The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-06
DEMOCRATS ID
 HOLD CAUCUS Hope to Expedite DispOsi- tion of Remaining Ex-
 ecutiye Business

Washington, October 5.--Hoping to set tie party differences on the war revenue bil! and expedite disposition of remain ing. executive business, with view to an early adjournment. democrats have agreed on a caucus to be held tomorrow. The call was issued late today after a conference between Senator Kearn, chair man of the caucus and Senator Simmons chairman of the finance committee.
 The need of the caucus became appa- rent today at the meeting of democrats of the finance committee, when members whose amendments to the war revenue bill were rejected, declared they would carry the fight to the floor of the Sen ate. Whether an effort will be made to pledge senators to vote for the bill as approved by the caucus was not dis cussed.
 We want to get together much as possible on this bill before it goes to the Senate" said Senator Simmons to- night. Tt will greatly expedite matters to thresh the whole question out in a party conference"
 Ready for Adjournment
 Early in the day administration lead CTS heard from the White House that the President was ready for adjournment as soon as the Clayton bil the war tax and the Alaska coal leasing conference report were consummated. October 15 was the date suggested. They believed the disagreement among finance commit tee members foreshadowed prolonged de- bate. and decided upon caucus to avoid that pitfall.
 Democrats of the committee left the war tax bill today practically as it was agreed upon Saturday There are many amendments, however upon which the committee diesagreed. Among those to be considered in caucus is one to elimi7 nate the tax on gasoline altogether, sub stituting tax on automobile owners as well as automobile sales Another would eliminate the proposed tax Of s2 per SlO0o OH bank capital and surplus. substituting stamp tax on checks, drafts and other negotiable paper. ss tfs
 Senators Vardaman, Williams and Shep- ard are eager for the caucus to pass upon an amendment which would tax government employees q percentage on their salaries Other amendments include proposed taxes on distilled liquors, an increase in the proposed tax on beer from I 50 to T.75 a barrel: revision of the proposed taxes on domestic wines and special taxes on retail liquor dealers.
 Recess Improbable
 It became apparent today that recesses of the House could not be arranged per hitting members to go to their home dis triots this week. An agreement between the majority and minority leaders on re- cesses of three days at time until the Senate was ready to adjourn has been dis cussed. Only routine matters could have been brought up when the House met every three days.
 Representative Henry of Texas, who has insisted that Congress legislate for the relief of cotton farmers at this ses- sion. conducted a filibuster today with a view to heading off adjournment. He forced six roll calls for a quorum. and threatened to keep up the flibuster in definitely.
 In view of this situation all talk of re- cesses of the House has ceased, though | many members have already gone home expecting final adiOurnment soon