The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-04
Much IMPORTANT WORK Done
BY FIFTY yENTH CONGRESS.

---------lAsy !. & s. 80 y .'s;.rA
over fol. final adjustment on difEer- Z
ences until next December. s3i
Another bill passed by the BeRatA
and likely to become law ehanges
the marine hospital service 10 na-
ti0nal health bureau and gives the bu-
rehh large powers and facilities for CO
operating with the state health author
tiles In quarantine and health aKairs.
The bill to establish cable between
the United States. Hawaii and the
Philippines was retired by defeat In
the House. sy. :
Several other measures have ad-
vanced to a. certain stage and have
then halted without much prospect for I
further advancement. These include
the bill for the electiUn Of United
States senators by direct vote OF the
people. 1t passed the, House by prac-
tically a unanimous vote. but In the
Senate has received little attention and
is NOT likely to pass.
The House passed a btA relating to
kthe Immigration laws, codifying and
amending these laws relating to im-
kI1ortant changes. II has been report
ed to the Senate, but there is not much
prospect of its passage at th4 session.
At UltI utHuiis tHe HeffIiuS VI SoA-
sasifRav. in injunet4on- caseE passed the
House.of Representatives, but has not
made much progress in the Senate.
l On the other hand the Senate passed
an important measure creating de
parfment Of commerce, to be presided
over by d Cabinet officer, but 1t has
made no progress In the House, not
having been reported from the com
mittee on commerce
l. Another bill of interest to the COM
mercal world is the pure food meas
IRE. which was drafted by the Pure
Food SonAress.y ands after extended
lhearih9 lWas-raported from the House
| committee ON = commerce. bur nar
passed i-sIs7s
" The Fowler bill probably was the
most important financial measure
.whit-il- .ha-s -@se~a- brought before Con-
|sral conNrSsoeI it has gone over for
1 consideration until next December.
Another fnnneial measure. known as
| the Hill bill, providing for the coinage
of subsidiary silver and for the retire
ment of tile present standard silver
dollar, has passed the House, but has
not been acted on in the Senate.
\ Among the 6ther important measures
of general Legislation not heretofore
named. which have! finally been enact
! ed AZ lays. are thel following:
To Iueyent. t.tlle. sale of firearms, OPT
llIm3an4 intoxicating liquors to tile ma
Euves .& certaiIr of.the Pacific islands;
/ to promote the efficiency of heireve-
| nue. cutter service and to provide for
the Retirement of ito officers; to refund
i tha.slAties. paid in Porto Rico on arti-
cles imported from the United States
during the military occupation; appro-
printing $2OO,0OO for the relief of the
volcano sufferers at Martinique; au-
thorizing the erection OF Y. NJ. G. A..
buildings OH United States military
reservations: regulating the introduc-
| ton Of English game birds for the.
purpose of propagation; providing for
the protection Of game In Alaska, such
rs caribou. moose, etc; extending an,
Invitation to the French government
TO participate in the unveillng in
| Washington Of the statue of Marshal
DE Rochambeau; refunding the
amount of legacy tax paid by chart
4 table. benevolent and eleemosynary in
stitutio1fs.
The amount of appropriations for
the session will run unusually high,
owing in part to the amount required
to build the Isthmian canal. When
Mr.. Cannon submitted general esti-
mate of appropriations few. weeks
ago he made the Total up to- that time
$t91s 900. ktSee then the canal bill
has passed, carrying present appro-
priation of $4OOO.OO0 for the fran
clise and enough more for the rights
of Colombia and for beginning the
work to carry the total up to $4,000
600. a
The entire cost Of the undertaking IL
approximately $1S4,OOOOOO. Mr.. Cam
non's estimate also omitted contracts
for future expenditure included In the
omnibus claims and various other
hills, aggregnting large amount. This
| will carry the total for the session. fig
uring In these future amounts, almost,
II not quite, up 10 the billion dollar
mark.
The appropriation bills have cons
I tained little legislation. being con-
fined chiefly TO the regular needs of
the various branches Of the govern
ment. The naval bill provided for an
addition OF two armored cruisers two
battlaships and two gunboats to the
navy. and a provision is still in contro-
versy as TO whether. one; of each class
Of these ships shall be built,in govern
ment yards.
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