The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-06-08
NEWS SUMMARY
OF THE CAPITAL
Kellogg Selected to Pilot ClOture and
Decides to Do All in His Pow
er to Speed Action.
FAIR COAL PRICE is SET
Every Indication That the Fllvver
King Will Secure Part OF
Muscle Shoals Plants.

has reached tentative agreement on
. rulo TO be submitted to all republic
can senators by letter with request for
opinions and also to the proper time
for taking the matter to the senate.
The subcommittee recommendation
would allow five days debate on ap-
preparation measures and 10 days on
revenue bills before cloture might be
invoked and require petition for clo-
ture by Is instead of 16 senators. Fill
teen. instead of 10 minutes debate on
amendments would be provided. While
republicans leaders managed to side
track for a time consideration by the
senate Of the Kell gg majority cloture
rule, the means resorted to will proba-
blv bring the issue forward for an
early decision. This is evident from
the fact that the plan of the leaders
went awry and Kellogg, author of the
majority cloture resolution, was made
chairman of the committee of five.
The Minnesota senator is tired OF the
dem ,cratic filibuster on the tariff bill
and desires relief. A majority cloture
rule, in his opinion, is the only way to
Get it. So instead of permitting the
question of revised cloture rule to
lag, Senator Kellogg called his COM
mittce together shortly after the par
tv conference adjourned and intends
keeping the members busy until a
satisfactory agreement is arrived at.
Maximum fair prices for spot coal
in five districts have been announced
by Secretary Hoover after reaching
agreements with committees repre-
sonting those fields under the plan
adopted at the general conference OF
operators from producing fields for
provisioning runway prices on coal at
the mines during the strike. 1t was
determined that in the Alabama dis
trict the fair price should be rs cents
below the final "Garfield SCALE" or a
maximum of $500 ton to $3.50 a ton.
In the Harlan and Hazard fields of
Kentucky, the Southern Appalachian
fields of Tennessee and Kentucky and
the Pocahontas, Now River, Tug River
and Winding Gulf field (smokeless coal
district of West Virginia) the maxi
mum price was fixed at $3.50 ton.
Secretary Hoover has now called a
conference Of wholesale and retail coal
dealers-that is, a meeting of repre-
sentatives from their organizations.
The house military committee voted
to report the Ford proposal to the
house and recommended it's adoption.
Recommendation, however, will be
made by the committee in reporting
the Ford proposal that the Gorgas
Steam Power plant, which is sought
by the Detroit manufacturer, be elimi-
mated from the properties disposed OF
by the government. The action of the
committee followed discussions Of diff.
fcrenccs in the offer as made by Mr.
Ford and the model proposal evolved
by the committee after inquiry into
the offer of the Detroit manufacturer
and others. Complete agreement was
reached by the committee members
and representatives of Mr. Ford or
the fertilizer provision which had beer
in dispute.
Carrying IN appropriation of $341 )
100000, the annual army bill was
passed late Friday by the senate. II
fixes the size of the army for the next
year at an average of 1850 officers
and 1873, 900 men. Passage of the bill
which was without record vote, fol-
lowed quickly after test by which the
senate accepted, 40 to Fl, committee
action increasing the house figure
from $4,000 to $4,000 enlisted mer
and from 1900 to 10000 officers
The measure has now gone to confer
ence with the house.
The war frauds fight raging fol
days in the senate broke with unex-
pected fury in the house ten minutes
after the rules committee had rescind
ed it's action in giving right of way
to republican resolution for investi.
cation of the lack of government pros
ecution of alleged war grafters
Charg> by Chairman Campbell of the
committee, in a word to democrats
that their attack Oil Attorney Genera
Daugherty was the only way in which
they could "serve war crooks" threw
the house into disorder. There were
cheers from the republican side as tn,
charge was flung in shouting voice a
the democrats, all of them silent saw,
one who Kissed.
Congress was in rebellious moot
Friday night over President Harding
insistence that the ship subsidy bill b.
passed at this session, and the assur
ance given by republican leaders tina
they will try to carry out his wishes
Republican senators and congressman
from the interior states were showing
signs OF open revolt. They are afrait
of the subsidy bill-afraid of it fo1
the effect it might have on the fal
congressional elections. Many of tn,
midwest members believe the subsidy
should be put through, and under or