Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-04
WASHINGTON
DAY BY DAY

! ternoon just after the Cabinet ses-
sion had adjourned. He congratula-
ted the little Miss upon her good
/ looks and spoke a few words of
| greeting. The daughter and parents
| had left the Presidents office and
were about to depart from the White
House. Suddenly, the girl discover
ed that the Chief Executive of the
Nation had not shaken the hands of
her dolly. She explained the situa-
tion to her parents, and Pat" Nc
Kenna, the doorkeeper outside the
Presidents office took the girl back
into the presence Of the President,
and the latter, laughing, grasped the
doll baby by both hands, gave it a
hearty handshake. The little Miss,
perfectly contented, tripped out OF
the Presidents office and then out Of
the Executive Mansion.
Leland Harrison, of New York, it is
understood here, will succeed Fred
NJ. Dearing as Assistant Secretary
of State when Dearing leaves Wash
ington to become Minister to Portu-
gal. Appointment of Harrison to the
position of Assistant Secretary OF
State will be concrete recognition by
Secretary Hughes of his policy of
promoting men in the diplomatic
service, in which Harrison has been
engaged since 1907. In that year he
became private secretary to the
American Ambassador to Japan and
in 1908 became second secretary OF
the embassy at Tokyo. In 1909 he
was second secretary of the legation
at Peking and in 1910 he occupied
the same position in London.
In 1911 and 1912 Harrison was
at Bogota as secretary of the lega-
ton and later was brought to the di-
vision of Latin-American Affairs at
! Washington. During the war he was
ranked as counselor of Embassy at
Paris.
DESPITE reports to the contrary
there will be no special act of Con-
gress to permit Senator Kenyon, of
Iowa, to take seat as circuit
court Judge. These reports had it
that Senator Kenyon would be ineli-
gible for the office under the Consti-
! tutional inhibition against members
of Congress taking government po-
sitions which had been created or
! the emoluments thereof had been in
creased during the term for which
the member was elected.
+ The salary Of circuit JUDGES was
increased from $1,000 to $500 by q
law signed March /. 1919. which was
| just three days before KENYON en-
tered on his present term, it has been
ascertained.
"The House will pass the bonus bill
within two weeks"
This was the statement made to
the Gazette correspondent by Repre-
sentative Joseph W. Fordney, of
Michian. Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee. after a conference
with President Harding. Mr.. Ford
ney declared that conference be-
tween the President and members of
the Senate Finance Committee and
House Wavs and Means Committee
will be held within the next few days
for the purpose of agreeing upon
some plan for paying the soldiers
bonus. The Chairman Of the Ways
and Means Committee declared that
while Secretary OF the Treasury
Mellon had made some suggestions
to the Committee. as to how part of
the money neeied might be raised
he did not offer any plan for defray-
ing the entire expenditure.
"You can put it down as a certain
tv." said Mr.. Fordnev. "that when
the bonus bill is passed by the House,
it will carry the necessary provisions
for raising the money that will be
needed.
Mr.. Fordney said he is opposed to
a tax of three cents A gallon on gas.
oline. despite the fact that Secretary
Mellon stated that revenue amount
ing to s5O,000,000 yearly could be
raised through this method alone.
"The bonus must be raised through
one of two plans" said Fordnev
"Either we must issue bonds or the
money must come through direct
taxation. This much is settled"
Fordnev stated that the plan to
uso the interest on the foreign debt
to help pay the honus had not been
abandoned as yet.
Publishers of newspapers and mag
azines have filed protest with Sec.
retary Of the Treasury Mellon
against his suggestion for an increase
in rates on second class matter ir
order to raise additional revenue for
the soldiers bonus.
The attention of the Secretary was
called to the fact that increase or
newspapers and magazines withir
tho last four years amounted to 375
per m cent. or approximately $4,000.
600 a year over the prewar revenues
These discriminatory rates. the pub
fishers said. had the effect of see
tionalizing the country and prevent
ed the development of education by
restricting the distribution of pres:
material.