The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
PARTY PROGRAMME MAY ALLOW SOLONS REST NEXT MONTH Senate Has Held no Caucus to Define Its Course
 of Action HOUSE WILL PASS
 IMPORTANT BILLS But There Is Growing Disposition to Put Off Action in the Senate
 Until the Short Session
 This Fall
By C. E. STEWART

Washington, May 15.-(Special.)-Th House of Representatives, by party caucus Of the democrats, defined what the House would do before adjournment. The trust bills are to be passed, the rural credit bill, and the biz appropriation bills, and the House will stop right there. The caucus refused to make a party ques- lion of the Hobson amendment for nation wide prohibition, or give 1t standing in the caucus. However the party leaders are willing that the question come up un- der a special rule and settle it in this session
 Tine House, declares Mir Underwood, hopes to finish this programme by July | They will then notify the Senate that they have completed their programme and are ready to quit
 In the Senate it is a different matter No caucus has been held, and there is none on the slate. Senate leaders say that shey hope to get through ''by July to 15.'' That is as far as they will 80. They are committed to no programme. and sp- parentl. dc not propose to be. Senator 2 Kern declared after a visit to the Presi- dent that we will pass the Panama re- peal bil the appropriation bills and as much else as can, and try to get sway by July 15.''
 If the Senate sticks to this resolution it simply means that no trust bills, no run al credit bills, and in short no legis- lation of any character will become a law at this session. except the appropria- ton bills and the Panama repeal act. After the repeal bill is out of the way it will take the Senate the rest of the , time between the date of it's passage and the middle of July to dispose of appro- priations. If they take up rural credits and antitrust bills, they will be here till September.
 It is largely up to the President. If he insists upon the Senate taking up these measures which sthe House will pass up to them they will probably do so, and stick it out, as they did before in the currency bill. But the general opinion pre- walls that the President has yielded to the sentiment strong in Congress that it is a good idea to let the House dispose of these measures and let them lie over .still the December session, while in the interim there will be an election.
 Wise to Take Rest
 There is an almost unanimous opinion in Congress that it is wise to drop leg is1ation for d while and let Congress ad- Journ. and give the people chance to digest what has already been accomp- lished The fall elections will give the peo- pie their first real opportunity to express themselves on the democratic admins- tration and it's achievements up to date. The democrats are confident of holding a substantial majority in the House, and they figure an increase in the Senate. If these forecasts hold good, they will take it as an indorsement of the administration . and of the party's legislation, and in De- cember will proceed with the programme elready passed by the House.
 The prohibition question and the suf- frage question are the only two complica- tions in sight. There are many who hope that the action of the judiciary committee s in passing these vexing problems up to the House will not result in injecting them into the fall election. Others declare hat there is no good to come from dodg ing an issue when brought face to face with it, and that sometime in the near future it must be disposed of, and now is as good time as any. ''lf these is- sues are settled now" said Mir Under wood they will be thrust into the fall elections; on the other hand, if they are postponed they will come up in the presi-