The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-01-04
HOLIDAY OVER:
CONCRESSNOW
GOES TO WORK
Spectacular Fights Expected
Over Four Big Issues
Coming Up Before
the Senate.
JUNE MAY END SESSION
Main job to Be Appropriation
of S3,5 ,500.000,0 900 to Pay
Governments Bill for
the Next Year.


WASHINGTON. by Mail. l-Congres,
has wound up its Christmas holiday and
has dug into the huge pile Of Legislation
awaiting action.
From the fall of the gavcl At noon
Tuesday until the regular session ends
party leaders hope in June-bo,h houses
will be kept grinding on the legislative
grist.
With the treaties coming out Of the
Arms Conference. the Newberry case, The
rcfunding of the $1,000, 100000 foreign
debt. and the tariff coming before the
Senate, the country may witness four
spectacular fights over these contested
issues.
The soldier bonus is certain to start a
hot fight in the House. Leaders for the
ex-senice men in Congress are prepared
to agiiaie III, question until bonus is
voted. The proposal TO raise the neces-
say funds from tax on legalized beer
and wine has stirred the drys, who will
fight it TO the last ditch
The House will Immediately start to
work on the main job Of Congress-ap-
propriating s3.5O0,000.OOO to pay the
governments bill for the mex, fiscal year.
Chairman Madden predicts that the ap-
preparations committee. operating under
the new budget system, will have the
Treasury Department Bill ready by Janu-
ay 5.
One of the bitterest Congressional
fights in years will begin Friday when
the Senate begins final consideration Of
the right Of Senator Newberry Of Michi-
gan to sit in that body. Debate will be
limited TO ono hour for each senator be-
ginning next Monday and final vote is
expected by the middle Of the week.
Features Of the fight will be the move
Of the Democrats and Progressive Re-
publicans to force Newberry to defend
himself either before the committee or
the Senate. Senators Borah and La
Toilette. who led the fight 10 oust Sena.
tor Lorimer. are preparing to assail New
berry.
On January II. the Senate has agreed
to vote on the Kenyon bill to put "a
diit farmer" on the Federal Reserve
Board, demanded by the agricultural bloc.
Opposition 10 the four-power Pacific
treaty is daily gaining strength in the
Senate. A storm that may last for
months, riyaling the figh, over the Yer
sailles pact. is due to break when the
President submits the treaty.
When the Foreign Debt bill will come
before the Senate. depends upon the
settlement Of differences between the
Senate and Secretary Mellon over the
provisions If the bill.
The eng delayed Tariff Bill is not ex-
pecied to reach the Senate floor until late
in February. Meanwhile, the Finance
committee will wrestle over the modified !
American valuation plan suggested by
President Harding.
Several important Investigations, in
cluding the Watson charges Of illegal !
execution Of soldiers and the dye lobby, |
will be resumed.
Other important measures that will |
be pressed are: The Kenyon bill to re-
lieve unemployment, in cyclical periods Of /
depression. the bill creating % addi-
ticnal district judgeships, the bill 10 ex-
tend for five years the time TO the accep.
iance Of press matter by government ra.
dio station on the Pacific, and the Ster-
ling snti-Csmbling Bill.
If the President asks for ship sub
sidy act to stimulate the American mer-
chant marine. the legislation is expected
10 originate in the House.
The House faces a bitter partisan
contest when the Dyer anti-Lynching Bill,
to put mob law under Federal jurisdic-
lion is again called up. The Democrats
Dond Icicd successful filibuster against
The measure, sending it over until after
he holidays and are prepared to continue
any tactics that will kill the bill.
immigration legislation, limiting for
hree years alien admission TO members
IF the family already in this country,
sill occupy the attention Of the House
,arly in the session.