The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-05

Congress- 1t meets al that
Under Wy time pursuant to the
provisions Of q con-
stitutional amendment that was added
70 our Constitution chiefly through
the efforts OF Senator George Norris
Of Nebraska Senator Norris popular
lied the idea BY calling il q lame
duck" amendment He argued early
and late that q member Of congress
had no right 10 Sit IN representation
OF his state or district after he had
been defeated AZ the polls.
Which may or may not be the cor
rect theory. At any rate il has hap
pened, and q new congress is under
way. Where IL is headed as part
OF the current phase Of the new deal,
time alone can tell. There are GER
tain things, however, that are per
fectly plain One OF them is that
President Roosevelt is following
course designed 10 forestan as much
controversy in congress as he is able
70 do. In other words, the President
appears 10 have planned q program
that viii prevent any snowbaIls from
getting started down hill.
As the session gets going, one hears
plenty Of rumbling. Reasons for dis
satisfaction are numerous and varied.
But they can be concentrated sudden
y. AT least that is the record of dis
gruntled congresses Of other years
Mr.. Roosevelt and his advisers and his
leaders in congress know il and, hence,
everything has been done and is being
done 70 keep the firing scattered If
there should be al issue devised or
arise on which the bulk Of senators
and representatives agree in opposi-
ton 10 the Chief Executive, there will
be plenty Of trouble for the administra-
ton Republicans, you know, are not
going 10 pour oil on troubled waters.
They play politics, too.
Looking over some Of the possibii-
ties Of trouble, one observes such
control laws, extension Of the life Of
the Reconstruction Finance corpora
ton, banking legislation or revision
Of laws We now have, reconsideration
Of the law which requires that every
corporation that sells its shares Of
stock shall register them and comply
with laws about its financial status, re-
lief and recovery legislation in its vari-
Gus phases and others Of no less con-
sequence Washington observers are
saying that each one of these contains
elements that may lead 10 a break be
tween congress and the President. But
they also are saying that Mr.. Roose-
welt holds the whip hand and that
there are not many members Of the
senate or house who viii take the bit
il their teeth.
said a moment ago that Mr.. Roose-
velt's course was aimed 10 prevent the
molding Of snow
Silver ball, for il is a physi-
Rr,vi1O cal fact that once a
SNOWFALL starts, II
gains both IN momentum and size
This largely explains the action of the
President in proclaiming the London
conference treaty on silver buying in
effect just when he did. The plan for
the American government TO consume
al Of the silver produced in this coun-
try VIII stop some Of the infationists,
perhaps fifty Of them, right in their
tracks Their states and districts viii
get the benefit Of the silver purchases
by the government II means a profit
for them that they have not had in
half dozen years Il is quite obvious
that they won't become rabid support
ers Of a program for Initiating the cur
rency, now.
None Of the observers here seem to
be in position 10 say that the silver
purchasing and coinage order is out
side of the Presidents recovery pro-
gram They are agreed, however, that
II constitutes q smart brand of poll
tics and that it viii 90 q long way
toward sustaining the Presidential pro-
gram in congress. And, If il need be
said, there was no assurance hereto
fore that the present session of con-
gress would not enact straight-out in
fstion legislation on its own response
bIlity.
And while the discussion centers on
congressional possibilities and poten-
tialites, it seems proper TO call at
Ta--io-7 m q ha+-la -ba- -. -..-s -
the outside, but directed at congress.
refer TO the revival Of the longtime
opposition 10 government competition
with business. In this instance. the
hue and cry concerns competition BY
numerous relief agencies and also bV
the Tennessee Valley authority which,
10 burlesque an old saying, is de-
signed 10 make two bulbs for electric
ity grow on the home and farm where
one or none grew before.
The 7. Y. A. started out to be an in
teresting experiment and a plan TO
demonstrate what was possible with
water power IN development Of more
or less barren area. Its purposes have
been expanded so rapidly that none
Of rs here can keep mp with all of its
moves Suffice il 10 say, however.
that the T. V. A is now trying TO sell
electricity for power and light in
scores Of cities and towns and villages
and farms throughout the section from
the Ohio river TO the Gulf of Mexico.
Getting back 10 the relief agencies.
so-caIled. il was the general under
standing year ago and less when
public works" were being promoted
that the construction 10 be undertaken
by the government should not be of the
sort that would compete with. or ham