Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-26
ROLLER Of
REPUBLICANS III
CONGRESS- OILED
The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.
BY THEODORE TILLER

WASHINGTON, April 10. The
trusty Republican steam roller,
brought to near perfection in use the
heyday of the regime of Cannon, Dali
zell Payne and Jim" Tawney, is go"
ing to be employed to shorten the
extra session of congress and if pos
sible to bring it to a close about
the first or middle OF August. Re-
ports at the capitol in both ReDubli-
can and DEMOCRATIC circles are that
the party now having such a large
majority in both branches will not
estate to get the steam roller out
of it's rules committee garage and
flatten out the protesting but small
minority.
The Democrats are frankly expect
ing the session. The Republicans
believe the ends will justify the
means. 1t is known that President
Harding is planning to get away on
"a summer vacation in August. He
does not intend to leave Washington
for more than day or two at a time
$50 long as congress remains in SEES
sion.
When a delegation from Atlanta
asked Mr.. Harding to come to that
city and attend a celebration of the
anniversary of the birth of Henry w.
not visit the south at this time, but
hoped to go down next winter. Incl
dentally he told the delegation that
his first real jaunt would be to the
Ear northwest and he had made ten
Itative arrangements to go to Alaska
and the northwest next August. This
program fits in with the gossip at
the capitol that the Republican ma
jority intends to expedite the work
of the extra session.
Chairman Penrose of the finance
committee has indicated that If nee
essary cloture will be used to make
short shrift of the emergency farm
ers' tariff bill. Thrice already have
the Democrats of the house been
steam rollered by the overwhelming
Republican majority in the lower
chamber though the session is only
two weeks old.
A protesting minority has been
bowled over at least three times,
once on organization and adoption
of the rules, again on the seating OF
a member against whom there was
protest and again on committee as
signments!
Democrats of the house candidly
admit they are so far outnumbered
that they may only protest the
minority has just about a sufficient
number of votes to demand roll
call and insist upon the presence of
a quorum. The Republicans ahve the
votes at any time to force through
gag rules or so set aside the regu-
lar rules of the house and when &C.
casion demands they will not hest
tate to use their power. So pre-
dominant is the G.. o. P. majority
that Representative Pou, ranking
Democrat of the rules committee.
pleaded that the rule which provides
that a two-thirds vote may set aside
the rules of the house be changed to
read a "three-fourths" vote, the Re
publican leaders merely laughed at
him and the easily attainable two
thirds PROPORTION stands.
Although both bodies Of congress
were in recess today and one or two
days have been lost since the con-
vening of the extra session. it is said
that this brief rest is but the fore
runner of ruthless use Of the steam
roller when the session really gets
under way.
In the days of the Cannon regime
in the house. Daizell, of Pennsylvania,
who is still living but out of con-
gress, and the late Representative
Payne were the chief engineers in
charge of the G. o. P. steam roller.
In this congress it will be manipulate
ed by Representative Philip Camp
bell, chairman or the rules committee,
and Representative Mondell, the ma
ioritv floor leader