The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-19
COMING DOWN
HOME STRETCH
Congress- Now Making Vigorous Effort
to Wind up Its Business and
Adjourn on Next Sat
urday.
vEToEs IN THE WAY
House Met Ahead Of Usual Time In
Order to Get In Good Days
Work at start Of
Week.

GUnited Press Leased Wire Service,l
WASHINGTON, Aug 19.--Congress
hoped to enter the home stretch today.
Adjournment by Saturday was the
program. Possible white house vetoes
were the only hitch.
Big legislative business for the
getaway" switched today to the SEN
ate. The house Is marking time, with
only trash" as Majority Leader Un-I
derwood expressed, to consider this
week while action upon the important
bills is awaited from the other side
Of the capital
Senate leaders today planned to
hustle through their work, beginning
with the budget" bill, passed Satur-
day by the house. Passage of this
measure before night was expected.
1t contains the commerce court abol-
ishment provision and is scheduled for
second presidential veto, Then the
attempt will be made, by Wednesday,
to pass the bill over the veto. II this
program is unsuccessful, the third
budget bill, minus the commerce court
provision, will go through with a
whiz.
Before the president today was the
Panama canal bill, which passed the
house late Saturday night. Taft was
undecided whether to sign or disap-
prove the measure. He believes the
4 free tolls provision may be in viola
tion OF the treaty agreement A sug.
gestion which may save a possible
veto and which was discussed infor-
mally at the capitol today, was to
pass resolution declaring that in
enacting the Panama bill congress had
no intention of abrogating the Hay
Pauncefotte treaty.
4 Conferees on the army bill went in
to session expecting to agree on a
measure satisfactory at both the cap
itol and white house before
evening. Chairman Hay of the house
military affairs committee, intimated
today that the house would recede
from its demands for reduction Of
five cavalry regiments, many army
posts and lengthening of the enlist
ment term
: Early conferences were planned on
the naval, sundry civil and postoffices
appropriation bills. Parcels post Is
, the chief dispute in the postofiice bills
and the question of one or two new
battleships is the snag in the naval
t bill. The general deficiency bill also
} remains to be passed by the senate.
To pass many private bills on the
: unanimous consent calendar, the
r house met at 1o:S0 instead of noon to
day.
! One Battleshlp.
WASHINGTON, Aug 19-Senate
: and house conferees today agreed tc
!, compromise on one $15,oo0,o0o battle
9 ship in the naval appropriation bill
! paving the way for termination of the
: long deadlock on that measure.
+ The senate conferees, who have
stood for two dreadnaughts, accepted
q the compromise at brief session to
! day The one ship will not be su
+ per-dreadnaught, as originally planned
Representative Padgett, one of th'
9 conferees. said that there we're prov
T sions for six submarines and milliol
dollar wireless system, embracing
) Panama. Hawaii and the Philippines
One Six Year Term.
r WASHINGTON, Aug 19.--Chang
d of the presidential term to six year
J. was debated at length in the senat
this afternoon. Senator Cummins c
Iowa vigorously advocated the meas
r ure, and laid particular stress on tn
Y proviso against any second term.
n THE office of president" Cummin
n said, should be free from influenc
n and coercion. There should be no IL
centive to seek continuance in powe
" The president should be free to pc
IT form his duty having no thought otl
4 er than to enforce the laws and col
tribute to the welfare of the people
rt "It is the duty of every man who r
ut spects the rights of the people
vote for this resolution Cummir
1 continued. There should be an o
portunity to determine whether II
II. change is desired. Agitation to lengt
ar en- the term and limit the service hf
iy been in progress for fifty years lor
ago 1t assumed proportions such as
make cognizance necessary
Cummins was unable to agree Wi
]. the attitude OF other republican pr
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