Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-12-01
CONGRESS MEETS
in REGULAR SESSION
Peace Treaty Again Expected To
Be Principal Bone OF Con-
tention For A While
(By Associated Press)

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months work on a great variety
|of important subjects, interna-
tional and domestic, were. before
the Goth Congress when it met
for its second and regular" ses7
sion, which was expected to close
only with the presidential cam
paign next fall.
Members of both Senate and
House returned to work with
only ten days rest, since the adj
journment of the extraordinary
session which ended Nov. 10
when the peace treaty failed of
ratification in the senate.
Besides Legislative recommen-
dations, President Wilson's mess
age is expected to deal with in
ternational relations and particu-
larly with the treaty of Versailles.
While early ratification of the
treaty with compromised reser-
vations was expected by many
senators, with hopes of action be-
fore the new year, leaders be-
|lieved the issues involved would
be carried into the presidential
campaign.
Politics is due to play a large
part in the events of the new ses-
sion, the last before the nomi-
mating conventions next summer
and the final campaign in the fall.
Leadersopropose to have congress
recess for the conventions and
work through afterward into
October.
Enactment of legislation is ex-
pected to begin Immediately. The
senate today had pending, with
privileged status the Cummins
railroad bill with it's provisions
against strikes and for return OF
the railroads to private owner
, ship. In the House, the bill to
restrict immigration and provide
for deportation of alien radicals
, was first on the calendar. The
House probably will be occupied
, largely with the appropriation
-fbiiis formany weeks and leaders
! hope to enact several measure:
= before the holiday and adjourn
ment to begin about Dec. 20 ane
continue to Jan. 5.
Long debate on the railroad bill
in the senate was anticipated ant
Headers had little hopes of it
enactment before Jan. l, the dat'
on which the President has sait
the roads would be returned t.
: private operation. A temporar.
n resolution continuing guaranteed
l. compensation for the carriers un
d til permanent legislation is com
r. pleted will be passed if necessary
g Among the measures expected
e to be completed this month ar
: the oil, coal, gas and phosphat
70 land leasing bill and the Edg
is measure authorizing formation
le of corporations to finance Amer
s. lean export trade. Both bills ar
l. now in conference.
lie Besides the treaty of Versatile
ID several other treaties are pendin
t. and promise to envoke lon
L senate debate. Three treatie:
r one guaranteeing assistance t
France in event of German ag
gression, that establishing Polan
!, and the long-pending SIS, 100000
lie an dthe long-pending SIS, 100000
" Colombian pact, are pending be
I'd fore the Foreign Relations Com
IS mittee.
The peace treaty with Austri
also is expected to be ready fo
transmission by the Presider
n- soon. The committee also ha
as before it the resolution of Reput
s, lican Leader Lodge proposin
~ that congress, by concurrent re:
Or olution !. declare the war wit
r Germany ended. This will b
fought vigorously by the admir-
istration. Early actions on th
French treaty is not planned b
Ethe committee majority but til
y - Polish treaty, the leaders sa.
20 'owill be pressed. wv
- New Investigations proposed
= the senate include that into tn
u u print paper situation and int
= charges by Senator Watson,
= Indiana, that socialists and rad
:, Gals are in the employ of Il
Y. Federal Trade Commission. tt
a. senate Privileges and Election
ID Committee plans to take up Il
nt,l contest filed by Henry Fol
) against the election of Senate
: Newberry, Republican, of Mich
at gan.
,ev Senate democrats are to hold