The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1921-02-18

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WARDWELL & THOMPSON Pubs.
WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER.
Exclusive TO the Pioneer Expressly
The refusal of the Senate to adopt
the clotureH rule by the necessary
two-thirds vote has, it is feared, sea-
led the fate of the emergency tariff
bill at the present session, The
Fordney bill is still the unfinished
business of the Senate and could pro-
badly command sufficient votes to in
sure its passage if the question could
be brought to showdown. How
ever with an active ilibuster being
conducted against the measure this
does not seem possible. Senator
Harrison of Mississippi, who for
three weeks managed to keep the
tariff bill from coming to vote, has
retired, momentarily perhaps, in fa-
vor of his colleague from the same
state, Williams, and the latter is now
holding out with all of the stead
fastness of his predecessor.
Senators McCumber and Penrose
continued to fight for action through
out the week, however, and Capper
of Kansaas made vigorous, appeal
for the adoption of the bill, citing
statistics to show the present pre-
dicament of the western farmers as
a result of the falling market.
The memorial from the state leg
islature, requesting Federal aid for
the grain-growers, sponsored at Bis
marck by Bond and Baker, was pre-
sented to the House of Representa-
tives on Wednesday by Congressman
George M. Young. The day follow
ing Congressman Young and Sinclair
introduced a joint bill to authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to con-
tract with farmers in North Dakota,
South Dakota and Montana for the
production of grain through advan-
ces of a portion of the cost.
The House on Thursday fixed the
size Of the army at 100000, for the
coming fiscal year in the face of de-
ter1hined attempts upon the part of
members of the Military Affairs
Committee to authorize the main
tenance of greater number. The
army at the present time has an en-
listed strength of about $4,000 men.
George Brodie, formerly student
at the University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks, is to be private secre-
tary for Representative Burtness,
when the latter takes his seat in the
next Congress.
Mr.. Brodie, who is now in Wash
ington completing his law course at
Georgetown University, is well
known in the state, serving on the
Mexican border with Co.. K of the
First North Dakota Infantry in 1916.
He will assume his new duties as
soon as Mr.. Burtness opens his
Washington Office.
1t is not known just what commit
tee assignments Burtness will have
in the coming Congress. Congress-
man Baer, who represented the First
District in the past two Congresses,
however, had places upon the Expenz
ditures in the Department Of Agri-
culture, Irrigation of Arid Lands,
Public Lands, and Territories COM
mittees. Young, of the Second Dis
trict, is a member of the Ways and
Means committee, while Sinclair's
chief assignment is upon the Indian
Affairs Committee. North Dakota
is not now represented upon the
Committee Of Agriculture and prob
ably will not be in the new Congress.
However the Northwest is we'll ta-
ken care of on that COMMITTEES, with
Riddick of Montana and Sidney An
derson Of Minnesota both included in
the majority membership.
When Senator Gronna retires in
March the craftsmanship of the Com
mittee on Agriculture and Forestry
will probably pass to George w.
Norris Of Nebraska, at present the
chairman Of the Committee on Pat
ents. Gronna is also member Of
the Appropriations and other impor-
tant committees. DR.. E. F. Ladd,
senator-elect, should make strong
bid for place on the Agricultural
Committee and in all likelihood he
would prefer such an ASSIGNMENT tn