No Action On Canal Bill.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 21, 1912:
Congress to Quit Without Accepting Taft's Suggestions for Amendment.
Special to The New York Times.
    WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.— At both ends of the Capitol it was decided to-day to leave the Panama Canal bill exactly as it stands, regardless of the President's suggestion for a joint resolution practically amending it. This determination leaves the issue with the President. He can sign the bill or veto it, as he pleases, and Congress will adjourn, no matter what he does. His veto will end the question for this session, and the bill will go over till next session.
    The Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals considered the matter this morning until the members were summoned by a roll call in the Senate. Later they came back for eight minutes, and voted, 6 to 8, against any action. In the House Mr. Underwood, without any formalities, announced that no action would be taken.
    The President evidently realized this morning the trend of events, and he was again in consultation with the Cabinet. He also saw the British Charge' d'Affaires, A. Mitchell Innes. The opinion prevails that he will sigh the bill as it stands. Many of its provisions he approves, and the reason he gave for the joint resolution was more to meet the objections of England — though it does not in effect do so — than to meet his own objections.