Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-04
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the senate these included Senate,

tired with today's adjournment IN
the senate these included Senators
Salisbury of Delaware, president pro
tempore; Lewis Of Illinois, Demo-
cratic whip; Shafroth Of Colorado,
Thompson of Kansas, Hardwick of
Georgia, Hollis of New Hampshire,
and Vardaman of Mississippi; Golf of
West Virginia. Smith Of Michigan and
Weeks Of Massachusetts,. Among
prominent rep esentatives whose serv-
ices ended were Miss Jeanette Rankin
Of Montana, the first woma elected
to the house; Meyer London of New
York, Socialist; Swager'. Sherley of
Kentucky, chairman of the a%ppropri-
atoms COMMITTEES; Hayes, California;
Heating, Colorado. Powers, Kentucky;
Fo:ster, Illinois; Cox, Barnhart and
Jersey; Gordon. Ohio; Farr, Pennsyl-
vania; O'Shaunessy, Rhode Island;
Slayden, Gregg and Dies, Texas, and
Cooper and Stafford of Wisconsin.
New members Of the next congress
include Senate select Harrison, Mis-
sissippi; Harris, Georgia; Stanley,
Kentucky; Capper. Kansas; Edge,
New Jersey; Elkins. West Virginia;
Mccormick, illinois; Newberry. Mich
igan, and Walsh, Massachusetts,.
Partisan politics, although it caused
the mandate for change from Demo-
G 'ess, was largely buried during the
war period, war measures being
hastily rushed through with big BIZ
partisan majorities. Many acute con-
troversies, however, marked the con-
gress. Among these were the 1917
1918 question of wa. efficiency, de-
veloped from an investigation of the
senate military committee and reach
ing a climax in the dispute between
President Wilson and Senator Cham
berlain: of Oregon. chairman of the
committee. Others involved the
league of nations. the Overman bill
comforting unlimited authority on
the president to r%eorganize govern
ment departments, government con-
troll Of railroads and the food control
act.
During the FIRST session Of the
congress, devoted largely to prosecu-
ton of the war. among the important
measu -es passed were:
h war declaration against Ger
many, signed April 8, 1917: the Sc
lective draft law; the law for seizure
of interned German ships; the war
risk insurance bureau act; the first
wa revenue bill; the food and fuel
control law; the daylight saving
breaking aviation appropriation Of
$640. 900, 900; the trading with the
enemy act; and measures providing
for soldiers and sailors insurance
and protection of their civil rights at
home.
Outstanding measures Of the Sec
ond, long session, were:
The Austrian war declaration; the
national prohibition resolution; the
Webb export trade act; the alien.
property custodian bill; the laws for
government control Of railroads,
: telegraphs, telephones, cables and
radio utilities; the second draft law:
the war finance corporation act and
the Overman reorganization bill.
During the last session, completion
Of the $4,000, 000, 900 revenue bill was
to completion of the wheat guaranty
bill, authorizations of $1,000, 900, 900
in short term notes and the huge an
nual app .opriation bills.
Woman suffrage also vas q much
debated topic, but was defeated in the
senate last month. SIS to 20. lacking
the necessary two-thirds by a margin
posing submission Of AN equal suffrage
amendment to the constitution had
been adopted by the house on Janu-
airy 10. 1917. by a vote of 274 to 1876.
The campaign for its adoption will be
renewed in the new congress-.
Investigations by both senate and
house committees were numerous
throughout the three sessions. Among
these were the inquiry into disloyalty,
charges against Senator La Toilette
Of Wisconsin, which recently ended in
a vote Diminishing the charges. Other
important inquiries. in addition to the
senate military committees general
ARMY investigation, were those into
radical, pro-German and brewers
propaganda, activities of the National
Security league, regulation of the
meat industry; the railroad question,
into coal and sugar condition; the
Ford-Newberry senatorial election
contest from Michigan, and the Hog
Island shipbuilding enterprise.
The senate confirmed thousands of
nominations. 1t ratified treaties for
acquisition Of the Virgin Islands, for
reciprocal drafting of aliens and sew
era commercial and arbitration
treaties Despite the support Of
President Wilson. tho $26, O00, 900
Colombia treaty again failed
Cupid seldom wasteS anv ammuni,