The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-30
CONGRESS TO WORK
ONLY ON ROUTINE
Not Much Will Be Accom-
plished at Short Session,
1t Is Thought.
TO OPEN PORK BARREL
And Tariff Bills Will Be
Framed Up to Present TO
Extra Session.
TO OPEN PORK BARREL

(Sational News Associationl
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3o.-The fall
OF the gavel in the Senate and House
at high noon Monday will call the fin
al session OF the sixty-frst congress
and sharply remind to national legis-
lators OF the immense amount OF work
to be done before March 4.
This short session OF Congress will
be the busiest in its history. There
either Senate or House and night SEES
sions of both bodies may be frequent
Coming down to close figuring there
can not be even a three months SEES
sion, for the Christmas holiday inter
venes and Congress viii adjourn about
December 20 until the second or third
of January.
Fifteen bills appropriating approx
mately 1000, 100000 must be passed
by both houses and approved by Presi-
dent Taft before he leaves ONCE.
Eliminating the days which must be
devoted under house rules to certain
types of legislation the time for at
tending to appropriation bills Grows
woefully short, and 1t Is expected that
some of the regular calendars will
have to be set aside to make time for
the supply bills. Representative Un.
derwood. the majority leader, who haf
reached Washington said today that
he anticipated but little general legis
latfon during the short session. 1.-The
annual appropriation bills will require
practically all of our time said Mr.
Underwood.
| To Prune Tho Tariff.
| Chairman Underwood said that the
ways and means committee would
start hearings on the tariff eaHly n
January and would be ready to pre-
sent tariff bills to the extra session.
The crowded program Of the session
Of Congress is in brief as follows:
The Senate sitting as a high cour
of Impeachment must devote severa
weeks to the impeachmnt charges
brought by tn house and its tudfciar,
committee against Judge Robert W
Archibald Of the Commerce Court. Thi!
trial will SO engage the attention o.
the senate that It Will have time for NJ
othr business except the necessar,
supply bills.
1t is also incumbent upon the Sen
ate to elect a presiding officer follow
ing the death Of Vice President Sher
man.
Efforts will be made In the Senat.
to get up the Sulzer bill creating {
department of labor and adding on.
more member to the Presidents cabi
meet. This bill has passed the house.
The so called six year term resolu
ton limiting the term Of the presiden
to six years will be pressed both IL
the senate and in the house. Clayton
its author, intends to ask for a specia
rule for it's consideration in the house
1t is planned that appropriation
measures shall include two pork bar
rels" One will include the rivers an,
harbors improvements and the othe
a public building bill. All told NOR.
than s5o.o0o,000 will be appropriatet
for rivers and harbors and publ,
buildings.
While the house wrestles with an
nual supply measures it's ways ant
means committee will conduct tarii
hearing. At the same time the hous.
judiciary committee expects to resum,
it's investigation Of the trust question
and further hearings are planned. Tn
Bujo money trust investigating com
mittee is also scheduled to get bacl
in the legislative spotlight