Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-01
SPEED-UP PROGRAM
BEFORE CONGRESS
Democratic Leaders Will Under
take To-Day Campaign to
Expedite Legislation.
DESIRE EARLY ADJOURNMENT
Use of Cloture Rules to Rush
Action Will Be Continued
Relentlessly.
DESIRE EARLY ADJOURNMENT

WASHINGTON. April 30. - Demo-
cratic leaders in tho House and Senate
will undertake to to-morrow another cam
paign to expedite important legisla-
tion still pending in Congress, with q
view TO getting as many salient fea-
lures of the program as possible on
the statute books before the national
political conventions in June.
The cleanup" movement will be
instituted in the House with the call
ing up OF the Philippine independence
bill, on which a special rule probably
will be reported with view 10 dis
posing Of II In one day
1t is intended 10 rush action on other
bills with similar cloture rules and
10 continue this form Of activity re-
To cooperate with the House
meeting Of tho Senate steering COM
mittcc has been called for Tomorrow
by Majority Leader Kern TO frame :,
new Legislative program. 1t is agreed
TINT appropriation and defense meas
ures shal! be considered as rapidly az
they are ready for discussion, but in
;hc meantime there are conservation
measures. campaign publicity lcSisla-
ton and other matters 20 be consid
cred
WANT CONSERVATION MEASURES
PASSED BEFORE E.CONVENTION
The President and the Secretary Of
The Interior, it is understood, have
cent word 10 tho leaders that they
would like TO sec the public land. and
water power bill passed before the
Democratic convention. and this is Civ
ing majority members considerable
concern, inaSmuch as an effort TO get
a vote on the bill several weeks ago
failed and tho measure was side
tracked. Tomorrow the steering COM
mittec will try to make a place for
the bill on the program.
The general specdinE-up effort aims
a.: adjournment as early as possible,
and leaders Of both houses can see
some hope for getting through in July,
;f present plans should work smooth
~. Republican Senators say they will
give every reasonable co-operation to
cxpeditinG important measures. and In
tho House the general opinion Is that
the Republicans will not waste much
time in flibustering tactics, but con-
tent themselves with az large q vote
as possible against strictly administra
tion measures.
The Democratic program for the
House as finally decided upon after
much discussion is expected TO be con-
sidered IN the following order:
Philippines. Porto Rican, District of
Columbia. diplomatic and consular
shipping. tortifcations. rural credits,
naval and revenue bills.
REACH AN AGREEMENT
WITH MINORITY LEADER
Democrats were much pleased at
being able TO reach an agreement with
Minority Leader Mann TO set aside
unanimous consent day, which falls to-
morrow. for consideration of the
Philippine measure. Belief in some
quarters is that an agreement may be
reached. whereby It will be unneccs-
sary TO bring in n rule on the bill
The Senate still has rural credit leg
islation under consideration, and n vote
is expected within a few days, after
which tho water-power bill may again
be taken up. Tho army reorgaptza-
ton hill still Is in conference, with
agreement on the size of the regular
army so far away that the conferees
believe they will have to go back to
the House and Senate for further in
structions.
Some action by the Judiciary Com
mittee is looked for soon on the nomi-
nation of Louis ID. Brandeis TO the
Supreme Court. The committee meets
tomorrow. but probably will not vote
on account Of the absence of Scna-
tor Shields. of Tennessee
Whatever the outcome, the big fight
must come in the Senate itself