Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-01

LIZ tSlNESS men ana OlneTS WIlo nav .
been giving anxious attention TO
earned articles analyzinG the Senate's
action on the revenue bill may be obliged
to revise their estimates before the con-
ferees Of the two houses get through with
their work. AS a matter of fact. it would
be unwise for any business man TO make
calculations on any matter in dispute be-
tween the Senate and the House There is
q popular impression that the Senate
writes a revenue or a tariff bill. hut the
facts do not sustain this assumption. Every
revenue bill must originate in the House.
The Senate has the power to amend, ana
because it does amend and thus attempt
TO override what the House has done, the
notion has gone forth that the Senate is
supreme The truth is that the bill is
almost as uncertain as TO the iinality Of
its features after it leaves the Senate as
it is when it leaves the House. 1t then
becomes the duty of the conferees TO
thresh OUT the differences between the two
houses and come to an agreement If posi-
ble The task of thus ironing the differ
ences in this instance will fall upon ten
men, five of whom come from the House
and five from the Senate. 1t happens that
North Carolina and Pennsylvania will oc-
cupy conspicuous positions in this confer
ence, since Senator Simmons. Of North
Carolina will be chairman of the Senate
conferees. with Senator Penrose, Of Penn
sylvania, as the ranking Republican, and
the House conferees will be headed by Mr.
Kitchin, OF North Carolina, with Mr..
Moore, Of Pennsylvania, next in rank to
the ranking Republican, Mr.. Fordney Of
Michigan. The other conferees will be
Senators John Sharp Williams, Of Missis-
sippi, and Hoke Smith, Of Georgia, Demo-
Gratis, and Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican,;
and Representatives Rainey, of Illinois
and Dixon, OF Indiana, Democrats. The
indications are that the conferees, because
of the differences between the two houses,
are in for a long hard session. 1t has
been predicted that they may not be able
to agree short of two months, If they do
not agree in time TO pass the bill before
March 4, the whole measure dies.
WHEN Mrs Blankenburg and Harry II.
w Stoddart, executors of the late
kuQOlpn bIdnkeNDuIbi Ilicu llIelI dCCOuill
showing that the late Mayor had invested
heavily in l .berty Bonds and Lad put
$4,000 in bonds of the Federal Land Bank.
it was a reminder of the relations eXistinS s
between the former Mayor and his Dlrec-
tor of Wharves. Docks and Ferries, George
w. Norris, Farm Loan Commissioner, now
permanently located in Washington. For
a time there was some difficulty in dis
posing of farrn.loan bonds, but more re-
Gently they have come to be regarded as
one Of the best investments, due TO the
fact that they are supposed to have firm
real estate backing. That Harry Stoddart
should have become the Mayors executor
was not surprising, either for in the old
days the two were almost inseparabe com.
panions. The late William T. Tilden, DR..
Paul j. Sartain and Tom Harper, Of the
League, we're of this same group.
NTASHINGTON hears that Harry A. Ber.
w winds son Charles is now on the staff
of the admiral in charge Of the naval forces
at New York. Folks on the Main Line
who remember the youngster, who went
10 the Naval Academy at Annapolis some
years ago, will be pleased TO learn of the
young mans progress. From all accounts
he proved a mighty good midshipman and
his advancement was to be expected lie
is now Lieutenant Charles Graham Ber-
wind and along with the title go the
experiences OF numerous sea voyages, some