Show 1 DOMESTIC the last insl two or f D I 1 ita t a life tile seventieth event leth cot couK gieszl iusa passed hissed a number of 1 ciul I I 1 wise ise in ensures the alie inny arid and navy cupply bills tilt lit bill 1111 the 0 it crullers crul lers and one providing for or dep of if tillen guillmen kind were adopted ordering a survey of the canol banol route and sling giving led eil erni alln roval to tile the clil lil ago centennial an vt tit INTI fw and the senate ratified tile Rel logi esrland pact imet out lofving war another measure nn passed both that hint wits was looked upon by bv a part of the as neither nw essary nor wise tilts ilila the jones jonea bill to punish offenders against the Vol stend blend law by a rouin of 1000 one fine or ove live years sears in prison or both the hitter bitter opposition ton lit i the wets wits app appeared edRed somewhat ly by tin in amendment stating that congress did not intend that such snell severe pen little should be imposed fur for slight or casual violations then came herbert hoover who with charles Cli arica curtis as vice prest president lent aria as chief executive oti oh starch 4 1 I in a vigorous inaugural address the new president pro nilse that tits pledges would bo ful Ule Ille dand dwelt especially on the ciuti ah lems leina of law farni farm relief fellk and the e ile he announced mai tant gitlia I 1 first of thess these would fie bo subjected to to a searching investigation by a nut national lonal commission which he would appoint and urged congress to do tta its duty lu in respect to the others mr air hoovers headed by bj henry I 1 Sti nuson as secretary of state and contained two holdovers hold overs secretary of the treasury melton and secretary of labor davis the names of mellon and davis were not submitted to the senate for confirmation and a tittle little later the toes foes of the head of the treasury tried to in vain to impeach hla fils right ta hold the port portfolio follo farm relief and tariff the called congress to meet tn in special session on april IS 15 asking that it confine itself to passing bills for the relief of agriculture kind revising ifie tl io tariff especially for the benefit of farmers anu and industries that tin biad not been prop prosperous erous the house in ten days phased passed the farm relief and ou on may alay 28 it gave its approval to the hawtey tariff measure which revised most of the schedules and generally increased duties in the senate the republican radicals and itie tie democrats insisted on oil putting tn in the mcnary farm relief measure a provision for the debenture or export subsidy plan though they knew tills would not be accepted by president Il hoover 11 in tills this shape tile the bill was passed on may 14 and tor for a month the alie house and senate confer ov ivr r lt it the house finif finally lly arid tilt the debenture scheme be int frig eliminated eliminated mr hoover signed tile the measure 6 on on june 15 ind and soon titter named the members of tile the federal funn farm hoard board authorized by tile the net act alexander legge of chicago president of tile Inter international notionAl lb arvester company was appointed chril and the lie board proceeded to promote tile the for mation of farmers operatives cooperatives co which would be aided with loans from a revolving fund of that had boen voted by an congress ress tills this work continued throughout the year meeting with general approval with tile the question of tariff revision ohp senat senators orsi gut tangled up tip 11 in alight a that hint deemed A coall coalition tion of Delato democrats cruts tilt mid republicans was forin formed pol that succeeded lit in tol iring to pieces alie ball lil reported liy by tile the senate committee wll which h resembled that passed by the house this anomalous anoni olous majority professed to be acting for tile the farmers and even inserted in the barlit tri measure ensure tile the export deben debenture lure plan the writing rewriting re of tile the bill could not he be completed before tha v ing and so wits was passed on to the regular session that opened on lie I 1 ece cember roher I 1 in their bhare time during the autumn tile the senators investigated the activities tivi tivit ties les of hobbyists lobbyists especially those concern concerned Vol with tariff rates and train from some borne witnesses notably joseph grim dy of pennsylvania they heard corn com ments menta on them find and their doings that were not pleasing Pres president on slay may 20 appointed his on law err en consisting of eleven eminent tuen men and women women with george W wickersham as it was understood der stood tilt this commission would take several years tor for its investigation making recommendations from time to time stock market collapse the great debacle mentioned in the introductory paragraphs cattle came in late october and continued