New Britain herald., 1921-08-25
CONGRESS ENDED;
 CONFINES SEPT. q Reed Attacks Anti-Beer Bill--
 Mondel vs. Garrett 65 NEW, LAWS IN U. s.

cver-While Democratic Minority
 Leader Pays Respects to Republican
 Majority and Scores Inactivity. Washington, Aug. 25.-Senators and representatives generally left Wash ington today for a vacation as a re- suit of congress declaring a 30 days recess just before midnight last night. Some will remain, however, to con- tinue committee work, particularly in the case of the senate finance com mittee which expects to continue study of the permanent tariff bill and to take up the tax revision measure. Both the senate and house will re- convene September 21 but the latter expects to take three day recesses until October 3.
 Senate Well Filled. | Although many had left a few days early, the senate we'll filled until adjournment was taken and in the house when the speakers gavel fell at 11:5S D. m., there were more than 200 representatives on the floor. The closing scenes were unusually quiet. In the senate interest was centered in the anti-beer bill which after a prolonged attack by Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri and Stanley, demo- crat Kentucky, was put aside. What effect this will have upon the treasury in reference to the medical beer regulations, which have been drafted and await Secretary Mellon's approval for issuance, is expected to be indicted today.
 | Appropriation Bills. Among the bills passed in the clos ing hours of the session were the agricultural credits measure, the shipping board deficiency bill of $48,- | 5O0,000 with it's amendment carrying | $200,000 for expenses of the disarma- ment conference and the measure ex- tending the dye embargo until Jan uary 1 Enactment of measures was completed by President Harding who appeared at the capitol late in the evening for the purpose of affixing hs signature to bills He was accom- panied by Mrs, Harding who occupied a seat in the senate gallery and was an interested spectator of the hectic | debate on the beer bill. House Marks Tims. | The house for the most part mark | ed time, as it had only to complete action on conference reports. Oppor- tunity was taken by Representative Mondell tho republican. leader, jus. | before adjournment was moved to re- l view the accomplishments of the ses- sion to date.
 | Speaking of Fordney Tariff | No congress in American history" | he said, has made better record of | continuous and conscientious consider ation of the public business or of meritorious accomplishment in wide field of legislation than the present congress
 Commenting on specific legislation passed by the house the republican leader declared that the Fordney tar 1 if bill which will take from the sta | tute books the makeshift Underwood | tariff law, that would have wrecked i industry and the protective activities 1 of the country but for the European war, will restore and re-esta ablish in America to the benefit of every sec tion of our country the equitable and beneficient principles of a republican protective tariff | Tax Revision Bill.
 Referring to the tax revision bill which was sent to the senate last Saturday, MT. Mondell asserted:
 'Thc country will welcome and ap-
 
 ly and for the present calendar year lifts 5O.0OO,O0O taxes from the shoulders of families of small income and from the travelling and consum- ing public; measure which eventual | ly will lift from the shoulders of our people of every class a sum in excess of 0,O00,OO0."
 Sixty five bills and resolutions, Mir. | Mondell said. have become law since congress met on April II.
 Replying to MT. Mondel1, Represen- tative Garrett, Tennessee, acting dem l ocratic leader, declared that with all due respect to the republican major- ity this has been. the worst session of congress in history"
 II Scores Republicans. Failure he continued, was due not to poor republican leadership but because the republican party did not stand on any fundamental thing. Tho re-
 publican majority, he continued, was so divided that it was unable to get together without making compromises both as to principal and policy.
 Mr. Garrett said there was no req son to expect any improvement over the record made by the present con- gress so far. During the 6sth con- gross, however, he added, the people
 would have some hope because diff