The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-17
WASHINGTON
EXPERIENCE
BUSY WEEK
Taxes, Bonus, Candidates,
Foreign Policy, Conventions
Take Up Time,
By Times Special

XVI AsH1NGToN, Nov. IT,
VI They're too high, Forget
the bonus, and we can cut them $685.
600. 1000" Secretary Mellon advised
Chairman Green of House Ways and
Means Committee Monday.
President Coolidge likes the idea.
Cut the taxes and grant the bonus,
too-In show you how" w. G. Nc
Adoo, Democrat, t~elegraphed immedi-
ately.
why stop at ss2s.OOO, 900? Cut
them half a billion" suggested Seha-
tor Borah, Progressive.
Taxes must be left where they
are" Senator Smoot INTERCEPTED.
Don't clinch. Keep taxes and
bonus apart" Senator Copeland, New
York, Democrat, shouted and found
support among Democrats and Repub-
leans alike.
The bonus would benefit 5000, 900.
Tax reductions, from 10000. 900 to
Is. 900. 900, Melons supporters insist,
making no special mention of he
hundred thousand rich beneflciaries.
Must Retrieve Error
we turned our backs or the boys
who won the war, but we shall be
forced to retrieve that fatal error. 3"
Thus woodrow Wilson informed he
Democrats.
They cannot turn Their backs on
the League of Nations. Soft-peddlers
were frightened. Thick-and-thin league
supporters were heartened-they We're
rescued just as they feared they
would becalmed. The challenge was
o overlooked by the isolationists.
Otherwise, a sharp recession in our
foreign position, after a fortnight
when hopes were high We might aid
in settling the ~reparations snarl.
White House announcement that we
are not interested in the kaiser's
habitat or occupation was the climax.
CANDIDATES-OficiaI score now
2 to 2. Coolidge and Johnson. Re
p%ublicans; Underwood and McAdoo.
Democrats.
AS he must conduct his campaign in
the primaries. johnson jumped into
the ring with both feet. He picked
Chicago. the scene Of his 1920 fzzle,
but Washington felt the r-epercussion.
Can Fight in Open
Fine. said the Coolidge boosters,
now we can fight in the open. Demo
Gratis joyously welcomed the fight
within Republican ranks. McAdoo
didn't come right out like Hiram and
say IT want the job but he admitted
Judge Rockwell of Ohio had the cor
rect information on the subject.
Originally designated 10 make a
stud. Of the administration Of the
Veterans Bureau. the senate Commit
tee devoted most Of the week 70 ex-
aiming the credentials OF candidates
for the Ananias Club.
Consideration Of the affairs of the
veterans was secondary. Representa-
tives Of ex-soldier organizations man
aged to keep their heads above the
mud and denounced the methods of
the committee in no uncertain tones.
A constructive inquiry. not the de-
famation Of the character Of already
~discredited officials. should be the
committees purpose, they said.
Who VIII Be Who?
Who viii be who. only two weeks
before Congress meets. Who will run
the Senate? The House?
Who is to be chairman Of the all
important Interstate Commerce Com
mittee in the Senate? Cummins or
La Toilette? and chairman Of the
Rules Committee in the House?
House Republicans have received
representative VIII Woods call for a
caucus on Dec. l. to agree on a plan
of battle. and Senate Republicans
await a similar call from Senator
Curtis.
Progressive Republicans have the
balance Of power in both Houses. But
the regulars are less fearful Of losing
control of the Senate than Of the
House.
CONVENTIONS - Cleveland. Chi
cago, Des Moines and San Francisco
all presented specifications Of owen
IOiI nan anu HoteI LIABILITIES W d TT
publican subcommittee. Then money
on Cleveland and Chicago, with other
cities trailing.
Expect decision in December, when
entire Republican national committee
meets.
New York and San Francisco are
chief contenders for Democratic con
ventions. Insiders declare California
has better than even chance despite
Gotham's strong bid.