Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
SENATE HAS HOPES
OF COMPLETING BIG
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
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a reapportionment bill before bringi

a reapportionment bill before bringing
that matter up in the Senate.
The Republican steering committee
of the Senate, which frames the legis-
lative program, has four measures wait
ing for consideration after the cruiser
bill shall be disposed of. The first is
the Caraway bill to prevent the sale of
cotton and grain in futures markets.
The second is the Jones bill to amend
the Volstead act by increasing certain
penalties for violation of the prohibi-
ton law. The third Is a joint resolu-
ton offered by Senator Edge of New
Jersey to authorize a survey for the
construction of the proposed Mica
raguan Canal, and the fourth is a
House bill authorizing the acquisition of
a site for farmers produce market
in the District of Columbia None of
these measures is expected to take up
much time of the Senate, though some
Of them might be used as a vehicle for
% concealed filibuster against the reap
portionment bill. It is expected that
the census bill will be given the right
OF way after these measures have been
disposed OF, or before, If the debate on
them continues to unreasonable limits,
for 1t is proposed to take the census in
November of this year. If the census
bill fails to pass before March 4, it may,
OF course, be included in the program
for the special session of the new Con-
greSs. But the desire of the leaders is
to limit that program to farm relief
and tariff revision.
Seven Appropriations Pending.
The. House has passed eight of the
annual appropriation bills and has
three left to put through, the Navy De-
partment bill, the legislative bill, and
another deficiency bill. The Senate has
passed four appropriation bills and in
consequence still has to deal with seven
more. When the Senate adopted the
Harris amendment to the first deficiency
bill, providing an additional $24 900 900
for prohibition enforcement, to be dis
pensed by the President to the Govern
ment agencies requiring it, it gave the
Republican leaders of the House some
thing to think about. The adminiStra-
ton is opposed to this added appropria-
ton, for budget reasons largely. The
dry sentiment in the House Is strong,
however, and the question is whether
the Harris amendment can be killed
there or not.
Senator Reeds slush fund Investigate
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tigation of the case of Senator-elect
William S. Ware of Pennsylvania during
the last week. Senator Reed, who is
leaving the Senate after March 4, is
anxious to have a final disposition of
the case in the Senate and he plans to
make final report from his committee
and ask for Senate action. The inter-
lection of this report into the Senate
and a demand for a consideration of
the Ware case, which is a privileged
matter, may throw a monkey wrench
into legislative plans, If it comes about.
There will be strong resistance to any
vote on proposal to deny Mr.. Ware a
seat in the Senate. The Waterman sub
committee of the privileges and cleo
tions committee, which has been in
vestigatfng the contest brought by Will
liam b. Wilson, Democratic opponent,
who claims he was elected and not Mr..
Ware in the 1925 senatorial election, is
not ready to report and may not be
ready at the very close of the session.
An argument doubtless will be advanced
by those who desire to seat Mr.. Ware
that no action should be taken by the
Senate on the report expected from
Senator Reed until after a determina-
ton Of the Wilson contest.