The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1918-08-01

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call been directly upon the question OF
adjournment, II Is altogether likely
that a majority would have voted to
adjourn.
For long time the most abused
skeleton In the war departments clos
ct has been the S640. 100000 appropria-
ton for aircraft. made shortly after
the United States got into the war.
which the calamity howlers claimed
was spent without any return In the
way of aircraft. Congressman Kahn
of California cleared the situation for
the house by explaining that the
money was used not only for airplanes.
| but to buy land for aviation fields.
to build hangers for the machines. to
put up barracks for student flyers. and
for many other similar necessary ex-
penditures.
The farmer has lot OF friends
/ in congress. Even when II was
known that the president WIS very
much opposed to legislation increasing
/ the prize vi Nutut lut StiitttC iii'N'''''
upon nm advance of 30 cents bushei
| for wheat and the house consented by
n vote of 100 to loo to one of 20 cents
Il bushel. OF course this action was
/ not taken without considerable oFpos'-
/ ton. Congressman Stafford of Wiscon-
sin declared that there is no class ot
people in America who have btsen bene-
! fitted more as result of this war thnn
/ have the farmers"
This statement aroused Congressman
! Cox OF Indiana. who is generally very
| plain-spoken. He said in reply: I
get ALTERED tired when | hear men
| talk about the present unprecedented
! prosperity of the farmer. l wonder
why such men do not resign their seats
| in congress. II farmers are becoming
mlllionaires, and go out and don SUIT
of overalls and brogan shoes and 80
10 raising wheat, oats, corn, par
ley, rye. hogs, cattle. and all other
farm commodities. / wonder why the
city gent does not lay aside his dia-
monds and gold-heSded cane and 80
into the country and get rich.
| There was an hours debate on this
| proposition In the house and seldom
has IL happened that as much Is said
| In an hour In congress as on that day.
Leader Kitchln of the house does not
allow very much to go on In that body
! that he does not know all about. He
has an office close to the house of rep
| resentatiyes, nearer than any other Of
| flee, the room which was occupied by
| the speaker In the days when the
speaker was the all-powerful czar. III
kitchin Is not In the house watching
| the proceedings he has a secretary on
the floor ready To tell him what Is hap
pening. He also has the means OF
keeping In touch with the house pro-
ceedings when hearings are being held
by the ways and means committee ID
! the big auditorium of that committee
In the house office building. Nobody
can doubt that kitchin Is ON the job
all the time.
Meyer London, Socialist congressman
from New York. has long memory.
He proved IL when Congressman Nc
Clintic of Oklahoma asked unanimous
consent for permission 10 print GER
tain remarks In the Record on Con
gressionai Service"
Preserving the right TO object" In
| terjected London. II will ask the gen
| tleman II he means TO repeat the of
INIT fxNl NV, him m IA Siy.
| ty-fourth congress. when he useG the
right TO extend -emarks In the Record
I'm an attack on the sole Socialistic
momber of congress" Not until Nc
| Clintic promised TO let London see
| the material before II went into the
Record did the New Yorker withdraw
his objection.
One of the most determined and hos
tile opponents Of woman suffrage Is
Senator Brandegee of Connecticut.
The Connecticut senator arrayed him
self against practically all OF his col
leagues recently by saying that there
Is no such thing as 1.-THE right to vote"
Brnndegee held that 1t was not right.
but n privilege. He stood just about
alone on that proposition. hut found
more OF his colleagues agreeing with
him a few minutes later when he as
serted that "all this talk about striking
the shackles and the manacles from
the limbs of the ensaved women of
this country is perfect tommy.rot."
The house pages were probably as
disappointed lot OF boys as could
have been found In Washington on the
night when recess plans went TO fin.
ders nj the last minute. There was
great deal of legislating done dur.
ing the day and the pages were kept
on the job all the time. running er.
vands for the many members who were
on the floor. Congressman Stafford of