New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Big Money. Bills
Alone Likely to
Pass Congress
Naval Budget Expected to
Fail, Five Are in Com
ference and Two Enacted
Out of Regular Fourteen
Night Sessions Probable
War Repeats and Soldier Bo-
mus Compete With Tariff
for Precedence i'm Senate

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Congress
enters tomorrow .on the home stretch
drive toward adjournment Friday, with
whip and spur on appropriation bills
and q scramble for the tape on the part
of scores Of other measures. Night ses-
sions are in order, with an all-night
finale. as usual, preceding Inaugural
tion Day.
All of the appropriation measures
except the naval budget are expected
to go through, although only secel OF
been completed, and just two have bsea
signed so far by President W;isos
Five of the appropriation measures
the army, agriculture, sundry evil.
legislative and fortifications-are IN
conference, but agreements are expect
ed. A big fight is expected over she
army bill, due to the Senate's increase
Of the regular army to 175,000 men. as
against 10000 fixed by the House. The
S5,000,000 loan to farmers in drought
stricken regions Of the West are tying
up the agriculture bill. The Senate and
the House are deadlocked on the sundry
civil measure, over the $10,000,000
Muscle Shoals power amendment of the
Senate and over the $1S,600.000 appro-
priation for soldier hospitals. The
House probably will vote tomorrow in
an attempt to clear this deadlock. The
controversy as to the legislative bill
now revolvcs largely about the pro-
vision for purchase by the treasury of
S200,000,000 of farm loan bonds, pro-
posed by the Senate. The House will
vote Tuesday on the provision.
Tariff Bill Up To-day
Little legislation except the appro-
priation bills is expected to get
through the final jam. The Fordney
emergency tariff bill comes up to-mor-
row in the Senate for final action, with
transmission to President Wilson in
prospect. 1t is one measure in four
cornered fight for precedence in the
Senate. The other three bills behind
which pressure is planned are the war
time laws repeal resolution, the SOL
diers' bonus measure and the navy ap-
preparation budget The last is ex-
pected to bring renewal of disarma-
ment debate, which promises to so
delay action as to thwart passage of
the measure.
Other important bills which seem
threatened with failure include the
packers control bill, the maternity
and infant aid measure, the budget bill,
the Congressional reapportionment
measure, the Calder coal regulation
plan and the $1o0,o0G,0oO good roads
appropriation. Predictions were gem
cral tonight that the soldiers bonus
also would be added to the list of
failures.
Bills to regulate cold storage, to re-
organize the Patent Office and to au-
thorize cooperative marketing by farm
ers are also in conference, with the
outcome dubious. Other unfinished
business includes proposals for i'm
peachment of Federal Judge Landis and
for Investigation of the Bergdoll case,
both of which, seemingly, are headed
for the casualty list.
Committee Reports Due
Numerous committee reports are also
due this week. Among these are con-
cluslons of the House committee's war
Investigations, the Shipping Board in
curry and Calder reconstruction study
The Kenyon committee will meet to-
morrow to frame report on its inyes-
tlgatlon last summer and fall into DO
iltical campaign expenditures. Further
inquiry will be made tomorrow by the
Senate committee investigating Allied
loans, but legislation is regarded as
dosbtful
Senate Democrats will make another
effort to obtain confirmation of the
many army promotions recommended
by President Wilson. Republican lead
ers predict that neither any of the
army promotions nor any of the thou
sands OF postmasters and other civil
nominations submitted will be con-
hrmed. move is expected to be made
IN the House, however, to obtain the
rank OF lieutenant general for Major
General Enoch H. Crowder.
The Wickersham Grigsby election
contest from Alaska is to be settled
this week by the House, with indica-
tions pointing to the unseating of Dele
gate Grigsby, Democrat.
inaugural preparations and reorgan
azation activities looking to the extra
session also will come in for attention
TINS week. Republicans elected to the
next House will caucus tomorrow night
on organization