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66th Congress Likely To Be a Xrver7~One;
Republicans Brew Trouble for Wilson
Contlnwd from pa** 1
? & led a precarious existence, sus
8in d largely by the hope that the ex
^ session would decide to give it an
??tension of life
As it will take the committee some
t;me to draft tho s'even re?gular appro?
bation bills, the first two important
natters to be passed on by Congress
M probably be laws providing for
?L return of the telegraph and tele
LM lines to their corporate owners
and the repeal of the luxury taxes.
""here will be little opposition to the
rinciple of the abandonment of gov?
ernment control of the wire lines, but
there is likely to be a lively contro
.. 0ver the necessary financial ar?
rangements.
Semi-luxury Tax Repeal
Will Be Pa?sed ** Once
The Finance Committee of the Sen?
ate and the Ways and Means Commit?
tee of the House were pledged when
thev reported the revenue bill in the
last Congress to repeal the semi-luxury
tax provision of the law. This is the
section that taxes the excess prices of
certain articles of clothing and per?
sona! use. Parliamentary rules made
it impossible to take this section out
of the revenue bill at that stage of its
passage when opinion had become
unanimous against it, hence the im
jnediate recourse to repeal. Lack of
time prevented the honoring of the
pledge before March 4, noon, and it now
is the intention to fulfil it immedi?
ately. In popular discussions the soft
drinks section of the law is considered
a luxury tax, and this, as well as some
other petty excise taxes, may be re?
pealed, though there was no pledge to
that effect. The Internal Revenue
Bureau strongly favors the repeal of
both the semi-luxury and the soft
drinks tax provisions.
The next urgency measure will be
that of provision for the immediate
needs of the railways, which will in?
volve the appropriation of about $750,
000.000?and perhaps mor'?.
Having disposed of these four items
of urgency legislation?vi:., tfae appro?
priation bilis, the return of the tele- :
phone and telegraph lines, the repeal
of the luxury taxes and financing the
railways, Congress will be free to !
browse at will in the legislative past- ,
ures, which are densely covered with
food for laws.
Woman suffrage will be taken up
early and rushed through the House in
a hurry, and now that Senators Harris.
of Georgia, and Keyes, of New Hamp?
shire, have declared for women, the
measure is expected at last to go
through the Senate without much de?
lay.
Shipping and shipbuilding will ne?
cessarily occupy much of Congress':-'
time. Now that the war is over, but
the riveters are still riveting, ship- :
building is the greatest single national
expenditure. To carry out the pro?
gramme in its lowest possible terms
will recuire additional appropriations:
aggregating about 31,000,000,000. Con?
fess will want to know in the greatest
detail just hew the money is to be
spei}| and will have a lot to say about
bw that is to be done. The Shipping
Board is preparing a statement of just
what it intends to do in the light of:
present conditions and will ask Con?
gress to indorse its programme, or, if
it doesn't like it, lay clown one of its
own. Incidentally, wholesale investiga?
tions of shipbuilding from the yards
in China ana Japan to those in Maine
is to be undertaken.
Congress will have to act at this ses- i
?ion in regard to the future of shipping
as well as of shipbuilding. Under the
law the President is the chief ship?
builder and operator. Congress turned
the money and the authority over to
him. He chose the Shipping Board and i
the Emergency Fleet Corporation as ?
his agents, but his emergency author- I
?y ends six months after peace is
signed and his agents then will have to j
ccare their work unless Congress has :
acted in the mean time. This being the
Situation, Congress may reorganize the
wnole shipbuilding and operating in
?trttmentality. It even may abolish the !
Shipping Board and create a new ex- '
ecntive department As to the future
?t the nationally owned ships, Cor,- i
g?ess probably will decide at this ses- ?
sion for or against continued govern- :
ment ownership. Many members of
tonjrreas, who are on principle opposed
lo government ownership, think that
continued government ownership and
operation of the fleet is the easiest .
iobttion of the problem of keeping the ;
American flag on thr; seaa jney are 0f
we opinion that some form of govern?
mental assistance will be necessary for
Private operation in any event, so they
?ink that the nation might as well |
face a loss first as last and continue to
operate the great fleet that the fort
ones of war have given it.
