Evening star., 1922-10-02
Congress Record Now Is Submitted
to the People.

With Congress back home" and
ting their records to the voters. the
editors Of the nation are unable to
agree on the worth Of the per-
formances Of the sixty-seventh ma
tional legislature. Partisanship, as
was to be expected, enters very ma
terially into the general discussion.
One thing. however. is accepted
nearly everywhere. and that is that
almost the impossible was expected
of the body which took over the
work OF legislating for tho days Of
reconstruction that followed the war.
There also 10 q general disposition to
criticize the caliber Of the personnel.
which is characterized generally Al
below tho standard needed by tho
country At large.
While the Substantial economies
pledged have not materialized" and
much time was wasted on insincere
and demagogic bills" the Chicago
News independently sees in the
ment" and withholds judgment on
the tariff, 1.-The single major measure
Of the session." until 1t can demon
strate its worth. The Indianapolis
News undependent) holds the sss-
can, or will. take pride. Its adjourn
ment was greeted with a great sigh
Of relief. During the ten months OF
its life 1t developed no real leader
ship"
Dealer undependent democratic)
points out, "the record Is neither as
good as its apologists would have the
country believe. nor as bad as its
critics aver" and 1t holds that tack
Of vigorous leadership handicapped
rule for chairmanshins. but "ws sholl
never achieve a maximum leadership
until this outworn device Is abandon
ed" It was "opportunitv wasted" In
the view Of the Buffalo Times (demo-
erac nna (i.s as S Se nad of
special session. especially in view Of
besin. has la'' IN maj pecemSer." ec Gov e cos's
Dayton News {democraticl argues
that explaining the record is at best
srosns Of despair from many who
are seeking reelection. There hasn't
been a constructive thought express
ed in Washington that has had the
ghost Of . show Of being enacted into
widest sort Of bunk. The situation
staggers the imagination of the
country"
A directly opposite viewpoint is
that Of the republican New York
Tribune. which argues that "the coun-
done in reducing inflated federal ex-
penditures and liquidating the left
over obligations OF the war" Rati-
dcation Of the armament conference
treaties. and making Of general pro-
vision for the disabled soldiers, like
wise was praiseworthy; although the
age of the bonus bill. vetoed by the
President, and the tariff measure that
became law. The Topeka Capital
(republican) also sees much that was
good in the record, pointing out that
sit is easy to criticize the late Con-
mountable dificulties. II it was to
give the country what it wants-low
taxes. high prosperity. There are
some things politics cannot do. which
must wait on a slow working out
as, the world readjusts itself" This
Union {repubiican). because "the con.
ditions over which it had no control
and thus for which 1t cannot be
justly censured have had an even
greater effect on results. For the
popular t91teos el0os tnero nave oeen
too many indications that Congress
has been out Of sympathy with the
ideas and policies Of the President,
and 1t IL natural that as the Presi-
dent. has gained in popular favor
Congress has suffered somewhat"
The accepted failures Of Congress
are due to the fact that "it was re-
quired to do the impossible" the Man
chester Union Independent repub-
ucan) is convinced. so that before
appraising the work of the Congress
there ought to be some dfscounting
Of expectations" or, as the Jackson
VILE Times Union independent demo-
worse, as except for the tariff bill the
people never before. suffered as little
at the hands OF republican
Congress" The Baltimore Sun tdemo-I
cratIc) characteristics the sixty.
sevsalh CongFese - having broken
an HecoF4a Ii the way OF fd1inG.
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