The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1921-07-22

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WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER
Exclusive to the Pioneer Expressly
When President Harding appear
ed before the Senate last Tuesday
in opposition to immediate consid-
Grafton sof the soldiers adjusted
4 compensation bill he doubtless
doomed the McCumber bill for, the
present session Of Congress. The
bill had received q favorable report
from the Committee on Finance and
the decks were cleared for prompt
action when the President and Sec
I retary Of the Treasury Mellon sud-
denly voiced their opposition to the
bill and threw the members of the
majority party in the Senate into
confusion since it had been the. cur
rent understanding that the bill
would have the support Of the adj
ministration. President Harding's
speech to the senator's however dis
pelled all doubt upon the matter
and the bill has now gone back to
the committee in accordance with
the Chief Executives recommends
ton.
Following the Presidents ad-
dress Senator .Penrose, himself an
exponent Of the measure, and also
Chairman of the Finance Commit
tee, moved that the adjusted COM
pensation act be recommitted. SEN
ators Robinson of Arkansas, and
Harrison Of Mississippi, attempted
a filibuster, denouncing the action
Of the President, but there was no
determined opposition to the mo-
tion as Senator Underwood, the. nil
nority leader, and other leading
Democrats had already taken q
stand against the bill. Senator
McC Cumber stood out to the last
against recommittment but the
, Presidents stand had already turn
ed the tide and opposition was fu-
tile.
Senator McCumber, however, has
refused to become discouraged by
the turn in recent developements
and states that he will make an eff
fort to have the bill reported before
the end of the present session, af-
ter tariff and revenue legislation
have been disposed Of. He feels
that the outlook will then be more
favorable since the effect Of the
new budget system will be appar-
ent, and the revenue from the re-;
vised fiscal system known. The
President only asked that action be
deferred at this time and might, Of
course, take a more favorable
stand at later date, and under al
tered circumstances.
There is little likelihood that this
matter will be made use Of as poll
tical capital. The Democratic par
ty opposed all such legislation in
the closing days of the Wilson ad-
ministration, and Underwood, King
and other party leaders are taking
the same stand now. And Senator
Borah, who upon occasion has caus-
ed the Harding administration no
little embarrassment, went on re-
cord against the act even before the
attitude Of the President had been
made known. Senator Harrison
and few others Of the minority
membership consistently oppose the
policies Of the Republican party
and their filibuster now will be Of
little aid to the soldiers and mean
practically nothing to the adminis-
tration.
The soldiers will now have to
wait until the end Of the present
session and, likely enough, until
sometime in the session to follow.
Nonpartisan League Journalists
here are having weird time of it
in their evident attempts to make
trouble for people. In recent
dispatch to the Courier News, Wal
ter Liggett announced In the tone
Of one divnlging q secret that An
drew Miller, Bismarck attorney,
was "dark horse" candidate for
the Federal judgeship. A dark
horsel And that after, even in
this column, Mr.. Miller has been
talked Of as the leading contender
for the job for two months past.
Heretofore, according to Mr.. Lig-
gett, the reporter, the fight had
between Seth Richardson and "A. G.
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