Future of Railway?
Muit Be Decided
ft is certain that the future of the I
railways will be decided at tue coming ;
?easion. There seems to be no doubt i
that Congress will vote to return them ?
to their owr.erB at the earliest possible !
Boa?nt. December 81 ia regarded as]
** most likely date, thon- ?orne of i
the Republican leaders - te to
see
*? cut loose from th -overnment
th
?wjier. There will be lively" con
' " ?er the principle and detail? of
"?Wambling, a? view? on this sub
2? ar* rr;a"y and varied. The advo
?*?? of government ownership are
**?<* and ?aninfluentlaL
**?nitomctton legislation will have a
O,?1*1''1*"'' pl*5a in th" Proceeding* of
r**f?e*s. Chief among these measures
, *? ?Idlers' ?and settlement project.
/"* o. the proposed billa for thi? pur
K??"1" *r' Wropriation of ?376,
jawing arid, ?fwciaped and logged-off
??Ml and in th? purchase of ?ucii and
?wr land*, which at- to b* turned into
??J'y rtxntl-. furrriK and ?old to Soldiers
and
land
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h
Ik
?ai.or? on 40-y**t term? for the
Ptoon and 20*year urm*. on the
?sprov?rr..-.-.u, ??ntaraat in both ca?*c? to
?t Ute rat* of 4 pt-r c*nt per annum.
?? Jneasure ix regarded as of great
?portar^ not only a* a means of pro
r*to* rural settlement and horn-, own
?*? but a.% a means of employment
Tariff leftialation will be taken up an
* itrtii r,f reeonatrwtion. The pendulara
" *w,r?r"?g toward a hifch*r tariff again
** * ??nera! measure of protection and
??* menm of taking mr- of th? many
????tri?) \tit*t>U that. w<:r<- born during
u*Lw?r? ??w? that will r?equire nursing,
41 w*? are to sorvive the keen compe
tition of Germany and other nations
when the roar of busy factories the
world over shall replace the roar of
guns. Regardless of party lines, there
is a disposition to protect these indus?
tries that the experience of the war
has shown are essential to military in?
dependence, but which cannot survive
unassisted.
There is much talk of a new revenue
law, but the chances are that such a
measure will be left to the first regular
session.
A great reform for which there is
much agitation and of which something
is certain to come at this session is the
introduction of a budget system. Repub?
lican leaders are careful to explain that
while they are compelled to use the word
"budget," any close approach to the
budget system as known in other gov?
ernments is not possible,! and, perhaps,
not desirable. As a practical measure
a thorough-going budget system is con?
sidered impossible for the reason that
members of Congress are not disposed to
vote themselves out of a chance to
appropriate public funds. Such a tiling
as a budget committee with power to
plan and supervise all appropriations
is, therefore, considered impossible.
Many are opposed to it on principle,
as tending to concentrate power in the
hands of a few members, who would be
able to dominate all legislation, since
everything requiring an appropriation
would be at their mercy.
The first step toward a more rational
system of appropriations, Republican
leaders say, will be along the lines of
Congressional auditing of expenditures
It is proposed to take the auditing
function from the executive and make it
entirely the creature of Congress. The
idea is that an audit conducted by tin
administrative and executive, side oi
government, which is also the spending
side, is not a real audit. With an audit
ing bureau which is working for Con
gress, and is entirely independent o'
the executive, it is believed that then
will be a much more economical utili
zatfion of appropriations. This inde
pendent auditing agency, being fa
miliar with expenditures, can be ad
vantageously used to scrutinize de
partmental estimates and advise con
cerning proposed appropriations. Con
gress will not have to depend on th<
judgment of the spenders as to wha
should be spent, but will have also th?
judgment of officials whose business i
is to check expenditures.
Other Measures
To Be Introduced
Some of the other measures to com
before this session are the following
The "Americanization" bill, intende?
p" * ' ?
I to stamp out illiteracy and make every
; person in America familiar with the
; English language.
A public buildings bill.
The long-pending measure for the
: leasing of waterpowers.
