Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-23
Current Events
For the Schools
Nations in state of rTux


The world has seen mani radical
political changes in the past few
days.
The United States is included. So
far as concerns the names of parties
election changed the majority in
neither house of congress. Yet the
balance Of legislative power is now
in new hands-the hands of the ten
Progressive senators, Borah, Broo,.-
hart, Frazier. Howell. johnson,
Ladd. LaFollette, Norbeck.. Norris
and Shipstead, in the upper branch
the hands of a similar group
among the representatives.
England has had an election
which, in its result, seems to mark
the passing of David Lloyd George
as his country's governmental lead
er. His recent resignation as pre-
mier did not necessarily mean this.
Under the English system a premier
who has been forced to resign may
be restored to power very quickly
if he wins the next election. Lloyd
George. however. did not win. The
country went Conservative. Andrew
Bonar Law remains as premier.
In Germany Joseph Wirth hand
ed his resignation as chancellor, or
premier, to President Ebert. Will
helm Cuno succeeded him. Party
reasons were given for Wirth's re-
tirement. Really he quit because
he had abandoned hope of straight
ening out his %country's tangled af-
fairs. Cuno has been director gen.
eral of the Hamburg-American Line
"a business man, not a politician.
Not many days have passed since
governments changed in Italy as a
result of what was, in effect, a revo-
luton.
The sultan. recently deposed,
though he refused to admit himself
retired, has fled Turkey. Kemal
Pasha issreal ruler.
Want a New Set of Rules
The old United States congress,
not the new one chosen at the last
election, met in special session No
vember 20. 1t is through this old
congress that the Harding admins
tration will try to hurry the laws
it is most anxious about and fears it
present large Republican majority
in both houses.
When the new congress meets in
March a fight will start over the
committee chairmanships.
A proposed law, introduced in
Senate or House of Representatives.
is not acted on Immediately. Instead
1t is referred to an appropriate COM
mittee. The committee decides
whether it likes the bill or not and
reports accordingly. Its suggestions
carry much weight. Or perhaps the
committee. disappearing a bill, pig
eon-holes it and never reports at all.
A chairman has more than any
other member of his committee to
say. So he possesses great power.
1t has been the custom to give the
important chairmanships to the old
est members of the majority parties
in both houses.
Now. by virtue of seniority, men
like Borah and La Toilette will, #
the rule holds good, become chair
men of the most influential senate
committees The Republicans do
not consider Borah, La Toilette and
others who think as they do, Re-
publicans at all. So they want the
rule changed, to prevent the Pro-
gressiveS from becoming so power
full.
In the House a similar contest is
expected.
Some think it will involve espe-
cially the Judiciary Committee,
Representative Volstead who, as
everybody knows, was very dry, was
chairman, but he was beaten at the
last election. Under the seniority
rule his successor as chairman will
be Representative Graham, a wet.
But Wayne B. Wheeler, lawyer for
the Anti-Saloon League. saws his
organization will not mix in the
seniority contest"
AT any rate, there unquestionably
will be a wet and dry struggle, the
rival forces seeking. as one most
important prize, to elect, on the one
side a wet, and on the other side a
dry, speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Third Party Talk
Since election there has been in
creasing talk of a new party.
A movement is afoot to bring
the farmers and labor together. l.
is a not unnatural alliance, and
equally natural would be a union
of such a group with the Progress
sive bloc.
The vets and drys each would
like to ally themselves with this
body. but this may not be so simple.
Labor inclines to be wet, the farm
ers incline to be dry and prohibition
Is an issue upon which the Progress
sives are split.
Bonar Law Triumphant in England
The victory of the English Con-
serVatlves was clean cut. They have
not a large majority over all other
parties combined but it is sufficient
to make them safe for the present.
The Liberals divided between Their
old leader, Herbert H. Asquith, and
David Lloyd George, so that each of
these two will head a minority group
of his W in parliament.
Labor, which is a separate party in
England, gained ground in the cleo
ton and in parliament will be next
in strength of the Conservatives.
1t is not expected that Conserva-
tives will show any very backward
tendencies. Conservatism is much
more advanced today than it was II
years ago, when the party was last
in power.
New Hand at Helm in Germany
The new German chancellor faces
great difficulties.
The allies want the money
which the peace conference award
ed to them and the German govern
ment is at its wits end for means
to raise it. Capitalists say the only
way is for labor to work harder and
more hours a day. The workers say
the only way is for the capitalists to
pay higher axes.
Once a German mark was worth
nearly an American quarter. Today
1t takes about 1000 marks to buy a
quarter. This shows how little
value German money has@now.
The German must have about g
100000 tons of grain from other
countries soon, or starve. They can
buy this grain only on credit, and if
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