West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-07-12
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
The WOlk I the Last Congress, and
Soma Breaks in the Government
Printing Office.
From Our Rerulal Correspondence.

interesting to- note that Ihi, h., been
one of he most rem -tkablc Isl rs
on rec, ri u, the am unit e lcLi,la
ton passed for the BIN. f, of the
public and the number e pfosecut.
ions that have been INST tuted by
the government against trusts and
monopoiies. Naturally the party
IN power w'll take the whole credit
OF the performance 10 themselves.
But that is not where it belongs.
To the head of the Republican
party, Presid ent Roosevelt, is due
high praise for the way he has
handled anti trust proceedings and
for the fearless initiative tina, has
carried an unwilling congress along
with him. In fact il it had not
been for the Democratic voters on
which he knew he could rely, it is
question whether any of the import
ant pieces of legislation in which
he was interested would have come
on, satisfactorily. As it was the
rate bill was in charge of Demo
cratic Senator through the whole
OF its course after il first left
the House and would have been to
the end had not Senator Tillman
became SO disgusted with the truck
ling to the Standard Oil Company
in connection with the pipe line
amendment at the end that he de.
cllned to sigh the conference report
and the bill went to It's final con
ference in charge of Senator Cullom
for the Senate.
In fact all through the session
whenever there has been an import
ant piece of legislation on which
initiative has had to come from the
White House, the President has
wisely followed Democratic lines
and Democratic policies and has
thus won most of the praise that is
coming TO him with the help of
Democratic voters in Congress
wherewith he knew in the end he
could force legislation.
No Que will gsudge him the cred
1t that is due for effective and far
reaching legislation and for keeping
the Department OF Justice and the
various bureaus of :he government
up to their work and doing a number
OF things that sorely needed doing
in the way of reformatory legislation
and prosecutions.
OF course his party will claim the
credit of 1t, in the coming election,
but that they are entitled % it no.
body will believe for an instant.
1t is the first time in history where
Republican majority in Congress
was much against It's will run largely
along Democratic lines.
Speaking of some of the things
Congress did, they passed the Pure
Food law and left it without cent
appropriate to put the law into
effect. This will give manufacture
and dealers several months of grace
In which to work off spurious and
adulterated products. 1t will prob
ably be September before the three
Departments interested, the Treas
ury Agriculture and the Depart
rnent of Commerce and Labor will
get together sufficiently to frame
regulations under which the law can
be carried OFT. And then they will
have to wait for the meeting of
Congress before they can get any
money with which to enforce the
law.
1t may be started that the De.
partment of Agriculture is very well
pleased with the Pure Food Law
1t is SAID that there is little trouble
apprehended in enforcing it. Some
of The manufacturers will ttv IN
evade It's provision, but on the
whole 1t unquestionably will resul,
IN giving the public a much more
wholesome set Of foods and drinks
than it has had before in many wears.
Another bad break by the Gov.
eminent Printing Office has been
discovered. Il will be remembered
that Congress was held up four
hours on its adjournment WAITING
for a bill to come back from the
Government Printing Office. and
that when il did come there were
no less than three Typographical
errors in 10 while in the Sund,v
Civil BIl one item, appropua,ing
$4,000, 600 for government buildings
IN Washington, was left in after
both houses had voted TO eliminate
u. Now The Government pripting
Once has spoiled an edition n
10000 copies Of the Congressional
record by most amusing mistake.
that OF mixing up a speech Of Mr..
Livingston Of Georgia and Mr.
Iawney Of Minnesota. When % is
considered that Mr. Livingston is