The much controverted bill, for open?
ing up coal and oil lands in the pub
1 lie ?domain.
Legislation for the enforcement of
; war-time prohibition.
Legislation for the enforcement of
i permanent prohibition.
The proposed prohibition of immi?
gration for a period of years.
Legislation aimed at societies, po?
litical parties and dii;r-r organizations
of a revoiutionai*y nature, and at indi?
vidual, conducting'propaganda antago?
nistic to the principle of American
constitutional government.
"lleform of the court martial system
of the army.
The Civil Service Retirement bill.
The Home Loan Bank measure, de
signed to create a system of banks
analagous to the Farm Loan banks, for
the purpose of making loans for home
building.
The proposal to create an indepen?
dent air service, to take over all gov?
ernment functions relating to aerial
navigation.
War Expense Inquiry
Is Planned by Gulett
Besides legislation there will be in?
vestigations galore. Representative Gil
lett, who is to be Speaker of the new
House, has declared that every cent of
the $30.000,000,000 or $40,000,000,000 ap?
propriated during the war should be
traced to its final resting place. Em?
phasis is laid on the intention not tc
conduct these investigations in a pettj
fault iinding spirit or for purposes oJ
persecution or the making of pol?tica
capital, but more in the sense of stew?
ardship for the people. Some oi th?
investigations will be informative rathi :
than for the purpose of finding oui hov
fund:? were used. Various features o
army administration during the war wil
probably be investigated and the Na
tional Guard and officers who think tha
they were unjustly dealt with in Franc
and elsewhere will have a day in court
Investigations will probably he prett;
closely controlled as to thi ir nature an
scope by the Republican leaders, who ?1
not want a riot of irrespon ible investi
g?tions to satisfy everybody's persona
whim.
As to general party control of legis
lation Republican leaders say that vvhil
no definite programme will be 1; ;?! dow
at the start, they are determi led I
make a record for constructive legisla
tion and that many important measure
will be passed on by caucus, with a view
to throwing the whole party strength
behind them. They also declare that the
session will be marked by Republican
unity and harmony. The Democrats be?
lieve that even in the Mouse the Repub?
licans will not be able to command a
united party vote for all measures the
leaders may favor, while the Senate,
with its scant Republican majority of
two, and severa! members of this small
majority likely to break off the reser?
vation at any time, is held to have great
opportunities for Democratic manoeu?
vring.
Taken altogether the outlook is ex?
cellent for a session that will be full
of action and effort and bristling with
bitter debate.
Gillett To Be Speaker
Without Opposition
As to the question of organization
all is expected to be calm and lovely,
without a dissension in sight, at the
? House end of the Capitol. Champ
Clark, the retiring Speaker, will be
duly voted for for that office by
the Democratic minority and as a
result will be the duly elected
minority leader. There will be
no opposition. Representative Gil?
lett, of Massachusetts, will be
elected Speaker in his stead by the
Republicans without opposition.
On the Senate ''side there is more
trouble. Senator Cummins, will duly
be elected president pro tempore by
the Republican majority, with all Re?
publicans voting solidly. The new of
ficers will then be elected, such as
secretary, sergeant-at-arms and other
minor offices on which the ?Senate
votes. Thon an adjournment is ex?
pected, following which Senator Lodge,
?he Republican leader, will name the
Committee on Committees, which will
spend tl'.e afternoon and perhaps the
nexl few days trying to straighten out
some of the committee tangles.'
While it is certain that Senator
Penrosc will be elected chairman of
the Finance Committee, it is not yet
???-tain who will be chairmen of the
following committees: Appropriations.
Mi ry Affajr? and Agriculture. All
depends on the tight which the Pro
sives have made against Senator
Warren, who is entitled, through
seniority, to his choice of any of these
three chairmanships. Those making
the fight against him want Senator
Smoot, b'-Cau?;?? of his^economic record,
made chairman of the Appropriations
Committee. This would swing Sena?
tor Warren, who wants nothing, he
say--, but the Appropriations Commit
? , to the Military Affairs as the sec?
ond best.
