New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02
Predict President Will
Yield His Opposition to
AN Extra Session
Only ; Measures
Expected to Pass
Victory Loan, Wheat Guar
antec and Deficiency
Measures Are Conceded
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Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March Although
all important legislation appears to-
night to be caught in hopeless jam
in the Senate, leading Republican Sen
ators predicted the following measures
will be disposed of before Congress
adjourns at noon Tuesday:
l The $7,000,00o, 900 bond bill with
the rider continuing the War
Finance Corporation and authorizing
loans of not to exceed 81 900 900 900
20 promSte foreign trade.
y The wheat guaranty bill with a
rider providing government reg
ulation of the cotton exchanges.
= The general deficiency bill,
which, in addition to about
$1,000 100000 in general appropria-
tions, carries the $750,OO0 900 rail-
road revolving fund and $4,000 600
emergency shipbuilding measures ns
riders
1t seems certain that no important
measures other than these will be
passed. A half dozen Republicans have
1T In their power to kill even these
bills. They are disposed to do it.
Whether the flibuster that was carried
on all day to-day is continued until
the end of the session will depend en-
tircly upon the individual members.
AT conference the Republicans dis
h,te l.,t
tlon Tor or against.
The conference came near being a.
row. Feeling between the two factions
on the Republican side is almost as bi.-
ter as between Republicans and Demo-
crats. All Republicans agree the time
has come to let President Wilson know
that Congress is coordinate branch OF
the government They, in common with
leading Democratic Senators, think
there should be nm extra session OF
Congress at least by April ID. Tho
President does not think there should
be an extra session until he return 3
from his second trip to France, which
may be June / and may be weeks later.
But not majority of the Rcpubli-
cans at the conference were in favor OF
forcing a showdown with the President
by defeating the bond bill They fear
he would not call an extra session,th thus
forcing the odium Of having no Liberty
Loan on the Republicans. Those favor
ing d filibuster took the position that
the party in power is the one that will
be held responsible. furthermore, they
argued, the President is blufing on tho
extra session now, just as the Admin
lstration bluffcd about turning the rail-
roads back to their owners at once un-
less Congress yielded to the McAdoo
five-year experiment plan.
Some of the Senators who favor a
hlibuster left the caucus room in "A
huff. 1T is understood that Senator
Sherman, of Illinois, went out demand
ing to know whether his Republican
colleagues "are fighter rs or cowards.'
Showdown" Is Demanded
Right now IS the time for a show
down with the President" prominent
Middle Western Senator said. "If we
call his bluff. as we should, he will call
an extra session"
AS matters were left by the confer
ence each Republican will go his own
way. There are enough who favor a
hlibuster to block all legislation. Az
one Of this number suggested:
The filibuster may break at any mo-
ment. The men who favor fighting thia
thing to the end are likely to get dis
gusted and let everything go through. u
Senators Penrose, of PENNSYLVANIA:
Smoot, OF Utah. and La Toilette. OF
Wisconsin, II Is understood. will offer
amendments to the bond bill that were
defeated IN the Finance Committee.
Among these are provisions fixing the
rate OF interest. taking from the Sec
retary OF the Treasury authority In
fix exemptions and prohibiting CO..
crcion on the part of government of
ilclals In selling bonds.
One of the most distasteful features
OF the bond bill is the war finance
corporation feature. Many of the Re-
publicanS would have no objection IA
passing the bond bill with this ride r
out. They don't think the people OF
this country Nant to lend billion
dollars of their money to export con-
Germs TO develop foreign trade. They
feel these concerns would be able to
take care of themselves il the govern
ment would just remove trade restric-
tons and give them an opportunity
to meet the rest of the world on an
equal footing.
II is expected that the Democrats
VIII consent to passage Of the whcas