Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-04
RECORD OF CONGRESS
FULL OF HIGH SPOTS
Rejected Versailles Treaty AFTER
Most Acrimonious Attack
on President Wilson.
~ ,..o..,a,.d press 10 Every Evening

~ Nsso.tated Press 10 Every Evening
wasbinrton. March 4.-Rcjectton OF
,hc Treaty ~ Versailles sharp hght
an President Wilson hN kepupl""h
l,,de.s adoption of the woman SUI
f,.r, Constitutional ameEdhlcnt anu
pass.r, of the prohibition enforcement
=, y,,,. outstanding features OF the
,e4.tonS of the sixty sixth Congress'
vh,.h rt4scs out to-day To mako way
~, m. -iNty seventh Congress. soon I"
Allied IN extra session 10y President
hatdirg.
~v.rt into control of both tho Senate
ID lInus. uttr the end of the war.
ae,ei Prcsidcut Wilson Ind appealed to
,I .tltf. ia 14lN to return Demo
a.t..iliE to Congress. tho Rcpuh-
an. otrtntscd All committees at the
,.csI,ps sct.iou in l9l? and immediate
lam, he'd au attack on the admins
ttatlou This conferred around the
T.satN ~ Versailles. which was taken
up in the senate before 1t Was signed
al Pans
Winch .trnc iu for criticism included the
..,dins .f TROOPS to Russia tn" hand
f4g of deportation eases and tn" wind
re np af war contracts luvostiEa-
a.r, IT many phases of war activities
as, were und. r;Rk"u and continued
through moet of the nearly two years
81 the life OF this. ia" first RNpuhliCnn
tongrcss in eight years
-Four ,otoce of important measures
az tho President also were overrid'n
Jy the sixty sixth Congress The
measures ropa sscd after their dtsap-
proval by NIr Wilson included tho pro
hnltfou enforcement act and joint rcs"-
buttons reducing tho size OF the regular
army a. -. 600 men. repeating the dAy +
ght savings Law and reviving the war
lIrau,, corporation In the case ~
ia. important matter. tho Knox reso'u-
tton to declare the state OF war with
Germany nj an end. tho Presidential
veto stuOd.
Rcsidcs tho war inquiries many
others were conducted. including those
into the ~. stool strikes the spread oi
,,dtca. propaganda tho coal and hous
4ae situabops tive controversy between
.e rotary Daniels and Rear Admiral
-lp. over raval medal awards. cam
rairn expenditures. shipping Board
,peratione tho Ford Newberry election
tadirai deportation aces, and the es
az. 10 t,erInany ~ Grover Cleveland
scredoil Philadelphia draft cvsder
international disarmament was q sub
ut cecupving much attention at th'
.o.iuE session. inquiries being con
- t.d by 10th House and Scuate com
ttt..a pYnal action was deferred an
s. whole question loft over to th'
l..a.rr administrations Tho Senate
.. ,ot.laitte. recommended. how
..,' ,hcrc ia no hating Of Ameri
obstruction at this time
.rlar.aut measures PASSED by tn
r<th couEross heaides the prohi
r.rrrement law. the suffras'
s, ard The resolution 70 reviv'
,, t.arcc Corporation included
arsr,artauon Act
N .haut Marine Act
I4c. b,l for foreign finance cor
'.ns
md gas leasing laws.
4H. army rtot sauizaiton act.
vstc1puyvcr Development bill.
M ats,l'shinC the United state
s-g Coi po~ations
+. : 3iitoa tho usual annual supp
a.,.r,- V.re pu' through and Pre-
. ground worl was aid by th
WevS ard Means Commit
- srr K, s.ng 10th The Tariff and Ia
sv
rberc we're three sessions of III
SlNr, sixth Congress The FIRST. AZ
rxtra ordinary one called BY Presidcn
Wilson hv cable from Paris after fatlur
- sar1e ~ the hig appropriauo
,1casurc- in the preceding Congress
m,, On Nav 10. 1919. and continue
slN months - Nov. 70. The second scs
son. A regular one. beEnn on Decen
boz Ia1o and continued 20 June
r4e0 ending just before the nation;
fal!tical conventions. The third an
anai session began last December
Including tho sessions during the Wa
and earlier congress has been sittin
virtually in continuous session for
decade
Tho Versailles treaty was tho greS
hone Of contention during both the FIR
and second sessions. Il was twice d.
feafcd hrst on Nov. "a. 1919, and agai
.n March -. 1920. when. by vote I
= 20 =. - was returned ~ Presidei
wilson Tho Knox resolution 70 cr
the state ~ war with Germany the
was adopted and. on May %. 1920, kille
~ n presidential veto,
The treaty debate began MAY >
glq four davs after the new Congre:
eonvc ned The treaty was reported
tho senate with the Lodge reservation
sep; 4 1919. and the Senate clotu
rule adopted for the first time sint