Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
STRENUOUS SESSION CLOSES
Railroad Rate Bill Discussion Breaks
All Records
~ Assoclated Press.

WASHINGTON, June 3O.-The first
session of the Fifty-ninth congress
went into history today. 1t has been a
strenuous session from start to finish.
The measure which caused the greatest
debate is the railroad rate bill. Begun
with the session. its consideration con-
stinued throughout
The pure food enactment and the
meat inspection provision are also i'm
portant changes in the federal attitude
toward both the producer and con-
!. sumer OF the country.
A uniform and more strict method of
. naturalizating aliens was enacted.
The immunity of witnesses from
persecution who give testimony before
government tribunals was made the
Subject of an enactment which clearly
states when such immunity obtains and
when otherwise.
A bill removing the internal revenue
tax on denatured alcohol also was
passed.
Canal Measure Decided
The type of the Panama canal was
fixed thus settling a question: which
has perplexed both the professional and
lay mind The president is to build a
lock level canal and was given a total
of $39000000 for the year for that pur-
pose. 1t was required that material for
facture, unless the president shall find
the price excessive, in which case he
Is given authority to buy abroad
The consular service was given a
complete new legal status. which will
permit of an entire reorganization.
When the appropriations for the ses-
sion are totaled it will be found that
their aggregate has reached nearly nine
billion dollars. This is a greater sum
saUnflahla ciOna tua
congress of 1898.
OF this amount $25000,0 900 will go into
rev public buildings in various sections
of the country. The legislation on
appropriation bills has the character
istic throughout of being restrictive
Spon the government department heads
in the matter of making their eXpend-
iture and In submitting ther estimates
to congress. 1T has been the desire OF
congress Ito put an end, as far as pos
sible, to deficiency appropriations.
Monster BattIeship Ordered
The naval increases which have beer
going on annually received somewhat
az h setback. 1.-The largest battleshir
required that before bids for it's con-
struction could be submitted the plans
must be sent 10 congress at it's next
session.
The annual appropriation for the
state militia was doubled and here
after $2,O000O0 will be spent from the
federal treasury for the purpose OF
keeping the state military organizations
in touch with the regular army.
Congress gave great care to the draft
OF a bill Intended to preserve the scenic
beauty Of Niagara Falls and the meas
ure was passed.
The tariff 10 he collected by the
Philippine government ON goods enter
ing the island trade was revised.
A measure of importance to railroad
and other employees engaged IN hazard
GUS empoyments, known as the em-
ployers liability bill. became a lSIv.
The government will participate In
the Jamestown tercentennial exposition
and 1000 was authorized to be ex-
pended out OF the federal treasury foI
that event
speedy appropriations for the San
Francisco sufferers resulted from re-
-euesls by the president two and a halt
million dollars being donated directly
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