The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-24
DOWN And OUT"
BILLS HEAP Up
The Refuse Pile Grows High as
the Session Draws to
a Close.
TALK MAKES WORK
AND DOESN'T COUNT
Their Early Tribulations Are Re-
called by Some Dis
tinguiShed Senators.
BY Arthur w. Dunn.

WASHINGTON, June 23.-The down
and out" bills arc quite numerous as
a result of the approaching adjourn
ment of the first session of Congress.
And what Is quite interesting is the
fact that they include bills which
seemed TO have a large popular ma
jority behind them. Some OF the bills
have passed the Senate and others
have passed the House. and some have
been reported from committees, but
they now go over until the next ses-
sion OF Congress, with very little hope
that they can get through In three
months with all the other necessary
business to transact. Here are some
OF the measures which have probably
seen their best days. The ship sub
sidy bill, the pure food bill. the imml-
grafton bill, and the sea-level canal
bill. all passed by the Senate, the
Philippine tariff bill and naturalization
bill passed by the House; also the
eight-hour bill reported by the House
Committee on Labor. In the Senate
there are two treaties, one relating 10
the cession of the Isle of Pines to Cuba
and the other relating to the control of
the Santo Domingo finances by the
United States Government. Some of
the bills named may get through at
the short session, but In all probability
they are among the measures marked
FOR the graveyard. IT Is very hard 10
get such contested measures through
the short session and IL is evident that
these bills are contested, Possibly the
House may pass the immigration bill,
which has passed the Senate. and 1t
might be possible for the Senate 10
pass the House naturalization bill. but
with the great opposition that has de-
veloped to these two measures II viii
not be very hard TO place buffer"
between them and the nnal proceed
ings which would make them laws in
connection with dead legislation there
might be mentioned the propositions
to control and regulate insurance as TO
secure a semi-national supervision.
This has also gone by the board
Sunto Domingo Losses.
Santo Domingo, which was a great
issue at the beginning of the present
| session, went TO the realms of rest
when the democratic caucus decided
! that It would make the ratification OF
! the treaty a party Issue and the test
off Democracy would be submitted 10
caucus action Senator Patterson OF
! Colorado would not accept that View,
and announced his Intention OF sup
! porting the treaty. But even that did
not give the Republicans two-thirds of
the Senate which was necessary to the
ratification, and the treaty was never
! pressed At that time there were nifty
! six Republicans, thir:y-three Demo
! Gratis and one vacancy. Now that va
cancy has been filled, giving the Re-
| publicans ffty-seven. After the Ore
gon Legislature elects there will be one
! less Democrat and one more Republi-
| can. which Will make the party
! strength flfty-eight to thirty-two. The
detection of Patterson Will make the
vote for the treaty flfty-nine to thirty
| one, lacking one vote. OF course VIII
! liam Pinltney Whyte, the venerable
| Senator appointed to succeed Senator
! German, has not declared himself. but
he is not likely TO leave his party, and
therefore the treaty could not be rau-
fled Besides by the time the Oregon
Republican Sen" could get here II
may be that there VIII also he two
Democratic Senators from Oklahoma
TO still further swell the opposition
ranks The outlook for the treaty is
not very bright.
Talk Makes Work
At the close of every session Of
! Congress there is rush Of work which
! ncccssitates carly meetings and long
hours, lasting far into the night. II