Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-01

THOUSANDS OF WORDS sr.
flowing out of Washington each 5av
and night to all parts of the worl4
as the correspondents bend n 10
task of forecasting what Presidsat
Coolidge viii have to say in 6js
message to Congress the first wasE
in December. Thus far III
President has sealed his lips to snrb
an extent that he has committed him
self on no question Of importance
and although his views on mos
questions have been the subject i
much talk and writing, the policies
of the Administration will not bo
definitely known until the President
unburdens himself in his forthcomipg
message. Mr.. Coolidge is now
denying himself to nearly all callers
and is spending every spare minute
on the address, which will be several
thousand words in length.
THE SHORT LAPSE of time he.
tween the announcement of Senator
Hiram Johnson's presidential as
pirations and the converting Of
Congress has caused the rest of Mr.
Coolidge's potential opponents to
wait few weeks before deciding
whether or not they want to enter
the lists against him. 1t is report
ed in the capital that the announce
ment of the candidacy of William G.
McAdoo TO the Democratic
nomination will be issued on
Decem Der 5.
A CANVAS OF returning Con-
gressmen reveals that the election
of Mich Longworth of Ohio as
Republican leader of the House Of
Representatives is virtually assured,
despite the opposition of William ].
Graham and his friends from the
Middle West. Longworth, accord
ing to the Graham supporters, is too
closely allied to the New England
delegation, which has Just about
gained complete control of the
House organization.
THE NAMES OF Henry Ford
and Senators LaFollette and Borah
are being mentioned in connection
with reports that a third party" will
be in the field after a convention IN
Minneapolis on May 80 Ford con-
tinues to puzzle politicians here,
while LaFollette and Borah have not
yet indicated any desire to leap
headlong out of the Republican
party.
AS PREDICTED IN this column,
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
has been accused of being more IN
terested in defeating the soldiers
bonus than in reducing taxes. The
American Legion started the assault
on the Secretary's taX-redpction-
anti-bonus program, and it has been
taken up by a number Of 'progres-
sive" leaders in Congress. 1t IS eS-
tremely doubtful in view of the
slender Republican majority in the
new Congress if the tax question VIII
be permitted to come up at all.
Administration leaders fear that the
"progressives" might overturn the
Mellon program entirely and gym
the works" just at time wheh
every move must be made with an
eye to the next general election.
TWO OF THE COUNTRY'S lead
ing woman's organizations-tae
National League of Women Voters
and the National Womans Party.
are at war over the question OF
equal rights. . The woman
party wants Congress to approve
constitutional amendment GIVING
women equality with men in every
walk of life, but the voters league
says this would be a step backward
and wants to leave the Constitution
as it is.
LEGISLATION DESIGNED to
provide better treatment for H
capacitated veterans of the N'fu
War will be an important Item q.
the business of the 68th Congress q
result of the sensational lnNes.-"
ton of conditions in the Ia,.gI
States Veterans Bureau =.
Senate will receive the report Oh q.
investigation committee apoJ.
middle of December. The e.
mittee has been unable to uaea'..
any evidence of actual era..
it will have some caustic remaIas
make about loose methods ''
viding medical treatment and s'ta
ing for eX-soldiers.
1t is quite true, as an ez- en-