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Show MANN REVIEWS LAW MAKING OF I DEMOCRATS DURINC CONGRESS Washington, Aug. 27. Inefficient, disorganized, unprogresslvo nnd Inactive, In-active, wero words used today to do-tci.be do-tci.be tho work of the Dcmocralb Iioubo by Republican Leader JameB R. Mann. In a Btaterr'iit reviewing tho accomplishments of tho lower lionso of tho Sixty-second congress. Mr. Mann characterized somo of tho Democrats majority work as atViey nnd silly nnd other of Its nets ns puro extravagance. "Tho boast nbout economy wont by tho board," said tho minority leader. "The main work In tho houso on tho Democratic sldo has been a constant l.oast ng of whnt thoy wero going to do nt tho next session. Proved To Be Right. "I said last December that this sesbJon of congresa would Inst longer nnd do less than nny other regular session of recent years. My forecast proved correct. This session of con-giess con-giess has onacted laws fewer in number num-ber and of less lmportnnco than any session In recent years. Tho laws passed aro In tho main of llttlo Imparlance Im-parlance and generally local in character. char-acter. Tho Panama canal bill to tho ciu of greatest Importance and In tho main thnt was a bill prepared by mo In a prior congress. "Tho claimed reformation of tho rules has proven n farco. That tho houso has been Inolllclent Is shown by tho fact that over two hundred bills which passed tho senate remain unacted on In tho houso. Untrue Boast. "It Is a constant boast that the Democrats at this seoslon passed a law providing for publicity of campaign cam-paign contributions. Such Is not tho fact. They only passed an amend- j H ment totlio law which has previously I M been passed by a Kepubltan house H and tho principal part Is ono relating j H to i.ilmnry campaign expenses tint was inserted In tho law by tho Re- H publicans against tho protest of the H Democratic side. Somewhat similar M s tho bill relat'Jig, to eight-hour law M v lrch Is only nn amendment of a ' provlous law and only mado a slight H chango In tho provision Qf tho orlgl- M "Practically all tbo laws of any Ira H portanco -passed nt this session wero cither blls prepared In a previous M congress and left over for lack of M tlmo to consider, or elso they wero bills prepared by officials In Presl- H dent Taft's administration." H Mr. Mnnn referred to tho public , H health laws, tho homestead laws, tho B1 bill creating n children's bureau nnd lw'5y others ns being within that classlfl- BB cation. '"OiH No CredlfDue. H "Tho Domocrats wero forced to . , agrco to n parcels post which only N IH a sliortJlmo ago they Insisted they H would not ngreo to," continued tho n H statement. "Tin- nro entitled to no ', H credit for it. H "Outside of money expended for -H tho Panama canal, which cannot bo '" H considered as ordinary expenses, tho M appropriations for this session of H congress exceed thoso of tho last M Republican session. "Noc only Is this so, but tho Dem- H ocrati have appropriated money In H many places whero It was puro ox- H travagance and whero tho money was jjSH not needed, and havo refused to mako Jil Continued on page 8. ,1 Mill REVIEWS LAW MAKING OF DEMOCRATS DURING CONGRESS Continued from page 1 appropriations where they absolutely were essential for tho conduct of good government." |
