The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-07
STATE SOLONS
VOTE RALLY
: TO NEWBERRY
Republican sRhipc Calls Senators
81 TO Washington,SBloc" Pleas
cd With Lowden Talk.
Washington News Bureau.
Rock Island ArGue-

Rock island Argus
Washington, d c., Jan TN re-
Spouse to q wire from Senator Cur
tbs, Republican whip" Senators
Mccormick and Mckinley OF Illinois
win be in thei- seats in the SEN
ate Monday ready to cast their
iliYotes in the Newberry case, follow
ing conference with down-state
6 political aides at Chicago during
the past week.
fSs The Illinois senator's have taken
no part in the debate, which has
3 ragged fiercely in the senate ever
b since Senator Spencer, Missouri, in-
! rtroduceds his resolution and opened
gan senator.
fE While neither senator has made
i formal statement, revealing his
3 attitude on the contest, it can be
stated authoritatively that both H
linois senators will vote to seat
aNewberry.
Debate in the senate during the
2 past few days has been confined al
most entirely ID the Newberry case
and down-StaJe members Of the
house with many of their colleagues
from the lower branch of congress
have been on the senate floor and
in the galleries closely following
the dramatic developments of the
struggle.
Attempts were made this week
by Senator Hefiin, Democrat, Ala
bama, Senator Pomerene, Demo-
crat, Ohio, and other senators fav-
oring expulsion to draw a parallel
between the charges against New
berry and the charges against for
mer Senator Lorimer which stir
red Illinois a decade ago.
They cited the fact that Senators
Borah, Kenyon and other Republi-
scans who were prominent in the
fight to unseat the Illinois senator
are also opposed to Newberry.
Republican leaders in the SEN
ATE, while conceding that their mar
gin is small, still claim majority
for the Spencer resolution exone--
ating Newberry. Senators Curtis
and Moses have made thorough
canvass of the senate and they
claimed this week that on the final
vote majority of between three
and seven senators, including Nc
Cormick and Mckinley, will be
found supporting the Michigan sen
ator.
Senator Mckinley was due here
late Saturday. accompanied by his
secretary, Chester Willoughby, De-
catur, who returned 10 days ago
from three months trip abroad
1t was announced at the office
of Senator Mccormick yesterday
= that the latter would not return to
NJ Washington from Illinois Until
" Monday morning. The debate on the
Newberry case will probably rur
over until the middle of the week
but neither senator, so far as is
known, has prepared a speech on
the contest.
Projects calling for the expend-
1ture of 81 100000 from the fed
~-era1 government to link the Chi
cago Drainage canal with the I'LL
nois river, and for smaller amounts
for flood contro! on the Mississippi
and its tributaries will be laid be
fore the house committee on rivers
and harbOrs w1en it opens its hear
ings here this week.
Representatives Denison, Ora
ham, Ireland, Rodenberg and King
are among the Mississippi valley
congressman who are interested in
the projects and will urge favor
able action by the committee.
Representative William j. Ora
ham. iAledo, will hold a conference
early this week with Major Genera!
Lansing e. Beach, chief of engin-
GERS, who returned recently from
an inspection OF some of the flood
control districts in northern ILL.,
nois. Other Illinois congressman
have urged General Beach when he
appears before the committee to
recommend an increase in the ap-
preparation for flood control for the
next fiscal year
Representative Rodenberg, East
st. Louis, who is chairman of the
house committee on flood control,
is expected to confer with Chair
man Dempsey of the house rivers
and harbors committee on any ap-
preparations made under this
head.
The appropriation of $3.50. 900
asked by the Illinois congressman
If granted, would be expended for
the purpose of linking Chicago and
East st. Louis by providing a nav
igable route between the 6-foot
channel of the Illinois river and
the Chicago drainage canal. This
project has already been investi-
gated by the board of engineers
for rivers and harbors of the war
department
The report that General Dawes
is about to retire as director of
the budget was followed here this
week by an attack upon the esti-
mates of the bureau suggested as
the basis for The appropriation bill
for the new fiscal year.
Illinois members Joined in the at
tack on the estimates, led by Rep
resentative Madden, Chicago, chair
man of the appropriations commit
tee.
"As the estimates were submit
ted by the bureau" Madden de-
clared, @they called for an increase
in the salary roll in nearly every
department The committee has
eliminated these increases in every
instance"
Representative Mann, Chicago,
declared that he had examined
the estimates and found no differ
ence" in the method of framing an
appropriation bill under the budget
system and the old method of franz
Mil kh- 1,o-z.