The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19


den of Illinois. the new chair
man Of the greater appropriations com.
smittee Of the house which from now
son will be khbwn as the budget COM
Amittee. The amendment will give the
! President Sofa thenU United States the
power to veto any appropriation bill,
either in whole or in part, 80 that he
may exercise his discretion in elimi-
mating any item which to him seems
:extravagant, wastefuls and unwise."
The quoted words are those Of Repre-
sentative Madden.
The Constitution Of the United
States gives the President the power to
veto any bill as whole. but 1t does
not give him the power to veto parts
OF. bills, OF course III is easily seen
fiat to give the executive power. to
veto parts of all Kinds Of Legislation.
might result in an abuse Empower, and
in infinite confusion, sblt appropria1
ton bills are oneEthingsand other kinds
of bills are another thing. No. e5;s@.s,s,.
!" Through the whole legislative history
of the United States the appropriation
bills at different times have been made
the medium of carriage of legislation
which the dominant party desired%to
see enacted into law and which IT
thought would receive the Presidents
signature because if he did not sign
the bill asa whole the, department of
government for which the appropria-
tons We're to be made would have to
cease functioning, or at least would
have to run on credit until another ap-
preparation bill could be passed.
Seniority Rule Is Broken.
A rule which only rarely is broken
was violated when Rep. Martin
B. Madden was chosen by his
party in the house Of representatives
to be the head Of the, budget COM
mittee. Not long ago Representative
Good Of Iowa, who was the chairman
Of the enlarged house approximations
committee, now called the budget COM
mittee, resigned from congress. The
second ranking member of the com
mittee wassRepresentative Charles R.
Davis of Minnesota. The third rank
ing member was Madden Of Illinois.
Instead Of following the usual rule Of
seniority in, promotion, Mr.. Madden
was chosen for the Craftsmanship.
! Just before the selection Of Mr..
Madden there was a strong drive in
behalf of Representative Theodore E..
Burton Of Ohio, one time chairman Of
the house committee on rivers and
harbors, one time United States sem
ator, and one time prominent candi-
date for the Republican nomination for
the presidency. Mr.. Burton is known
as one of the SCHOLARS in politics"
! in this respect being PLACED alongside
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts
and John Sharp Williams Of Missis-
sippi. There were 2S5 votes cast in
the election Of the chairman, 143 be-
ing necessary for choice. The I'LL
nois man received ten more than the
necessary number. o.. -
May Delay Tariff Action, ! <
/. The house has passed the, Fordney-
Penrose~ tariff BILL for so probably
will thaa PRESENT. aitst2ns legislation
be known to economic history. The
senate possibly may take up the tariff
bill and put it through before tackling
taxation, but the chances seem to be
that it will mark time on tagiff and
wait until the house has passed, the tax
bill so that upper house censideration
may given to that measure htst:s
Nothing rotateS like the tariff. 1t
is "go-round," but whether or not
it is "merry-go-round" depends upon
: the viewpoint. &c. .
When one writes Of the varying
viewpoints on, tariff measures he gets
sharp realization Of extremes. Mr..
Fordney, who is chairman Of the
house committee on ways and means,
and the house father Of the present
tariff bill, occupies field far re-
moved. from that in which Mr.. Under
wood, formerly Of the house, but now
of the senate, has taken his place.
Yet Mr.. Underwood Of Alabama, com
ing from manufacturing district, is
not as markedly low tariff man as
are many of his Democratic colleagues.
Perhaps the greatest difference in the
viewpoint Of two men on tariff legis-
hiation is that which lies between the
position taken, by Mr.. Fordney and
that taken some years ago by Mr.. Will
son.. who fathered the Democratic bill
of the Cleveland administration.
A Republican representative, a
believer in high tariff legislation, has
just told ME that even his Repub-
lican colleagues are willing to admit,
because they must admit, that tariff
Legislation this year is to some extent
Legislation in the dark. 1t is the eco
nomic situation in Europe which
makes things so uncertain. Not all
the wisdom in the house and in the
senate is sufficient to brighten the eye
Of knowledge SO that it can look into
the future and see what is going to
happen. When Europe begins to get
ION it's feet .industrially it may be that
there must be revision Of some of the
schedules of the tariff bill which will
pass congress at this session.
. It is the uncertainty in the case
which accounts for the comparative
lack. of interest which the represent
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