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Show CONGRESS TO ADJOURN LATE MUST Leaders Expect an Early Agreement on Wool and Free List Bills. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Leader of both house Of ' congress figure on adjournment ad-journment of eougroM between August 15 and 19. Democratic hous loader, kold thia view. Vie President Sber- man predicting August 16 and Democratic Demo-cratic leader Martin of tha aenate tbe "middle of tb month." Mr. Sherman said he thought the conferees con-ferees on the wool and free Jist bill, would reach some agreement by Wednesday. One or both of the bills he believed ebould reach th president by Friday, be returned with veto Saturday Satur-day and be acted on adversely by eon-grrs eon-grrs Monday, which within forty-eight hours thereafter would be able to wind up the extra aession. "1 do not e why w eaanot gat away by the middle of the month," aid Senator Martin of Virginia, Democratic Demo-cratic leader. "Of course, it i. not certain, but I believe th conferee oa the wool aad free li.t bill, will be able to reach some agreement soon and then thing ought to nova along pretty rapidly.1' rap-idly.1' "With wool disposed of one way or the other," said Democratic Leader Underwood of tbe house, "w ought to get through here before many more dare, unless tb senat nadertakea to debate that cotton bill. If that I dona, I dont know when w1I get away." "I am almost positive that I Follette and Vndarwood eannat get together on th wool bill." aald . Minority Leader Mann. "If that la ao. 1 do not believe' adjournment wip come by-neat aatur- d"i am oartain 'of' one thing, that the Democrat will not have, anoneh vote to paaa anything over a presidential veto." |