Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-15
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revenue In the 81. Louis district ~
/ Missouri Goldstcin. /; is easily re-
| called. received s? SOC from the cam
paien fund of Frank o. Lowden. Of
charged that ne accepted this sum u
vote as delegate FOR the nominn-
,iou OF Governor Lowdcn
Every time tho Golds;cin cas-,
comes upon the moor Scuator Speu, m.
OF Missouri the nominees spoons r.
can he relied upon TO launch count
cra,;ack unon the Democrats. who
savarely sssail the culicctorship can
didatc. Such debate Is usually good
FOR from two to three hours discus
sion. all OF IL along practical poiiti-
cal lines.
The day is counted los, on ,r
House side when James f.. Ryrues. ,.
South Carolina. ~r Joseph W. Byrns.
Of Tennessee, both Democratic menu
h"rs Of the Appropr'a Commit
toe. do not stir up a controversy
over the governments fiscal arairs
They have recently been Showing
up tho alleged savings In government
expenditures IS Indicated in tho clab-
crate rcpor, made To Congress by
Budget Director Charles q. Dawes.
savings estimated by General Dawes
at moro than Sl5oo.ooo.ooc for a
single wear
D"mocratic assault upon those
figures never fails to bring into the
arena Chairman Madden. OF the Ap-
1ropriatlons Committee. Minority
Leader Mondel and other Republican
leaders. and for hours there is fas,
and furious debate, hut always with
out a Hnal decision
Legislators are generally OF tho
belief that President Harding j.,
stronger throughout the country
'han are tn" House and Senate. This
may explain tho tendency OF the
Democrats 70 SO eumninS" for tho
m"n around Mr Harding ana the
daily verbal barragc that * usually
laid down on the administrations
trenches. Here are some OF the
major lines az attack
Secretary Of the Interior Abort r.
Fail ;or his leases To- private It-
tercs's az til" big naval al! reserves.
and his general conservation poll
cics, A;torncy-General Harry NJ
haugherty, because Of his c"nucr-
ton number Of years ago with the
successful efforts TO obtain r.l.us"
from the Federal pcnlientlary OF
Charles ". Morse. Secretary ~ War
John VI. Weeks, because OF the man
nor in which he has handled the
disposition OF surplus war materials
Secretary Of state Charles Evans
Hughes. because OF Americas policy
towards Russia and Mexico
Occasionally some OF the prcs-
dents appointments TO foreign posts
are attacked, as for example tho APP
poin,mcut OF T.. Mont Reilly as GOV
crnor az Porto Rico and Colonel
Gcorr. Harvey. as ambassador TO
Grca, Britain
Efforts ar" being made in the Sen
ate TO speed up legislation. but So
far they have met with liiilc sue
cess Senator Porter J. McCumbor
OF North Dakota, chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee. com
plains almost daily OF the failure of
tn" Senate TO discuss the business
before the Senate. the tariff bin.
While lccturinS the senate the other
day. he said that not one-fifth OF the
time is devoted to ii discussion OF
tho pending business.
senator oscar w. Underwood. Of
Alahama, Democratic noor leader. told
Senator McCurnbcr that as former
chairman q: the House ways and
Means Committee he had had some
experience in getting tariff bills
passed, and that tho only way 10
DO j., Was TO keep the legislation com
s,anuy under consideration, running
nigh; and day II necessary
Senator Underwood pointed ont
tina, there are 2.o5f amendments to
tho tariff bill nov pending and that
there ar" certain to I've at lcas, 5000
before tho vote on tho bill comes.
Senator McCumbcr said he would
adopt senator rud"rwood'- suE=os-
tion and as Il result tn" Senate has
been meeting an hour earlier than
usual hut litue progress has been
made. l; took nearly three weeks
to get vote on the first amend
mcnt.