The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-29
WHAT CONGRESS- HAS DONE
 AND HAS LEFT UNDONE
Roosevelt May Appeal to Voters in Beet Sugar States to Aid Himsin Effort to Re-
 duce Cuban Duties.

Washington. June 2S-lspeciaD-Now that adjournment is practically at hand, and all the matters of great moment scheduled fo. consideration at this ses- sicn have almost been disposed of one way or the other. it is interesting to glance at a resume of what has been ac- ovtrsiiadowed in recent tlmea by the War Congress of 1898 which left Cuba and the Philippine on the hands of the nation and a vast heritage of social and economic problems which the present body has been striving in measure to solve.;
 The most important measure with which it had to deal was the isthmian canal; which after having been dragged through the entire session has been final: ly disposed of in the very shadow of ad- jourrment. ..sl sa........,-s-,5 r ! # !
 The bill providing for the laying of, a cable by the government across the Pa cific has been killed but the way Is left open for it's construction by private en- terprise. The Hawaiian Islands will be connected within year. and the cable to continue the line on to the Philippines Is being constructed at the rate of twen- ty-f1ve miles a day.
 A river and harbor bill, carrying an appropriation of s70O0o.0O0. and a public buildings bill carrying $2OOO0, 900, have been passed. The irrigation bill providing for the reclamation of the arid lands of the West has been passed and may be mentioned in connection with the rivfr and harbor measure It will be remenber- ed that it was a Senator from one of the arid States who killed the rivers and har- bors bill at the last session because Con- gress refused to assist irrigation. The Westerners have succeeded at last, after a prolonged struggle, in having this inn portant work provided for.
 Among other measures passed may be mentioned the following: A bill placing a tax of 10 cents per pound on oleomarga- rine; bill abolishing all the war taxes amounting to over $7o. GOO, 900; a bill pro- viding for the extension of Chinese ex- clusion and bill providing $360,000 for remodeling the White House; appropria- tions exceeding those of any other Con- gress at it's first session. except the War Congress, have been made. -
 Among the measures which it has not passed have been the following: The bill for the "relief'' of Cuba; the ship subsidy bill, which, however, got through the Senate: the bill providing for the general stan of the army. ~
 The following measures, which had bright prospects at the beginning of the session, have been allowed to die a slow death. Measure providing for the Depart ment of Commerce; project for the reform of the consular service on the line "t civil service reform; the measure pro- viding for the national defense, which however. has been compensated for in a way by the enactment of the militia law.
 All the racipro ;ity treaties have been pigeon holed and all efforts in the line of tariff reform have been thwarted.
 No measure providing for the suppress sion or regulation of the trusts has been passed and nothing tending to regulate immigration from Europe has been done
 And. finally. Congress has been unable to agree on any comprehensive measure looking toward tfe suppression of an- archy. -
 Of course the record would not be com. plete unless mention was made of the thousands of private pension bills passed but this is a glory that belongs to no par. ticular Congress. for the pensioners, like the poor. are always with us, and about as numerous