The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-21
CAPITAL SEETHES
 IN WILD EFFORTS
 10 HANDLE BILLS
Lobbying, Log-Rolling,, Fill buster Threats and Other Maneuverings Describe
 Final Period of Congress
By Associated Press


 has reached it's customary, near-ad- journment stage of piled legisla-.
 tion. of Steering by steering com
 mittees. of lobbying, log-rolling trad
 ing and threats of filibustering. Only 10 more working days remain before the final gavels fall and the capitol is seething with concentrated , effort, from within and without, to
 pass or defeat the, mass of bills be- fore Congress. Murmurs of filibuster- ing which have marked the end of every short session in March for years. are heard both on the Senate and House sides on the former against the Winslow Dill for partial payment of government accounts to railroads
 and on the House side in the effort so
 force action on the packers control Dill. The emergency tariff bill also re-
 mains a high point of controversy Senate and House conferees are to
 meet tomorrow to discuss the score of amendments added by the Senate. AlthoGSh Senator Penrose of Pennsyl- vania once predicted that the blll
 would be in conference" but a half hour any conference agreement stih must run the gantlet of both branches of Congress in the closing days with q prompt veto by President Wilson Iredicted generally and with no pros pect of veto being overriden.
 dozen other important bills also are in conference. including the i'm migration restriction Legislation passed yesterday by the Senate. Adop- tion by the House of the Senate plan is expected. The conference reports will have right of way In the House tnls week, while the Senate is pressing to rush through the annual appropria- ton bills. all of which, except a gen eral deficiency bill, have passed the House. The new House rules how ever, are impending its action on con ference reports. In addition to the grist of legisla- tion, the House judiciary committee tomorrow will take up the impeach- ment charges against Federal .Tud~e
 L4andis. Tne committee will hear Rap- lresentative Welty. democrat Ohio, who 1 iimpeached the jurist A report on. the opse Is blamed before the end of Con gress.
 l Another important committee hear ling tomorrow is the resumption of in : 1 duiry into the status of allied loans. Secretary House of the treasury de-
 partment will appear again before the Senate Judiciary committee in connec- l tion with pending resolutions to stop all further payments without special | authority from Congress-.
 l The soldiers bonus bill is to be re :. | ported to the Senate early this week by the finance committee, minus the
 provision for raising revenues to pay l the bonus, question to be left to the next Congress. Republican leaders l plan to pass the modified bill. sim pie authorization of the extra com
 rensations to service men. but strong opposition leaves it's ultimate fate in doubt.
 1 The Senate tomorrow will resume the controversy begun Saturday over the railroad partial payment bill, which Senator LaFollette. republican n Wisconsin. doughty. leader of many T closing session filibuster. and others are fighting. With leaders endeavor- ing to get up the railroad payment bill, Senator Gronna, republican, North Dakota. is to resume his fight tomor- row for precedenc for the annual a..
 ricuftural appropriation bill
 The last of the appropriation bills before Senate committees, the hugo army and navy budgets, are uearinr itotfPtctici' AAcniiHeo nave uttu com pleted by committees on both. They are to be reported to the Senate early this week and are expected to start more discussion of military disarrna- :
 ment The naval committee plans to recommend continuance of the 1916 navy building programme. provide increased appropriations for naval aerial s.ruip- ! ment and also increase the navy rer- sonnel. cut by the House. The army bin also is to carry increased appro- p-iations for the regular personnel. fife SHnate committee planning funds For l an army Of at least 175, 900 men, as compared with 1500o0 voted by thc House.
 minority report on disarn1a ment ?auestions will be filed tomorrow r.. Senator King of Utah. democratic member of the Senate naval commit tee. who expects to contest the recon 1 m endations for continued construction
 of capital ships as made recently in the majority report of Senator Pom dexter. republican, Washington, on Senator BoEah's disarmament plan.