The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27

beep controlled by political consider
ations and told of his difficulties in
that line with former Assistant Sec
retary Of the Treasury Elmer Dover.
pY an overwhelming majority the
u house passed the new soldiers
bonus bill, and sent it on to the senate.
That body will almost certainly pass
either the house bill or an amended
measure. What President Coolidge
will do about 1t Is not surely known.
The vote in the house--355 to BIN
sures the passage of the bill over
veto. 1t is not 50 certain that the
necessary two-thIrds vote can be OBJ
tained in the senate. Advocates of
the measure are urging the senate
finance committee to give the bill
precedence over the tax bill now uncer
consideration.
Regardless of the merits or demerits
of the bonus bill, there is ground for
jammed through the house. The rules
were suspended so that all/ amend
ments We're shut out and debate was
limited. The representatives who
voted for the bill undoubtedly have
thus provided themselves with strong
argument for their reelection, what
ever may be the final fate of the meas
ure.
THE senate went on record In ia
l. vor of another amendment to the
Constitution by adopting the joint res
olution to have presidents inuugurated
on the third Monday in January and
the new congress to take office on the
first Monday in January after election.
Only seven votes were cast against it.
The resolution was. introduced by SEN
ator Norris. who thus explained it:
"First-The congress elected in No
vember will go into Office on the first
Monday in January following. and
session will then begin. This means
that the new congress won't have to
wait thirteen months before its mem
bers are actually sworn into office.
This means the abOlishment of the
so-called lame duck congress- The
old congress will have no session after
the election.
"Second-It aholishes the existing
short session. Under present consti-
tutional provisions a congress assem-
bles in December after election and
runs until the fourth of March. when
it expires by Limitation. 1t is in this
sO-called short Session of congress
that all kinds Of jokers creep into the
laws.
"Third-Under the present Constitu-
tion. II the people fail to elect Pres
ident, and the election is thrown into
the house. it Is the old repudlated con-
gress that elects the President, and
not the new. This amendment will
reverse conditions"
INCOMPLETE returns from the
North Dakota primary show that
Mr.. Coolidge was the winner of the
Republican Endorsement, with Senators
Johnson and LaFollette running neck
and neck for second place. North
Cardinals delegation to the Cleveland
convention was instructed for Coolidge.
McAdoo won big victory over Sem
ator Underwood in Georgia, the re-
turns making 1t certain that he will
have the states 2S votes in the New
York convention.
To his close friends in Washington
Senator LaFollette Is said to have adj
mltted that he desires to run for
President this year on a third ticket
He wants to be nominated. not by
brand new third party, but by con-
vention of Independent Republicans
to be held after the convention in
Cleveland has nominated Coolidge
and to which members of all parties
will he admitted. 1t is asserted that
he has no hope of being elected next
November but believes his plan would
smash the regular Republican party,
result in Democratic victory and
open the way for n third party that
would be the leading party of the ma
ton four years hence. OF course all
this may be mere political gossip
nj AJOR MARTIN and Lleutenants
AVA Smith, Wade and Nelson, the
army's globe-circling av.ntors, who
started from Glover field. Santa Mon
lea, Cal, have flown their four planes
as far as Seattle without accident.
There the machines are being equipped
with large pontoons for what is re-
garded as the hardest part of the trip
from the United States to Japan by
way of Alaska and the Aleutian
Islands. This week British aviator