for two weeks it was wa the culmination of nning months of frenzied gar rattling by amateur spec in a rising market prices fell rapidly and paper profits of about seventy billion dollars vanished tit the government gov emment could tin do to check chech the collapse but when normal levels had hoeu been reached resident president hoover came forward with a program for the stabilization of business ne q arid industry and the continuation of prosperity the lind had been en ell doying tie ile culled called groups of lenders leaders in all line t to a in wash alig linkton 1 ton kind ree received 4 alved aiom mm them assurances that ther arid and their would co operal with lit plans at a final meeting of MR big industrialists nod linanel financiers ersa 0 pt wits was to lo out for weak spots in business and fipple reined in tits his rend to tit stir first reg ics acs ain of the seventy first con gla gl gie A file he pre president expressed the that the tak en had reestablished confidence and that a very imse degree decree of at tin lan had hn heen prevented prevent pd ti me recommended int reused tit es for wate waterways 3 buildings and other public works anti anil asked eon con ansa to auth authorize orize alip invonne tax cut of I 1 per rent cent effective for otte one year the ali also dwell at ut length tin on tit lie mutter matter of law enforcement declaring it to tc tie lie uie the most important ls ue before the people anti and recommending various ari oust changes to help tile the enforcement of prohibition tile house speedily pee dlly parsed tile tits tas reduction resolution and tile the senate ac cepter it lit in due time one tie of tile first acts of tile upper house wn wits the adoption of it a resolution which donled denied a sent in the senate to william willfam S vare ot of on tile ground of corruption and fraud in tits his nomination anti election three year pre governor So vernor isher promptly appollo appointed ted jose joseph ph grundy to fill tile th seat and he was sworn in after being severt keenly ly castigated gated by a number of senators I 1 fotous demonstrations against pres ires bleret borno of and his bis amerl Ai nerlin aan ad advisers vIers broke out to in december eaher the united states marines vero berat constrained st to dhoot down a few na and Preal dent hoover asked congress to lo authorize autho ilze the appointment of a commission lo 10 study the unsatisfactory condit conditions lons on tin stand island secretory Secret nry tit if war james W y gool died ba oa november Nove 1 18 and akl patrick J hurley of oklahoma who had beu I 1 portfolio assistant secretary wis was given tha mr goovers overs diplomatic appoint ments were highly commended lie ile sent gen charles gates dawes to london lie senator walter B E edge to carls john W garrett to rome konie ger ritt J dickeman to henry V F Gugg guggenheim to cuba irwin it lough laugh tin to madrid charles C hart to per sla and A ai IS geissler to slam dwight P F davis former secretary of war wits was appointed governor Ro vernor general of the philippines ip lp pines theodore roosevelt jr was wa mude made governor of porto klco nad arid lawrence M judd governor of hawaii there were echoes from time to time of tile oil all scandals the supreme court upheld the conviction of harry flarry P F sinclair for contempt of the senate and of court and he was in prison front from may 0 until november 20 albert 13 pall fall former secretary of the interior was found guilty of bribery in tile the oil lease cases and was sentenced to one year in III prison 1111 and d fine the nanual convention of tile the amerlean american legion was held in louisville and 0 L bodenhamer denhamer no of oklahoma was elected ille grand army of the republic met in portland maine and chose E J roster faster of worcester cc cester ater mass as its commander in chief an interesting event was tile the celebration on october 21 of tile the golden goldell jubilee of eddons edsons electric light tile entire civilized world tile occasion but the big doin colnai 4 were tit nt henry fords reconstructed old time village nojir detroit ident iloa ver mr air edison and a kost hot of other notables being the automobile eoanu f facture 11 c tit ra a gil duets e ats while in tile the middle west tile the president tools took part in the celebration of the completion of canalization canall atlon of the ohio river delivering addresses addi esses at cincinnati and louisville Louls vIlle there were two elections that tant attract ed especial attention lu in virginia the regular democrats defeated a coalition 0 o of republicans and antt anti smith democrats led by bv bishop 0 p cannon in new york jimmie walker wits was re elected mayor easily beating cengr lu la arid and other aspirants other elections in various parts tit of the country indicated that the democratic Democrat le patty party was regaining strength |