Show CONGRESS HAS SOME PROBLEMS I One of Them Is What Will the President Do With Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation Bill P Passed Again gain by the House After His Veto Vet PANAMA CANAL BILL ALSO PROVES PUZZLE On Presidents President's Action on This and Commerce Court Gourt Matter Depends Length to Which Session Will Be Extended OJ MENU FOR CONGRESS Important legislation m that must muse be acted on before Congress adjourns adjourns adjourns ad ad- follows Panama canal before the President Legislative islah executive and judicial judicial judi judi- cial cia appropriation ion bill approved by the Hou House e and now before Senate with provision pro abolishing commerce court Naval Na sundry c civil iI and army ap appropriation appropriation ap- ap bills in in conf conference rence General deficiency appropriation hill bill before Senate committee on ona a appropriations S. S Indian n ian appropriation bill conference conference conference con con- ference report p pending dinin in in the Sen Sea ate itc t. t W n S is j. r g adjournment ad ad- vy t of bf C Conc r Congress s is is- C ex expected 11 this week the date data Is la generally conceded to depend upon the Presidents President's Presidents President's dents dent's a attitude e toward towar the Panama canal canil bill and the legislative tive thc Judicial appropriation bill His veto of or the latter measure t Jat week eck was based upon its provisions for the abolition of Of the commerce court and the establishment of or a se en year seven ear tenure in the civil service and the House has again risked tho the veto eto by bypassing bypassing passing tho the measure with the tho commerce commerce com coni- merce court provision pro In It Tho The Senate Senate Sen Sen- ate will determine earl early in tho the week whether It will en endorse tho the measure in this form Leaders of or both Houses are arc confident the remaining work worle on tho the overdue ap appropriation appropriation tp- tp bill could bo be disposed of or In Continued on Page Pago 2 2 Column 2 J CONGRESS STILL HAS SOME PUZZLES One of Them Is What Will President President Pres Pies ident Do With the Commerce Corn Com merce Cou Court rt Continued From Page One OneL three days dan were ere the tile contingencies of oC the presidential veto eto removed remo The Thc President has n made ade it clear to men members bers of both Houses that h ho not favor tavor the tile free tree toll toil provision pro of or the Panama canal bill but he has not asserted a a. purpose to veto that measure 1 nave Stood Mood Thus far ar Congress has not succeeded In overriding o an any of or the Presidents President's vetoes and it is not considered like likely I that either the legislative appropriation tion binder at tho the Panama canal bill could be by a n. two thirds vote ote It if vetoed this week Those tariff and appropriation measures which tho the House has over the veto have failed In the Senate and the tIle single bill which the Senate that affecting claims chums on the Corbett irrIgation irrigation gation tunnel failed b by six votes of or re- re passing on the tho House The sundry civil appropriation bill In which the tile appropriation of for tor the tariff board is at issue is approaching ap ap- ap- ap settlement in the conference committee Out of or items in the bill upon which tho the two Houses disagreed all but about fifty have been settled and an agreement on those is expected this week eek Tho The House yesterday asked the Senate Sen Sen- ate to compromise the naval fight on a a. one battleship basis and an agreement agreement agree agree- ment on the naval bill is expected im im- Im- Im mediately Other m measures will not take talce much time I Panama Dill Bill at Lunch Over O the White House coffee cottec cups President Taft Tart and his cabinet tOda today discussed the tile Panama canal bill and tho the question of or a presidential veto of ot the measure er E Every member of tho tile cabinet who was In Sn town was present ant anc and the discUssion dis dla- lasted basted an hour after luncheon time but no decision was reached The Presidents President's inclination it was as said tonight is to approve the bill but ho he is anxious to have provision pro made for tor a legal test teat of the matter of or free tree tolls toUs for tor American ship Tho The cabinet was understood to agree with him idea that there is basis for tor believing the bm bIll with tho the free tolls clause in It is III not In conformity with the Hay treat treaty When tho the conference was over O tho President was still of the opinion that the tho best wa way to test tet the bills bill's agreement agree agree- ment with the treat treaty treats was to have the supreme court pass upon ItHe it He will confer conter with Senate and House leaders the next few days das and will devote most of ot his time to ponder- ponder inc hu O over this bill Most Moat of at tho the can leaders in both Houses and probably probably ably some soma of or the tho leading Democrats will wili bo be called into consultation and the bill bUI will be gone gono over with care The TIte President was told tOda today that it is probably too tab bate lato to amend the bill and that any action ho lle may take must be in the form fonn of a veto eto unless he can get Republican and Democratic tic leaders headers to agree on a a n. joint resolution to bo be passed later that would show that the United States had no intention of abrogating abro abro- gating the existing treaty with Great Britain Such resolution would permit foreign steamship companies to test tet the acts act's a validity under the Hay treaty in In tho United States court |