Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-22 | Page 2 | Extra Session is not Wanted by Congress

EXTRA SESSION IS NOT WANTED BY CONGHESS Some of Legislation Desired by President May Be Enacted En-acted Before Fourth of March. VASHr.v;To:s. Jan. si.whii th. Pve not e U h k in e?-r Kn tim tr.i iv-f'-rred to New York, ndminist ra l inn l-'-rnli s in '"ongresN aiv hr-'-a t hlng sin us of rc-lif-i b-'auso b-'auso flu"- j 1 ! r n l Ion fit in.-i.ihr-"." k'r-iiH ;i 1 1 y : noiv can - '.n t-uiniu-A ui'jou ihe i.-lcc-d lft7lsl;iil.v. r roi-amrrif-. i I n us ft a i , h'i ia ti lfvidrs a Ju?r as anxioiis an F'r.-mdpnt Wilson o the pre-i-B of 1 1 1 1 nor I a n r business remriiuing on H'ifi raf-iul-i.r wilh the .sr-aon hulf ovr-r, and there i.s no Herret made of the fi"t 1 t h- t all of I he a! m-st ly de-u re to avoid an extra .-ftfin of the Six t y-f if r h rnn- Tomorrow', responding to the president's personal .ipp-al for a-'tton at this session on Important legisirj th e proposal;, the f tearing rommiUt-ft of the. somite will en-doa en-doa enr to a rra nqe a programme for f he remainder The v.ison and for lonper day a nd possibly nihr sessions. A ra u-"'us u-"'us of IteniO' raMr .senators will he railed lntr In th wf-k fo ratify steering com-mil com-mil t ee sugueKi inns. P.inorra ri.- leaders nree that sme nort of railroad labor Uciwlatlon should ho enacted, and this s 1 1 h j ( r t mav be jrlven the riant of way over pending wafer power legion tlnn. Before the limine interstate rommerre commission the hearing of la ixir orcraniza-fion orcraniza-fion heads rn the railroad legislative proposals pro-posals of Representative Adamson will continue. Not.withsta tiding the president's Insistence on sijeh legislation, trie pros-pert pros-pert for Us enactment grow a less probable prob-able as the time for adjournment ap-proanhen. ap-proanhen. With this stumbling blo.-k out of the way, nearly all Democratic leaders and some of the Republicans of both houses believe that an extra session could be avoided. In addition to the press of legislative, huainess. thre is a spirited rontest just now anions Democratic senators over the majority leadership to be relinquished hy Senator Kern on March 4. When the new senate meets in extraord inarv session ses-sion immediately after adjournment to pass upon the president's cabinet, the , selection of a new leader probahly will be j pressed. A real contest between south- em and western Democrats has been simmering sim-mering for several weeks. Senator Walsh nf Montana, is the candidate of the westerners west-erners for the leadership and Senator Martin of Virginia is the choice of the southerners.