The sun., 1912-08-05
CONGRESS SETTLING UP
TO CO HOME ON AUG. IS
Belief That Taft Will Veto
Sugar Bill May Cause Il
I Compromise.
DEADLOCKS ARE BREAKING
Senate Likely to Favor Seven
Year Civil Service Tenure
Amendment.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.-Congress lead
crs are planning for an adjournment of
the session by Thursday. August Is. IL
possible, but certainly by August H.
With the Archbold Impeachment case
put over until the next session by the
vote of the Senate on Saturday and rapid
progress being made with :sriff and APP
preparation bills there is every reason to
believe the leaders will be able TO carry
out their plans for an adjournment within
TWO weeks.
It is not likely that much time will be
spent on the tariff. The wool bill agreed
to Ivy the House Saturday will be sub
mitted In the Senate at noon tomorrow
by Senator La Toilette as II was reported
by the confercnc. committee. The Senate
will likely accept the wool bill without
much debate. Before the end Of another
week the excise and Sugar bills will prob
ably be disposed OF.
Republican leaders have an impression
that President Taft will veto all OF the
tariff bills. lie would probably sign the
sugar bill II 1t cnuld hc sent to him In
the form in which it passed the senate.
But this Is hardly expected. The bill
passed in the Senate by Republican votes.
with every Democrat voting against II.
II was passed as "a substitute for the
House free SUGAR bill. The bill Is now
II party measure. 1t IL likely n compro-
misc sugar bill will come out of con-
ference.
While there has been q deadlock over
the general appropriation bills there have
hern indications IN the last few days that
this trouble is gradually disappesran:. \
legislative, executive and judicial bill IL
now before the Senate. Two issues raised
hy 1t are likely to bc settled within a dav
amendment fixing the tenure OF civil SER
vice employees at seven years senator
rumniu-. who is chairman of tho Senate
committee on Civil Service. is fighting IL,
contending that /; amounts to a return to
the spuil- system.
Cen. John q. Black. cha irman Of the
Ciyil Service Commission, however, ap-
proves the legislation. II is expected the
senate VII adopt this amendment
The other obstacle H. tho form Of the
compromise which abolishcs the Com
m"rcc Court. In rewriting the amend
r"nt the confcr.cs left the language ann
higuoas SO far as II provided for Ssposi-
tion of eases now pending Ia the court.
;, uator Sutherland will propose resolu-
ton I" correct this and make more dcr-
nit" the jurisdiction Of the United States
District Courts Oysr these Commerce
Court cases.
The only other exposition 10 the COM
! Intrt' ptT'NlSlnn lS UN SENATORS VINO want
/ to icEislatc tho Commerce Court Judges
out of office as Circuit Judges. senators
| Bailey. Bacon. Hckc Smith and Cummins
are leading in this fight. but II Is believed
| the LANGUAGE will be adopted AZ 1t came
! from the conference committee.
| The agricultural approximation bill has
been aTreed TO and there is II prospect
OF agreement on the pension appropria-
tion bill. Conference action on the navy
, appropriation bill depends on the outcome
of the night Tor two battlcships and that
/ Will y" settled shortly.
The most serious obstacle TO an carly
/ Adjournment as the leaders view II to-
/ day is tho Panama Canal hill, There Is
/ a movement or To put II over until the
! next session. Tn. plan Is To- provide for
1 the organ!zation Of al. s.s:sss,'' force 10
orcn III" canal and to losTslate for the
| government uc III" Canal Ion" and put
| tn, question Of tolls over until the next
session. Thor. /, opposition To this led
! by senator Rristow OF Kansas,