Sioux County pioneer., 1922-10-05

though the supreme offering could be.
paid for with cash, is a perversion Of
public funds, a reversal of the policy
which exalted patri0tic service in the
past, and suggests that future defense
is to be inspired by compensation rath-
er than consciousness of duty to flag
and country"
Whether he was right or wrong in
his course, the President certainly was
courageous. for the pressure brought
to bear ON him in favor of the bonus
bill was tremendous, and the fall elec-
tions are not far away. But congress
had refused to devise and enact a
measure which he could approve as
sincere and based on correct financial
principles, so that the law makers
rather than the chief executive should
bear the onus of adverse criticism. The
American Legion and other advocates
of compensation for the eX-seryice
men will continue the agitation for
bonus.
TN THE pre;;ence of Representative
L Fordney and Senator McCumber,
the President on Thursday signed the
tariff bill which bears their Names, and
! it became effective at midnight. Vast
quantities of imported, merchandise
were Withdrawn from government
warehouses just before the new rates
went into effect, and vessels hurried
into port to discharge their cargoes.
Chairman Marvin of the tariff COM
mission informed the President that
his forces would have to be tripled in
size because of the duties devolving
on the commission through the opera
tion of the so-called flexible and scien.
tific provisions of the new law.
Mr.. Harding also signed the ,Capper-
Tincher act providing for regulation Of
trading in futures on grain exchanges.
HAVING accomplished what the Re
- publican leaders called great
achievements in legislation and econ
omy and what their Democratic rivals
described as nothing, or worse than
nothing, congress wound up its long
session on Friday and adjourned. The
spokesmen for the majority especially
stressed the fact that the national ex-
penditure is being reduced at the rate
of $1,OOO,OOO,O00 year. They added
that in three years the public debt
has been reduced as much as it was
reduced in fifty years following the
Civil war. Senator Harrison, Demo-
g crat, said the record of congress was
"a terrible thing to take back to the
people"
CONGRESSMAN OSCAR KELLER
~ of Minnesota sustained severe
jolt last week. He was the author of
the resolution for the impeachment OF
Attorney General Daugherty, based on
his obtaining the famous injunction
against the striking railway shopmen,
and also on his alleged failure to en-
force the antitrust laws. Mr.. Keller
had prepared his case and had induced
Samuel Untermyer to present it be
fore the house judiciary committee
Then that committee calmly and cold
bloodedly postponed the hearing until
next December. Mr.. Keller and Mr.
Unter1nyer were furious, and Sam
Gompers denounced the committees
action as brazen effrontery. The execu
tive council of the American Fedora
ton of Labor has set aside October
I as Impeachment day: for demon
strations against Mr.. Daugherty ant
Judge Wilkerson, who granted the in
junction.
A FTER % days Of furious labor, tht
"A rescue crews at Jackson, Cal,
reached the level of the gold mine, il
which AZ miners had been entombet
by fire, only to find that every ont
Of them was dead. It was evfden
that they had succumbed to poisonous
!. gases within few hours
I rHEa League of Nations in session
= at Geneva devoted a lot Of time t.
discussing naval disarmament withOu
getting anywhere. The league as
sembly unanimously voted Hungary
member and it was believed German!
would be admitted soon. General ap
provai was given to. the manner Il
which the mandates for the forme
German colonies have been exercised
including the phosphate monopoly Of
the island OF Naru, which was ques
toned by the United States. The Be
, livian delegate Informed the assembl
that "grave difficulties menaced tb
relations between Bolivia and Chill
!, unless the mediation OF; a friendl
power 81. the arbitration Of the leagu
can be obtained. ,45 VI,