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Show mm puis to mm m Second Week of Session Will Find Measures Well Advanced in Houses. WASHINGTON", May 2,3. Congress entera its second week tomorrow with leaders planning to coutinue the awH't pace in legislation set during the opening open-ing week. Organization ol' committees, disposal of the woman suffrage resolution, probably by adoption and further debate de-bate of peace questions and the league of nations, are the principal features of the week 's program in the senate. Speed on appropriation bills is the immediate plan in the house. The $15,-000,000 $15,-000,000 Indian bill, expected to be passed tomorrow, will be followed by the $31,000,000 agricultural measure, with others rapidly being put in form. Inauguration of investigations of administrative ad-ministrative acts during the war are planned by house committees. The week's work at the capitol will be curtailed by the Memorial day holi-daj' holi-daj' next Friday, adjournments from Thursday until the following Monday i being planned. Contest over the woman suffrage resolution res-olution passed by tho house last week, promises to excite senate interest. Supporters Sup-porters will call up the resolution tomorrow, to-morrow, upon the motion of Senator Jones, .Republican, Washington, to discharge dis-charge the senate woman suffrage committee com-mittee from its consideration. -This action ac-tion would place the resolution on the calendar ready for a final vote, possibly pos-sibly tomorrow and at least before the week end. Belief is general that the requisite two-thirds majority will be obtained. Republican senators will meet, in executive ex-ecutive conference before the senate convenes, to ratify the committee assignments, as-signments, including choice of Senators Penrose, of Pennsylvania, and Warren of Wyoming, for chairmen of the finance' fi-nance' and appropriations committees, respectively. Approval of the slates as drawn is exriected. Renewal of the lensrue of nations de- I bate Is planned tomorrow in t he senate. Senator .Johnson, Republican of California, whose resolution reqvistins" the text of the German peaco trea ly is the sen a te's unfinished business, proposey to rail it up. Resides discussion of the resolution. Senator Reed. Oemorrat of Missouri, plans to spenk in criticism of the covenant, and Senator Robinson, Pemocrat of Arkansas, has prepared an address In its support. Commit toes of both senate a nd house, after completion of orpanizH tion. plan to pet into action soon on many hills. Anionic the first expected Is that, returnlnc telegraphs tele-graphs and telephones to Tjnvate owner- 'Hearincs on the naval appropriation bill will be started bv the house commit te next Tuesriav. Appropriations for the army also will be considered by the house military committee. Repeal of the 1 per cent luxury tnxs or the war tax law in to be proposed soon by the house ways and means committee. com-mittee. House appropriations commit tees rope to have all supply bi"s s-nt to the senate bv the middle of .Tun" so as to meet necessaries of the new fiscal year. Julv 1. The ?l ,20.000,000 deficiency apprnrhi -t Ion ro. u es ! ed vest e H m y b v t ' , e rail ro;, . 1 Hdm'.nistrarlon probably will be taken u; next Wednesday. |
