The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-24
Crowded Docket of Business to Confront House
and Senate, Including Peace Treaty
and League of Nations.
RAILROAD QUESTION TO De SETTLED
High Cost Of Living to be Discussed, Together
With Anarchists, Tariff and Mer
chant Marine.
[By Raymond Clapper, United Press
Staff CORRESPONDENT,

/ IBy Raymond Clapper, United Press
/ Staff Correspondent
/ WASHINGTON, Nov. "a. A
crowded docket will confront con
gress when it convenes in regular
session one week from today. In.
cluded are the German treaty and
the league of nations, the Lodge
resolution, declaring the war ended
half dozen other treaties growing
tout of the war, the Mexican situation
and many reconstruction questions.
| Domestic matters pressing for at.
tention, include railroads, develop
ment of the merchant marine, legisla-
tion to stamp out bolshevism, reor
ganization of army on u peace bass
establishment of naval policy
tariff legislation, development of pub
llic lands and natural resources, en-
couragement of Amerfcanfzation and
appropriation Of several billions OF
dollars to run the government
through the fiscal year July 1920.
Through this program congressman
must participate in political CAM
paign which must get under way
soon after the holidays.
Domestic questions facing the new
session when it meets next Monday
+, shaped up as follows:
Railroads--President Wilson is ex-
tpected to return the railroads to pri-
vate owners January /. Legislation
must be ready TO govern their opera
tion under private control. The house
has passed the Esch bill. The Cum.
minis bill containing the antistrike
clause which the house rejected,
comes up in the senate Immediately
at the opening of the session. The
two houses are far apart and long
negotiations to adjust their differ
ences are probable. If a law cannot
be put through by January ! tempor-
!ary measures probably will be passed
to continue government guaranteed
earnings under private control until
permanent legislation is enacted. The
| Plumb plan for control OF the rail-
roads largely by employees them
selves, appeared to be dead for the
present.
Americanization and Bolsheyism.-
Scores of bills have been introduced
in both houses aimed at red" agita-
ton and bolshevism. Most are in
committee. The senate has pending,
however, one reporsed out with the
approval of the judiciary committee
by Senator Sterling, South Dakota.
designed to punish sending of bombs
through the mails and writing or cir.
culation of radical literature advocat
ing violent overthrow of the govern
ment. Bills to deport radical aliens
and to require all immigrants to
learn English within five years after
arrival are pending. Several Ameri-
canization bills are also pending,
some appropriating federal funds in
cooperation with states and private
employers to provide teaching Of
English to non-Engiish speaking
working men. Naturalization laws
probably will be made more strict
Appropriations regular
appropriation bills must be passed
before July l to run the governm ent
through the following fiscal year
These include the bills for the army,
department of agriculture, District OF
Columbia, Indian appropriations.
navy, sundry civil expenses, post