The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-04
TEN MONTHS SEE RESULTS
 IN CONGRESS


 Congress covered a wide range, af- facting the nations international re- lations as we'll as it's economic, in dustrial and home life.
 Passage of the permanent tariff re- vision and soldiers bonus bills prob ably were the chief features of the session, which began December ,, last and which was the first regular sos. sion of Congress since inauguration of the Harding administration. the first session being specially called in the spring of 1921. The Washington and Far Eastern questions, and the railroad and coal strikes, however, gave Congress new and unexpected problems to deal with The naval linn itation and half dozen other confer ence treaties were ratified by the Senate last March after weeks of de- bate delaying other legislation ald about as many weeks were required for conferences and legislation grow ing out of the two strikes-the Fed eral Coal Commission and coal rogu lation and distribution bills.
 Scores of other new laws were made and a dozen regular and several special appropriation bills, carrying upward of s2,250,O0O,00O, passed, the first under the new budget system and the reorganized congressional app"o- priation committees.
 The session was marked by three personal addresses by President Ha | ing at joint sessions, one, opening the session, another one on merchant marine legislation and a third on the industrial situation.
 l Other special features of the ses- sion included the seating of Sena1or Newberry, Rep, Michigan, by the Sen ate January 12, the recent attempt by Representative Keller, Rep, Min neapolis, to impeach Attorney Gen. eral Daugherty, confirmation by the Senate of American Ambassadors and 1 Ministers to Germany Austria and Hungary, confirmation of former Sen ator Sutherland of Utah, as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to sue ceed former Justice Clarke, resigned; deaths of Senators Penrose and Crow of Pennsylvania; resignation of Will | jam s. Kenyon from the Senate to go 1 on the Federal bench and the long tariff debate in the Senate. The tar if discussion began April II and broke all congressional records for a con- tinuous legislative day, through daily recesses without single adjournment, from April 20 to August 2. The abor- tive effort for Senate cloture, still pending, and the row over appoint ment of Nat Goldstein to be St. Louis internal revenue collector, were other features.
 Politics, as might be expected be- fore the biennial congressional cleo tions, was constantly in the capitol air during the entire session. with ln- numerable partisan speeches and moves from leaders of both dominant parties. Defeat of veterans such as Chairman McCumber of the Senate Finance Committee in the primaries during the session and announced re- tirement of others such as Chairman Fordney of the House Ways and Means Committee foreshadowed con- ing changes in congressional mem- bership.
 Headed by the tariff bill, the ses- sion's more important legislation pro- vded for:
 Creation of the Allied Debt Fund ing Commission.
 Appropriation of s1O,OOO,OOO for Russian relief
 Appointment of a "drt farmer" on the Federal Reserve Board.
 Cooperative marketing by farmers.
 Regulation of grain futures, so as to meet the Supreme Court decision, mak- ing the original Capper-Tincher law imperative.
 Creation of twenty-five more Fed eral judges.
 Extension of the per cent immi- grafton quota law for two years.
 Scrapping of naval vessels in accord with the arms conference treaties.
 Reorganization of the Patent Office with an increase in it's force.
 Reorganization of the basis of pay of Army, Navy and Marine officers.
 Decrease in personnel and expense of the Army and Navy. Monthly payment Of pensions.