The Washington herald., 1912-05-03
EARLY GETAWAY
OUTLOOK DARK
Congress May Be Unable to
Adjourn Before the Ma
tional Conventions.
MUCH BUSINESS PENDING

The leaders in Congress were busy
yesterday considering plans for ad-
journment. Many OF them admit that
the prospect for completing the work
Of the session that is absolutely neces-
,sary in time TO bring about an adjourn
ment before June Is Is not very promis-
ing. Only about six weeks Is left In
which to execute this programme. In
that time much important business is
TO be transacted.
The LorImer case win have to be dis
posed Of The reports Of the special
committee have not yet been submitted
Republican leaders admit that they
cannot AFFORD to allow this case to 80
over until the next session. with po
litical campaign intervening. They ad-
NIT that Roosevelt's victory In Illinois
was primarily due TO the Lorimer case,
on which he made his campaign. IL
has already been charged on the Senate
floor that there Is plan to put the
case over until the next session. TINS
charge alone il suficient. the leaders
say, to compel the Senate to force the
case to a settlement before the adjourn
ment OF the present session. or the Re
publicans would suffer in the campaign.
especially in Illinois. None OF the tarin
bills has yet been passed, and only one
the steel BILL has been given any Inn
portant consideration There Is much
yet to be said on that measure before
a vote is taken. Most OF the important
appropriation bills have not yet been
brought to the Senate. Some OF them
have not even been reported In the
House.
Discuss Recess Plan.
In view Of this legislative situation. a
plan was discussed among Senators yes
terday Of having Congress take recess
for two or three weeks shortly before
the national conventions meet, to permit
Senators and Representatives to partici-
pate in these conventions, and then re-
sumo their legislative work in July and
carry II along until they md II con-
venient to adjourn. This proposal met
with some opposition. Senators who op-
posed II declared that II Congress took
recess and then returned to its work
that no safe prediction could be made
as TO when an adjournment would occur.
They declared that the only proper way
to meet the situation was TO drive ahead
and invoke night sessions at an early
day, with a view Of closing up business
and adjournlng before the Republican
meets at Chicago.
The first suggestion OF night session
was made yesterday, when II became ap-
parent that the Democratic Senator's were
against the passage OF the
employers liability and workmen's COM
pensation bill II was manifest during
the consideration of that measure that
certain Democratic Senators intend 20
talk in opposition OF the bill until they
exhaust the patience Of the Senate and
force the leaders TO postpone the bill
until the next session. To meet this
situation. the Republican leaders had In
formal conferences and decided that they
had the necessary votes to impose night
sessions to complete the consideration of
the bin. and that they would do SO II
to expedite Il.
Vice President Sherman is not very
hopeful OF an early adjournment of Con-
gress. He declared yesterday that he
expected to see Congress in Session on
October !, and in saying this he made
nc allowance for the proposed recess.