The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
CONGRESS TOTTERS
ONWOBbLYLEGSTO
CLOSING SESSIONS
SeveralThings Occurred Since
Last Adjournment, Among
Them An Elect ton
APPROPRIATIONS,
PRINCIPAL WORK
Senate to Take Up lmpeach-
ment of ArchEa d-lhree
Battlesh ps in Ma
val Program
BY JAMES j. MONTAGUE.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 30.--The Six
ty-second congress Of the United
States. composed OF a Republican
senate, and a Democratic house, will
begin It's concluding session at noon
Monday.
Since the adjournment of congress
August 2eth. a-aumber of things nave
happened-among them beng gen
eyaf election. AS a result the sixty
second congress is about to totter on
Its last wobbly legs to its own fun
eshl, and not much in the way of
viriie and original legislation ~ to
be expected from 1t.
Really the only work for this mixed
public body to do is to pass appro-
pr-ation bills ANA go home. But be-
tween now and March 4th, there Will
be time to do a good many other
things; some of which must be done.
In Senate and House. >.
~ The most important sos 1nese ts the,
impeachment of Judge Robert W.
Archibald. of the Court Of Commerce.
against whom charges have been
brought by the judiciary committee
Of the house Of representatives. The
senate will sit ~ court to try Arch
bald, and the accusing judiciary COM
mittee VIII send subcommittee OF
seven members 10 act as prosecutor.
Jnasmuch as the senate has not had
much practice lately in tmpeach!ng
people. and as every law point in dis
pute must be taken up and voted on
by the entire body. 1t will be quite
while before the senate Will have any
time for appropriation bills.
In the house the Pujo committee.
which has been making an invesli-
CATION into the money trust. will re-
sumo its iabors. and will call sauae
very important figures In finance
possibly j.. p. Morgan. Jacob IA.
Schifg, August Belmont and Thomas
r. Ryan. TO supply 1t with infor-
nation. Samuel Untermyer. who is
counsel for tiIe committee. will con-
duct all the Investigations. The date
for the first session has not yet been
fixed.
For Three Battlcships.
When the two bodies get Down TO
the hard. grueliing work on the APP
propriatfons, an opportunity will hs
given the Democratic house to atone
for its cheese pairing on battleships
OF the last session. A bill providing
for three battleships, will be intro
daced, which Will go long way to-
ward supplying the Uslted STATES with
an adequate navy. the Republican
senate passed the two battieship bill
at the last session, and can he count
ed upon to vote for two or three bat
tieshlps this year, Many of the mem
bers Of the navy committee of the
house. who have come to town. have
been talking of the absolute neces-
s.ty OF more aggressive naval policy
now that European countries are
threatening to get by the ears be-
cause of "a result of the hostilities In
the Near East
While the doiugs Of the next con-
greIs are not OF the most immediate
Importance, the talk VI the states
men now arriving in Washington runs
more on the future than on the pres
emit The reelection of Speaker Clark.
practically conceded for long time
became certain after the arrival last
night Of Oscar W.*Underwood. chair
man OF the ways ana means committee
of the -haase. and the only possible
rival MIR. Clark might be called upon
TO meet.
Leaders who talked with Under
wood came away convinced that the
Albanian would be entirely salts
fled with his minority leadership. and
that the perfect accord which existed
between him and the speaker at the
last sess'on would be continued.
Take Out Many Days.
Mr. Clark has been at his desk
fer several days planning the work
little figuring he announced that
although the session will last for nine-
ty-two days. there will be but twenty
SIX days for actual work on appro-
priation bills, and that it will take
some good, hard, steady work ~ get
them OUT. of the way
From the ninety-two days OF the
whole session must be subtracted
fourteen for the Christmas recess,
thirteen Sp-@-5-~ t''tw.4ra Mondays
e. t,.4sea 80 y s.sa@4sea l-,.YS, 10 sA..ea
up under unanimous consent thirteen
Wednesdays. sacred under a new rule
for the bills on the calendars and
thirteen Fridays, which are to be given
over 10 private claims.
A list Of appropriation bills that
must be quarreled about and Grated
over, and conferred about by two
Eouses whose hostility has not been
ahated by the defeat OF the Repub-
licuns. is not AN easy matter to set
tie in twenty-six days.
The public building bill. which was
the obstacle in the way OF the two
again be taken up. The present idea
is 10 toss about thirty million dollars
into this particular pork barrel. but
ii cannot be done without a fight by
n the advocates Of economy In rne
branches.
Taft Works ON Message.
President Taft stayed home from
the army and navy football game, of
which he has been regular atten-
dant, to put the finsning touches on
his message. 1t 10 not expected he
will 60 srto any Of the matters which
were SO definitely decided by the peo-
Pile on November 9Th, but he will give
congress some parting advice, bssed
q on his experience In hts high Office.
and MI recAnflv acTnired know ed ssfs
az the find az LEGISLATION the people
want The president ID In the best
81 health, and has been In Astounding
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