Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-06-11
THE 66TH CONGRESS
ADJOURNED JUNE 5
SOLDIERS BONUS BILL FAur,
TO PASS-DiED IN
SENATE.
MEMBERS ANXIOUS TOGO HOME
Republicans Praise Work Of Congress,
While Democrats Call it a "Hu.
initiating Faiiure"-Peace
Talk, Too Much.

WASHINGTON.-The 66th congress-
ended it's second session Saturday ad
journed sine die. Unless grave emer
gency arises. as President Wilson said
it will not meet again until Decem.
Der g.
AS the result of a filibuster, the bin
providing a national budget system
failed Of passage.
Just as the finish in the house. Mon.
dell of Wyoming delivered an address
praising congress. Garrett of Ten.
nessee replied that this congress had
been "humiliating failure"
Soldiers Bonus Fails.
Important measures which failed of
passage included,
The soldier bonus bill, passed BY
the house last Saturday night and
pigeonholed by the senate
The budget bill, which President
Wilson vetoed, and which the senate
failed to pass after the house had
amended it to meet the presidents
objection.
The bill to regulate the meat pack.
ers.
The cold storage bill and the act to
abolish the housing corporation.
The annual rivers and harbors SUP.
ply measure.
Important Bills Passed.
Important legislation enacted in.
cluded:
The bill providing for a peace time
army Of $4,000 officers and men, a
national guard and reserve force
The transportation act to assist the
railroads.
The oil leasing bill by which thou
sands of acres of oil and mineral
lands in the west and south were
thrown open to development
The merchant marine bill providing
for the sale of the government owned
merchant fleet
The Sterling anti-sedition act, and
the johnson bill providing for the
deportation of dangerous aliens.
The Edge bill authorizing the for
nation of corporations to finance er.
port trade.
The civil service retirement biz
The postal pay increase bill
Total Grist 10000 Acts.
Barring the six months of the ses.
sion just ended "a total of about 10000
bills and resolutions were introduced
The. senate approved about 315 bills
and joint resolutions and the house
378 bills and joint resolutions.
The senate adopted about 23O reso
buttons not requiring house action
and the house adopted about the
same number not needing senate &C.
ton.
Much of the session was occupied
by final unsuccessful effort to agree
on peace settlement which would
end the technical state of war.
Important Bills Signed.
The most important of the bills
signed were:
The naval appropriation bill, carry.
ing S436,000,0 900.
The army appropriation bill, carry
ing 1894, 1928, 900.
The sundry civil bill, carrying
$436, 900
The third deficiency bill, carrying
| $5S, 900 900.
The army reorganization bill
The merchant marine bill.
The postoffice pay increase bill.
A bill providing for the exclusion
and expulsion from the United States
Of aliens who are members of anar-
chistic organizations.
An act to pension soldiers and
sailors of the Spanish-American war,
the Philippine instruction and the
China relief expedition.
The industrial vocational rehabili'
tation bill.
An act amending the trading with
the enemy act to permit the restora.
ton of seized property to returned
enemy aliens and to residents of for
mer enemy countries now residents OF
new countries set up under the peace
treaty.
An act to establish woman's pu.
reau in the department OF labor
An act to establish pensions and III
crease of pensions to certain sailors
and soldiers of wars other than the
civil war, and widows and dependent
relatives of such persons.
An act authorizing enlistment III
the federal forces of non-Engllsn
speaking citizens and aliens.
An act relating to the Immigration
of aliens and their residence in tho
United States.