The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-01-20
CONGRESSIONAL EPITOME.
News Items Cleaned From Authentic
Sources Anent Proceedings of
National Houses.

IL sup cIlOIuAOUS 1AApOA IdIAOAo VI
Canadian wheat" Senator McCumber,
Of North Dakota, announced
that he would ask for tariff of proba-
bly, SO cents bushel on wheat to be
included in the Fordney emergency
tariff bill instead of the duty of 80
cents carried by the measure as it
was passed by the house.
The house went up and down the
ladder in voting on appropriations for
enforcement of the prohibition law.
First rejecting an amendment to the
pending appropriation measure under
which the bureau Of internal revenue
would be given $100,000,000 to break
up the outlaw liquor traffic, the house
adopted, sc to AZ, an amendment by
Representative Volstead of Minneso-
ia, father of the law, increasing the
total from $6,500,0O0 to $7,100,000.
Before this vote was taken the house,
jumping from ono extreme to the
other, defeated without count an
amendment limiting the amount to
$1oo,ooo,0o0.
With the aid of Senators Gronna of
North Dakota, LaFollette of Wiscon-
sin, Capper Of Kansas and McNary Of
Oregon, democratic senators succeed
ed in passing the $12,O00,O0O Muscle
Shoals "grab" for the south. The four
republican senator's were won over to
the project on the theory that some
day the Muscle Shoals plant will pro-
duce nitrates and thus help the farm
er to check the alleged fertilizer trust
The final vote on the Muscle Shoals
bill, which appropriates $4,000, 900 to
form a government corporation to op-
crate the former war plant, came af-
ter republican leaders had made sew
eral unsuccessful attempts to sidctrack
the bill. ..,-.
Chairman Fordncy Of the house
ways and means committee has in
formed his colleagues that Mr.. Hard
ing has practically decided to call a
special session Of the new congress on
April 4. Mr. Fordney has just re-
turned from a conference with Mr.
Harding at Marion.
Reciprocity is being seriously con-
sidered by leading members of con-
gress as the best underlying principle
for the new tariff legislation. Strong
sentiment for reciprocal tariff al
ways has been shown by numerous
witnesses appearing before the ways
and means committee in the tariff
hearings, and it is being advocated by
senators and members of the house.
The chaplains of the house and SEN
ate have submitted their designations.
Rev. Forest J. Prettyman, who has
served as chaplain of the senate since
the beginning of the Wilson admin
istration, submitted his resignation to
take effect at the will of the senate.
Rev. Henry N. Couden, blind chaplain
of the house, formally rendered his
resignation to become effective when a
successor is appointed. Previously the
house had adopted resolution provid-
ing for his retirement as chaplain
emeritus with salary of $500 a
year. He has served in the office for
Is years.
Congress Monday voted to limit
size of the regular army to LIS, 1000 en-
listed men. The senate, by vote of
al to %, set aside it's decision of last
week to reduce the army to 100000
men and then, without a record vote,
adopted the original joint resolution
of Senator New, republican of Indiana,
directing the secretary of war to stop
recruiting until the army is cut to
:175,OO0 men. Senators Nelson and
Kellogg voted with the majority.