Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-09-29
CONGRESS- QUITS
UNTIL NOV. 10
Members of Both Houses Return
Home to Give Attention to
Fall Election.
ENDS TEN MONTHS SESSION
World Relations and Acute Domestic
Issues Taken Up-Passage Of
$2,454,21o Deficiency Bill
Among Last Acts.

Among last AGlSs
Washington, Sept. 25.-Almost ten
months of legislative action ending
with adjournment sine die OF the sec
ond session of the Sixty-seventh con-
gress covered wide range, affecting
the nations international relations as
well as it's economic, industrial ana
home life. Legislation passed IN the
closing minutes of the session was
signed at the capitol by President
Harding.
Passage of the adjournment reso-
luton in the senate was marked by
brief thrust by Senator Harrison
(Dem., Miss.) at the Republicans, the
Mississippi senator declaring that the
session "ended as the most reactIonary
congress since the time of Aldrich and
the most subservient to executive dc
tation since the days of Roosevelt.
One of the last acts of the two
houses was passage of the deficiency
bill carrying total of $2,454,1lO, IN
Guiding 100000 for relief of Amerl-
cans in Smyrna.
Passage of the permanent tariff re-
vision and the soldier bonus bill-the
latter failing because of the Presl-
dents veto-probaDly were the CHER
features of the session which began
December last. 1t was the hrst regu-
lar session of congress since the IN
auguration Of the Harding administra-
ton, a special session being called III
the spring Of 1921. The Washington
conference on limitation of armament
and Far Eastern questions, and the
railroad and coal strikes, however,
gave congress new and unexpected
problems to deal with.
The naval limitation and a half-
dozen other conference treaties were
ratified by the senate last March after
weeks of debate had delayed other
legislation, and about as many weeks
were re ired for conferences and
legislatio growing out Of the two
strikes-t e federal coal commission
and coal regulation and distribution
bills.
Scores of other new laws were made
and a dozen regular and several spe-
cial appropriation bills, carrying up
ward of $2,250,000000, passed, the
first under the new budget system and
the reorganized congressional apLTo-
priation committees.
The session was marked by three
personal addresses by President Hard
ing at joint sessions one opening the
session, another one on merchant ma
rine legislation and third on the
industrial situation.
Other notable features of the session
included the seating of Senator New
berry (Rep., Mich.) by the senate jan
uary 10; the recent attempt by Repre-
sentative Keller (Rep., Mimi to inn
peach Attorney General Daugherty
confirmation by the senate Of ambassa-
doris and ministers to Germany, Aus
tria and Hungary; confirmation of ex-
Senator Sutherland of Utah as a
justice of the Supreme court to sue
coed Justice Clarke, resigned; deaths
of Senators Penrose and Crow of
Pennsylvania resignation of William
S. Kenyon from the senate to go on
the federal bench, and the long tariff
debate in the senate.
The tariff discussion began April
IL and broke all congressional records
for a continuous legislative day.
Headed by the tariff bill. the SEES
sion's more important legislation pro-
vided for:
Creation of the allied debt-funding
commission.
Appropriation Of s2o,Oooooo for Rus
sian relief.
Appointment of a "dirt farmer" on
the federal reserve board.
Cooperative. marketing bv farmers.
Regulation of grain futures" so as
to meet the Supreme court decision
making the original Capper-Tincher
law imperative.
Creation of IS more federal judge
ships
Extension of the 3 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 its force.
Reorganization of the basis of pay
of army navy and marine officers.
Washington, SEPT. 22-The senate
sustained President Harding's veto of
the soldier bonus bill. The bill there
fore cannot become a law.
Earlier in the day the house had
overridden the veto by q vote of 258
to 81. The vote in the senate was Al
to override and % to sustain. but
two-thirds vote was necessary.