Evening star., 1922-07-31
POLITICIANS AWAIT
HOUSE RECESS END
Returning Representatives
Expected to Bring Guage
of Sentiment.
TO MOLD LEGISLATION
Cleanup of Important Pending
Legislation Looked For on
Recovering.
BY n. O. MESSENGER.

Two weeks from tomorrow the
House of Representatives will re-
sumo its sessions, bringing back to
the capital the members who have
been at home fixing their fences"
with their return there should come
a wealth Of hrst-hand information
on the state Of the Cnion-political.
Industrial and general.
Then will set in the clean up process
on legislation. looking to a hoped
for completion of the legislative pro-
gram in time to let Congress adjourn
for the whirlwind finish of the poll
tical campaign in October and No
vember elections In the meantime,
state and congressional elections
have been held in Maine September
II, the first straw" showing which
way the political wind is blowing.
Await General Sentiment.
Administration leaders and poll
tical managers pre- looking forward
to the return of the home-visiting
statesmen to give them a lead on pub
lie sentiment as to the tarir. the
soldiers bonus and the administra
tions' merchant marine bill. From
time to time there have, been demon
strations, in the primaries, of state
Of public feeling about the bonus,
But it is expected that a more vivid
the personal contact OF members of
the House with their immediate con-
stituency.
AS the case now stands. the repub.
Iicans Of the Senate are on record as
declaring for finished action on the
tariff and the bonus before this ses-
sion of Congress ends. or Il general
recess Is taken. The President of the
United States has declared his judg-
ment that Congress should not ad-
journ until the merchant marine bill
has been passed.
1t is expected that the, returning
statesmen will advise the chief ex-
ecutive upon the merchant marine
from the viewpoint of political ex-
pediency mainly, as to .he way pub
lie sentiment has crystallized. in their
judgment President Harding has not
considered the proposed legislation
from this angle, maintaining that it
and simple, and should be disassoci-
ated from politics. It will be inter-
esting to note the reaction from these
conflicting opinions.
Opinion On Tariff.
Senators will be deeply interested
to learn from the members Of the
other body in Congress what is the
real sentiment as to the pending tariff
legislation. The judgment expressed
may have a determining influence
upon speeding I'D or postponing Anal
action on the tariff bill before the
elections. The crystalized opinion Of
many wise men in Congress and in
the political leadership Of the re-
publican party Is that 1t would be a
mistake to default in perfecting the
legislation into law.
What effect the expected settle
ment of the coal and rail strikes may
have upon this falls elections is q
question which has not been taken
into consideration for moment by
the administration or President
Harding. The only things which they
had in mind were the protection OF
the interests of the great mass Of
the people. the upholding Of the in
tegrity Of the Railroad Labor Boards
decision, and in the last extremity,
the maintenance of law and order.
Strike Mny BE Forsotten.
Politicians generally assume that
il the Industrial conditions quiet
down, the strike, its causes and even
its settlement will pass into forget
fulness and the campaign will be
made along normal political lines and
demarcations. Each side to the set
tiement by compromise probably viii
and some fault with the terms in
the nature Of things. but the public
at large IL likely to be satisfied, 1t 10
thourht. by the recognition given to
the superior Fights of the nation over
ri sses or individuals.
washington Is to be the headquar-
ters Of management for both the re-
nnblican and democratic parties. In
Chicago will be located the speakers
bureaus of the two parties, but New
York will not be utilized in this cam
psiRn. The republican national COM
mittee, senatorial committee and con-
rressional committee will pool their
Resources and EFFORTS and the same
course will probably be followed by.
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