The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-13
Tariff, Currency and Anti
Trust Legislation To Be
Center of Hearings
DIVIDE ATTENTION
WITH APPOINTMENTS
Vote on Archibald Impeachment Case
Begins Today Before Senate.
Further Developments in
Struggle

Washington. January 12.-Problems
of the approaching democratic admin
istration will hang over Congress again
this week. Tariff, currency and anti
trust legislation characterized by Pres
ident- elect Wilson as among the most
important subjects that will come be-
fore him, are to be the center of hear
ings and Investigations by House COM
mittees throughout the week and will
divide attention with the democratic
republican fight in the Senate over
President Taft's appointments, over
1900 of which are awaiting confirma-
tion.
The scope of currency and antitrust
legislation has not as yet been out
lined in the House, although the sub
committee headed by Representative
Carter Glass, which began a general
currency reform inquiry last week, has
opened its investigation with the an
nounced plan of finding substitute for
the so-called Aldrich plan recommend
ed by the national monetary commits
sion, which called for a currency sys-
bank of issue. Prominent bankers and
financial students are to be given a
hearing during the next few weeks
The investigation by the money trust
section of the banking and currency
committee, which is TO be resumed
Tuesday also is developing and produc-
ing information and recommendations
that will have an important part in the
preparation OF any new currency laws or
restrictive Legislation to be passed under
the Wilson administration
Vote on Archibald Case
The vote on the Archibald impeach-
ment case will begin at l o'clock to-
Judge Archibald will be disposed of be-
fore adjournment. The conclusion of
the trial, which has occupied the at
tention of the Senate continuously
since the beginning of this session, will
make way for the first active legisla-
tive work to he followed by efforts
to secure vote upon the resolution
for constitutional amendment that
would provide single six-year term
for the President of the United States.
In both houses the legislative work of
the week will center largely about an
nual appropriation bills.
Conferences are expected to begin
soon between democratic leaders of the
House and Senate over the terms of
the tariff revision bills that are to be
prepared for President Wilson's extra
session in March. Actual preparation
of these bills probably will be started
before the present hearings are con-
cluded by the House committee on
ways and means.
Fight Over Appointments
The democratic fight in the Senate
against the confirmation of President
Taft's recent federal appointments has
approached a crisis and will involve
the Senate in a bitter struggle this
week.
The short executive session Saturday
at which two army appointments were
confirmed, will be followed by other
sessions wherein the struggle between
republicans and democrats will be fully
developed.
Republican leaders insist they will
not agree to the plan proposed by the
democrats to discriminate against some
of the Taft appointments and select
others that shall be at once confirmed.
The Senate has agreed to proceed with
the confirmation of arpY, navy and
diplomatic appointpeD+s b\ the repub-
1sr ocrats to o yield furtY and take up all
of the pending app lntments for def
mite action.
Hearing before the House commits
sion Investigating the alleged combina-
tion among shipping interests and
steamship companies will be renewed
tomorrow The special committee of
the Senate investigating campaign con-
tributions will also hold a short ses-
sion to interrogate witnesses alleged
to have been connected with the ac-
QUESTION by william r. Hearst of
copies Of the letters that passed be-
tween John d. Archbold of the STAN
dard Oil company and members of the
House and Senate.