Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-12-07
OUTLOOK FOR A LONG SESSION
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complished under the Legislation of last
winter. but the department of COM
merce and labor is busy gathering facts
and figures, and it is hoped, moreover
that the celebrated merger case will
be decided against the trust makers be-
fore the people are called on to vote.
Opinion differs as to what may be
done at the session in regard to the
post office frauds. The republicans
feel that the Roosevelt administration
has escaped all odium for the wrong
doing by the prompt and thorough
measures taken to probe the scandals
to the bottom and bring the guilty to
punishment. The minority, however is
keeping both eyes open and will not
let slip an opportunity TO show. if pos
sible, that the administration is re-
sponsible in measure for the grave
Irregularities disclosed during the last
six months.
Senator Quay intends to renew his
efforts to secure statehood for Okla
homa, Arizona and New Mexico, and
it is anticipated that the long fight of
last winter will be duplicated. Alaska
also is due to receive a good deal of
attention at the present session. The
subcommittee from the senate COM
mittee on territories, which spent two
months in Alaska, will make recon-
mendations that a territorial delegate
be admitted to the house, and that the
judiciary machinery of the territory be
rearranged.
The reciprocity trade treaties may
bob up again during the session, but
they will go down with the regularity
of the baby heads at a county fair
Lobbyists are not ignorant of the
check an approaching election places
on congress- A member of the Iegisla-
tive committee of the Anti Saloon
league, which began it's annual meet
ing in Washington today, commenting
on the popular impression that the can
teen will be restored at the present
that view forgot that there list be a
presidential election next year. "Fll
give you a tip" said he, ito the effect
that the canteen will not be restored
at this session, despite the favorable
recommendations of the secretary of
war and leading army officers. The
anti-saloon element is too powerful in
about $50 congressional districts to
permit the program of the war depart
ment to be carried out"
The advocates of ship subsidy have
not surrendered their views as to the
wisdom of the legislation they have
been proposing for several years, but
in their case also the nearness of a
presidential election will probably de-
ter them from raising the question at
the present session.
In order to keep busy and at the
same time avoid dealing with the more
momentous and dangerous questions 1t
is probable that the sessions will de-
vote considerable time to the discus
sion of matters relating to our insular
possessions. In addition to the Alaskan
matter, there are a number of ques-
tons affecting Hawaii, Porto Rico and
the Philippines which will probably be
brought up Among other things the
policy of the government with regard
TO railroad building in the Philippines
will be brought up and an effort made
TO agree upon some plan to obviate the
difficulty of land grants and at the
same time induce American capital to
enlist in the enterprise.