for Birmingham tonight.