Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-12
LEGISLATIVE WHEELS
WILL BEGIN TURNING
RAPIDLY THIS WEEK
President Wilson Has Innu-
merabIe Engagements and
Congress viii Get Down to
Real Work of Session

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-President
Wilson will discuss legislative questions
this week with several members of the
senate and house including Senator
Sheppard, chief prohibition advocate in
the senate where a determined effort is
to be made soon to pass a District OF
Columbia prohibition bill There have
been suggestions that such a measure
might be vetoed, but the president has
given no indication of his purpose.
Almost every night during the week
Mr.. Wilson will be busy with social en-
gagements including a theater party to-
night a dinner given by him to the
cabinet Tuesday night, dinner given by
him Thursday night to state executives
attending the governors conference, and
dinner in his honor to be given Friday
night by Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall.
AS president of the American Red
Cross the president will preside at ses-
sion of the annual meeting of that or
ganization here "Wednesday. Thursday
A. E. Vehouni, prelate of the Armenian
church in America, will call on the presi-
dent with a delegation to discuss the Ar
menian question.
INAUGURATION DISCUSSED.
Vance c. Mccormick, chairman of the
Democratic national committee, VINO has
been a visitor at the White House for
several DAYS, left Sunday for his home
at Harrisburg, Pa He discussed with
the president plans for the inauguration
next March, but no announcement was
made Mr.. McCormick's visit revived
reports that he would join the presi-
dents cabinet. He would not discuss the
question.
Roth branches of congress moved
slowly during the opening week of the
short session while legislation was
being whipped into shape but they
will get down 10 actual work this week.
The program in the senate is some
what uncertain, dependent upon a meet
ing of the Democratic steering commit
tee TODAY While the interstate COM
merce committee is celebrating on
plans for eXpediting the presidents
railroad legislation program three meas
ures are ready for immediate conslder-
alton. They are the District of Column
I bia DrOn1DltlOn Dill, dlAOAi DiAA 0'iAN
corrupt practices measure.
Corrupt practice legislation probably
will be displaced temporarily by the
immigration bill in the senate today
Democratic leaders are considering re-
vising the former measure before press
ing it for final action. The lmmlsra-
tion bill with it's literacy test probably
will pass the senate despite the prop
ability that it may meet another pres
YnrnhihitiOn
the District of Columbia is TO be urged
by Senators Sheppard and Kenyon and
it's passage by the senate before the
March adjournment is regarded as very
probable.
DEMOCRATS TO CAUCUS.
Senate Democrats will caucus We'd
nesdav to choose a successor TO the late
Senator Clarke as president pro tempore'
Friends of Senator Salisbury OF Dela'
ware say he has enough votes pledged
to assure his election.
Proposed railway and high cost OF Nv
ing legislation having been shelved for
the present by the house, that branch
probably will do little except routine
work until after the Christmas recess.
President Wilson'S vocational educa-
tion bill will be called up today and
chairman Hughes, of the education COM
mittee hopes it viii pass before night
The measure is to help state schools
teaching agriculture and trades by meet
ing teachers salaries in part and es-
tablishing schools for the development
of instructors in these branches.
Chairman Lever, of the agriculture
committee, hopes to get his cotton
Standardization bill up this week. This
measure, supported by the solid south
and many members from other sections
was not reached last session, but has
an early place on the calendar.
Much routine business will be trans
acted before Christmas if Speaker Clark
has his way He has not abandoned
his fight for a shorter Christmas recess
and he probably will exert every effort
during the next two weeks to make
formidable record for work done during
the first three weeks of the session.