The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-02
DELUGE Of BILLS
IS LOOKED FOR
BEYOND APPROPRIATION BILLS
NOTHING WILL RECEIVE MORE
ATTENTION THAN TRUSTS.
Question viii Receive Immediate Con,
sideration of conaress-some
Think Sherman Law Ample for
ProtectiOn-other Matters.

Washington, December 1-qba
mousse convened to enter on tho AF
session Of the Flfty-seventh coneress
ana perfect deluge Of bills dealing
with the trust question in all rs
phases were thrown into tie lepisla.
1--WE hopper. 1t is admitted on ali
Aands that this will be the most i'm.
portant topic OF discussion. Indeed
leaders incline to the belief that ba.
yond The appropriation bills and "a.
tine legislation, it viii be the onlv
general subject on which thers 4
chance OF action at the shors session
AS yet, the leaders nave lofmuIateo
no measure, and there exists a pretty
VIDE divergence of opinion as to whas
can or should be done. The presidents
recommendations on the Subject are
awaited with interest. Inc most CON
seryalive opinion among the repubIi-
can leaders seems to favor an appro-
prlation for the enforcement of tba
sherman antitrust law. such an an
pIopfriation, it is pointed out, could ia
placed on one of tae regular appros
pfiatlon bilis and put through both
houses without difficulty, whereas apy
amendment to the law itself, no mat
ter, how conservative, likely would
meet opposition
Wants s5oo,ooo to Fight Trusts.
Mr. Hepburn, Of Iowa, chcairman o.
the interstate and foreign commerce.
committee. is one Of those who beneye
that the snerman law, ii enforced is
suiLlclent to meet tne situation, and
tomorrow he will Introduce a bill an.
propriating 100000 to be used by tho
department Of justice in prosecutions
under the present law.
II is not improbable that when the
leaders ascertain exactly what can be
done rnat a caucus of inc republicans
VIII be called to agree on measure.
Meantime the trust bills introduced
viii be referred to the judiciary com.
mittee.
4. - some question of jurisdic-
lop- IL bill invoked the Interstate
commerce clause OF the constitution.
1t properly should go to the commerce
committee, and, if tne taxing poweron
tne government, to the Ways ana
means committee. But to secure u1il-
Iormity, all bills dealing WIN the SUB.
Ject have gone heretofore to the ID
dlclary committee, and this practice
WIZ pc followed unless a fight for i'll.
is made.
VIII Rush Appropriation on.
me leaders nave already resolved fo
expedite the appropriation bills as
much as possible in order to allow Bis
largest margin OF time for otaer mat
lers' MT. Cannon, chairmanio Of the ap-
preparations committee, believes thar
the legislative, executive and judicial
ana the pension appropriation bills
can be disposed OF before the HOLIDAYS.
One OF the first things the appropria-
tons committee will be called On to
40, however, is to prepare a bill to
provide for the Coal Strike Commits
sion. Judge Gray, chairman OF the
commission, has written Mr.. Canon.
asking for an appropriation of $4,000
70 detray the expenses of the commis-
SION, to pay its clerical force, and to
provide such compensation for it's
members as the president may fix.
The appropriation committee will meet
tomorrow to rpepare a BILL which, it is
believed, will be passed this week. No
opposition to it from the mIority is an
-icipated.