The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-24
REPUBLICANS Do
NOTHING TO AID
YANKS OR GOBS
In Power Since May 10, They
Have Done Nothing to Put
Through the Soldiers Farm
Land Bill.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24--After some
eight months Of almost continuous ses-
sion since May 10, the Republican ma
Jority Of the house Of representatives
admits that nothing has been done for
the soldiers and sailors, and, more
over, that it does not know what
kind of legislation is to pass.
This admission was wrung from Philip
4 =. Campbell, of Kansas, chairman of
me committee on rules (the sanction of
lslation before the house,. during a
recent debate, Champ Clark, former
speaker, precipitating II by inquiTing
when the soldiers farm land bill was
70 be brought up for action. Mr., Camp
bell replied that he did not know
That bill has been reported and
has been on calendar here for five or
six months-since Aug. l." said Mr..
clark, and great many people want
to know when anything at all is going
TO be done, and why it is not brought
up and considered. -Four million men
in the. United States are interested in
it, as | reckon"
That is the bill to provide for send
ing men out onto the arid lands and
down into the swamp lands?" inquired
Mr.. Campbell sarcastically.
No rejoined Mr.. Clark, that bill
provided three things: First, to get wa
ter onto dry land, and to tale' water
off the wet land and to take over cut
over lands. In the last congress
Secretary Lane got up bill which is
called the Mondell bin, and VT was
heralded all over the country with
great flourish of trumpets and braying
Of brass bands and everything else,
that that was one of the chief things
the extra session of congress was going
to meet for. The extra session lasted
~ Il 4
now month and a half of the regular
session has passed away and there is
not a symptom of calling up that bill"
u suggest to the gentleman from
Missouri that he ought to withdraw that,
question" interjected Representative
embarrassing to the chairman of the
rules committee, who is not in favor of
the bill himself, and it is quite en-
barrassing to the majority leader"
Mondell Talks.
Mr.. Mondell-I can tell you when they
are going to give you some information
about it. They are going to wait until
the national conventions to tell the
American people. what they are going
to do If they are elected to the next
congress. They are not in a position
now to tell what they are going to do
in this session, and the gentleman from
Missouri ought to know better than to
ask those questions. Will Hays
may tell us, but we must wait until
the convention, because the gentlemen
on that side have got to go to the peo-
pie on the promises and not on what
they have done. | am told there are 70
of these different bills proposing relief
for the returned soldiers. do not even
want to know what is going to become
of them, and know the gentleman from
Kansas does not know.
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what he is in favor of and what he is
not in favor of, and he does not confide
lima" said Mr.. Campbell, with some
heat.
"Or to anybody else, either" said ex-
Speaker Clark. ..
Mr.. Campbell then said he favored
early action upon something that would
be Satisfactory to a majority of the
boys" but he added, $50 far they have
not indicated just what would be agree
able to them"
MondeI Fooled Yanks.
This reply omitted to state the recent
action of the American Legion conven-
ton which placed the responsibility di-
rectly on the shoulders of congress
II thought the gentleman from Wy
oming (Mr MondelD, the author of the
pose of putting 1t through and not for
fooling the soldiers" commented Mr..
Kitchin. $50 it seems he has not even
pushed the bill, has not asked the unan-
imous consent for the consideration of
his bill here. thought 1t was a real
bill for the soldiers and not for bun
COmbe"