The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-01
A Clean-Up Movement Will Be Started With the Calling of the Philippine Measure
GENERAL SPEEDING
 UP EFFORT AIMS AT
 EARLY ADJOURNMENT
Action by Senate Judiciary Committee Is Expected on Nomination of Brandeis for the Supreme Court

Washington, April 3o.-Democratic lead
 CTS in the House and Senate will under
 take tomorrow another campaign to ex-
 pedite present legislation pending in Con-
 gress with a. view to getting as many
 salient features of their programme as
 possible on the statute books before the
 national political conventions in June.
 The clean-up movement will be insti-
 tuted in the House with the calling up
 of the Philippine independence bill, on
 which special rule probably will be re-
 ported with view to disposing of it in
 one day. With this measure out of the
 way, it is proposed to rush action on
 other bills with similar cloture rules and
 to continue this form of action relent-
 lessly
 A meeting of the Senate steering com
 mittee has been called for tomorrow by
 Majority Leared Kern to frame a new legislative programme for the upper
 branch of Congress. It is agreed that appropriation and defense measures shall
 be considered as rapidly as they are ready
 for discussion, but in the meantime there
 are conservation measures, campaign pub
 licity legislation and other matters to be
 considered. The President and Secretary
 of the Interior, it is understood, have sent
 word to the leaders that they would like
 to see the public lands water power bill
 passed before the democratic convention
 and this is giving majority members con
 siderable concern, inasmuch as an effort to get a vote on the bill several meexs
 ago failed and the measure was side
 tracked.
 The general speeding up effort aims at
 adjournment as early as possible, and
 leaders of both houses can see some hope for getting through in July if present
 plans do not encounter serious hlibus- ters Republican senators say they VIII give every reasonable cooperation to ex- pediting important measures. The democratic programme for the House is expected to be considered in the following order
 Philippine. Porto Rican, District of Co- ilumbia, diplomatic and consular shipping, Notifications, rural credits. naval and rev enue bills.
 Democrats were much pleased at be- mg able to reach an agreement with Mi nority Leader Mann to set aside unani- nous consent day, winch falls on tomor- row. for consideration of the Philippine measure Belief in some quarters is that an agreement may be reached whereby lit will be unnecessary to bring in rule on the bill
 The Senate still has rural credit legisla- ton under consideration, and vote is expected within a few days after which the water power bill may again be taken up. The army reorganization bill still lis in conference with agreement on irl- portant points still far away. The dis agreement over the size of the regular army is so determined that the conferees themselves believe they will have to go back to the House and Senate for fur thur instructions.
 Some action by the judiciary commit tee is looked for soon on the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis to the supreme court. The committee meets tomorrow, but probably will not vote on account of the absence of Senator Shields of Ten nessee. The flare-up in the Senate over the nomination Friday has given rise to the belief that the big fight must come in the Senate itself. Even should the committee vote against confirmation of MT. Brandeis', administra tion leaders will insist upon a vote in the Senate, and it is certain that republican leaders are going to make determined fight.