The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-26
CONGRESS WILL
RE.CONVEkE
NEXT MONDAY THERE WILL
BE A SHORT SESSION OF RE-
PUBLlCANS.

Washington, Nov. 25.-Congress
will reconvene week from tomor-
row for the short session OF repub-
lican control in national legislation.
Comparatively few senators and rep
resentatives had reached Washing
ton today, but discussion has been
active during the last week among
those early on The scene over plans
for the winters work and the pros
poets for the special tariff session
next spring, when all branches Of
the government PASS into the hands
of the democrats
While the veXing question Of the
tariff is not scheduled for consider
alton this winter, the three months
of the short session will be crowd
ed with legislative work. In ad-
dition to the annual grist Of appro-
priation bills, congress will be forced
to dispose of quantity of genera!
and special legislative matter lef.
pending with the adjournment of the
long session in August.
During the early part of the ses-
sion the house will be busy shaping
appropriation bills while the senate
is disposing of the Impeachment
trial of Judge Robert w. Archbold
Of the commerce court, set to begin
Dec. 8.
Several important measures will
be pushed for the early action in the
senate. among them the resolution
of Senator Works of California to
limit the president to a single six
year term the Sheppard-kenyon
bill prohibiting the shipment OF liq-
uor into prohibition states, and the
vocational education bill Of Cenator
Page Of Vermont The bill OF SEN
ator Borah creating a department Of
labor is also scheduled for early
consideration.
The department OF labor bill. has
passed the house, but that body
would still have to act upon the vo-
cational education bill and the six
year presidential term measure II
they passed the senate. The prohi-
btion liquor measure will be pushed
in the house by Representative Shep-
pard of Texas who will succeed Sen
alto. Bailey in the next congress.
Energetic efforts will he made in
both houses to secure legislation
amending the Sherman antitrust
law and limiting contributions to
campaign funds The house judicia-
ry committee is under instructions
bv resolutions to conduct an investi-
CATION into violations of the Sher-
man law, with a view to preparing
legislation. and i is preparing to
begin the investigation Immediately
after congress cOnyenes.
Senator Kcnyons bill amending
the Sherman law, which has been
before the senate interstate COM
merce committee. undoubtedly will
be brought up Cor early action in
the senate.
Meantime the committee headed
by Senator Clapp will probably for
mulate a measure limiting campaign
contributions based upon its extern
sive investigations. Several bills on
this subject are pending in both
house and senate.
Efforts will be made during the ses-
sion to repeal at least a part of the
Canadian reciprocity tariff agree
ment. The attempts failed last sum-
me7 when the reDeal was attached to
various democratic tariff bills. The
! failure Of Canada to ratify the agree
ment left only the clause relating to
wood pulp and print paper in opera
ton.
Congressman now in Washington
do not expect any action on curren-
cv legislation during the short term.
The house committee on banking
and currency VIII proceed with its