The Washington times., 1912-07-06
ADJOURNMENT ON
AUGUST FIRST, SAY
CAPITOL PROPHETS
House Marking Time While
Senate Disposes of
Measures.

Congress is showing many signs now
OF rushing its work to a conclusion.
The hot weather is beginning to weary
the members. Besides, the political
fences at home are in sad state OF
dilapidation. Recent storms at Chicago
and Baltimore have torn off a rail here,
knocked down a rider there, uprooted a
stake somewhere else, and in places
have destroyed whole panels. The result
is that, whereas before the conventions,
there was a disposition TO go slow In
Congress, that disposition has about
vanished
The feeling now is that the end of the
session will come soon after the 1st of
August. 1t may possibly he prolonged
to the middle of August, but the talk
now is that the first week in August
will see the wind-up.
House Marking Time.
AS the situation now stands the House
is marking time while the Senate forges
ahead with the disposal of the vast
amount of business accumulated ahead
OF It.
The indications are that the Senate
will not spend much more time on tariff
this session. The proba bilities are little,
If any, legislation will come out of all
the tariff talk that has been INDUCED
in since the first Monday in December.
The conditions are not good for any
comprehensive consideration of tariff
bills.
The only bill that has yet passed both
bodies is the steel bill. This is in con-
ference. 1t does not much matter what
happens to it for the reason that the
President is expected to veto it.
The chemical bill was beaten in the
Senate. The cotton bill has not yet
passed the House. The sugar bill has
not yet passed the Senate. The wool
bill Is in the same situation, and 50 is
the bill extending the corporation tax,
the latter a revenue bill, no tariff
bill
Friends of sugar tariff revision have
some hopes of getting measure
passed. But there is little prospect of
any other tariff legislation, so far as
this session is concerned.
The end has been reached apparently
for this session of the Senate Democrats
and progressive Republicans working
hand in hand for revision of tariff
schedules. The refusal of the regular
Republicans to vote on Democratic or
progressive tariff bills is the reason
1t Is useless for the progressives and
beHlOCTdlS pan cOaleSCe forces
and pass a tariff bill, inasmuch as the
parliamentary situation compes the
democrats first to vote on their bill
then there is a reconsideration and
passage of another bill.
No Reconsideration.
But II the regulars absent themselves
there can be no reconsideration. The
Democrats simply shove their bills
through. and that ends It, OF course
the President then has the club of the
veto power, and he will no doubt exer.
else Il,
Progressive Republicans say they are
anxious to fight for downward revision
of the tariff. But they do not see the
use of making fights and then permit
while the regular Senators duck" anC
go away into the cloak rooms to sleep.
The result of this feeling is that th'
progressive Republicans have served no
tice on the Democrats that unless the
Democrats are prepared to drop tn
Democratic bills and line up on the bill
prepared by the progressives there cal
be no further alliance this session.
In this situation, Democratic leader!
in the House have urged Democrat tit
Senators to take the House bills anC
stand by them. Conferences were helC
among Democratic Senators on the sub
ject last night and Democratic Sena
tors decided to proceed and present thei
tariff measures alone. without referenc,
TO the progresslves. Senator Simmons
intends to press for early action on tn
wool bill and also on the sugar anC
excise bills.