Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-09
WORK BEFORE CONGRESS.
Leftover Legislation that Will Come
LIN in the Next Session.

Much important legislation left over
from the session of Congress concluded
asst April remains to be settled at the
third session of the Fifty-eighth Con
gress, writes 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
tees on possible legislation is practically
finish ed in almost every instance ana tney
are ready to report to Congress.
Among the bills of national Importance
left over were the. two labor bills. Ihe
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 were 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, In
dian Territory and New Mexico and Ari-
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 not another. An agreement was
practically reached in the spring which
may permit these measures to come be-
fore Congress and be settled this ses-
sion by the admission of all.
Other measures in which Chicagoans
were interested which are likely to come
up for final action include the Hepburn
pure-food bill, the Hepburn-Dolliver bill
regulating interstate commerce in liquors,
the Lodge bill for the regulation of the
consular service; an appropriation for
changes in the new Chicago postofice for
the betterment of the mail service; the
Mann drug bill, which permits patents
on the process of making drugs only and
provides for reciprocity of such patents
between this and other countries, and th'
labor dispute arbitration bill, which was
advocated by the late Volney w. Foster.
1t is not unlikely that public build
ing bill and a rivers and harbors meas
ure 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 honor 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 federal judge in Florida
who is now resting under charges of I'M
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 provid-
ing for reduction in southern repre-
sentation in Congress for States which
have practically DISTINGUISHED the negro
voters. All three of these subjects will
tend to liven the interest of the country
in what might otherwise prove routine
session of the national legiSlature