The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-12-21
NO HOPE OF RELIEF
CONGRESS HAS NO TIME TO DE.
VOTE TO TARIFF REFORM.
Transaction Of Unfinished Business
Will Prevent Attention Being Civ
en- to That Subject or Currency
Legislation This Session.


Congress- fnds itself with iormlda.
be list OF unfinished bushes Oh ifs
hands that with the appropriation
bills will fully occupy its time until
March 4. without attempting any N
the new measures that have been rec.
commended by the president AS ne
standpatters will have entire control.
there will, OF course. be no consider.
tion OF pending bills for tariff revision.
although the clustering effect o. the
defeat OF many Republican members
on that issue and the great reduction
OF the majority by which nearly an
Of them were elected will cause many
TO pause IN their extreme standpat Al,
titude The list OF unfinished business
is:
Immigration restriction Tin confer
encel.
santo Domingo treaty.
Isle Of Pines treaty.
Morocco treaty.
Decision in Senator Shoots case
Campaign fund publicity.
Prohibiting corporations 10 contrib
ute TO campaign funds.
ship subsidy
To make Porto Ricans United States
citizens.
Reduction OF tariff on products d
Philippines.
United States 10 owns its embassies
and legations abroad.
To build government powder Gao.
tory.
Appalachian and White mountain
Forest reserves.
Copyright Sevision.
Modification OF Chinese exclusion
Law
Prescribing punishments on higa
seas.
Codihcation Of revised statutes
Navy to have bigges; batuesh'r
shoat
Removal OF customs duty on wor
Of art
Swamp reclamation similar to irri
cation statute
Gable to Guantanamo and canal
zone
Anti.injunction bill
Nominations OF isthmian canal com.
missioners.
Army and navy dental surgeon
corps
Increase OF artillery corps.
To punish improper use Of stars ani
Stripes
Retirement Of superannuated feder-
al clerks.
To establish postal savings banks
and parcels post.
Limiting working hours or railway
employees.
or these measures there viii be but
few bills that will be brought TO q
vote. and the Smoot case. the Santo
Domingo treaty and the reduction %
Philippine tariff will be ample 20 Cc
cupy all the time the senate can spare
from the consideration and passage u
the necessary appropriation bills
In the house. legislation depends
upon the will OF the speaker. and any
bill ne approves can be put through in
short order. and such as he is opposed
10 Is hardly likely to be considered.
His opposition 10 the ship subsidy bin
az the last session prevented its re-
port from the committee. and unless
Speaker Cannon has changed mis- mind
a favorable report and a special rule
for its consideration will - impossi
bic in spite OF the efforts Of the steam
ship trust and other predatory inter
ests 20 have the bill brought TO a vote
II is quite possible that there will b.
enough Republican votes. added 70
the Democrats. 10 defeat the bill in
any case. on similar ines TO the divi
sion OF the committee. when is exact
~ evenly divided
Another matter that looms up FOR
the consideration Of congress Is the
currency bill proposed by the Wall
street and other bankers. II Is a sub
iect which the majority Of congress
will be very 10th 10 deal with. so II is
quite probable no such law will be
passed al this session. such great
measures as an income tax. or an IN
heritance tax. will require long and
serious consideration and therefore
will not be seriously attempted.
The fact that many reform measures
are being discussed by Republican
members indicates that the result OF
the election in several states. showing
a general trend towards Democracy.
may have a useful effect in Influencing
Republican votes towards more liber-
al legislation in the interest Of the
great mass Of the people. The old Re
publican leaders. however. are stiil
just as firm standpatters in sentiment.
and no reform that will prevent the
trusts and corporations from plumber
ing the people will willingly receive
their sanction.
N-r-1;.n pesaftafin-