Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-13

portant treaty IN the history Of the ma
iion." the President said on this point,
Ito recognize the constitutional powers
of the Senate. we would 30 To the other
extreme. equally Objectionable. If Con-
Ercss or the Senate should assume the
function of tho Executive" The sigA
niilCance of this was not lost on his
auditors today and most of them saw In
that declaration another Indication of
the growing power of Secretary Hughes
in Administration affairs.
CIlngs TO Versailles Pact
The purpose of the President to re-
sort to tho Versailles treaty in liking
permanently the relation Of America Ia
Europe was the greatest surprise of the
whole message. While IL is true that
he insisted that this measure would not
be rcsuhmittcd until all objectionable
phases of u had been eliminated by
reservations and notifications, never
theless he gave "A distinct shock to some
of his party associates who want the
whole treaty killed along with the
League of Nations.
II is recognized in Administration cir
clcs. however. that the real tost OF the
Harding Hughes statesmanship ls yet TO
about an agreement with the powers Of
Europe. In ono direction. and tho man
nor i'm which they play for the two
thirds vote of the Senate for ratification
of the modified treaty. in the other. will
test the rcsourCcfulncss of these two
men.
Because OF F.uropc's pressing need Of
America in the present readjustment Of
world economies, il is the belief Of Ad-
ministration officials that agreement
with Germany and tho Allies will not
he difficult Rut il Is not assumed that
II will he easy to draft new treaty.
whatever may be the reservations,
which win rcassurc two-thirds Of the
Senate
Domestic Program Sweeping.
The Harding program for dealing with
domestic problems is more inclusive than
was expected 1t had been assumed gen
orally that hc would cnniin" the major
part az his recommendation in that
connection 10 purely ns,al matters.
with tho view Of holding other icEisla
tive projects for the regular session OF
Congress IN December
The President insists that a least
& GOO GOO 600 must bc raised from In
tcruaI taxation in each Of the next two
fiscal years unless there are striking
cuts in the important fields Of oN-
pcnditurc
Ile holds out little hone that ther"
viii be such cuts and while he contends
that tho excess profits tax be repealed
h., refers to no specific substitute Tor
that source of revenue Ho makes no
mention Of the proposed sal"a ta< lie
stands unrescrvcdly for high protoc-
tive tar.ff and for the emergency tariff
for the relief ~ the farming Industry
Also hc strongly urges the adoption of
! budget system.
No Railroad solution.
After disrnissing fiscal matters with
these propositions he opposes restraint
HI trade ar maintained prices by un-
natural methods lie refers 70 the
railroad problem. but offers no solution
hryord declaring that railway rates
ana costs of operation must he reduced
I3n opposes further Federal aid in hlEn-
,,.,v construction unttl a system Of road
maintenance has been adopted II"
strongly supports the merchant marine
HI national assc; lie sees the need
for Federal regulation Of both domestic
ana International radio operation
Tho President supported the Daniels