The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-08-11

North Dakota. The charges against
him are said to be Of general char
acter having to do with his conduct
of office and his own personal activity.
Mr.. Doyle, it is said, resents any re.
Elections upon his official conduct and
is ready for Showdown"
When Colonel M. A Hildreth was
asked to resign some time ago he
fatty refused and Senator Ladd
Immediately went To bat in his favor.
The Hildreth case is still pending.
Ladd, however, is not expected to do
the same thing in the case Of Mr..
Doyle for the two have but little in
common.
A New York congressman has in
troduced a bill which would double
the pay Of congressman but require
them to be recorded present each
week in order to draw their checks.
The proposal finds but little favor
with the Washington Herald" said
to be the organ of Herbert Hoover.
The Herald proceeds to point out
that much Of the important work OF
Congress is not done on the floor of
either house but rather in committees,
in conferences, at hearings, and in
consultation with constituents and
experts, and suggests rather that each
member be given time off at regular
intervals in which to return home to
with the people.
Foundation for one contention
Of the Herald is seen in the case Of
the House Ways and Means Committee
This committee has been in daily ses-
sion ever since the first of the year,
meeting all day long, even when the
House is not in session. When the
tariff bill was reported it Immediately
began work upon the tax revision prob
lem. Such work calls for extensive
deliberation ANDY consultation with
authorities and officials, and must, of
necessity, proceed slowly. When
the tax bill is reported other matters
will call for attention unless an ad-
journment is had. In the Senate the
Finance Committee does work of al
similar character. Other committees
have problems to work out of scarcely
less Importance and all of them call
for grave care and consideration.
Members who are not upon the par
ticular committee that reports a bill
have access to the printed hearings
and later to committee reports. Act
merely that of confirmation.
***
The Senate has passed the packers
regulation act, following the report
of the conference committee, and the
bill will soon be law. The substi-
ture for the Norris farm credits bill
has also passed and will now 60 to
the House. This latter measure is the
Administration plan for Government
aid in supplying credit for expectation
of agricultural products. Its in
fuence, it is said, will be felt mostly
by the expansion of credit available
to farmers.
Proposed riders which were re-
jected included one by Western sena-
tors to extend privileges of Federal
farm loan system on Government
reclamation. Future action upon
this, however, is expected in later
and separate bill.
In the Senate Finance Committee
work is still proceeding upon the
EOIuucy taIII OlI4 anu tHe U8Ve 1OE
its report is a matter of speculation.
The dry embargo clause, stricken out
in the House largely through the OPP
position Of Representative Frear, Of
Wisconsin, is now up in the committee
for consideration and its proponents
are making, a hard fight for its rein
statement.
In the House matters are dragging
little with members marking time
until the tax bill is reported. Ac-
cording to those in touch with the
situation there is little likelihood
now of reduction in taxes at this
session. Certain changes proposed
will no doubt be made in some instan-
ces but a general tightening of the
burden is said to be beyond hope at
this time. Some relief is looked for
in the work of the Dawes budget COM
mittee but great saving will have to
be effected if the result is to be felt
to any apprecjable extent.