Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-11
IN CONGRESS
YESTERDAY
Senate

wet at IL O'CLOCK ana recessed aL
SIP p. m, until noon today.
President Harding appeared il
person, and in an appropriate adj
dress submitted to the Senate The
group of treaties negotiated by the
Washington conference on limitation
of armament.
During the first of series Of
speeches he intends to make on econ
omic subjects, Senator La FCliette
(Republican), Wisconsin, declared
that if "the unholy alliance of the
Federal courts and the vested inter
ests for the conquest of labor sue
ceeds, period of strife anl chaos
will come and possibly the downfall
OF the American republic.
The independent offices appropria-
ton bill was under consideration. but
ii,1le headway was made.
Senator King, discussing appropri-
/ ations and expenditures, declared the
cost of government has increased
| S400,000,000 year under Republican
rule, despite the work of the bureau
of the budget.
In speech Senator Caraway
(Democrat), Arkansas, attacked the
civil service commission and charged
that the members were "prostituting
their office for partisan purposes.
Senator Capper introduced bill
revising the salary list of p"hlic
school teachers and other employees
in the 'chool service and providing
the r":il cd of promotions.
Tie nominations # AlansoG 3.
Houghton, Fred Morris Dearing, Roy
T. Davis, Albert Henry Washburn
and Theodore Brentano as Ambassa
dor and Ministers, respectively, and
Joseph NJ. Denning, of Marion, Obi"
to be consul general at Tangier, were
confirmed; also ,Iehu " Chase. to be
rear admiral, and long list of post
masters.
The military affairs committee or
dered favorable report on a bill to
authorize a corporation to erect a
new hotel on the site of the old
Chamberlin at Fort Monroe, Va.
The finance committee furthe"
considered the various valuation
plans for the assessment Of tariff
duties, but reached no conclusion.
House
Met at noon and adjourned at 4:17
p. M, until noon today.
Completed general debate on the
Interior Department appropriation
bill and began consideration of the
measure under the five minute rule
for amendment t.-..-.,.--.. -
The bill recommends appropriation
less than the amount carried in tn?
current bill and $3,754,920 less than
the budget estimates.
Although the proposed tax program
was noI given oui. it was stated from
authoritative sources that with IN"
elimination Of the levy on b@nk
checks the tax agenda was substan.
tally the same as that made publl'
Thursday evening.
Chairman Fordnev submitted the
proposed tax schedule to Republican
members of the Senate finance com
mittee with the hone of arriving a
an accord on the subject between thu
two committees. Later the procrar'
will be presented to President Hard.
ing.
Victor Murdock. membe" Of The
Federal Trade Commission, before
the agriculture committee. consider
ing a bill by Representative Sinclair
(Republican). North Dakota, de-
clared price fixing. excnnt in emerr-
cencies, is inadvisabe. The Sinclair
bill would provide for commission
of government officials. who would
establish minimum prices for ce'-
tain farm products.
Major General Lansing II. Beach.
Chief of army engineers. rcsum'n@
testimony bcfor" the military affair
committee on Henry Fora's nroposal
to take over the Muscle Shoals. Ala:
government power nlant. reiterated
his view that conditions in the South
might Justify a 1n0-year permit %
use the proncrty instead of the 30.
year time limit suggested by Secre-
tary Weeks.