The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-05-05
make PLANS FOR
! EXTRA SESSION
HARDING IN DAILY CONFER.
ENcEs WITH LEADERS OF
PARTY IN BOTH HOUSES.
MANY THINGS LEFT OVER
TroubIss Which Worried the Deme.
! Gratis Are Inherited by Harding Ad.
/, ministration - Tariff to Receive
Early Attention From Congress,
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

Early Attention From Congress.
| BY EDWARD 3. CLARK. X
Observation-Disclosures on fu!
iture 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
Twill be much to do. The leaders want
ito do it quickly, but If legislative his
tory runs true to form the 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 be
passed upon and settled il possible
by the Harding regime.
The list of more or less troublesome
matters which have come down as
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
lit, can flnd the time to discuss aud to
pass all the measures intended to be
the final answers to many Of the ques-
lions raised and unanswered during
the previous administration.
Recently, with humorous yet seri-
Gus intention. the following was writ
ten concerning the leftovers Of the
Wilson administration:
III peradventure the doorman at
the White House on 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 4 choice burden Of be-
queathed and inherited tribulations-
and then ~
"'Oh, woe is me, l. =,
To have seen what I have seen, see
what I seer" Tx % G5
\ s.ga..%@ Heaps Of Troubles.
4 What are some Of the troubles
which have come down to worry the
Republicans as 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
GontrOI
America, tile Cuban question, German
reparations, 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 heterogen-
eous mass.
It is said that Warren G.. Harding,
like Will 81. 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 Gin the multitude Of cOunselors
there is safety" jeremiah was think
Ing perhaps as Mr.. Harding thought.
on the 'Best Minds" Certain it Is
that the prophets advice was followed
BY Mr.. Harding from the time Of his
nomination until the day Of his In
auguration, and the word here has it
that the path Of counsel still is to be
followed.
The President.elect has ten close
counselors of his own, members OF his
cabinet, and lie has several hundreds
OF counselOrs who hold forth on Cap
itol Hill, but who can be called into
the counsel. chamber on short notice.
He will have plenty Of advisers and
confidants among whom to divide his
troubles. There area good many Of
these troubles, enough in fact to en-
able the President to give an abund-
ant supply to eaclii counseling friend
and vet have more than enough left
to cause him to spend some hours in
his White House study using up the
costly oil OF the evening lamp. 4
Z {, IS. ss Tackle Tariff First.
When congress gets together in
April it is probable that the general
tariff bill will be almost ready for
submission to the members. Prior to
this time it. has been said that the
LEADERS think that the tariff will be
well out Of the way before July, UNI
der its own heat, has melted into Au-
gust.
When the house gets through with
the tariff bill, 1t will send it over to
the senate which will discuss it just
las long as any senator chooses to
stand on his feet to talk. When the
Representatives get through with the
s'tariK they Will turn their attention
Ito some Of tbs matters which already
have been Snentioned. Some OF
these affairs Of sstate are not in shape
Ito be legislated upon and some few Of
u them are wholly senate matters, but
out Of the general mass Of things the
house Of representatives will draw
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