The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
Any Prediction as to Early Adjournment Now Very
 M Uncertain
MEASURES
 CAUSING DEADLOCK
Democrats Disagreed Among Them selves on Revenue Bill and Immigra- tion Is Worrying Leaders, Who
 Fear Effect in the Campaign
By HIGH ". ROBERTS

Fly HUGH w. ROBERTS
 Washington, August 19.-(Special.) )-De- spite the remarkable agility administra- ton leaders have displayed in unknotting intricate legislative tangles winch pre- viously were developed, there Is no ques- tion but that at the present time Con- gress is dead-locked.
 It Is bold and reckless member who will risk his reputation on a prediction as to the date of adjournment-as to when this most expensive and most inter- esting session will be brought to con- clusion.
 Administration leaders, especially Sen- ator Kern, hoping that members will have an early opportunity to repair to the po- litical husking, indicate that the original plan to adjourn September will be car ried through. Others regard September 15 as a more probable date. Conserva- tive members declare that they would ba surprised were the session to be ter minated prior to October l.
 THE DISTRICT BILL
 Obstacles in the way of adjournment are both those which presently exist and those which will exist In the Senate republicans are purposely delaying-for some unknown reason-the passage of the shipping bill On the District of Colunl- bia appropriation bill, House and Senate conferees have refused, up to the present time, to agree.
 As may be recalled. the House defeated a provision in the district bill-the half and half" provision-under which the cost of the district government would be shared equally by the district and the federal government. The Senate amended the bill by restoring the half and half" provision. As a result, the conferees cannot agree. The House members de- clare that the House will never agree to the scheme, and the Senat mmbrs de- clare that unless the House does agree there will be no bill.
 Last session the same tangle presented itself. and the House won out The Sem ate. in this session, appears absolutely de- ternIned to have it way
 THE BIG FIGHT
 And the big fight is yet to come. As has been reported in The Age-Herald, there is no agreement. even among democrats. regarding the revenue bill The House. after working for weeks and weeks over this measure, and after permitting cam paign speech after campaign speech to be spoken and read into the Record. sent the measure to the Senate. The Senate finance committee proceeded to destroy the House bill, provision by provision. and substitute for its innumerable sections other innumerable sections. The bill was then sent to democratic caucus. and in caucus the democrats went all to pieces. Senators Underwood and Stone clashed- and other senators withdrew permanently from caucus.
 The bill was reported, and next week expect fireworks! Senator Underwood will make speech attacking the tariff com mission. the prohibitive duty imposed on dyestuffs, and that clause which taxes cotton because 1t is an ingredient of cer- tain munitions of war. The republicans, desiring high tariff on dyestuffs, and all other stuffs, will probably aid admin istration democrats in retaining the pro- hibitive duty on dyes. It is questionable, 
 however, as to whether or not they will permit democrats-when half dozen democrats are willing not to be permitted ito put Taft's tariff commission idea into existence
 MORE CAMPAIGN SPEECHES At any rate and irrespective of the outcome of the fight among democrats, hour after hour will be wasted by the republicans in campaign speaking" Be- cause of the necessity of democrats to impose new tariff burdens. the repub- licans have a magnificent opportunity. and no one expects that they will forego that opportunity to assail the democrats with "frankable" material. There is noth-
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