Evening star., 1923-03-15
EDITORIAL DIGEST

| power by the Republican ringleaders
OF the House we have had for-the
last two Years. instead of one-man
government at the executive end of
pennsylvania avenue. a government
oy oligarchy in the House OF Repre-
sentatives. Boston Transcript dnde-
pendent republican,. ''Tnaslnucn as
the short session, excepting the
| British debt legislation, and the
routine enactment of the appro-
priation bills was devoid Of achieve
ment. the election of last No
vember must stand as the popular
Nerdict. .--Syracuse' Herald Gndepend-
ent). Many commendable points could
he taken up in details. but altogether
they would not remove the conviction
that the SINty-Seventh Congress miss
ed great opportunities for clean-cut
work and muddled through rather
than worked through to what it ac-
compEsh"d. Detroit Free Press Gnde-
pendeh,). 10 use an expression made
historical at the death-bed of one of
the Stuart kings. nothing SO becomes
the life of the Sixty seventh Congress
as the leaving of it,"-St. Paul Dis
! patch independently.
An impartial examination or ;,s
work during the last two years will
! reveal a large amount OF constructive
Legislation which the preceding ad-
! ntnistration failed to enact'-Kansas
7 L
Joe Cannon. who retired with Con-
gress, says the world is growing bet
| ter. Uncle Joe should know"-OakIand
tribune independent republican,
IT may truly be said Of this Congress
that it was Il Congress of great
possibilities and opportunities; that
the public entertained great expecta-
tions regarding it; that its record.
while not entirely disappointing, is
largely SO, and that the public breath
cd sigh of relief when 1t died. then
forgot it, except to cuss il OCCASION
lally-Roanoke World News (inde-
pendent democratic). There were few
tears s.andov over its 1;Ii swan sons-Watertown
| plished many gratifying results,
creditable alike to the administration
and the party in power'-Passaic
Herald (republican). 1T accomplished
not be ed"-Wiliamsport Sun
independently.
IF President Harding saved Con-
gress from the liability of the Bursum
pension bill. Congress paid the debt
sy,n by savihg wi him from the Liability of
dependent). 1T went out without re-
gret from any section. 1t outlived its
usefulness and its welcome'-New
York Globe independently.
1T cannot be successfully denied
that some Of its accomplishments not
IL
Ratification of the Washington
treaties and the approval, of the
British debt settlement proposal were
items which deserve high place in the
history of constructive legislation
Peoria Transcript independently. THE
rise OF the farm bloc is merely an
other evidence of what happens to a
weak Congress, running wild amidst
great responsibilities" - Pittsburgh
Sun tdemocratic). Inevitably the
compensation of much legislation
needed, and other justified, will not
be lost sight Of in the midst of the
partisan and prejudiced clamor Of ap-
| proval"-Cincinnati Commercial-Trib-
'une (republican). THE net result of
the session was negative rather than
positive. and it would be hard to de-
/ fine the policy Of the period"-Charles-
ton IS c. Post independent demo-
cratic). THE failure of the Congress
| was due to its inability to get into
vital contact with the tremendous
realities of the modern world In
scorning the Wilsonian ideals it fell
into the error Of ignoring facts
Bfnghamton Press independently. "If
! the Congress he'd done nothing else
the feat Of retrenchment would be
| enough to entitle it's services to the
country's grateful appreciation
Providence Journal independently.