Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-26
HOUSE IS IN SHAPE
TO ADJOURN FRIDAY
Possibility Of Ending Session
That Day Depends on the
Senate.

AS lar as the House Is concerned,
Congress may adjourn Friday, but first
the deficiency appropriation bill must
be prepared and reported to the House.
This will be done Tuesday. according
to present arrangements. A final hear
ing on the deficiency bill was held to-
day.
Because the situation in the Senate is
not SO clear as it is in the House. mem
bers of the lower body are leaving
entire responsibility for adjournment
with the Senate. The fact that the
Presidents speech of acceptance of the
democratic nomination Is set for Sep
tember 2 does not seem to enter into
the adjournment calculations on the
House end of the Capitol.
"Must" Bills in House.
There are four pieces of legislation
which are marked must" in the House
These are the deficiency appropriation
bill, the District appropriation bill, the
shipping bill and the revenue bill The
Webb bill, to permit cooperation of
exporters in competing with foreign
firms in foreiga fields. is looked upon
as certainty to pass. but House lead
ers expressed a little hesitation today
as to the ability of the Senate to pass
that measure once 1t left the House.
On the other hand, there was talk of
hacking the Webb bill to the revenue
bill In the Senate.
The District appropriation confer
ence situation had made no advance
this morning because of the necessity
Of the House conferees' attendance
upon the deficiency bill hearings.
Quorum Is Accumulating.
The shipping bill depends upon a
quorum of the House, which Is slowly
accumulating, following hurry call
sent out by the whips within the last
three days. The revenue bills path will
be we'll cleared. 1t Is believed. The
Senate will have changed it from Its
original form when 1t left the House,
but the House members of the confer
ence on the bill are following it. and
are prepared to make record for
speed when the conference actually
begins.
Fails to Call Up Bill.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma made an
other futile effort in the Senate today
to procure unanimous consent for con-
sideration Of the corrupt practices bill,
Senator Smoot objecting again to the
request. The Oklahoma senator pro-
voked a wordy controversy when he
again charged the republicans with at
tempting to force adjournment of Con-
gress next week, and questioned demo-
cratic leaders regarding a reported
agreement to adjourn Friday. Senator
Simmons said there had been no formal
agreement. but that it was planned to
dispose of the general deficiency and
revenue bills by that time.
Senator Borah of Idaho said the re-
publican leaders could not bind him to
any legislative program and that he
desired to vote on the corrupt prac-
ticeL and immigration bills before ad-
journment.
Senator Reed said the republicans did
not want to pass the corrupt prac-
tices bill because the old guard in
control of the party and the candidate
want a corrupt election"
Indications were clearly given that
there will be a close fight over Senator
Owens motion when he makes it, and
upon the outcome depends the fate of
an early adjournment plan.
'"The threat OF endless debate on the
revenue bill by the republican leaders
in the Senate has fatty coerced some
Of the democratic leaders to yield the
democratic legislative program to pass
the corrupt practices act" Senator
Owen said.