The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12
meeting Of the allied supreme council
was opened on Thursday.

meeting Of the allied supreme council
was opened on Thursday.
nEBATE on the Irish treaty was al
- most overslladowed in Dublin BY
the kidnapping. presumably by support
ers Of De Valera, Of A. B. Kay. cor.
respondent Of the London Times, and
by hot discussion In the Dali Eireann
concerning the freedom of the press.
provoked by an attack on, the Free
mans Journal because i, advocated
ratification Of the pact. The corrs
spondents united In demand that Mr..
Kay be released and that a public
apology for his kidnapping be made In
the Dali Eireann.
The strength Of the opposition to
the peace treaty In the Dali Ereann
when 1t reassembled after the holidays
was unexpected. De Valera, Countess
Markiewicz and many others denounced
the pact bitterly and were not at all
abashed by the arguments Of Its sup
porters. On Wednesday De Valera
issued a proclamation to the people
Of Ireland" and also circulated copies
of the Document No. 2" shorn of
several Of its clauses. This latter
was De Valera's proposed alternative
pact, and fierce debate at once arose
over whether 1t should be considered
as an amendment to the treaty and
voted on first, as De Valera wished.
or whether vote should first be taken
on the treaty and, if it were unfavor,
able, then on the alternative In he
course Of the row De Valera shoui ed
that he was "going to move this amend
ment at my own time and in my own
way" and when reminded this was a
matter for the chair to decide he
hotly retorted: Il am the president
here and am going to make my own
rules of procedure in my own way
and at my own time"
The alternative is not vastly diff
ferent from the treaty arranged In
London. 1t provides that the leglsa-
ture, executive and judicial authority
Of Ireland shall be derived solely from
the people Of Ireland; that for the pur.
pose OF common concern Ireland shall
be associated with the states of the
British empire, with rights, status and
privileges in no respect less than those
states, and that for the purposes of
the association Ireland shall recognize
his Britannia majesty as head of the
association. Most of the other terms
are similar to those Of the treaty.
THE death of Senator Boies Penrose
l. of Pennsylvania not only deeply
srieved his many friends and admirers.
1t also caused considerable dismay
lmong those who do not approve of
he so-called agricultural bloc in the
senate. For Penrose was chairman
If the senate finance committee and
f the system Of seniority is adhered
o his successor In that place of power
will be Senator McCumber of North
Dakota, one Of the charter members
# the bloc. Penrose also was
recognized as the leader of the CON
ervative element in the senate, and
n this position he is succeeded by
Watson of Indiana.
Gov NV Cnr,,,I -
'as urged by some Republicans to re-
ign and accept appointment to fill
ut Penrose's unexpired term, but this
e declined to do,
PRESIDENT and Mrs. Harding re-
vived the custom Of holding New
ears reception to the public, and all
fticial Washington followed suit by
eeping open house on Monday. Among
he callers at the White House and
uests at the diplomatic breakfast was
IF. Karl Lang, the newly arrived Ger
ian charge d'affaires.
A CCORDING to a New York news.
\ paper, Postmaster Will Hays has
,cepted the position Of director gen.
al Of the National Association of the ,
lotion Picture Industry which was
Tered him some time ago. 1t is said {
IS contract is for three years at a
llary Of $4,000 year. The as.
'ciation embraces in its membership
the motion picture producers in the
'untry.
UNITING down the estimates of
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
$4,000, the house appropriations
recommended the appropria-
IN of $9,250,00O for prohibition en-. q
rcement during the next fiscal year.
lis will provide for the employment
about 300 more agents. Mr.. Haynes l
so wanted $550,OO0 to increase tho II
laries Of agents to keep them honest, c
t this the committee refused. 10