Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-04
WORK FOR NEXT SESSION

Representatives of many OF the large
corpora tions are anxious to secure adj
vance information as tn what the Presi-
dent in his December &c will say
| on the subject Of corporations. So far no
intima ton has come from oyster Bay
as to what Mr.. Roosevelt VIII make the
leader in his message.
Before leaving the capital early in the
summer he gave ont the impression that
he would at the coming session push his
demand for a federal license lava law
requiring all corporations doing an in
terstate commerce business 70 be licensed
by the bureau Of corporations. 1t Is as
| sumed here that II he still intends TO call
the attention of Congress to his subject
| he will make 1t one Of the chief topics Of
his message, but recently tntimations
| have come from the neighborhood of
| Oyster Bay that the President may rest
| on his oars" so far as tine corporations
are concerned until tho Sixtieth Congress
meets in the long session one year from
December. The unconnrmed story is that
! the President feels that Congress will do
we'll at the coming short session If it
| shall dispose of the unfinished business
| that came over from the recent long SEES
sion. Three months Is hardly time enough
in which to pass the appropriation bills,
let alone dispose of legislation of gem
eral importance. ii is pointed out. The
story that the President has decided to
withhold his anti-corporn ton programme
for year soMsi plausible, but neverthe-
| less he may decide to make his recon-
mendations and thereby pave the way for
action at the following session.
| 1t is unquestionably true that Congress
will have plenty to do at the coming
short session If it undertakes to dispose
of the unfinished business Here is a
pa rtlal summary OF this business
Tho Smoot case.
The Santo Domingo treaty.
Isle of Pines treaty.
Morocco treaty.
Publicity in campaign affairs.
! immigration restriction,
Limiting the working Of railway en-
ployees.
Prohibiting campaign contributions.
The ship subsidy bill.
Retirement Of superannuated govern
ment clerks.
To make Porto Rcans citizens Of the
United States.
Reductions of tariff or Philippine pro-
ducts entering the United States.
| REVISION Of the copyright law.
| Chinese exclusion law.
| Codification of the revised statutes.
| Anti-injunction bill,
| Eight-hour law.
| Important charges in the postal laws.
Even IL the President should ask Corr
gress to undertake radical legislation at
the short session, the legislators would
undoubtedly refuse to comply with the
request. SO the probability is that the
Presidents programme Tor rounding out
his nnti-corporation legislation will be
withheld unfit, the Sixtieth Congress
Whether Congress will be anxious to en-
ter on tlA work laid out for It Mt that
time rein0 ms to be seen. The material
conventoe OF the party will be approach
Ing, and the disposition will, no doubt,
be to pursue a conservative course.
TALK OF BROWNS SUCCESSOR.
The near approach Of the return OF the
President to the capital has revived
speculation with reference TO the proba-
BILE successor to Justice Brown Of the
supreme court II the court Is to begin
the fall term with full bench the Pres!-
dent will have TO make the appoint ment
as soon as he reurns here. Some Of the
closest friends OF Secretary Taft say
positively that he has made up his mind
not to accept the place. It IS related that
he communicated his decision TO the
President during his resent visit to Oys-
ter Bay. Persons who are in a position
to know say Mr., Taft has reason to be-
lieve that before the expiration of Mr..
Roosevelt's term the chief 1usticeship of
the court will be open. Many men are