Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-06-23

| deeds of the men and women Of 1716,
as II will those OF the men and women
of 1917. Taking 1t all In all, this struc-
rure, barring the capitol OF the United
States. viii be the finest building In
the city Of Washington and, perhaps
IL is not too much TO say. one Of the
really commanding structures of the
country.
Summer In Capital.
Congress is rounding into the mid
summer stretch Of its work. 1t seems
a bit curious TO speak Of the mid
summer season as about to OPEN but
early summer in Washington is like
midsummer anywhere else. and so one
takes, the liberty OF departing from
the literally seasonable truth.
The senators and representatives do
not work shirt-sleeved, although there
| is not Il man in either house who does
not wish that he might violate the
conventions To the extent of dropping
his coat into the waste paper basket,
in these hot days OF District of Col
umbia weather. The new members OF
.ress suffer more under the heat
than The old members. The veterans
are seasoned in more ways than one.
They have no illusions about the
possibility Of getting away early In IA
tariff bill year. and neither have they
| illusions, concerning the possibility of
getting through the summer on an or
dinary spring wardrobe. They pre-
pare In advance to dress for the
occasion. and in Washington the oc-
caslon frequently is red hot.
Some one has said that 11OOOO,OOO
Americans are waiting anxiOus-eyed
and eager-eared to find out what the
congress Of the United States is going
to do with the taxation problem. The
number OF people concerned In this
Is exactly the number given, but 1t Is
not TO be taken for granted that babes
in arms, boys of the shining morning
face" period of life, or girls OF ike
age and like school occupation. or some
millions Of the adult Indifferent, care
anything about taxation legislation
but nevertheless every member of
congress knows that his fellow citi-
zens are more interested In this matter
today than in anything else which Is
to come before the lawmakers.
New idea In TarEM Legislation.
Interest In the tariff hides Its head
In the presence OF interest In taxation.
Some of the democrats say that tariff
and taxation amount to the same
thing, but Of course there Is the in
stant Republican denial Of this today
Just as there has been instant Re
publican denial of it ever since the
party was formed.
Part Of the Republican majority in
the house today is seeking means to
put into effect at once the tariff pro-
visions Of the new bill as they pass
congress. In other words 1t Is the
desire to set the tariff law working
piecemeal If a way, can be found to
do 1t. This will be something new.
The idea Is that 1t takes long while
to pass a complete tari6 measure, and
that If approval can be secured for
certain provisions Of 1t before the
whole measure becomes law, 1t will
be good thing to put these provi-
sions into immediate operation. How
ever, this may or may not be done,
and when one says this absolutely un-
Illuminating thing he has said all he
can say on the subject.
Congress Is interested in the Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll case today as
deeply as ever 1t was. This case has
taken sharp turn recently. Col.
Thomas w. Miller, the alien property
custodian, who saw high service In
France and was given two or three
decorations for gallantry, has charge
today, in a sense, of the Bergdoll mat
ter, for the colonel has issued state
ment as follows:
&C. BerudoIrs Property Seized.
"At the personal direction of the
President of the United States, and
In accordance with the opinion Of the
attorney general, l will seize such
properly beloging to Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll as has been reported to the
alien property custodian as being his
own property, or in which he has any
interest whatsoever, whether owned
and administered personally by him or
through power of attorney given to any
member of his family"
The intention Of the alien property
custodian is to administer and operate
property seized from Bergdoll as that
of any other enemy's property held
by him, until congress shall direct
what disposition 10 to be made Of this
class of property now in the hands of
the custodian.
1t has been held consistently by
the writer OF this from the beginning
that some means would be found to
get Bergdolls person and now 1t seems
that one of the means Of getting his
person is that OF getting his property.
II Is believed that this draft evader
whom the commander Of the American
Legion declared to be "the one Boche
that we want" soon will find himself
penniIess In Germany and that he may
prefer prison here to penury there.