Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-17
CONGRESS MAY END
EARLY IN OCTOBER
Speed in Senate Alone Essential
to Carrying Plan Into
Effect.
ITS COOPERATION EXPECTED
Most of Big Legislation of Ses-
sion Will Be in Conference
This Week.
ITS COOPERATION EXPECTED
By Associated PresS !


WASHINGTON. September Icon
srcssional plans. completed to-day.
contemplate adjournment early in Oc-
tober.
Speed in the Senate alone is essential
to carrying this plan into effect. The
House has almost completed it's work.
and conferees are making all possible
haste to reach agreements on meas
ures that have passed both houses.
Indications are that the Senate will
cooperate in the effort to reach ad-
journment at the time tentatively set
II rushed through the trading with
thc-enemy and war-bond bills last
week in record time. and has taken
hold of the soldiers and sailors in
measures. with an apparent determina-
tion to expedite consideration of Il.
Cloture may be resorted to-
President Wilson has no new leKfsIa-
tion to present. and is understood to
be ready TO have Congress go home.
FIis insistence that the insurance bill
be passed before adjournment. communi-
Gated to the Senate last Friday, Is said
to have been through no desire to have
Congress remain here for any other
.
way.
WAR-BOND MEASURE
TO CONFERENCE TO-DAY
Aside from the insurance measure.
and the s7.ooo.0oo.OoO war deficiency
bill. most OF the big legislation of the
session Will be In conference this week.
They include the war lax. war bond and
trading g-with-the-enemy bills. The war
bond measure will go to conference
from the House to o-morrow, and the
other two already are in conferees'
hands.
Agreement on the war-tax bill some
time this week is anticipated Minor
matters now are being threshed out.
and by Thursday 1t is expected the two
big issues, excess pronts tax and mail
rates will be under discussion. Fore
casts are that the bills will emerge
i:om conference carrying provisions
for ievies OF about S2;bOo. .o0p. 600
changes viii be principally In methods
OF assessing taxation, and notI IN
amounts.
only few big differences exist be.
tween the two houses on the war
credits and trading with -the-enemv
measures. The principal changes made
by the Senate in the war credits hill
are the increase of from II to IA
OF per cent in the allowance for
noating the bonds. and the decrease
in the certificates allowances from
one-tenth to one-twentieth. Important
provisions added to the trading bill
by he Senate include giving the Presi-
dent power to stop imports, to prohibit
enemy life insurance companies from
operating in this country. and the
King amendment to require German
language newspapers to print English
translat tons OF their articles.
ALIEN DRAFT RESOLUTION
MAY DE CROWDED OUT
Whether the alien draft resolution.
adopted by the Senate last week, Will
be taken up in the House is undeter-
mind. 1t may be crowded out in tho
rush preceding adjournment
The war deficiency bill probably win
pass the House tomorrow. The Sem
ate will reconvene Tuesday. and take
up the Webb export trading bill, al
ready passed by the House. and this
Will DO followed by the Walsh oil
land leasing bill The insurance bill
is being given committee considera-
tioh ana prooaply VIII be reported
late this week
The House committee appointed to
investigate defective ammunition will
begin its hearings tomorrow
Among the minor legislative matters
pending In the House are the bill to
allow homestead and other public land
afiidavits to be taken before the milf
tary commander, or any person en-
gagged In military or naval service OF
tho United States and tie Sena.e bin
to authorize the Interior Department
to permit exploration and disposition OF
potash fields. both tavorably reported
by the Public Lands Committee and
urged as war measures.