The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-18
'66TH CONGRESS
TAKES BIG REST
HOST OF BILLS ACTED ON IN
TWO HOUSES DURING THE
FINAL RUSH
MEET AGAIN DECEMBER 9Th
Only Grave Emergency Will Cause
Summonin0 Of Extra Session This
Summer.-UsuaI Rhetoric Fire.
works Absent From Finish

Washington. June 1.-The SiNty-Sixth
congress ended its second session Sat
ur,lay. adiourning sine die mt 1 y. m.
Unless Il grave emergency arises which
makes necessary Il special session. it
will not meet again until December G..
The close vt the session was marked
by none I" the hectic rush that gem
orally attends Il getaway congress. hut
| there was the usual appnuding and
| cheering in the house chamber after
| Speaker Gilleu'S yavel had released
the members for the first long vacation
| congress has had since the United
States entered the war.
The house cleaned up its work early
in the day and twice recessed to await
possible senate action on pending
measures. The senate remained in
continuous session and as the result
If small-SiZed filibuster there the
Hill to establish Il national budget sys-
tenn failed of passage.
Final sessions Of both houses passed
without the plethora Of political talks
which had been expected by many
since congress was quitting on the eve
IF the national political conventions.
Just at the finish in the house. Repre-
sentative Mondell Of Wyoming. the Re-
publican leader. delivered an address
praiSing congress for the work accom-
pli>hed ut this session. Representa-
tive Garrett. Democrat. Of Tennessee.
replied. declaring that this congress
had been II ''humiliating failure"
The nearest thing to political
speech in the senate was an attack by
Senator Pomerene. Democrat. of Ohio.
on the contingent expense committee
for delay in reporting his resolution
proposing an investigation by the cleo
ti"ns committee into expenditures in
the forthcoming presidential and con-
gre>Si"nal campaigns. He declared
that the Democrats would not and the
Republicans dared not say to- the peo-
pie that it was none of their business
where campaign funds came from or
how expended. The resolution was
adopted without Il record vote.
Practically the only action by the
house during the day was to pass the
budget bill after amending it to meet
the presidents objection that it took
from the executive authority to re-
move the comptroller general and as
SiS,ant comptroller general. officials
appointed by him under the measure.
Republican leaders abandoned their
plan to call for a vote on the reSolu-
ton refusing President Wilson's re-
quest for authority tn accept IL mon
date over Armenia. The measure al
ready had been adopted by the senate.
Chairman Porter. in formal state
ment. said Democratic members Of
the house would have blocked trans
action of all other business had the
resolution been brought up.
While congress was winding M its
affairs. President Wilson was Levot-
ing almost his entire time in signing
bills. Some measures enacted. how
ever. We're not reached by him before
the hour OF adjournment and auto.
matically became dead under the law
prohibiting the executive from passing
on legislation while congress is not
in session.
During the six months of the SEES
sion Just ended. II total of approxi-
matelv 10000 bills and resolutions
were introduced. The senate APPROX
ed about 3l1 bills and Joint resolutions.
The former adopted about 80 resolu-
IionS not requiring house action and
the house adopted about the same num-
Der not needing Stnat. action.
Much nf the session was Occupied
by another unsuccessful effort to
agree on peac" settlement which
womb enl tho fnIl i...ll IL