The Washington times., 1921-06-26

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lively on the Senate in their legis'
lative differences that the August
leaders of the upper chamber ars
worried.
Two great appropriation bills. the
army and navy measures. were In the
crucibie last week. with the House
and Senate threshing out their vary
ing points of View In conference. Or
both ofthese bills the House displayed
an obstinacy and tenacity of purpose
that amazed the Senate. and forced
the latter to recede on practically
every important point in the con
troversy. ,siSte.+ aszs
The little navy" forces in tbs
House scored over the Senate, cutting
down the naval personnel to approx.
mately 10s,0 900. and excising more than
$4,000, 600 from the Senate bill: like
wise the army bin as the Senate
framed II was ripped up In conferences
to suit the wishes Of the lower house
NORRIS READS RIOT ACT.
One Of the items that tho House
providing for. beginning the develop
ment of electric power at Great Falls
1hereupon Senator Norris Of Me-
braska read the riot act to the Senate
particularly Senator Wadsworth
chairman of the Military. Affairs Com.
mittee--for more than two hours
jumped all over the ..reactionarie
and prophesied the day when the
people would cry. ito h. with both
parties; we're going to try something
else"
I The suave Wadsworth replied ia
Norris, and blamed the whole trou-
BILE on the fact that the House con-
ferees. armed. with new authority
caught the Senate cofiferees at q dis
advantage; and said the Senate was In
for further trouble with the House
unless 1t changed it's rules to- cope
with the new situation that had arisen
in conference procedure. Judging from
the way In which the army and navy
bills were slashed generally, there Is
good deal in what Senator Wads-
worth said; but II may be predicted,
the Senate will not knuckle down to
the House much longer in these mat
ters. ~ 80.
Jim" Watson stirred up a hornets
nest in the Senate with his proposal
that big taxation revision be given
the right of way in Congress over the
tariff. 1t Is conceded that this is the
procedure desired by business inter-
of the excess profits and high income
surtaxes otherwise in time to go into
effect with the calendar year of 1922.
Nevertheless, IL is generally held that
the proposal is Impractical and that
1T won't get anywhere. p
MONDAY.
The soldier bonus bill was reported
favorably by the Finance Committee
Strong opposition to the
measure has developed, Senator
Borah sounding the keynote when he
said: This bill is mere makeshift.
1t, is absurd to say that we can dis
charge our debt to the American sol
dier by the paltry sum mentioned in
this bill The one logical and honor
able course to take. In view of the
present condition of the public
purse. is to tell the veterans that we
cannot take up the bonus proposal
now Nst ~ : 80. -
I The bonus bill probably. commands
q ma Jority' of votes in the Senate,
but Il may not be pressed to a vote
at this time. The Senate is whiting
rapidly In the opening stanzas of a
summer, and the three
day recess plan. while the House is
with the tariff bill. is not
far of.
Senator willis introduced new
bill In the House the
new volstead bill struck snag In
the Rules Committee.
= Republican insurgency in the House
over the Fordney tsrIff bill is al
ready out of bounds. and the leaders
are alarmed over the prospect. Con-
gressman Fordney rushed to the
White House to enlist the aid of
President Harding for the lumber
schedule, which threatens to become
the schedule X" of this year of
A party caucus has
been called. the plan being to clamp
insurgency down tight before the
bill gets to the floor of the House.
TUESDAY.
"Rigging, OF the cotton market
was denounced by Senator Smith OF
south Carolina: the Federal Reserve
Board again came In for It's regular
banning" from Southern Senators.
Japanese in Hawaii are making n
irive to wrest control of the territory
from its white population. according
10 Walter r. Dillingham;, representing
the white Hawaiian planters, before
The Immigration Committee.
A Senate bill authorizing the War
to furnish American sol
Hers and their wives and children
who are destitute in Europe or
Siberia, free subsistence and trans
portstion TO the United States was
passed by the House.
WEDNESDAY.
Senator Johnson finally succeeded
IN persuadinR the Senate to pass his
resolution providing for an investiga-
ton into the strike troubles at
w. Va. Senator King, how
,ver. insisted on further delay. and
sntered a motion to reconsider tho
vote. so the Mingo resolution was
not finally enacted until Thursday:
The Senate District Committee had