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Show lawmakers Have Been in Continuous Session for Eighteen Months. , IAY ADJOURN OCT. 15 ' livers and Harbors and 'War Revenue Bills to Be Resumed Today. 'VHIXGTOX. .Sert. 20. Congres?, "has been in continuous session for Kie'n months, is almost ready to send to the president that It has com-its com-its work. Unless the European i!J'-r's'.ould precipitate conditions now un-.'J-!..ii! legislative tasks in hand should v'-iniiiei3 witi:jn a few weeks. Admin-J Admin-J -V-ltion leniers tonight said they could E, no' reason why adjournment should L- le taken by October lo. r0-orrov die senate will renew eon-Lwraiion eon-Lwraiion of the rivers and harbors up-Lriation up-Lriation bill. Pcmocrats having failed L 'xei-i t!:e determined Kepublican fili-L.Icr fili-L.Icr Friday and Saturday, there if- a fcnTiiifr prospect of further compromise L measure which now contains ap-L.riaiions ap-L.riaiions aggregating $34,000,000. fpisome of the Democrats have grown 1 Jvj-tiearied in their support of the bill It tiie present financial emergency and .jcnt Wilson is known to have held wl against extravagance or any ex-c-iitiirei that are not absolutely neees- lc IT 1P HO Continue Contest. ' ;.-nafor! Burton, Kenyon and Xorris ex-l'- to keen up the fight, although a l'" rproinise mav be reached, q. iVliile the senate is fighting its way k l; of the rivers and harbors difficulty. i house this week will at last take .I1 p'p war revenue bill, the measure hav- - bten completed by Democrats of the ' f ravs and means committee yesterday. 'r'c bill agreed upon after varied at-,r at-,r rpis to satisfy the majority -will tax r. wines, gasoline, bankers, brokers, -demerit proprietors and levy a stamp tr lis on commercial instruments. with 't&s and drafts eliminated. Nearly all hoiiEc Democrats are satisfied now ' !.it the best possible disposition has been r of an unenviable situation, and A joriiv Leader Underwood believes he sn pil'Jt the bill- through within the ' setk- )ii ro Be Introduced Today. T:.t hill, with a final conference of the H tc:?e Democrats as to its phraseology-, til be introduced in the house tomor-banning tomor-banning its consideration in the -- v.-ti Thursday under a special rule. The tax will take effect immediately upon b passage, except that the stamp tax jrovijicm will not become operative until X'-veniber 1. Senate Democrats will ex-prii'e ex-prii'e liie bill all they can, although there My be oine changes made. In its pres-r pres-r tr.t fwm the measure has the indorsement t i' t'e president, whose word to the lead-at lead-at de capital is that the hill should 7 i Tfii a law as soon as possible. Tnst legislation, after six months of J ;;ration. is about concluded. The S '.''.'.Til trade commission bill lias left : ":re?s and awaits the signature of the "idem, who is delaying 'the vitalization f the law until the Clayton antitrust bill 1 supplement the Sherman act ran reach '. The conference report on that nieas- 1 will be completed tomorrow, and i - should be agreed to in both houses within a fortnight at the latest. Th disputed point of the measure to be determined tomorrow concerns the amendment by Senator Reed, which would give the courts authority, when corporations corpora-tions are convicted, to appoint receivers and sell property of corporations to persons per-sons who would restore competitive conditions. condi-tions. Opposition Develops. .Serious opposition has developed against (his feature, the argument being that it : opens a dangerous opportunity for con-: con-: nivance of courts with business interests ; and offers an allurement for corruption, j The section Is certain to be modified if not eliminated. One modification suggested sug-gested is that the authority of the coui t to appoint receivers and direct sales be made optional instead of mandatory. The house this week will pass the Ferris bill to provide for a national system sys-tem of leases on public lands so as to open up their mineral resources. Upon j its passage advocates of the Jones bill looking to ultimate independence of the Khilippines, are planning to call up a rule now lying on Speaker Clark's desk, t h adoption of which would give the bill immediate im-mediate consideration. |