Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-11
VAST AMOUNT OF
LEGISLATION is
BEFORE CONGRESS
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system bill, and the soldiers bonus
Ibill. Other measures are those for re-
Organization of government depart
ments and for Redistribution of fed
eral salary and wage scales.
The opening flood of bills and res
Iolutions which failed during the last
congress which adjourned March 4
last. always begins in the house In
PRODUCTION of senate bills and resolu-
tons comes tomorrow.
Most of the senate and house men,
bers, new and old. We're present for
today's opening. Although perfume
tory. the opening session always is the
magnet for spectators. The senate
having organized during it's special
session after March 4. interest today
centered in the house proceedings.
The house program today follows:
House Program for Today.
- M.-William Tyler Page, clerk.
calls House to order.
Prayer by the chaplain and reading,
by the clerk. of President Harding S
proclamation calling congress into ex-
itraordinary session.
Clerk Page calls the roll Of the
house, by states instead Of alphabeti-
cal membership.
Election of speaker. Rep. Gillett Of
Massachusetts,, former speaker. being
nominated from the republican side.
and Rep. Kitchen of North Carolina;
from the democratic side.
Speaker Gillett escorted to chair by
a committee and after being sworn in
delivers brief address.
House officers reelected and sworn
in as follows: clerk, William Tyler
Page; sergeant-at-arms, Joseph G..
Rodgers: doorkeeper. Bert Kennedy,
land postmaster, Frank X. Collier-all
republican holdovers.
State delegations sworn in by
Speaker Gillett.
Resolutions adopted appointing COM
mittees to notify the president and the
senate of the assemblage of the house
Election of republicans and demo
crafts to committees.
Adoption of rules and adjournment
until tomorrow.
Senate Program.
The senate program was similar but
more brief because of previous organi-
zation. 1t provided:
Call to order by President
Coolidge and opening prayer by chap
lain.
Clerk George Sanderson reads
presidents proclamation calling the
extra session.
Swearing in of two new senator's.
Norbeck Of South Dakota and Bursum
Of New Mexico. republicans. who We're
not present during the extra session
Of the senate after March 1.
Roll call and declaration of CON
stitutiOnal quorum.
Resolutions appointing committee
Senators Lodge of Massachusetts
and Underwood of Alabama. republi-
can and democratic floor leaders. re-
spectively. to notify President Hard
ing of the senate's presence. and of
81, 80
the house.
Adjournment until tomorrow
Few important changes in republican
in either senate or house
were in prospect. Rep. MOndcll of
continued as republican
floor leader in the house and Rep.
Kitchen of North Carolina returned to
that position for the democrats. Re
publican committee appOrtionmcnt
was increased and democratic reduced
on all senate and house committees be-
cause of the republican gains in con
gress. Chairmanships mostly remained
Under new senate rules.
many senate minor committees were
abolished and senator's committee as
signments reduced.
Tariff Bill First.
The first legislation planned during
The extra session is the Fordncy
tariff bill. Leaders hope to
get it into President Hardings hands
his week, virtually in the form in
which it was vetoed by former Presi-
lent Wilson last March
Permanent tariff revision is expected
20 follow the emergency bill in the
house.
The senate calendar is headed by
he $2J.0OO,0O0 Colombian treaty. with
III agreement to vote in eight days.
Ratification is being predicted although