The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-25
Plans for the Extra Session of Congress Will Be
 Discussed
FORMER RECOVERING
 FROM ATTACK OF GRIP
Democratic Leaders Agree on Calling Extra Session, Date Being Only Uncertainty-Dcnied Bryan
 Indorsed Programme

Washington, December 24-Plans fol the extra session of Congress. to be called some time between March and 44pti 15 next will be discussed and may be ten tatively framed at a conference at Prince ton probably late this week between President-elect Wilson and Representa-. tive Underwood of Alabama, democratic leader of the House
 Mir. Underwood is gradually recovering from the grip and he has advised MT Wilson that this prevented his acceptance of an invitation to confer with him at a definite date, but it is probable the lime will be determined by Wilson within the next 24 hours.
 All the democratic leaders are agreed upon calling of an extra session, the only uncertainty being as to the date. Their position is that the range of subjects to be taken up at the extra session can be determined upon the basis of the incom- ing Presidents suggestion in his call for the session. As voiced by one of the leaders. if President Wilson should cell the extra session to consider the tariff and the trusts, the House probably will be fairly governed by that recommenda- tion, and the leaders point in this eonnec- tion to the last extra session, which con- Ntlitu Oil 8piil I dS pAtNt0tnl lOi tt-f ability of the House democracy to refrain from running amuck on general lesisla- ton when called for specific purpose.
 Views. Differ on Time
 Views differ as to just when the extra aession should begin. It is understood that the democratic majority of the ways and means committee a number of whom were at the capitol today, favor the policy of the President-elect's withholding de- cision as to the date of the extra session until they have had an opportunity to close up the coming holdings on the vari- ous schedules of the tariff and to frame the tentative tariff revision bill for the consideration and action of the incoming Congress. The hearings are scheduled to continue until the last of January. The democrats of the committee then in exec ative session will hold constant r'eet- ings, formulating the draft of general bill which the incoming ways and means committee can adopt and present as a committee measure for the decision oi 1he House as to whether it is feasible far the pressing through this legislation schedule by schedule or as general bill
 An interesting bit of gossip today Was ;l nat denial that W. J. Bryan, on his re- cent visit here in discussing the tariff, advocated carrying out the Underwood proerAmme of revision of Legislation schedule by schedule as in the last session of Congress, and to follow that up pv a general revenue bill, making still further reductions to d revenue basis. the idea being, as MT. Bryan was quoted, to pre- vent ''dickering" among protectionists.
 The ways and means committee maiori- ty expect to have the tentative bill ready by the expiration of this Congress but as 1t may not not Be ready at that time, the desire is expressed to hold off the date of the extra session until the finish of the tariff work is in sight