Republican farmer., 1919-03-14
and Walsh, Massachusetts.

igan; and Walsh, Massa chusetts.
 Partisan politics, although it caused the mandate for change from demo- cratic to republican control of Con- Eresz, was largely buried during the war period, wa~ measures being hasti- Iy rushed through with big big-par- tisan majorities. Many acute contro- versies, however, marked the Con- gress. Among these were the 1917- 1918 question of war efficiency, de- veloDed from an investiga ton 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 COnfeTTing unlimited authority on the President to reorganize government departments, government control of railroads and the food control act
 During the first session Of the Con- gress, devoted largely to prosecution of the war, among the important measures passed were:
 The war declaration against Ger many, signed April 6, 1917; the selec- tive draft act; the law for seizure of interned German ships; the war risk insurance bureau act; the first war revenue bill; the food and fuel control law; the daylight saving measure; the initial and record brea king aviation appropriation of s65O,00O 000; the trading wit he enemy act; and measures providing for soldiers and sailors insurance and protection of their civil rights at home.
 Outstanding measures of the second, long session. were:
 The Austrian war declarations; the national prohibition resolution; the Webb export trade act; the alien property custodian bill; the laws for government control of railroads tele- graphs. cables and radio utilities; the second draft law; the War Finance Corporation act and the Overnan re- organization bill.
 During the last session, completion of the 6,00O,O00,0O0 revenue bill was the chief accomplishment in addition to completion of yaterpower, oil. gas and coal land development Iegisla- ton, authorization of additional bonds and the huge annual appropria ton bills.
 Woman suffrage also was a much debated topic, but was defeated in the Senate last month, 55 to 29, lacking the necessary two. 'lirds by margin of one vote, after the resolution pro posing submission of an equal suf- frage amendment to the Constitution had been adopted by the House on Jan. 10, 1917, by vote of 2T4 to 136. 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 disIoyalty charges against Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin, which recently ended in a vote dismissing the charges. Other important inquiries, In addition to the Senate military committeets 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. It ratified treaties for acquisition of the Virgin Islands, for reciprocal drafting of aliens and sev- eral commercial and arbitration trea- ties. Despite the support of Presii lent Wilson, the S25,00O, ,00O Colombia treaty again failed.