Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-01

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2,@,1OBERT BARRY.
tI' ''ASHINGT0i,, Oct 1.-The Admins
tration has gaineu ? point for its 2ro-
gram in the Senate. - agreement foH a
vote on the pending peace trealIes win
/ Germany, Austria and Hungary was not
! possible. Senator Lodge obtained the
next best thing through a drastic cur
tailment OF debate beginning Oct. A.
/ Through his efforts all three of the
treaties ought to be ratified and in the
hands Of the President very soon after
that date.
The Lodge agreement will not inter
fere with the vote on the Panama Canal
tolls bill set for Oct. 10. 1t will aid
rather than hamper the progress of the
tax bill The agreement provides that
: whenever there is a IulI in the treaty de-
bate the Fordney measure shall be
brought forward az once. All Indications
point TO many such lapses. 1t is be-
heved the tax bill will be advanced well
along toward some conclusive action By
/ the day the treaties are out Of the way.
/ Opponents Of the treaty offered no OBJ
/ lection to the unanimous consent agree
ment. They have no fears Nof being
denied ample opportunity to express
their views Senators Borah, La Fol-
( lette and Reed for the treaty opposition
and Senator Underwood, for the Demo-s
cratic minority as a whole. were in ac
cord with the spirit of Mr. Lodges pro-
gram to have the treaties out # the way
before the assembling of the information
al conference on the limitation Of arma-
ment 1t was the ubiquitous prohibit
tionists who tried to throw a monkey
wrench into the Administration ia
chinery.
Senator Sterling, Republican, u South
Dakota, sponsor for the anti-beer bill
blocked the unanimous consent agree
ment when 1t WIS presented earlier in
the day. After he had made lis little
show Of authority and was told to let
others do the talking he subsidized He
insisted. finally, as in justification for
his yielding that he was assured there
was to be nc adjournment Of Congress
Nov 10, after adoption of the treaties a j
passage Of the tax bill There was moth
ing, however, in any assurances given
him that his beer bill would Re i,er-
mitted to stand in the way Of legislation
that is vital to the purposes Of the Ad-
ministration
Senator Sterling may be pleased with
his understanding that there is TO be no
adjournment before his beer prohibition
has hearing, but no competent observer
or Senate affairs would wager even boot
leg whisky on its chances Senator Reed
gave notice he, as one opponent to the
beer bin, would not be bound by an IN
dsrsts2ding which might actuate the Sen
ator from South Dakota As the Mis-
sourian spoke Senator's Broussard, Moses
and Stanley sat close by, their faces
wreathed In smiles They will haze some
Constructive remarks 70 offer in due
time.
Senator Borah, sponsor Of the Panama
Canal toll bill. which would exempt
American coastwise shipping passing
through the canal, accepted no such
vague assurances for his bill as did SEN
stor Sterling. That measure will be
brought to a vote on Oct 10. 1t will
pass, although President Harding is op-
posed 10 its passage at this time. He will
have it held up in ;ae House.
The discussion Of the tax bill was
rather 8 dull affair. The time was con-
sumed, for the most part by Senator'S
McCumber. Penrose. Simmons and Reed
barking charges Of partisanship at one
another.-Copyright 1921, By Public
Ledger Company.