LEGISLATION
ENACTED BY
LASTCONGRESS
WASHINGTON, March 15—Stupen
dous was the record of the congress
which expired on March 4 last. It
carried the nation into and through
the war and had been in almost con
tinuous session since it was called by
President Wilson into extraordinary
session, April 2, 1917, to declare war
against Germany. It appropriated
about $60,000,000,000, authorized $25,
000,000,000 in bonds, and enacted
countless measures for prosecuting
the war and of domestic import. The
new congress will take up the limit
less task of reconstruction problems,
ratification of the peace treaty and
other vital questions, probably immedi
ately after the return of President
Wlison from his secoond visit to
France.
Special features of the Sixty-fifth
congress were many addresses by
President Wilson, including those rec
ommending war with Germany and
Austria, that of January 8, 1917, enun
ciating his famous fourteen principles
of peace, and those indorsing woman
suffrage, announcing the armistice
terms imposed upon Germany last No
vember, and his recent address de
tailing accomplishments of his work
at Paris.
Dramatic Scenes
There were three sessions of the
congress. The first, an extra session,
after the turbulent and successful sen
ate filibuster on the administration
met April 2, 1917, following shortly
armed ship bill which marked the
close of the Sixty-fouorth congress.
The dramatic night address of Presi
dent Wilson to urge 4var with Ger
many, which was promptly declared,
marked the opening of the extra ses
sion, called but a few weeks after
the President’s inauguration for a sec
ond term. The session closed October
6, 1917, lasting 188 days. The second
session—lasting 354 days, and the long
est in the history of American govern
ment—began December 3, 1917, and
adjourned November 21 last. The
third and final session, which ended
March 4, began December 2 last, and
was the statutory short session ,pf
ninety-three days.
Substantial Democratic majorities
in both senate and house since Presi
dent Wilson’s inauguration six years
ago now' have passed. In the new
congress the senate will have 49 Re
publicans and 47 Democrats, and the
house 238 Republicans and 193 Demo
crats, 1 Socialist, 2 Independents and
one Prohibitionist. *
Prominent Members Retire
Many veterans In both houses re
tired with the late congress. In the
senate these included Senators Sauls
burv of Delaware, president pro tern.;
Lewis of Illinois, Democratic whip;
Shafroth of Colorado, Thompson of
Kansas, Hardwick of Georgia, Hollis
of New Hampshire and Vardaman of
Mississippi, Goss of West Virginia,
Smith of Michigan and Weeks of Mas
sachusetts. . Among prominent repre
- sentatives whose service endfell were
Miss Jeanette Rankin of Montana, the
first woman elected to the house;
Meyer London of New York, Socialist;
Swager Sherley of Kentucky, chair
man of the appropriations committee;
Hayes of California, Keating of Colo
rado, Powers of Kentucky, Poster of
Illinois, Cox, Barnhart and Dixon of
Indiana, Miller of Minnesota, Borland
Qf Missou^, Parker of New Jersey,
Gordon of Ohio, Parr of Pennsylvania,
O’Shaunessy of Rhode Island, Slay
den, Gregg and Dies of Texas and
Cooper and Stafford of Wisconsin.
Some New Members
New members of the next congress
include Senators-elect Harrison oi
Mississippi, Harris of Georgia, Stan
ley of Kentucky, Capper of Kansas,
Edge of New Jersey, Elkins of West
Virginia, McCormick of Illinois, New
berry of Michigan and Walsh of Mas
sachusetts.
Partisan politics, although it caused
the mandate for change from Demo
cratic to Republican control of con
gress, was largely muried during the
war period, war measures being has
tily rushed through with big bi-parti
san majorities. Many acute contro
versies, however, marked the con
gress. Among them were the 1917
1918 question of war efficiency, devel
oped from an investigation of the sen
ate military committee and reaching
a climax in the dispute between Presl
dent Wilson and Senator Chamberlalr
of Oregon, chairman of the commit
tee. Others lnrplve^ the league of na
tions, the Overman-hill conferring un
limited authority on the V|edld$nt tc
reorganise government departments
government control of railroads and
the food control act.
Important Measures Adopted
During the first session of the con
gress, devoted largely to prosecution
of the war, among the important meas
ures passed- were:
The war declaration against Ger
many, signed April 6, 1917; the selec
tive draft act, the law for seizure of
interned German ships, the war risk
Insurance bureaus, the first war rev
enue bill, the food and fuel control
law, the daylight-saving measure, the
initial and record-breaking aviation ap
propriation of 1640,000,000, the trading
with the enemy act, and measures pro
viding for soldiers and sailors’ insur
ance and protection of their civil rights
at Outstanding measures of the sec
ond, long session, were:
The Austrian war declaration, the
national prohibition resolution, the
Webb export trade act, the alien prop
erty custodian bill, the laws for gov
ernment control of railroads, tele
graphs, telephones, cables and radio
utilities: the second draft law, the
war finance corporation act and the
Overman reorganization bill.
