Evening star., 1921-08-07
The Senate.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The pfoEtbttioniets and the farm
ers will hold the center of the
stage in the Senate this week,
with legislation backed by them in
order. In the first place. the anti
beer bill. which has already passed
the House, has been made the un-
finished business Of the Senate.
and 1t is expected that it will be
passed. Notwithstanding the OPP
position Of the "wets" and senators
who hold that the anti-beer bill
violates the Constitution. since it
exceeds the authority given in the
eighteenth amendment.
When the beer bill has been dis
posed OF it is planned to take up
the Capper-Tincher anti-grain-
gambling bill. What will come
after that largely depends upon the
wishes of the administration. ex-
pressed by President Harding when
he returns Washington Tuesday.
If the President insists upon the
so-called railroad bill. for the
funding of the railroad credits
through the War Finance Corpora
tion, and asks that it be passed
forthwith. then all the hopes Of
midsummer recess which have been
carefully nurtured during the last
week or ten days must die. If the
President indicates that it will do
II the Senate passes the railroad
bill after 1t returns from a vaca-
tion of three or four weeks. the
Senate is likely to take this pro-
posed recess. There is strong de-
sire on the part of the majority
of the senators to have a recess--a
breathing spell-before tackling
the tariff and tax revision legisla-
tion. They see no reason why they
should not go away while the
finance committee works on those
bills.
A meeting of the interstate COM
merce committee has been called
ministration railroad bill, however.
and Senator Cummins of Iowa.
chairman Of that committee. is
expected to return to Washington
tomorrow night. in time for the
meeting. The railroad bill will
lead to contest In the Senate.
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
has announced he will fight it,
tooth and toenail. Other senators
visable to wait until freight rates
have been lowered by the roads
before passing this legislation
particularly the senators from
agricultural states. where the
farmers are demanding a reduc-
tion in rates.
The Senate finance committee
will continue to work on the tariff
bill, and may undertake to vote
on the American valuation plan
adopted by the House, and also
,k,o
which the House rejected Hear
ings have been held on these con-
tested matters. The committee,
however. still has before it hear
ings on the many schedules of the
bill.
Senator Borah of Idaho. who led
the fight for a reduction of the
Army to 10000 men. now has
come forward with a proposal that
the Army be still further reduced
to 100000. in view of the necessity
for cutting down expenses 1t is
his belief there will be less on
position to the reduction to 100000
than there was to the reduction to
10000. He has a resolution pend
ing for the proposed cut.
The Senate privileges and cleo
tions committee is expected to set
tie the case of Senator Newberry
OF Michigan, republican, charged
by Henry Ford with having been
elected by fraud, during the week.
BY a party vote the committee will
uphold Mr.. Newberry's right to his
seat, it is said.
The Senate got down to brass
tacks during the week just closed
and put through the agricultural
credits bill. the conference report
on the Sweet bill establishing q.
veterans bureau to care for the
former service men, and the So
called packer bill.
The demand for the passage of
the bill extending the District of
Columbia rent act to May 22. 1922,
Is becoming more and more insist
ent. Senator Ball. chairman of
the District committee, will urge
that it be passed one day this
week.