The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-14
CONGRESS STARTS
OFF ON SCHEDULE
OPENS WITH LITTLE CHANGE
FROM TIME-HONORED
PRECEDENT

Washington, April 1.-THE Sixty
seventh congress convened today, with
few departures from time-hoaored pre-
cedent, and adjourned until tomorrow,
when, at l O'Clock, joint session will
hear President Harding deliver his
opening message.
Appointment of committees to noti-
fy the President If the assembling Of
the extraordinary session, reelection of
Speaker Gillett and other Republican
officers of the house, introduction Of
hundreds of bills and resolutions in
the house and organization affairs
were the principal features of tcday's
session. The Senate, which was Or
ganized by the Republicans at the ex-
ira session last month, was in session
only twenty minutes, but the house
organization required several hours.
Crowds of spectators ,thronged both
Senate and House galleries
President Harding's message Scmor.
row is to be the signal fo- beginning
the sessions work. A great crush at
the House chamber for the first ap-
pearance of the rev executive before
congress is expected. Admission is to
be by card only and tickets were the
object of lively effort today.
The senate also will get down to
business tomorrow, when bills and res
olut;ons are to be introduced and de-
bate begun on the $25,OOO,000 Colom-
bian treaty. Senator Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts, Republican leader, gave
notice today that he would move for
open discussions, and himself made
the initial speech in behalf of ratifi-
cation. He will be followed by Sem
ator Kellogg, Republican, of Mime
sofa, an opponent of the treaty, and by
Senators Pomerene, Democrat of Ohio.
and Knox, Republican, of Pennsylva-
MIA, in its support. The final vote will
come April 20, under previous agree
ment.
The emergency tariff bill, introduc-
ed today, is to be the first business
of the House. Debate is to start
Wednesday and leaders hope for
prompt passage. Chairman Penrose
of the Senate finance committee said
tonight the bill also would be rushed
through the senate. Democrats, he
added were disposed to withhold dis
cussion until the permanent tariff bill
is brought in. He also announced that
the finance committee would meet on
Wednesday to take up internal rev.
enue revision.
In the opening preliminaries today
the overwhelming Republican majori-
ties of % in the Senate and about 10
In the House worked with precision.
Speaker Gillette was reelected, 29S to
122, with Representative Kitchin,
North Carolina, Democratic floor lead
er, his perfunctory opponent. Repre-
sentative London, New York, the only
Socialist member voted present" :.
The Republicans also bowlsd over an
attempt by Representative Flood,
Democrat, Virginia, to investigate the
election of Representative Richard E..
Bird, Republican, Kansas, who it was
alleged, spent in excess of $4,000 in
his election campaign in violation of
the federal corrupt practices act.
In the Senate, the Republicans, un-
der the leadership of Senator Lodge,
held off attempts to introduce bills
and other business today. Senator
Lodge said the precedents were for
postponement, until after receipt Of
the Presidents message.
All House committees were organ
ized today but the Senate committees
went over because of a desire of the
Republicans to increase their repre-
sentation on. the ten principal ones.
Republican Senators will confer TO-
morrow before the session to arrange
the committee schedule, with Demo-
cratic leaders planning opposition ard
criticism.
Most of the House bills introduced
today were old measures which failed
during the last congress. A similar
situation tomorrow in the Senate was
expected.