During the last session completion
of the $6,000,000,000 revenue bill Was
the chief accomplishment, in addition
to completion of water power, oil, gas
and coal land development legislation,
authorization of additional bonds and
the huge annual appropriation bills.
Woman suffrage also was a much
debated topic, but was defeated in
the senate by a vote of 55 to 29, lack
ing the necessary two-thirds by a
margin of one vote, after the resolu
tion proposiing submission of an equal
suffrage amendment to the constitu
tion had been adopted by the house
on January 10, 1917, by a vote of 274
to 136. The campaign for its adop
tion will be renewed in the new con
gress.
Investigations Galore
investigations ny ootn senate and
house committees were numerous
throughout the three sessions. Among
these were the inquiry into disloyalty
charges against Senator Lafollette of
Wisconsin, which recently ended in
a vote dismissing the charges. Other
important inquiries, in addition to the
senate military committee’s general
army investigation, were those into
radical, pro-German and brewers'
propaganda, activities of the National
Security Leaague, the regulation of the
meat industry, the railroad -question,
into coal and sugar conditions, the
Ford-Newberry senatorial election con
test from Michigan, and the Hog
island shipbuilding enterprise.
The senate confirmed thousands of
nominations, and many failed because
of the filibuster in the closing hours.
Treaties for acquisition- of the Virgin
islands, for reciprocal drafting of
aliens and several commercial and ar
bitration matters were ratified. De
spite the support of President Wil
son, the $25,000,000 Colombia treaty
again failed.
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UNUSED HUN UNIFORMS
GIVEN TO CIVILIANS
COBLENZ, Feb. 16 (by mail).—
Thousands of unused German uniforms
that were found in the storehouses
here have been delivered to the local
authorities by American army officials
for conversion into civilian clothing
for the poorer residents of the city.
Both boys and men now appear on
the streets in new clothes, some of
which have been disguised by dyes.
The women, too, have availed them
selves of the opportunity to get warm
war coats. They have scorned, how
ever, the camouflage of the dye man,
and it is now a common sight to see
one wearing a long.war coat that ob
viously once, as a gray military over
coat, adorned a German officer. The
only change has been the feminizing
of the collar and sleeves, with perhaps
the addition here and there of a few
buttons or trimming.
Some men of the Rhineland have
resorted t9 the turning of the war
coats inside out. Scores of men who
are well dressed wear the buttons on
what was the Inside of the army coat.
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SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE
CONSERVING PAPER
WASHINGTON, March 15.—Waste
p&per, saved by public school children
in Cleveland, is being turned into
books for soldiers, according to in
formation given by the public librarian
of that city to the American Forestry
Association.
The school children, it was stated,
take old magazines and newspapers to
school once a week, where they are
baled and sold to the highest bidder.
“Save a bale of paper” is the slogan.
The zeal of the children has been
stimulated by the starting of competi
tion to see which school can collect
the most paper. After the soldiers’
libraries have been equipped, the plan
is to purchase books for the libraries
of Cleveland and continue the good
work.
'“This is a fine paper-saving scheme,”
says the American Forestry Associa
tion. “It is an easy and convenient
method of collecting it and has the
added value of teaching the children
the value of conservation. The use ;
of old paper helps to save our forests •
and it saves coal, for every pound of
paper represents from one to three
pounds of coal used in its manufac- I
ture. It is hoped that many other
cities will adopt the Cleveland plan,
“Save a bale of paper.”
MARKS OF ARMY RANK
ABOLISHED IN GERMANY
AMSTERDAM, February 2 (by
mail).—Officers of the German army
held an excited meeting in Berlin re
cently and expressed great indigna
tion at the new war office regulation
abolishinig marks of rank, says the
Vossische Zeitung. They strongly de
nounced the system of soldiers' coun
cils, and advocated the employment of
the most drastic means in order to
enforce the cancellation of the new de
crees.
Colonel Reinhardt, minister of war,
attended the meeting and pointed out
the great difficulties at home and in
the East. It was impossible, he said,
to do without the co-operation of of
ficers. The soldiers’ councils, he
added, could not be abolished at pres
”"t. They were there and their ex
istence was comprehensible.
The meeting finally passed a reso
lution demanding the reintroduction
of marks of rank.
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