Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-05
STRANGE COMBINES
FORMED IN SENATE
Farmer-Banker, InSurgent-
Regular and Others Work to
Expedite Legislation.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Unusual alliances in the Senate
appear to be the order during the
closing days of the Sixty ninth Con-
gress.
Some are dictated by an eXpe-
diency, some by politics and stlii
others by an overwhelming desire
of a large majority of Senators TO
remove the necessity for an extra
session of the Seventeen Congress.
One of the strangest of them all
ie the combination of the farmer and
the banker legislators whereby the
McNary- Haugen and the McFadden
branch banking bills would be put
through with the use of cloture ii
that becomes necessary.
Another combination which had
Democrats vainly seeking the answer
was furnished yesterday when the
regulars and insurgents temporarily
buried the political Ratchet to head
off the Democrats in their effort to
declare for tax reduction legisla-
ton at this session.
Other Strange Combinations.
The lineup on the naval bill
earlier in the week also furnished
publican Old Guard splitting on the
question OF supporting the President
against immediate construction of
three more scout cruisers and a
number of the Democrats, among
them most of the so called radicals,
standing behind the Executive.
Just TO show that it can function
when it's a mind to, the Senate dis
posed of four measures, two involving
appropriations of nearly one hundred
million dollars; confirmed upward of
a, hundred executive nominations and
was halted suddenly by Senator
Blease, Democrat, South Carolina, just
as it was ready to put through the
$3.50 000, 900 Army appropriation bill.
Blease Demands Vote.
Action of the military committee in
eliminating a provision for $4,000 to
survey the Kings Mountain, n. c.,
and Cowpens, S. c., Revolutionary
War battlefeldS, raised the ire of the
South Carolinian. He announced that
he was going to have a vote of the
Senate on that proposition and de-
manded a quroum call.
Leaders thought they had the way
all paved for the establishment of
something of a record and they quick
" crowded around the South Caro-
lima Senator. urging him to with
draw his request. But he was obdurate
and, after a roll call showed less than
40 Senators present, adjournment
was taken until today.
Measures disposed of yesterday were
the SIS, 100000 appropriation bill for
the State, Justice, Labor and Com
merce Departments; the $4,000, 900
bill for the eradication of the Euro
pean corn borer; the bill to regulate
the importation of milk and cream
from Canada and a resolution declar-
ing for the use of the present Treas
ury surplus for reducing the public
debt instead of the Eation's tax bill.
Measures Passed.
With the passage of these four
measures, the total for the week was
raised to SO, the others including the
$500, 000,0 900 naval appropriation bill
with its provision for beginning work
this year on three additional scout
cruisers, and a number of claims, pen
sion and other bills, which were on
the unanimous consent calendar.
With the passage of the additional
appropriation bill yesterday, only four
now remain to be put through the
Senate-the Army, the legislative, the
District of Columbia and the second
deficiency.