Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-18
PRESIDENT We son GIVES THE
WORD AND SPEEDING Up H. ONE
OF SPRING @GINS OF MOMENT.
HOUSE TIN Nc III.
EVENING SESSIONS SOON
MAJORITY LEADER KERN HAS
BEEN I>>ISFtNG UPON THIS AND
HAS MADE i VERY GOOD START
TEST TO 81 T. LATER.
6sDecial Sso5 Correspondent

80 ~ NH E"
the word some AivS ago. Ills wishes
have trrtainly been respected In a pre-
Iliminary way. - House has been tan
ing up for motr Intense activity. The
senate which more notcworihY-h has
been doing like -. The daily sessions
~ the north ctt. ~ the capitol are he
ginning al IL sxlnck. Probably before
long the scs>ios fvill h. heightened into
the evening. ! anrily leader Kern has
been insisting u,un this and has made
au excellent Ssir; The test. however.
viii come \ ',;te later when senators
hecomc weary I'D some get cross and
constantly Dies id the presence Of a
quorum
VI senator t-tu would Nindiratc AMI
justify hi> ofif,. II majority leader. he
coiid have ~ frltcr opportunity than
now offcr>. y -rninc Senate leader hy
conference an cooperation. which would
b. proof az a. Support h. has from his
own aud the publican side. might do
mtph in the NJ four or five weeks 10
perform real rvicc. Tie could help the
administratio ~ paving the way for
expeditions Z tmcnt of it, program.
lie could win G. gratitude II all Scna
tors. without scgnrd 60 politics. hy
bringing The = ~ a. u conclusion. For
ever, body IN \ rgrc~S wants to get away
from Washipr H.. II j. 10 the adyan-
tagc of cycr,s g. in politics TO have The
work here cuuigirtrl soon.
senator Eooi remarked the other hay
tV.f IL. l.,f-I-Ast. .,.pI ant.t Ln... ~.
c-mc q real hr k'cn 10 the leading Demo
crate al the ~ hniniStration. lie knows.
a. few men IN public life know. how re-
spon>ibility foI federal procedure ~
Washington wears upon those who carry
IL. Plans mus be worked ont and these
involve much meeting in council. The
execution ~ what has been planned calls
for energy and foresight. Day after lay
the tasks must hc pursued ard the
cXiecncics. arising from new conditions
and the turn of criticism. both from the
partiSaE opposition and from the cpun
Try - large. must bc met.
The Dcmoosatic majority in Senate
and House has been under this constant
strain for fourteen months steadily. In
wears a.onc. when Congress had planned
it> WAY through one liz matter of lrei>
latiun Ut a session. there have r,Er a.
taxation and Adjournment prr>ilcu;
Wilson's program, however. has pro
c%ctrlrl from one biz undertaking in an
other. lie ha> actually been accomplish
W 'th Congress IN the last year a
,ulunc ~ biz legislation which ord
nariiy would require twice ~ thrice the
Time. Indeed il he succeeds with what
I'm now Immediately under WAY he will
have accomplished with In Congress ina
Fifteen months ~ mn h a. could have
been darr \ few wears ago in an entire
administrators.
That much u - nearly done with
The House. The caucus for Tuesday eve
ming was arranged i"r several DAYS ia
advance ior the purpo>r ~ agreeing ~
some detail upon a program. Within =
month The antitrust bills will have
passed tie House and a matter az con
atc. rr has time the canal TOLLS rcrral
hill will probably have reached a vote
u tn senate. The debate thereon has
not hrvn particularly cnlightening and
most nf the speeches have hcrn delivered
e. empty desks. senate Ot;nrmnn uf
View York. chairman of the lntcrocrauic
canal committee. and the most vigorous
Democratic opponent # repeal. was very
~ucrc>>ful in his argument and made =
>pcr-h that lifted hi> cause ~rrcaSurahlv
M The eyes ut Senators. His manage
acnt oi the ease has been not 4 little to
his credit. lie - not seeking 10 dclav
.ur thc SAKE at delaN and when his sup
%i'prtrr> have made their speeches will
>>rni io 1 vote. But il l. recognized in
.hr >snaic shat there can h. but one out
come and that the administration will
win Handsomely Practically an speeches
on the repeal bill. ~ late. have been in
opposition. Advocates. both Democratic
inH Republican nrcieF ! vote e. the cx-
-t tltion uf their own views.
The last hill "a climb will d. The anti.
trust hills. Predictions are made a.
he Senate that i viii require two or
three months ~ dispose of them. tx.
senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon.
tarrtiug IA Washington a. u member Of
4 railway mail pay commission. Saw
n~onchalantly that The Senate will bc
until October completing these bills.
Probably Mr., Bourne j. a little too en-
phalf-. The country has not been
~aronScl much yet over the antitrust
MEASURES because ii a conviction that
&n>mcration would not he rcacncd for
sor<1 fmc. But the committee work on
THEM j. a. good A. done. Ii this j. well
done, a. some say i j, the senate can