Evening star., 1921-07-05
SENATE VACATION
ASKED BY LODGE
Opposition Arises to Proposal
for Adjournment for
Three Weeks.

BY n vote OF 2S to "a the Senate to-
day refused to take n holiday from
July 0 to August 8. Party nIignment'
were disreEnrled in the vote. The
Senate will remain Mt work.
The agitation for a summer holiday
for members of the Senate which has
been growing for several weeks was
brought to head today, when Sen
ator Lodge. republican leader, offered
when the Senate adjourns on Thurs
day it shall not meet again until
Thursday. July %. This would give
the senators a three-week holiday.
In Offering his resolution Senator
Lodge explained that there was de-
sire on the part of many senators for
brief rest during the hot weather
|.f9e pointed out that the tarff bill
probably would not reach the Senate
until the end of July. The House in
the meantime will be engaged upon
that measure, he said, and would not
be willing to take up any other bills
that the Senate might now pass until
after the tariff bill has been disposed
Recess Opposed.
Senator Norris of Nebraska strenu
ousIy opposed taking a recess until
some of the bills now pending in
tended to aid the farmers shall have
been passed by the Senate. He men
toned particularly a bill to estab-
iish a Eoverhment corporation to as
sist in thes expectation of agricul-
tural products, and also the anti
grain gambling bill.
Agriculture Is in deplorable
condition today" said Senator Nor
ris. And 1 am not willing to vote
for an adjournment at this time. We
should dispose of these bills first"
Senator Borah of Idaho called at
tention to the fact that the senators
who live in the west would not be
much BENEFITED by ssTs an aa1oornment a1ooe tsev
would be unable to visit their homes
Senator Lodge explained that when
the tariff bill comes over to the
Senate from the House 1t Will De
referred to the Senate hnance com
mittee. and will be before that COM
mittee for at least a month. During
that month. he said. 1t would be pos
sible for the Senate to dispose OF the
hills referred to by Senator Norris
and others.
Later Vacation SuEgeSted.
A suggestion by Senator Sterling OF
South Dakota was that the Senate
should stay mere uASAA y NJ. ~
then take an adjournment for three
or four weeks. Senator Sterling is
chairman of a subcommittee IN charge
of the Volstead anti-beer bill. winch
he described as an emergency meas,
ure. saying that it should be passed
without delay.
in charge of the soldiers adjusted
COMPENSATION bill, announced that ne
would bring up that bill as soon a!s as
the so-called maternity bill has been
disnosed of. The Senate has a unanl-
moiIs consent agreement to vote on
the maternity bill on the tenth legls'
iatfve day after June 80.
Senator Fletcher of Florida, demo
orat and Senator La Toilette or WIS
cons;n. republican, both attacked tne
nronosal for a holiday at this t1me
Senator La Toilette declared that con.
press had done none Of the thlnss 81
Far for which 1t was called INTO spe.
cial session by the President tnIee
months ago. He called attention 10 ene
fact that the President had paIlicu.
iarIv urged that some aid be given tne
farmers Of the country. senator hs
EoIIette also said that the country naG
heen promised legislation revising am
reducing taxation, but SO lar ho'A'"e
had been done about 1t.
Sanator Norris interrupted TO say
that the Senate had done one tnins
tnas+ it had ratified the treaty WIN
EoInmbia under which this country
nevs Columbia $25.000,000.
Senator Lodge later amended ms Ieso-
,,,tion to read from the 9Th OF July to
~ 9th Of August.