Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
TARIFF To DELAY
CLOSE OF SESSION
coNGRESSMEN NOW REALIZING
THAT EARLY ADJOURNMENT
WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE.
SENATE AND HOUSE DISAGREE
Administration Is Relying on the
Former to Curb the Dangerous
Economy" Legislation Affecting the
country's Military and Sea Forces.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK

BY EDWARD 3. CLARK
Washington.-Th senate of the
United States is about to occupy itself
with tariff legislation. The bill affect
ing the customs passed the house a
long time ago and has been in the
keeping of the senate committee on
finance. There is wide disagI cement
between the senate majority and the
house majority concerning the form
which part of the tariff legislation
should take on.
No one knows how long the tariff
fight will continue in the upper house,
for already the leaders are beginning
to hedge little on their prophecy of
an early adjournment. 1t always has
been this way. The records of the
fifteen years just passed show that
early adjournment prophecies are
dangerous to the regulations Of the
congressional prophets. August / is
now the day set by some of the leaders
as the earliest possible date for the
getting away. 1t may be that snow
will fly once more before the legisla-
tors find they can quit their law max
ing jobs.
1t is no secret that there is disagree
ment between the administration and
the majority party in congress, es-
pecially in the house, concerning
some of the legislative doings of the
representatives. In the senate Re-
publican leaders are preparing to fight
the house legislation which provides
for an army and navy personnel which
the house would have reduced to little
more than a corporars guard for each
service.
Disagree as to Army and Navy.
'It is said that the administration
is pinning it's faith on the senate to
undo some of the so-called economic
doings of the house. Some men go so
far as to say that the administration
believes that some of the legislation
to which the representatives have
given their adherence actually threat
ems the safety of the country. Of
course, this feeling has to do with the
great cuts in the military and sea
forces which have been voted by the
house of representatives.
1t can be taken for granted that
General Pershing and General Har-
bord, the chief and the assistant chief
of staff, in their recent addresses on
the subject of army legislation, were
buttressed in their belief that for
speaking their minds they would
escape criticism and possible attempts
to discipline them, because they feel
that the administration thinks as they
do on the subject of virtually legislat-
ing the army out of existence.
Apparently President Harding does
not believe that the country thoroughly
understands the army and navy situa-
ton. He does know, of course, as
congress knows, that the people are
willing that material reductions shall
be made, but he feels apparently that
they do not realize that, in the belief
of the administration and of other
officials of government, the reductions
proposed by the house may endanger
the institutions of the country
Men who watch things political say
that if there were no congressional
campaign coming on, such troubles as
there are between the administration
and the majority in congress would at
tract less attention. The Republicans
in the house naturally enough are
working for their reelection, and they
are attempting to meet what they be-
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even if these desires spring from a
misrepresentation of the circumstances
attending the subject of national de-,
Tense.
Attitude of the President