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By Frederick Fanning Ayer
READ WHAT THESE ENGLISH AUTHORITIES SAY OF THIS
MOUNTAIN-NEST OF VERSE, THESE SUPERNAL FLIGHTS OF SONG ,
"Cloud splendors on the mountain-top of achievement."
Leyton District Times, England.
"Power and originality." . . . Cork Examiner (Irish).
"The rarest verses of the time. Grip us hours after reading."
World Wide Bureau, E.ngland,
"Absorbing, astounding, inspiring, baffling." . Academy, London.
"Genuine aspiration and power." . . Occult Review, England.
"Transports us to another hemisphere."
Montrose Standard. Enaland.
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Senators JSot Opposed
Tto Seating of Stanley
AV.? Vor!: Tribuno
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May L8. Repul lican
leaders of the Senate will not be in?
clined to press for an investigation of
charges that Governor A. 0. Stanley, of
Kentucky, manipulated the draft boards
in that state to his advantage in the
Senatorial campaign last fall, it was in?
dicated to-night, unless the atteir.pt 10
unseat Truman II. Newberry as Sena?
tor from Michigan is persisted in by
their opponents.
Senator-elect Stanley was on his way
to Washington to-night. There is no
information here that any definite steps
have been taken to contest i:i:: election.
! Hylan and Hearst
Plan to Put Smith
Out of Politics
Publisher Said To Be Try?
ing to Win Over Murphy
to Aid His Scheme to
Eliminate the Governor
William Randolph Hearst, backed bv
; Mayor Hylan and that portion of the
? administration loyal to the editor-poli
j tician, is laying plans to insure the
j return to private life of Governor
I Smith.
According to well-informed Demo
[ crats, Hearst and the Mayor have two
plans in mind. One is persuading
i Charle? F. Murphy and other Demo?
cratic leaders to drop Smith over
; board. The other is the relaunching
; of Hearst's Independence League. Local j
j Democrats believe Hearst will be '
I forced to adopt the second.
"Hearst's repudiation at the Sara?
toga Convention last September," said
; a Democratic leader last night, "was
unanimous. But if he starts a new
party, or rather revives his old per- j
? sonal machine, the Independence j
: League, he muy have some sort of a !
| following."
Tiiere is a belief among politicians
i here that Hearst also will revive his j
; German newspaper, the "Deutsches |
Journal," which suspended following
] the refusal of the Post Office Depart- !
men? to give it a certificate of loyalty. I
This newspaper was written and edit- [
ed largely by Germans. Some of these
men were arrested as spies or danger?
ous enemy aliens. One of them, Albert ;
Sander, was convicted in the United .
States Court of being head of one of ?
the Kaiser's spy organizations.
In the last few weeks the Hearst :
press has been attacking Governor i
Smith. The pretexts were the appoint- ;
ment of Joseph A. Kellogg, former Su?
preme Court Justice and counsel to the !
Governor, as a member of the upstate j
Public Service Commission, and the ap- ?
pointment of Robert Lee Luce to the
Supreme Court in this district to suc?
ceed Clarence J. Shearn, who at one
time was a Hearst lawyer. It was re?
ported at the time that Hearst wanted
William A. De Ford, his present coun
sel, or some other Hearst man, in Jus- \
tice Shearn's place.
Two members of the Mayor's cabinet,
Nathan Hirsch, chairman of the Mayor's
Committee on Taxation, and David
Hirshfield, Commissioner of Accounts,
have been taking pot shots at the Gov
ernor.
Franklin Back Home,
Silent on I. M. M. Deal
P. A. S. Franklin, president of the
International Mercantile Marine, re?
turned yesterday from England by way
of ''anac?a. He arrived at the Grand
Central Station yesterday morning on
a special train, which also brought 141
other passengers from the steamship
Olympic.
Affairs vital to the future of his con?
cern took Mr. Franklin abroad. He
declined to discuss, yesterday a report
that British vessels in the Interna?
tional fleet were soon to be transferred
to a British syndicate.
"'.hers who arrived on the special
train were Frank A. Vanderlip and W.
W. Jeffries, assistant traffic manager
of the International Mercantile Marine.
