Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13
WORK BEFORE CONGRESS.
Leftover Legislation that viii coms
20 In tine NEXT aesaior,

~ In the Next Session.
Much important legislation left over
from the sessica of Congress concluded
last April remains to be settled at the
third session IF the Fifty-eighth Con-
gress writes a correspondent Of the Chi
cago Daily News. This winter much Of
the work left undone must be done or
left to die in the committee rooms or on
the calendar. The work of the commit
ices on possible legislation is practically
finished in almost every instance and they
are ready to report TO Congress.
Among the bills of national Importance
LETT over were the TWO labor bills. The
Grosvenor injunction bill to limit the
meaning of the word conspiracy" was
one of these and the other was compul-
sorry eight-hour bill for employees on gov
eminent contracts. Both bills We're dis
cussed at length, but were postponed by
action of the respective committees to
which they were referred last spring.
Another important measure. was the
bill for the admission of Oklahoma, Ip-
dian Territory and New Mexico and Ai-i-
IONA as States New Mexico has been
an applicant for statehood for thirty
years. There has always been friction
among the Representatives of the various
territories concerning the admission of
one and nol another An agreement was
practically reached in the spring which
may permit these measures to come be-
fore Congress anu be settled this SEES
sion by the admission of al
Other measures in which ChicGgoans
were interested which are likely 70 come
NJ for final action include the Hepburn
pure-food bill, the HepburnDolliver bill
regulating interstate commerce in liqrors,
the Lodge bill for the regulation of the
consular service; an appropriation for
changes in tile new Chicago postotice for
the betterment of the mail service; the
Mann drug bin, which permits patents
on the process of making drugs only and
provides for reciprocity of such patents
between this and other countries, and the
labor dispute arbitration bill, which was
advocated by the late Nolney w. Foster.
1t is not unlikely that a public build
ing bill and a rivers and harbors meas
IRE will be passed by the coming session.
The harbor bill is almost certain to be
passed. and Senator Fairbanks, who
will take his seat as Vice President on
March 4, will have the added prestige
of his new hcaor to enable him to push
the former bill
Three other items of national interest
outside of the regular run of legislation
are likely to command the attention of
Congress before March 4. One of these
Is the Swayne Impeachment trial, the
principal being a federal judge in Florida
who is now resting under charges of un-
judicial conduct. The Smoot trial will
be proceeded with by the Senate commit
tee on privileges and elections and fin
ished as soon as possible. The third
item is the resolution introduced by Con-
gresham Crumpacker of Indiana proyid-
ing for a reduction in southern repre-
sentation in Congress for States which
have practically disfranchised the negro
voters. All three of these subjects will
tend to liven the interest of the country
in what might otherwise prove a routine
session of the national legislature.