The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-01
CONGRESS PASSES
A HUNDRED LAWS
Summary Of Results Accom-.
plished and Work Unfinished
in Session Now Near Close.

Washington, March 1.-The legisla-
tive activity of the fifty-eighth con-
gress during its short session just clos
ing may be estimated by the fact that
more than one hundred laws affecting
the general public have been enacted,
ana more than one thousand private
acts passed. The private acts consist
largely Of pensions granted, while
few relief measures and removal of
charges Of desertion make up the, re-
mainder. T. as>. .u9 .....'s.
The regular appropriation bills are
progressing to completion and some of
them have already received the. sigma
ture Of President Roosevelt. ~.
The senate has amended and rati-
fed arbitration treaties with seven Eu-
ropean powers and sixteen American
republics. It also has sat as court
and acquitted Charles Swayne, judge of
trict Of Florida, on articles of impeach-
ment voted by the house.
In joint session Of the two houses
the electoral vote for president and
vice president was canvassed and the
official announcement made Of the cleo
ton of Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
Philippine Tariff Revision.
A revision Of the Philippine tariff has
passed both houses and an act has
been signed intended to develop the re-
sources Of those islands by. guarantee
ing interest on capital invested in rail-
road building and authorizing bonds
for municipal improvements, schools
and roads.
The laws for Alaska have been codi-
fed, an additional district judge au-
thoriZed and the revenues from the
liquor traffic in that territory diverted
to the support Of schools, the building
Of roads and the care Of the insane.
Legislation for the government of the
Panama canal zone and regulations for
the construction of the canal has been
passed by both houses, but differences
remain to be adjusted in conferences:
Two new battleships were provided
for by congress in the naval appropria-
tion bill.
The trademark laws have been re-
vised and an international copyright
act passed.
Forest Reserves.
Jurisdiction Of the forest reserves
has been transferred from the interior
to the agricultural department. Au
thority to make arrests in forest re.
serves has been granted employees, as
a measure Of further protection. Pres
ident Roosevelt has been authorized to
set apart portion of the Wichita for
est reserve as a breeding place for game
animals and birds.
BY resolution of the house the de-
| partment of commerce and labor has
begun an investigation Of the oil trust
Obscene matter has been prohibited
importation and transit as interstate
commerce.
| AS a further aid in the enforcement
~ ,%o IN,
entering United States ports are re
lists. -.
Battle Flags 90 Back.
Captured Confederate battle flags il
the possession Of the war department
were ordered returned to the proper au
thorities Of the state in which the regi
ment carrying the colors was organized
!, The ANGLICAN National Red Cross so
ciety was incorporated, as We're the trus
tees OF the grand encampment o:
knights Templar of the United States
Statehood bills have passed boil
houses and are in conference. >, Boil
measures contain provision for the ad
mission of Oklahoma and the Indial
Territory as one state.
|: The foundation for railroad rate legis
lation has been laid by the passage o
a bill thru the house, and the begin
ming of an inquiry by the senate whic
is to be conducted during the recess.
Halt on Extravaganza.
A halt has been called on the e,
} travagance with which public doc,
ments have been printed.
The president was authorized to gran
medals for heroism in the saving of lif
in train wrecks. .... ..>
The extradition laws of the Unite
States were extended to the Philippine
The state of Arkansas was coded
strip of land from the Indian Territor,
A portion of the Round Valley India
, reservation in California was opene
to settlement. Settlers in the Rosebu
reservation were given additional tim
to establish citizenship. The unallo
ted lands of the Yakima reservatio
in Washington were ordered disposed 0
! Twenty-eight of the public acts al
authorities to build bridges or da
navigable streams; twenty-three rela'
, to the District of Columbia and four
, the judiciary.
: The bills relating to the inspect ion
, steam vessels and the classification
steamboat inspectors have been passe
ais have the bills amending the HON
q stead laws as to certain lands in Sou1
Dakota and Colorado.
The conference reports on the dipl
matte and consular and District
Columbia appropriation bills we
agreed to in the house today, thus II
, ally passing both measures.