The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-03-09

surh an uutLority ON mpttprs as the
| leader of the majority IN the house
of represpntptlyes and one does not
| take issue with him In the matter OF
| the sincerity of his belief that CON
| gress win adjourn about the time of
| the advent If the month Of roses hut
| looking back through the history of
| congresses during the last twelve or
| fourteen years. II is found that the
| best laid plans and seemingly the best
based thoughts Of the leaders gen
orally have gone wrong. However,
there have hren preliminary and reas-
surlnr words from certain senator's
who II was thought would oppose the
treaties. and therefore the most for
midable obstacle of progress perhaps
may be accounted as eliminated-but
! stili one never can tell
o0''S o" ''
| A bonus hill is going through nj
| this session or the next one. Already.
n has been made clear prior To this
| time, certain taxation plans were
! agreed upon by the house ways ana
means committee through which ana
| by when money to pay the eX-service
| men was to be raised. Recently, now
ever, there has come opposition 10
| this direct form of taxation. ana the
| President has suggested the general
sales tax plan, which has almost been
/ discarded as Impossible OF passage
Politicians are Interested somewhat
in speculation as 10 just what the IKE
publican and Democratic campaigners
will say in the preliminnrieS of the
| coming congressional contest concern
| ing this bonus matter. TWO great or
/ CARNATIONS of business men OF the
United States, the United states
Chamber OF commerce anu Wv - w
,r, ocoins, tho honus LEGISLATION. The
/ congressmen are being told that
,roo, body of voters Including some
ev.service mon are against the Iegis-
Iot,or Tho general belief of poll
,,oIons hnuaver Is tbat greater par
70 sumner, ,on no secured by the
MASSAGE of rho bonus bill than by
defo.tino tho measure
| Ct, no., oro oh,octip, strongly
.. ,,o oors,optlv made statements
tho, tho snecioI taxes. or bond is
sro ORC 20 no authorized "in order to
sotisf, tho service men" The former
soldiars do moi like this way Of put
TING # because they hold that the
AK, 20 tbem is a inst one and that II
70 NOT RIGHT constantly to tell the
,oxnovar that the daily penny or pen
ntos tbot no is putting out would he
.o,od IN him ~ II were not for the
sn,diers, irsistence ON n bonus. Mem
h.rs of congress- ore willing to admit
that there is some Justification for the
comn,oint of the men who served.
o .m p.,ir.
|
Uncle Joe cannon, one uine
called by ms pollticai oppoheh's
'czar of the house OF represent
atives," has announced that he wii'
not he Il candidate Tor re-eiectoh. Mr.
Cannon is eighty-six years oid' he
has broken all records Tor length OF
service in the house of representatives.
Since the year 1877 he has known ue-
feat only twice In the campaigns OF
every succeeding two years.
Ii was said in Washington when MIR.
Cannons announcement was made
that he would not be candidate Tor
reelection, Cannon will leave the
house eleven years after Cannonism
departed" What was called Cannon
ISM" however. merely represented the
old order of doing things In The house.
| CannOnism In sense was simply
party "majorityism.' The speakers or
the house of other times, OF whatever
party, were possessed Of power which
seemingly gave ample excuse for the
use of the word cZarism.
Josepb G.. Cannon has been called
"Uncle" through many years. Ii he
had not been held in affection he never
vnuld hnye been so called. His enc
mics ike him. Many of them paid