The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
Administrations Legislative Programme Is Near to
 Completion
MANY DELEGATES
 OPPOSE FREE TOLLS
Of S67 Delegates to Baltimore, TOP Register Opposition to Plank-May Have Vote on the Measure
 Within Eight Days

Washington, May 17.-W1th ueDate In the Senate on the tolls question nearing the end. the House this week will take up for consideration the three so-called antitrust bills, which with appropriation bills make up the administrations legislative programme.
 Senate democratic leaders who advo- cate repeal of tolls exemption expect to see debate closed by Saturday, but House leaders do not believe the trust measures can be passed under three weeks. The trio will be taken up by the House under a special rule, which as framed in committee will limit gen eral debate to 40 hours. but there will be no limitation to debate under the five minute rule and upon amendments which may be offered. Aside from the fight from the broad principles laid down in the bills there will be par favorins exemption of labor and agri- cultural unions from the operation Of the sherman antitrust law. President Wilson is understood to have said he does not approve this exemption and there is little doubt that his desires will be met dA May Adjourn in July
 Members of both houses greatly 1 interested in prospects for adjournment by the middle of July but unless Sen fa trust legislation there seems to be lit- tie probability of adjournment by Au gust. There has. been some talk that the Senate should pass only one trust bill, which would create a trade com mission and that one of it's duties would be to investigate interlocking ldirectorates, holding companies and railway capitalization and report it's findings next winter. - Wssh eight appropriation hils to be passed and vote yet to be taken on tolls bill democratic Senate leaders yet may turn to the course as the only one to assure adjournment in July. Majority Leader Kern Is hopeful that a vote may be taken on the tolls bill within eight days A statement issued tonight from headquarters of the dem ocratic national committee declared that in response to an inquiry by Sen ator Gore TOP delegates to the Balti more convention of s67 heard from have registered opposition to the free tolls plank of the democratic plat form. The statement says 127 dele sion and letters from 3s others are noncommittal.
 Way Cleared for Trust Bill The House has about cleared the way for the antitrust bill. The rules com mittee tomorrow will pass on the in- formal understanding reached by some | of It's democratic members to present q I blanket rule for the passage of the trio. This rule, as now contemplated, would provide for taking up first the covington antitrust bill and last the Rayburn bill.
 | Tomorrow will be devoted In the House to final effort to clear up
 some minor pending bills. The plan is to present the trust legislation rule when the House convenes Tuesday with I a view to brief discussion before it's adoption and then to begin debatefl MaHy speeches are III prospect. Talk of Another Caucus 1 Meantime there Is talk of another caucus as soon as the trust bills are out of the way to discuss rural credits bill, several conservation bills and other measures. Advocates of rural credits have gained some strength and contend that all differences could be smoothed out If the full banking and currency committee would take the subcommittee on the Bulley bill and confer with the President. The bank ing and currency committee. however. Is virtually closed for the secession.
 A further urgent deficiency bill ap- propriating upward of $6,000.00o be- cause of army and navy activities in Mexico, will be passed by the House
 as soon as possible. The sundry civil Appropriation bill. the greatest of all the annual supply measures. will be re- ported for consideration after the anti trust bills are passed.
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