The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-03
PLANS TO
END CONGRESS SESSION
Little Prospect Of Adjournment
Before Republican Con-
ventiOn Meets.
SOME TRK or A RECESS
Senators Who Oppose 1t Favor
Driving Ahead and Have
Night Sessions.

WASHINGTON. May 2.-The leaders in
Congress were busy to-day considering
plans for adjournment. Many Of them
admit that the prospect for completing
the work Of the session that Ia absolutely
necessary in time to bring about an ad-
journment before June Is is not very
promising Only about six weeks are
left in which to execute this programme.
In that time much important business is
to be transacted
The Lorimer case will have to he dis
posed Of. II will provoke lot of debate.
The reports Of tie special commit ee
have not yet been submitted. Repub-
lican leaders admit that they cannot
afford TO allow this case to go over until
next session with , political campaign
intervening s'l'hey dmit that Roosevelt :
victory in Illinois was primarily due to
the Lorimer case. on which he made his
campaign. Ii has already been charged
on the Senate floor that there is "a plan
to put the case over until the next session.
This charge alone il sufficient. the leaders
say to co mpel the Senat. to force the case
to a sett lement before thr adjournment of
the present session or the Republicans
would suffer in the campaign, especially
in Illinois.
None of the tariff bills has yet been
passed and only one. the steel bill. has
had important consideration. There il
! much yet to he said on that measure before
vote is taken Most Of the important
appropriation bills have not been brough
to the Senate. Some Of them have not
even been reported in the House.
In \ieW If this leg stNt ivts sitlat ion a
plan was discussed among Senators to-
day Of having Congress take recess Tor
two or three weeks shortly before the
nat ional convent ions meet TO permit
Senators and Representatives to par
ticipate in these conventions and then
resume their legislative work in July
and carry it along until such time as they
might find il convenient to adjourn.
This proposal met with some opposi-
tion. Senators who opposed it declared
that If Congress took a recess and then
returned to its work no safe prediction
ment would occur. They declared that
the only proper way to meet the situation
was to drive ahead and invoke night
sessions at an early dav with q view Of
closing up business and adjourning
before the Republican convention meets
at Chicago.
The first suggestion of a night session
was made to-day when it became appar-
ent that the Democratic Senators were
iilibustering against the passage Of the
employers liability and workmen COM
pensat ion hill. It was manifest during
the considerat ion of that measure to-day
tha. certain Democratic Senators intend
to talk in opposition to the bill until they
exhaust the patience Of the Senate and
force the leaders to postpone the bill
until next session. To meet this situation
the Republican leaders had an informal
I r. i L. 81 Az~x i a A..
necessary votes to impose night sessions
to complete the consideration Of the bill
and that they would do so il necessary.
Vice-President Sherman is not very
hopeful Of an early adjournment Of Con
Sress He said to-day that he expected
to see Congress in session on October I,
and in saying this he made no allowance
for the proposed recess.