Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-06
REPURL CANS SAY CONGRESS HAS SAVED OVER TWO BILLIONS 'Humiliating Failure,' Declares Garrett, Democrat in
 Answer BONUS, RIVERS AND
 HARBORS BILL FAIL Republican Members Rush to Chi cago; Others to Their Homes-- Investigations Numerous,-
 Appropriations Four Bil.

Washington, June 5.-While con- gress was winding up it's affairs to- day and taking adjournment at four o'clock President Wilson was devot- ing almost his entire time to signing bills. Some measures enacted, how ever, were not reached by him be- fore the hour of adjournment and au- tomat ticaly died under the law pro- hibiting the executive from passing on legislation while congress is not in session.
 The exodus of senators and repre- sentatives began almost immediately after adjournment. Many republi- cans of both houses are heading for Chicago to attend their party conven tion there. Some of the democratic members also will attend that con- vention.
 The house was in restless mood today and efforts of many members to have taken up special bills failed. Near the close the house settled down to give close attention to the address of Representatives Mondell and Gar rett.
 MT. Mondell declared this congress
 had made a saving of $2,374 ,460,S17. Eight appropriation bills that passed
 the house in the sixty fifth congress,
 but failed in the senate filibuster,
 were reduced S950,510,598, he said,
 and the estimates submitted by the
 government departments for the next fiscal year were reduced by $1, 1,433, S5O,218.
 Several laws were cited by MT. Mon
 dell as Constituting record uneq-
 ualled in American history" He in-
 cluded the transportation act, the wo- mems suffrage amendment, the mer-
 chant marine bill, the mineral land
 leasing bill, the water power act, the civil service retirement measure, the Volstead prohibition enforcement law, | the extension of the wartime food
 control act to punish profteering, the
 repeal of practically all war laws and other measures.
 aa Garrett Plays Them. ;l "Take it all in all the record of the congress is one of which every mem Der may we'll be proud off," he declar-
 ed, "it is record that comments the
 congress to the favorable judgment of the American people," Referring to the republican ap- plause which followed MT. Mondells ! speech, MT. Garrett said the republi-
 can leader had spoken "to the only audience in the United States where his speech could receive applause He declared it was "absurd" to say 5 that the work of this congress "meas-
 ured up to any of the past"
 Turning to the republican side, MT
 Garrett continued:
 "You seldom paused in the midst
 of doing nothing except to do some
 thing WOrse."
 , Declaring that this congress had : been "an absolute humiliating anc
 shameful failure," MT. Garrett saie l no new tax laws except "some pop l gun measures" had been passed ant 7 that the reduction of estimates whicl e the republicans called savings, ha. s been made by every congress in thu . last 25 years.
 "We cannot concur" he concluded :. Gin word of praise because in spirit : you know and the country knows, thi - congress has been humiliating fail e ure"
 l. This session of congress began De : cember 1. Important legislation en
 acted included:
 : The army re-drganization bill pro n viding for a peace time army of 297, h OOO, national guard and reserv e force.
 : The transportation act, designed t t assist the railroads over the perio g immediately following their return t J. private control last March l. l. The oil leasing bill by which thou l. sands of acres of oil and mineral land n in the west and south were throw n open to development. r. The merchant marine bill provld e ing for the ultimate sale of the vas 1t governments merchant fleet.
 The Sterling ,anti-sedition act an l. the Johnson bill providing for the de V portation and exclusion of dangerou n aliens.
 ,e The Edge bill authorizing forpla e tion of corporations to finance Amer 'el ican export trade.
 The civil service retirement bill. T. The postal pay increase bill. d Important measures which faile d to pass, included:
 a The soldier bonus bill, passed b i- the house last Saturday night, an
 not taken up by the senate. d, The budget bill, which Presider lg Wilson vetoed and which the senat l. failed to pass after the house ha e, amended it to meet his objections. n. The bill to regulate and control u e. meat packing industry. .h The cold storage bill. is The bill to abolish the housing co to poration.
 m The annual rivers and harbors SUI heI 1.o->11~-~-l-~-