Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-11

! through many of these formalities,
Tomorrow, the consideration Of tariff
matters, which leaders have decided to
make the first business Of the session,
will begin, following President HarGlng's
message which will be read at Joint
session at 1 p. m.
More than a hundred new members
made their appearance today. Their rel
atives and friends here to see them be-
gin their congressional careers, formed a
large part Of the crowds which filed
the galleries in the House and Senate.
GETS UNDER WAY
PROMPTLY AT NOON.
The sessions of tie Senate and House
got under way promptly at noon.
Fifteen minutes later, the Senate. fully
organized and ready for business re-
cessed until 2 80 to give the House time
to swear in new members and elect Of
ficers.
Senators eager to begin introducing
bills, sought the floor as soon as the
purely formal business was completed.
put Senator Lodge. Republican leader.
blocked them by declaring it was not
proper to proceed to any business un-
til after the President was notified that
Congress was ready to hear from him.
Thus the new Congress started out by
adopting the policy of giving Harding
the first word on peace with Germany,
tariff and tax revision and the many other
questions which are to come before the
legislators.
Holmes O. Bursum, New Mexico, and
Peter Norbeck, South Dakota, were sworn
il as Senator's
The usual formal resolutions notifying
| the House and President were adopted
! and Lodge then moved a recess.
Senator Hitchcock, acting Democratic
| leader. asked whether the House would be
able to organize in that time. Lodge
said Representative Mondell. leader in
the House, expected to conclude organiza-
ton in two hours.
MISS ALICE GoWNFD
IN MRS. HARDING BLUE,
In the House, Miss Alice Robertson.
congresswoman from Oklahoma. who
took her seat today, enlivened things a
trifhe by treating" male members Of
the House from a box of candy.
Miss Robertson, keenIy interested.
opened. She wore a Mrs Harding blue
dress and carried large bouquet of led
roses, some of which she pinned on
lapels of men from her state.
Miss Robertson was given generous an
plause when she first appeared on the
floor.
BILL IN SAME FORM
AS WHEN VETOED.
After Hardings message the House will
start debate on the revised Fordney
emergency tariff bill. Framed to protect
farmers from competition with import
ed products, the bill will be introduced
in the form that it was vetoed by
former President Wilson a little more
than month ago. The first business
in the Senate will be the Colombian
treaty.
As the name indicates, It is expected
to devote much of its time to tariff revi-
sion, both temporary and permanent.
Along with that is to go tax law revision,
and IN addition, third big legislative
task which may be undertaken Is the en-
actment of a soldier bonus bill.
Many other domestic issues are to come
before the session, which, many members
expect, will be so crowded with i'm
portant business that il will merge into
the regular session next December. The
two houses met under unusually favora-
BILE auspices for the majority party. The
Republicans in Congress have a clear
working margin of one hundred in the
House and twenty-five in the Senate,
enough to render the Democratic minority
helpless.
DEMOCRATS HAVE
AN EYE FOR 1922.
Under vigorous leadership, however,
particularly in the Senate, where oscar
Underwood is in the saddle. the Demo-
Gratis plan to make themselves felt
Their announced program is not purely
obstructive; it is more nearly a pro-
gram of constructive criticism, with a
view to making a record upon which
they can go to the country in the con-
gressiOnal elections of 1922. in an effort
to regain control Of Congress. or at least
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