The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-15
BATTLE LINES
BEING DRAWN
AT CAPITAL
Washington Seems Quiet, But
Prcpagandists Keep it
Noisy Underneath
BY LARRY BOAKDMAN
NEA Service Writer

Washington, June 15.-To the
naked ely, all seems quiet along the
Potomac.
There is much, however, that the
unciothcd optic misses.
Congress has adjourned, senator's
and representatives are vacatlonlng
and Washington, sizzling meath tho
summer sun, appears as inactive as
Il LAZY hound without a flea.
Which only goes to show that APP
pcarances are often decclvlng.
Behind its calm exterior the cap
:--itaE is getting yankcd and hauie0
hither and thither by the frantic
xire-pulling politicians and propa-
-andists, lobbyists and legislators,
,usier than bevy of the proverblal
bird dogs getting set for the time
when Congress again convencs.
Vets and drys are marshalling
their forces for what promises to be
the bitterest fight since prohibition.
"Antis" Ready Again
During the last session of Con
qress the Anti Saloon League and Its
Kindred organizations tried to put
over the Champion bill, providing
greatly increased penalties for liquor
law violation.
The bin died natural death when
Congress adjourned, but the drys are
now planning to present new legis-
'lation which Indications are, Will
make even thinking of alcoholic bcv-
-erages Il heinous offense.
With this in view they are encr-
getically canvassing their friends in
Congress, paving the way for smooth
passage.
:. To offset this, the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment,
gaining in strength and influence
every day, is hard at work recruiting
Legislative strength in its campaign
for light wines and beer.
Preparing Bomb
The Couzens committee, investi-
eating the internal revenue service
has adjourned as an organization, but
it's members are still on the job.
They are looking over testimony
land otherwise fitting themselves to
make out report which is quite ast
to have the effect Of bursting bomb
when Congress meets again
The report will be a double-ba
prohibition enforcement. Very little
surprise will be occasioned if it deals
II series of trip-hammer blows at the
very foundations of these institu
tionO.
Another committee on which goot
many anxious eyes are focused is tho
Senate committee on privileges anC
elections. now Investigating charges
that there were Irregularities in the
election of Senator Smith Brookhart
of Iowa.
The riddle is: How will the Senat,
line up in that battle?
Both Sides Vexed
Brookhart is Progressive Repub
lican and very much in wrong will
the Old Guard, while the charges ar
made Steck, his opponent in tn
election, who is a Democrat.
The usual Senate lineup is Oh
Guard Republicans versus the anti
Republican Alliance" made up o
Democrats and Progressives.
The Alliance is powerful organi
zation. 1t defeated the appointment
of Charles Beecher Warren as ator
: ney general.
In this case, however, the Demo
Gratis find themselves in an embar
RAISING position. They don't wan
to play the Old Guards game by op
posing Brookhart-yet how can the
oppose Steck, fellow Democrat?
The Old Guard is in even more o
quandary. 1t certainly doesn'
want to side with "renegade"-ye
how can it side with a Democrat?