McCorinick Plans
Renewal of Fight
For Budget System
Illinois Senator to Introduce
Several Bills to Provide
for Congressional Review
and Audit of Expenditure
Xrw York Tribune
Washington fv'urcnu
WASHINGTON, May 18.?Senator i
Medill McCormick, of Illinois, an
nounced to-night that he would intro- :
duce in the Senate early this session
a series of measures similar to those
he presented in the last House pro?
viding for the creation of a national |
budget system.
These bills provide for the establish- :
ment of a national budget based upon ;
executive responsibility and Congres- ?
sional audit and review. I'nder their
provisions the President would assume
direct responsibility for all financial
recommendations made by tr.e various
departments and bureaus to Congress.
and Congress would assume responsi?
bility not only for appropriations but
also for the review of the expenditures
of money- appropriated.
The first measure provides that be
fore the 15th of November each year
the Secretary of the Treasury shall ?
submit to the President a statement
giving the estimated revenues of the
government for the fiscal year follow- j
ing, together with a statement on ex?
penditures estimated as necessary for
the various departments and bureaus.
If the estimated expenditures shall
exceed the estimated revenues, the
Secretary of the Treasury is to submit
suggestions and recommendations for
new taxes or other appropriation leg?
islation to meet the financial needs.
Or* of the principal features of the
McCormick plan is that the Secretary
of the Treasury will have power to
eliminate items ci duplication, waste
or extravagance. He is not allowed to
review, change or reduce the estimates
for the technical branches of the War
and Navy departments, however.
A budget bureau is created in the
Treasury, under the McCormick plan,
with a director, two assistant directors
and such other employes as are needed.
An initial appropriation of $125,000 is
sought.
Senator McCormick also would change
Congressional methods of appropria?
tion by creating an audil bureau, re?
sponsible to Congr? 3S, and not to the
President. This bureau would review
the expenditures made by the various
departments and bureaus and report
thereon to Congress. The McCormick '.
pian, in this conned for the
creation of a joint Congressional com- I
mittee on departmento accounts to
receive from the Controller-A
General his annual audil and report on ,
governmental expenditure The Con?
troller-Auditor Genera! und his staff
are to be named by coi r? solu?
tion of Congress.
Driver Flees After Auto
Fractures a Boy's Skull
Siegfried Scott, a schoolb.
years old, was taken to Lebani H< ?
pital last night with a fractured
and internal injuries after he had b ? i
struck by an automobile while he
crossing Prospect Avenue ai
Street. The Bronx. The driver of the
machine did not stop, but witnesses
gave the license number to the polic.
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Women to Confer
With Repnblieans
On Parly Harmonv
Vein ^orfc T-ibuna
11 'ashingt-v. Bureau
WASHINGTON". May 18. Prelimi?
nary discussions were held to-day by
delegates to the National Republican
Women's Joint Conference wit! ti e Re?
publican National Committee, sched?
uled for May __ and 23. Many dele
gates are arriv?ig in plenty of time to
"talk politics" and become acquainted
with other delegates before the actual
cor.fersr.ee. Among these are Mrs.
Arthur Livermore, of New York; Mrs.
Fletcher Dobyns, of Chicago; Mrs. J.
H. Merfdenhall, of Seattle; Mrs. Hunt
ley Russell, of Grand Rapids. Mich.,
and Mrs. Thomas W. Healy, of Arizona.
Practically no "regrets" to the invi?
tation seilt out by the women's com?
mittee have been received, even from
embers of the National Commit?
tee, and it is said thai with few ex?
ception the state chairmen of the Re?
p?blica) ? ( " v ': ai tend. Mrs.
Medill McCormick, first chairman of
R ican Women's National Com
d to day :
"Thi c inference was abs I elj es?
sential to a well organized campaign
and is conducted by th ? women for the
purpo e of infi rn ing the men what
expected by way of cooperation.
Nothing but party problems will be
discussed, because it is not the int?1!:
tion of the v.-.unen to let the question
of suffrage ": .rue: the purposes of
I ration n th? c ri
issues."
"The joint Republic! n confer nee be?
tween 1; ipubl ' ?.. ?': and woi n is
an assured rmick
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