Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-17
CONGRESSMAN MAY HAVE
TO CUT ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
Tariff Expected to Prevent
Them Participating in
Fall Elections.
ONLY THIRD or NIT PASSED
Mensure Continues Ia Grow In
Lcnpth-Impossibir Ia Have "a An
proved D.. Both Houses Before Late
Autumn.
Hy j. Errdrrick Essay.
washington Correspondent OF The
Times Dispatch.


Times Dispatch.
wASHINGToN IuIy lS-Tarir
leg station must cnher 10 laid aside.
together With snip subsidy and tn.
| soldier h"uus. or else ;he coming
congressional campaign will be- car
ried ON largely from the House and
Senate Office buildings.
Party leaders are now convinced
that II Is Impossible to put the pend
ing legislative program through be-
fore the hrsr or middle OF October.
| aud those statesmen who are seek
ny To hold their seats In Congress
are now agreed thar II they are com
| PEELED To remain here and transact
business. their clec,ioncering must
| he done on lOnR-distance basis
| Tariff IL Stumbling Block.
The tariff is the stumbling block.
| rhs subsidy hill might be enacted
| within reasonable time ana even
the soldier bonus might he proyideL
'o'. bu, nobody VIII" has observed
! the course OF iar,ff Legislation
| through this Congress believes for
| Il minute thar the Eordney -Mcf,un
Der measure can he disposed of. nv
the Senate. by the conference COM
mitiee and by the House ami Senate
again until after the summer is gon.
10 "a al
| vanccd
TO date tho senate has ims, poss.a
me aoOth paragraph of a bill in which
there are 1890 paragraphs TO he CON
sldercd. Moreover. many OF IN, de
"atabIc issues In the bill have been
passed over aud VIII have To come
up Tor action all over again After
inc 1880 paragraphs have been dcuI,
w" mere arc tota! ~ asa sections
covering administrative features,nd
general provisions which must com.
up.
mn Grows Daily.
senator Willis. Of Ohio, said some
time ago that II the printed lines ~,
ne senate tarin debate were strung
w ''he atter line. they would cx
."u Tor Yen miles. Today. he SAYS
'hey would extend 70: twcntv.Gyn
miles. Before the debate is cnn,,',',
ed 'he printed strip would probahIv
extend from Washington to Hal,i-
more or even 10 Wilmington
'"hSress set ont i'll January 1901
" write Il new tarin bin and moro
nan tishteer months have unss,.d
MN 'he measnr" still! the Unfinished
BUSINESS OF the Senate No lerisln
uoh III modern times has moved 60
consummarion """'
N"rihS approx imatcly sf,oor
months Of this period IN, ,.,;or 49,"
"s IN the course Of prcpara;jr, j.,
81" rouse Committee ON wv,
aus and the Senate CommIi,a.
r.n'h'e' aud as is usually ,b, ono,
m.n such legislation, the far rrca,,r
10 ., inc work has been done h..
us" doors The public-hesr-
RS . co>ered only few weeks
Ia =
&c ''mc. az course. has he.r
.S"Humed in debate on tho 49,,
'he House and senate %
epcnd Long Time in Committee,
Aiter long months ar se,ra,
W. '"'"" "f the hill. Tho t,o,s
ana Means Commits. o,,.,,5,,
pun''r hearings on January , ,..,,
h"d closed Them on rcbruor =,
""'nE' me bin was finally rcno,,,,
nv n""s- on July =. or prcci..I,
hearing ""'e OF the first
Debate opened IN rho H.
July :, and under !, sn.ci, '"use on
vas passed on July II. Ie.I !, =
-. I" thc Senate the uc>t d,
49,. """ was referred at ono. ~
n"n'' Committee nj No. '''
e"r'hss were held bv ,h. ""'s
cb.iree Tor Il brief period 49,,
an n" McCHmbcr reported /, ,',
~ ''S?, or cigh, months
ca,,a weeks after il had h.cn 80"
bn,c IN. House. senate do
ron,innf on AprI! 20. and has pon
"e" almost without i,T.r
o" '"f nearly three mor,h. up
nave been held dr-; az
VI th's time and Tho c.,
",o"cu an hour earlier ,ho va
~ "hol" OF the n.r;l
-, "''" Wanted Nnu,
rr.,o, az" hiIl was al,uns,
rliten IN the sonar, ,,'
tn. INN '',"". Instead OF ,,x,
Am.ri,a,, wv. ""ti"s on The basis ~
don, h We" ''oh aS tn" Hous. ~,
yerteJ ,n committeeman r..
r "u'es according to IN. 'Pnting
valuation. Oh.r mar
we're made. Rec.procg,, seS
"e House plan Were .i,.', es
"''"E was conferred on m. - an"
To revise rates IN 'es'
W more flexible Permis., '"r
Tor goods 10 bo
.rN "poh complaint. and /, n,,n
instances the duties ,ra
House. "''""ed by the
senate Committee in ranor.;
recommended exactly oSa
-" ''eh's. Since then the co,,n;
"Set mas found further char,
""Rht 10 BE made ana IN a.,
maS recommended i2O addi,ioa,
: "'"' 700. The Democratic minori,,
fp"r.d I" present probably ooo
amendments which are to h., ac,.,i
"p"h' ny roll call or otherwise
me ''rn has been befor. ,h,
"'''e 'es" than three month.