The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-07
SPECULATIVE AS TO
CLOSE Of CONGRESS
SESSION NAY END ABOUT MIDDLE
or July OR MAY co
INTO FALL.
SHORT SESSION.. PAST
ALI vfRGINTASs TO HE DEMO
Gratis IN NEXT HOUSE, PRE-
DtCTToN--CARLIN TO stC-
CEED WEBB.
SHORT SESSION.. PAST
iSN T.. IL NfrGOu Az

WASHINGTO<, MAY 6-AiiboUah
Majority Leader nderWood is making
no predictions about when ne believes
congress VIII finish the work OF the
present session and make ats exit from
Washington, after he has had several
conferences with the president on tho
subject II is the general belief NJ those
VINO are best posted on legislative at
ialfs That the weary statesmen win be
able to lay down their burdens. at
Ieast for time, about the middle Of
JuIy.
Mr.. Underwood has been called 10
the White House two or three times
lately and Il is understood that on
each occasion he discussed very ser
iousiy with the president the prospects
Tor reasonably quick adjournment
w hen the Alahama~re preventative was
asked today what he though of the
prospects he said in his most affahle
way that he did not know That is
about the way he matter stands Mr.
nderH God. although on the inside in
White House matters. does not know
when congress Will adjourn. This is
likely to happen before the middle OF
fhe summer then again it would not
: tTe H att gUrrTTEfnE We're fhe sFssI0H
+ TO lap over into that beginning Deem
her Ith, Washington people and
those In official life are 80 well ar-
+ ing surprises them. The short SEES
s!en. has become thing of the past.
j This big country of ! Q 600 000 has too
much business TO he handled In Il
three months sitting from December
+ TO March.
Virginia All Democratic?
! The positive statement OF friends Of
i Congressman BasComb Slemp, II N'lr-
einia, the only. Republican in the
7 HouEg from thar SrIta, and one Of the
fe" from the South. that he will posi-
lively not again become a candidate
for congress from the Ninth Virginia
district, is rousing the interest Of Dem
ocrats from not only the old Domin-
lon, but from many other sections of
the South and for the first time in
wears there ts a probability Of Nir-
ginia sending ten Democrats to the
lower house Of congress.
Bascemb S!emp succeeded his Fath~
er' when the latter died a few years
ago, and 1t has generally heeu con-
! coded that no Democrat in the Ninth
district had Il ghost Of Il show for
congress as long as Mr.. slemp wished
! 10 hold the place He is not only
strong. but exceedingly popular In his
state aud especially in the Ninth dis
trict where he is known best
/ Nirgiuians who have been in Wash
/ ington during the past few days do
) INT ntHlAdAP Va FttA iff8t WINE every
shoulder VIII he put To the wheel
In the Ninth district TO send II. Tate
Irvine. Democrat, To the house to sue
B.. ceeds Mr. Siemp that il will ne close
fight, Two years ago when the pres
fent governor OF Virginia. Henry
Stuart, was candidate against MIR
Siemp the latter won out hy a small
5ority. What the result will be this
time no one il able vet to tell
North Carolina made a clean SwGGn
Of her Republican members Of con-
Eress three or four years ago II is
barely possible that some day Ken
lucky and Tennessee may do likewise
though certain districts in the States
named are strongly Republican.
Webb Judiciary Chairman.
With the appointment Of Congress
man Henry p. Clayton, Of Alabama, To
be federal Judge, which duties he
will shortly assume, the house tudict-
ary committee will have as its chair
man the youngest man who, perhaps,
has ever held So important a posi-
Representative Edwin Yates
Webb. Of North Carolina This popu-
lar young Tarheel is Just little more
than forty years IF age--having been
born in 1872 Like many other dis
tinguished men Of the day he studied
law at the University Of Virginia be-
fore coming to congress There he
received the foundation in legal ethics
and practices which qualified him for
the important duties he Will soon take
up
There is not more popular mem
Der OF congress North or South-than
this same young North Carol0ian and
that he will make most excellent
chairman of the important committee
IN the judiciary is questioned by none.
r Representative Carlln. Of Virginia,
Is next in hno for this Craftsmanship
8 ter Mr.. Mehh