Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04
69th CONGRESS COMES TO END
WITH FILIBUSTER IN SENATE

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| wished the members a safe and pleas
ant Summer and dropped his gavel
at just one minute after 3.
The House will not reassemble until
| December, unless the President should
| call a special session of Congress to
| meet an emergency. The Senate,
| however. must return November 10
| to sit as a court of impeachment in
the case of Judge George W. English
| VI the eastern district of Illinois.
Session Is Remarkable.
The session of Congress just closed
, Is remarkable both for what was ac-
complished and for what failed OF &C
| complishment.
On the credit side of the congress
sionai ledger stand the enactment Of
the tax reduction bill, which Topped
between S35o,000.000 and $500. 00O. 900
off the tax burden Of the American
people, the ratification Of the protocol
for American adherence to the World
Court; the ratification Of the war debt
settlements with Italy. Belgium and
a number of other debtor nations; the
enactment of the Parker-Wat rail-
road labor bill, which resulted in the
abolition OF the Railroad Labor Board,
and the 10000. 900 public buildings
bill, the first since 1918.
On the debit side of its ledger are
found the following measures which
failed OF action: Coal legislation. ship
ping legislation. farm relief legisla.
ton, legislation to strengthen prohibi-
ton enforcement. national bank legis-
lation and the Lausanne treaty be-
tween the United States and Turkey.
The Senate has agreed to take up this
treaty next December
Take 1t by and large, it has been
hard working Congress and there has
been tremendous grist of bills of
less Importance which have been
enacted into law. Thousands Of others
have been side tracked.
Vets Crystalline Sentiment.
The session has been marked par
t1cuiarly by the recrudesence of the
wet" or anti-prohibition sentiment
For the first time since the adoption
OF the eighteenth amendment to the
Constitution and enactment of the
Eolstead sct, the question Of modifi-
cation or repeal Of the dry laws has
been seriously advanced with a con.
siderable backing, in Congress and
out.
At the instance Of group of wet"
ate judiciary committee held public
hearings lasting more than two weeks
on the various proposals to modify,
repeal and strengthen the dry laws
The time was equally divided between
the VETS" and the "drys," and both
sides marshaled imposing lists Of wit
neSseS.
Although administration bills pro-
viding for stricter enforcement of the
prohibition laws were finally reported
to the Senate and also to the House,
none of them was enacted into law.
Campaign Expenditures.
/ OF scarcely less public interest has
been the investigation conducted by a
special committee of the Senate into
campaign expenditures, revealing that
the cost of the Republican senatorial
and gubernatorial primary campaigns
in Pennsylvania exceed $4,000, 900.
Republican leaders in the Senate as
we'll as Democratic, profesSed them
selves amazed and Disguised at this
great expenditure of money, although
Secretary Andrew w. Mellon of the
Treasury Department. the outstand-
ing public figure of Pennsylvania to-
day, and Senator David a. Reed in
sisted that the primary system had
made hig expenditures necessary in
State with population of approx
mateiy 10. 600 600. Grave doubt has
been raised as to whether Represent
attve Williams S. Ware, who won the
Republican senatorial nomination in
Pennsylvania. will ever be seated
More than $500 900 was expended for
his ticket alone. 1t developed. The
senatorial investigating committee
will continue it's work in Pennsylvania
and Illinois, in North Dakota and in
other States throughout the congress
sional campaign.
Presidents Influence Holds.
For the most part. the leadership Of
Calvin Coolidge and his cabinet has
been potent in Congress. The ad-
ministration'S recommendations re-
garding the taX-reduction bill were
followed in the main, and Secretary
MELONS, plan for a considerable re-
duction in the surtaxes as well as in
the taxes which fall upon those of
more moderate means was virtually
adopted. The Democrats in both
houses largely fell into line with the
Republicans in framing and passing
the tax bill. much to the disgust or
the Progressive bloc. which desired
to reduce the taxes more on the lower
incomes and to maintain higher sur
taxes than the bill finally provided.
The President also had his way in
the disposal of the World Court
protocol. Despite the bitter opposi-
ton of the group of "irreconcilables,"
headed by Senator Borah, chairman
Of the Senate foreign relations COM
mittee, on the Republican side. and
Senator Reed of Missouri on the
Democratic side. the resolution OF ratl-
fication was forced to vote, and not
a score of votes were recorded against
it. For the second time since its
adoption, the two-thirds cloture rule
re tho Senate was invoked to bring