The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
RECORD OF 4 BUSY SESSION.
What the Fifty-HInth Congress Has
-: -. Already: Accomplished


WASHINGTON. June SO.-Fhe ffrs,
session ef:the Fifty ninth Congress has
peen: strenuous from start To 'fnish
Ihe measure which caused the greatest
debate was the railroad rate bill Re.
gun with the session. its consideration
.eontinaed throughout. ~:
!. he pure: food enactment and: the
meat "a inspection provision are impor-
tant changes fn the Federal attitude to-
ward both the. producer and, .consau3t, !,
Of this country. -. II, =
/. 4 uniform and mare strict method of
naturaazing aliens was enacted. p:
The. immunity of witnesses froin
prosecution who give testimony before
government tribunals- was made the
subject. of an enactme which clearly
states when such Immunity obtains ana
when otherwise: :: -:
=. A bill removing the, internal. revenue
tax on tienatured alcohol. was passed.
|. =. he type of: the Panama canal was
fixed. tfns settling a question which has
perp1ezed both. the professional and Law
mind; The President is to. bniId a lock
GENIAL and was given a total of s39.-
0Q4EooG for the; year. for that burmese.
Il was. required that material: for the
canal should be of American fnanufac-
tuTe' unless the President shall find the
price. excessive In which case he is
given authority TO buy abroad.
I. The consular servfce was given a
complete new legal status; which win
permit of an entire reorganization.
=. When the appropriations for the ses-
Sion are totaled twill be. found that
their aggregate has, reached nearly
s90OjQ0e, 00a.- This is a. greater SUM than
has been available since the; war Con.
Eress Of lSss. OF this amount s25.
900. 900 will go into new public: build
ings:in various. sections. of the country.
. The legislation on appropriation bills
has had the; Characteristic rhroilghout
or being restrictive upon the Govern
ment department heads ia the matter
of making their expenditures and in
submitting their. estimates ta Congress.
Il has been the. desire of Congress to
put an end, as far as possible, TO de-
aeiency appropriations:
Z The naval Increases. which have. been
going on annually. received somewhat [
Of setback. The largest .battIeship
aflOat" WAS authorized, but Congress re-
quired that before bids for its construc-
tion could be submitted the plans must
be sent 10 Congress at its next session.
The annual appropriation for the
State militia was: doubled; and here
after $4,000, 900; viii be spent from the
Federal treasury for the purpose of
Keeping the State military organiza-
lions in touch with the regular army
II
Of bill intended to preserve the scenic
beauty of Niagara Falls, and the meas
ure was passed. =. = @:
The tariff to be collected by the Phil
ippine Government on goods entering
the island trade was revised. =.
A measure Of Importance to railroad
and other employees. engaged IN haz-
ardous employments, known as the en-
ployers' liability BILL became a law.
The Government will participate in
the; jamestown TercentehniaI Exposi-
tfon, and $685. 600 was authorized to
be expended o1it of the Federal treasury
for that event.
Speedy appropriations for. the San
Francisco sufferers resulted from re-
quests by the President, 50, 500, 900 be-
ing donated directly, while supplies
from the sores OF the Government near
ly equaled that amount -
Private. pension legislation for the
benefit of the old. soldier who is unable
TO receive pension under the statute
laws kept UP its usual heavy pace. -.