New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-03-25
MAKE PLANS FOR
EXTRA SESSION
HARDING IN DAILY CONFER,
ENcES WITH LEADERS OF
PARTY IN BOTH HOUSES.
MANY THINGS LEFT OVER
Troubles Which Worried the Demo-
Gratis Are Inherited by Harding Ad-
ministration Tariff to Receive
Early Attention From Congress
BY EDWARD B. CLARK.

BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.
Observation-Disclosures on flu
ture legislative matters are Of daily
occurrence In the Offices of the White
House. The leaders of the majority
party In the two houses of congress
are laying before the President their
plans for the extra session. There
will be much to do. The leaders want
10 do 1t quickly, but if Legislative his
tory runs true to form he quickly
will be found to be but a promise.
There are all sorts of things
which have been left over from the
Wilson administration which must he
passed upon and settled if possible
by the Harding regime.
The list of more or less troublesome
heirlooms is a long one. Each item
therein has perplexities of its own.
1t is believed to be humanity impos-
sible that congress with the duty of
passing the general tariff bill before
ii, can find the time to discuss and to
lh'o an ttt bitdHuitS D." ~
the final to many of the ques-
tions raised and unanswered during
the previous administration.
Recently, with a humorous yet seri-
Gus intention, the following was writ
ten concerning the leftovers of the
Wilson administration
IF peradventure the doorman at
the White House IN Inauguration day
shall forget himself he may disturb
the festival of domestic rejoicing by
delivering to the incOmer a bag left
on the doorstep by the outgoer. I'm
less the recipient Of the bag shall
prove quick-witted and determined to
postpone until the morrow the evil OF
today, he will find on opening The re-
ceptacle n choice burden of be-
queathed and inherited tribulations-
and then
"'Oh, woe is me.
To have seer what l have seen, see
what / see -"
Heaps Of Troubles.
What are some of the troubles
which have come down To worry the
Republicans ms they certainly worried
the Democrats? Well, first and fore
most there is the League Of Nations
controversy. Then there Is the Jap
anese matter, and then following In
close order Of possession of prickly
perplexities are Mexico, Central
America, the Cuban question, German
reparntions, the railroad muss, pro-
hibition enforcement. high cost OF liv-
ing, Armenia, the Colombian treaty,
the farmers demands, the Isle OF zap,
and some scores of other things which
taken together form what those who
like long words might call a %heterogen-
eous mass.
1t IL said that Warren G. Harding,
like VIII II. Hays. who directed the
course OF the Presidents campaign
for election, is a Bible student. Mr..
Harding a long while ago seemingly
took to heart the saying OF jeremiah
that "in the multitude of counselors
there is safety" Jeremiah was think
ing perhaps as Mr.. Harding thought,
on the BEST Minds" Certain II is
that the prophets advice was followed
by Mr.. Harding from the time of his
auguratlon. and the word here has 1t
that the path of counsel still is TO be
followed.
The President-eiect has ten close
-.-l.. 30 lIS av,n n.nVnharg - hga
cabinet, and he has several hundreds
of counselors who hold forth on Cap
itol HIN, but who can be called into
the counsel chamber OF short notice.
He will have plenty Of advisers and
c%onfdants among whom to divide his
troubles. There are a good many of
these troubles, enough In fact TO en-
able the President TO give an abund
supply TO each counseling friend
and vet have more than enough left
10 cause him 10 spend some hours in
his White House study using up the
costly oil of the evening lamp.
Tackle Tariff First.
When congress gets together In
AIIll IL IL piobdbht bhoh ht SNi'ihi
tariff bin will be almost ready for
TO the members. Prior to
this time It has been said that the
leaders think hat the tariff will be
well out of the way before July, I'M
der Its own lieat, has melted into Au-
gust.
When the house gets through with
the tariff bill 1t will send II over to
the senate which will discuss 1t just
as long as any senator chooses to
stand on his feet to talk. When the
representatives get through with the
tarif they will turn their attention Z
some of the matters which already
nave been mentioned. Some of 1
.hese affairs of state are not In shape
o be legislated upon and some few of
hem are wholly senate matters, but
,ut Of the general mass of things the {
house of representatives. will draw {
,everal articles for late summer dis {
.ussion and legislation. Just what q
hey will be no one today knows, but Q
hat most of them will have to do
With economic problems left as the v