The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11

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EMsEE&H Ntyf9fEYYE a particularly no.
| tn&WMgIrI table session for
-A[x1 the influence of
~smam"TTh " public sentiment,
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approximately equaled, all records made
by any other peace session in the his
tory of the country in bills introduced
and passed, both public and private, in
the amount of appropriations voted and
in the length of debates. 1t has passed
more corrective legislation than any
other session in recent years and has
paid closer attention to business.
In the making of speeches and draft
ing of bills the Congress fairly outdid
itself. The Congressional Record,
puffed and swollen far beyond its usual
proportions, will embrace a small-siZed
library in telling of the work Of the
! session, while the files of the document
room were jammed and overtiowing
| with more bills, resolutions and reports
than any single session has ever had
and more than have been accumulated
in many an entire Congress.
The flood of bills was greatest in the
House, although the Senate was not far
behind in proposing laws. The bills
filed in the House during the seven
months of the session numbered almost
21,00O. In the Fifty-eighth Congress,
consisting of three sessions, there We're
only 19,209 bills introduced in. the
House. The Senators presented 5000
bills from December to July, as against
1926 for the three sessions of the Eff
ty-eighth Congress.
The two Houses did not take up all
the time filing bills and talking about
them. They passed 1000 laws, 800 of
which were public In character and
destined to WELD a tremendous infiu-
ence on the nation. The balance were
private bills" mostly pension grants.
The Fifty-eighth Congress was content
with the enactment of 5,466 laws, a rec
ord which is outdone by the private
acts" of a single session of the Fifty
ninth Congress. In view of this accom-
plishment the people who believe the
country suffers from too many laws will
have just grounds to complain.
Sets Record for Speeches..
But it was in the field of oratory that
| both Houses won fame. With the first
weeks of the session the talkfest began,
and it continued to the end, a veritable
Niagara Of words. 1t is estimated that
during the seven months of the session
more than 100000 words were spok-
en- and reported in the two houses of
Congress, a record that will probably
never be equaled by any legislative
| body on earth.
The Congressional Record for the
session numbers more than 10000
pages.
The most popular speeches of the
session, judged by outside demand,
were the rate speeches of Senators
Bailey and Knox and Senator Till
mans attack on the President In con
nection with the Mrs. Minor Morris
incident.
Money Bills Nearly 100000, 900
Lavish appropriations have been
made. In the total appropriated, all
| previous records have been broken.
| The exact amount is not yet known,
but it will approximate $ST5,000, 900,
and may nearly reach the $900,O00,000
| point. The appropriations of the clos
| ing session of the Fifty-eighth Con-
| gress, for the fiscal year, 1906, amount
ed to $500, 1S4, 1894, the high record up
to that time.
One Of the largest items of increase
is in the postoffice bill. Last year the
| postal appropriation was $751; 1908.
! This year it is S19S,000,00O, an in
| crease of S17,000,o00. An increase of
| over $~2,G00,000 had been made in the
meat inspection appropriation and
| 50, 1000 went to San Francisco. Elk
traordinary appropriations of about
$11 100000 were made for the Panama
| Canal. An enormous increase was
made I'm the sundry civil bill, which
carried for the fiscal year 1906 a little
1 yo., +bon cc- 600 600 b,t ,rb;,n ,ro,t