Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-06-27
Washington, SpeciAl.=Important

Washington, Special.-Important
measures extending federal regula-
ton and control have been enacted at
the first session of the Fifty-ninth
congress, now rapidly drawing to a
close. The railroad rate bill and the
meat inspection bill will soon become
laws and before adjournment both
houses OF congress will have passed
pure food bills which, though dissim-
liar IN terms, are both based on the
same principle Of federal control. It
is the present intention to try and aG-
just these differences before adjourn
ment. There has been no marked d.
vision on party lines in effecting the
above results, the difference being only
as to ways and means rather than as
to policy.
Besides branching off into this new
field OF legislative endeavor, the pres
ent session of congress has made it.
self important in other ways. It has
added one, and perhaps two new
States to the union, and by so doing
disposed Of four territories. Great re-
suits to the people are expected from
the removal Of the tax on denatured
alcohol. If predictions are fulfilled,
heat, light and power to be supplied
by alcohol made from the conields
OF the country, from sugar beets, and
sugar cane, from fruits and other
vegetation.
Panama Canal.
By a deft turn of legislative points
of view, the questions which have per-
picked congress for some time regard
ing the Panama canal have been set
tied. The president may dig a lock
canal as fast as he pleases. A joint
resolution was agreed to requiring
canal supplies to be Of American man
u%facture.
An act making a much needed rcor-
ganlzatlon OF the consular service was
passed. Nothing was done in the
Santo Domingo controversy and the
legislation affecting our colonial pos
sessions was meagre and unimportant,
although tariff revision for the Philip
pines received the attention and alp
proval of the house, and an act was
passed revising the tariff collected by
the Philippine government. A coin
age@act was passed.
But congress talked about our own
tariff law. Thousands and hundreds
Of thousands more words than have
been uttered at any other one session
OF congress were compiled in The
Congressional Record. Nearly 10000
bills were introduced. It has been i'm
possible to hold the appropriations
down to much less than 5000, 900, 900,
although "economy' was the watch
word from the start. Permanent an
nual appropriations increased during
the session nearly $4,000, 600, making
a total permanent annual appropria-
ton Of $l40,000,00O. The meat in
spection bill carried a permanent an
nual appropriation Of $4,000, 900 and
the same day the house passed the bill
adding S LOCO, 900 to a like amount an
nually for the support Of the State
militia.
Important to the South.
Important to the Southern States
was the enactment of the general
quarantine bill providing for coopera-
ton OF State and federal authorities
IN suppresslng yellow fever.
President Roosevelt was given $25.-
900 to pay travelling expenses for him
self and invited guests.
The private pension legislation of
the session was heavy and many hun
dred acts will be signed before the
end comes.
The jamestown, Va, tercentennial
is expected to be recognized by law
before the session ends.
Organized labor succeeded in secur~
ing the enactment Of the "employers
liability BILL"
The eight-hour bill got no further
than a favorable committee action and
the anti-injunction, bill was postponed
until next session.
congress authorized the construc-
ton of the "biggest battleship
ahoat,' with the provision that before
the plans Of the ship are submitted
or bids received or accepted the plans
OF the ship must be submitted to con-
gress at its next session.
Hazing Rebuked.
Hazlng in the naval academy was
given a further legislative rebuke bv
the passage Of a bill giving the secre-
tary Of the navy discretion to dismiss
Or otherwise punish hazers at that in
stitution.
An a~nti-hazing bill and a bill wind
ing up the affairs Of the Five Civilized
Tribes were among those passed.
Ten bills relative to the courts Of
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