The Washington herald., 1921-06-12
Senate on Packer Bill.

TINS week. Inc Dig .utc oi tnc PACKING mousuJ
said 10 be- lobbying for lis defeat last session when
Senator Kenyon Of Iowa. charged the existence Of
anefarous lobby" here Senator Norris, Of Nebraska
chairman Of the agricultural committee and author Of
the bin made an extensive address in calling il up.
outlining its purposes in creating federal livestock
commissioner and declaring that Il backed BY
the stock raisers OF the country. The senator's
from agricultural states eomprisingt boc" for the
protection Of farmers in legislation in favor of the
Norris bill as against the Tincher bill Of the house
BY which livestock commission Of three members
would be created
The army appropriations BILL carrying about $780,
100000 and providing for army of 10000. was
passed Wednesday. II the last Of the big gov
supply bills and efforts of the economists and
paess of the to reduce the size Of the appro-
priaticns were without any great Senator's
Borah Of Idaho. and King, of Utah. were the chief
opponents Of the heavy expenditures provided This
bill carried 100000 for the beginning Of work
hydroelectric power plant At Great Falls previous
supply bill carried $aooooo for the beginning of work
conduit to increase the water supply of the
tionai capital The two projects will involve
pendture Of between $4ooooooo and $6ooooooo under
the soealIed Tyler plan for the development Of
for supplying the capital with water and electricity
Speeches in favor of the amendments, by Senator
Norris and Others. called attention the fact that
investigations had been made looking to the Great
Falls development for the last years and that sti
Of the worlds greatest power sites was going to waste
while 100000 population suffered inadequate protee
tion from the dangers of water famine and from
extraordinarily high rates for power Adoption of the
amendments favoring the conduit and the power plant
commit the government the Tyler project and the
gress> enterprise is as good as started after many
years delay.
a MEXICAN marines were eulogized by Senators
~ overman and Lodge last Monday, the ami
versary Of the battle OF Belleau Wood, where
the Germans turned back in their drive on Paris
On that day also resolution passed authorizing
the erection of memorial in front of the Corcoran
Art gallery to the dead of the FIRST division. On
tuesday the senate voted $Ioooooo for the relief Of
flood sufferers in Colorado.
President Hafdngs appointment Of A. D. Lasker
OF Illinois, to be chairman of the shipping board and
T. " OConnor, of New York; George E. Chamber
lain, Of Oregon; Edward c. Plummer of Maine; Fred
1. Thompson. of Alabama; Myer Lissner, of Cali
fornia- and Admiral w. S. Benson to be members of
the board were confirmed. Chamberlain, who is a
former senator confirmed Tuesday in open ses-
sion, according to custom, while the Others were re-
ferred to committee, o. KID and confirmed Wednes-
day Adolph A. Hoehlng, attorney of Washington
T., nominated to be District supreme court Justice
succeeding the late Justice Gould, was confirmed.
Committees Of the senate had another busy week.
the privileges and elections committee celebrating its
probe OF the Ford-Newberry election contest in Mich
igan Charges that A. Victor Barnes, of New York.
brother-in-aw of Senator Newbery, contributed
$4,000 to $4,000 to the campaign were the subject
OF rigorous question: and Senator Newberry himself
was preparing to be heard late Thursday when the
taking OF testimony was at its height If the COM
mittee hnds that Newberry obtained his victory over
Henry Ford the Democratic candidate through viola
ton Of the law against fraud practices in elections il
viii recommend that he be unseated. The supreme
court has reversed the lower court of Michigan which
convicted Senator Newberry and more than thirty
co-defendants in the case.
HE charges that F. A. Linney, of North Caro-
lima, President Hardng's appointee for dis
trict attorneyship. had interfered with the
negro vote in the last election, under investiga-
ton by Subcommittee of the judiciary committee.
The committee on education and lahnr .o..;l...A