The Washington times., 1923-03-04
9Th CONGRESS
|sETS RECORD,
.AsTS415 DAYS
lrIy 10000 Bills Poured
to the / Legislative Mil and
Eer Than 700 Are Passed
BIG MEASURES LOST
Points to Results With
! While Democrats Say
) a DO Nothing" Body
DRGE NJ. BATTEY, II.
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DRGE NJ. BATTEY, II. /
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concluding session of
ty- seventh Congress
into history today at
The Republican Ad-
alton majority is claim
record that eclipses all
bus accomplishments. The
bcratic minority asserts
term Do Nothing car
with It the highest compli-
.nt that this Congress can BE
id.
Only last week Representa-
he HuddIeston, Democrat, of
ALBANIA, tainted the majority
ith the term bunk, sup
Dsed to be a corruption Of
buncombe, or plain hum
ucgery. eve Of the minor
y are powerless to stop you, :
1outed Huddleston in effect /;
20 ahead and pass your bun
ombe bills. y
Then Lord Middleton, Of Eng
ard, dropped in unexpectedly
With a foreign view. Said the
lord in. an aside, Eve hear Par
'ifament criticised in Washington
las q slow-moving body, but we
lean say most positively we have
mo bills passed by one branch in
November and hanging over In
the other until March"
To this Republican Floor Lead
Ter Mondell replied:
The DO Nothing Congress,
Dc t1some of its critics stupidity
persist in characterizing it, has
done more in the same time than
anH4oother, passing nearly two
laws per legislative day for the
entire. session. We are justified
IN EMPHASIZING that this is . Re-
publican Congress under Repub-
lieAn o Administration, and our
justification for this emphasis
grows out Of the fact that some
who are not of our political
faith are much disposed TO claim
credit .,for themselves for the
splendid achievements and ac-
embellishments of this Congress"
LAME DUCKS CARED FOR.
President Harding, a staunch
party man. with strong leanings
Old Guard wing, con-
eisteptly bore in mind Mr. Bryan's
solicit1deo for the deserving Demo-
c4ta s and in his appointments,
1Q)lQWed sthe Jacksonian principles
Of EeWaTding the victors with the
spoilR THUS he took good care OF
the flame ducks or the party
11e9xof Congress who failed of an
encore from the machine or the
the voters at home.
dIno this category of recent date
belong Senator Poindexter, of
Washington, defeated in the cleo
tons. who has been made minister
to- Peru, Senator New, of Indiana,
retired in the primaries. who has
been Kicked upstairs" to the post.
master generalship, and Frank w.
EPndell, of Wyoming, appointed
director of the War Finance Cor.
k5ration.
Opinions vary among men Of
the street as to whether Congress
little, nothing or
much. The record speaks for IT.
SIT and leaves each individual to
decide for himself. While the big
Program Of reconstruction expected
~ many ex-service men did not
14aterialtze. even to the extent of
Getting the boys away from city
eRils, and back to the farm, and
while little progress was made In
Foreign ent9uglements, there are
evidences Of strong effort to put
home affairs in shape for an era
OF comparative progress, prosperity
and happiness.
Much attention was given the
readjustment of the nations
finances following the dislocation of
industry and personal effort Incl
dent to the world war. A status
OF actual peace with Germany
called for a formal declaration OF
that fact, and a resolution was
rushed through as one of the first
acts Of the new administration.
Peace called for constructive pro-
gram. and this the Congress sought
to frame by its particular lights
and limitations.
DEFICIT INHERITED.
Like the diplomats of Europe,
Congress undoubtedly looked on the
problems through political eyes, but
undoubtedly many of its stumbling
blocks were a heritage from the
preceding Democratic hosts, who
loudly proclaimed that they had
left things in apple-pie order. A
heavy deficit in government finances
was among the inherited "hang.
overs" The national debt had as
spmed staggering proportions, and
the sums devoted to running ex-
penses had run beyond the ken of
kings. "If the country finds 1t.
self in bad shape financially" walled
the new occupants of White House
and Capitol, sit is because of this
Democratic old man Of the sea- We
will apply all the principles of eco
Monies and efficiency we know to
bring in revenue and whittle down
the deficit, and get on rising
ground"
Congress soon provided a vehicle
for this task in the Bureau of the
budget, a branch of the Treasury
Department. Gen. Charles G.. Dawes
was the first director, then Gen. Fl
n. Lord, the incumbent. Figures
from the bureau showed that on
February %, 1921, the net National
debt totaled approximately $23,70O,
OO0. 900. and that by January 81. 1928,
u had been decreased approximately