The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
recent laws enacted will not be changed
sbyi court deCiSions.Y 81
Panama Canal.

In aatdditionsto fthe srateg4bill and the
meat inspection and pure food bills passed
at this session, the so-called AZ Immunity"
bill, III better named ..non-lthinuntty''. bill.
repeating tho law which allowed an ofl-
iciul Of Incorporation to testify as to lille
gal acts performed for the corporation,
and thus escape punishment. should not
be overlooked. The act Is deemed$ofsca
EitalT Importance In view ofgthe great $nliiri-
Der OF trust prosecutions expected to- be
Instituted within the next year. The
author ct the hill was SenatorsKnox.
Outside Sof the so-called radical leEis-
islaatioonn, the most Important Legislation
seinMaucted&wasSthat deciding THE type
ut canal TO b fEduig. through the slIstll mus
aof5 Panama The consulting engineers.
INCLUDING ding several i : ID YES WE NEST .pr Isn q;,st
All this country and Europe, decldedStila
al sea-level canal should be Sconstructed.
The President declared lie would veto
Bill providing tor other than 9 lock
canal. Congress promptly yielded, and
the lock ktype5Swas adopted.
About Ave million dollars was appro-
spriated, first and last, for the relief Of
the. sufferers BY fire and earthquake In
San Francisco, and $685. 900 for the cele-
3bration Of the three hundredth %anniyer-
sary of the settlement q Jamestown Lr
Summed UP, the rate bill. the pure
food Bill, the. meat inspectionS8ttbtll, the
Immunity bill and the bill en lining the
kind OF canal to be- built across Panama
were the most iinportanttn leasures enact
ed at the session ended Tonight These
represent a general popular movement pre-
'dicted for years, expected by at1najor-
ity for a shorter period, and, itls also
predicted, not yet manifest In all its
strength t:
Part Of Roosevelt,
Any resume Of the work Of Congress
which did not! give liberal space to refer
ence to the Influence exerted fupon8legls-
lation by President Roosevelt would BIO
grossly. inadequate, He has moulded
Legislation to a. far greater extent than
has any OF his predecessors. Others have
proceeded In a more indirect manner 10
accomplish the enactment of desired
Legislation. Mr.. Roosevelt utterly ignor-
Ing traditions and precedents Involving
the demarcation between the executive
and legislative branches, has welded the
big stick In the sight Of the country, tre-
quently forgetting the admonitlon he
himself gave In quoting the sentence in
which he first made use OF the that
has become famous, ito go softly"
There Fls scarcely a law OF Importance
enacted at this session which was not
urged by the President.
t-tBNN ~ BAhSS : I'D SH sANs
OF the several enactments OF this session
deemed most radical We're the ones for
which Mr.. Roosevelt contended specially.
1t Is also significant that none OF them
In as radical as he asked that It be made.
He might have had q far more radical
rate bill. for instance. had he stood to
the end tor his original contention that
the right OF court review he limited. The
meat lnspection bill would have beeennlgi
moro thorough accord with the popular
idea Of justice had ha not given up Ills
fEht to&have the packers pay the cost
Of inspection. The pure food bill would
have been much stronEsr had he have
continued his nght,, begun with SO much
eclat. !aS
niut. as Senator Tillman, Mr.. ,Rooseyelt's
hitterast. political enemy, said on the
floor of the Senate, there would have
been no, rate lestslation had r not been
for the President, and there would have
been much less legislation along other
lines generally recognized as beneficial. Y
N.ALL