The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-07-07

known as the permanent annual ap,
preparations, this character of expenes
has increased during the session to the
extent of nearly $4,000, 900, making a
total Of permanent annual appropriA
ton Of more than s140000,000. Meas.
ures were introduced on which action
will be pressed at the next session, to
repeal a portion of the permanent an.
nual appropriations Of the government.
Organized Labor Victory.
| Organized labor has succeeded in its
requests of the present session of con.
Cress to the extent of securing the
enactment CT what is known as the
employers liability bill" This en-.
actment will make it possible for an
enployc 20 secure damages for his
injury, outstanding his own negii.
gence may have been In part respon.
s'ble for that injury.
Arother bill that will doubtless be-
come law is that limiting the hours
of continuous service of railway train
men 10 1G hours consecutive work to
be followed by 10 hours rest. The
much aRitnted eight.hour day bill re
ccived favorable vote from the
house committee on labor. but too late
30 secure aciiCn at the hands Of con.
grcss
The anti.iniunction bill was post
poned In committee until the next ses.
sion
One of the novel features Of law.
making was the enactment of a meas
ure to preserve the scenic beauty OF
Niagara Falls. This action was in d.
rect response to a popular demand
| that the falls be not denuded OF their
beauty to serve the purposes of COM
merce.
Enthusiasts for the greater navy"
regard the legislation of the session as
initial TO proper growth of that arm Of
our fighting force. Congress author.
| lied the construction OF the biggest
battleship afloat" with the provision
that before the plans are submitted or
bids received or accepted the plans
of the ship must be submitted to con.
gress at its next session. This pro
vision was fought in the house with
great zeal. and was carried out by
small majority.
Bad for Hazers.
Hazing at the naval academy was
given further legislative rebuke by
the passage of a bill giving the secre.
tary of the navy discretion to dismiss
or otherwise punish hazers at that in.
stitution.
| A law was passed which will result
In appropriate markings being made
over the graves of confederate veter.
ans of the army and navy who died in
northern prisons during the civil war.
The wearing of the insignia of the
Grand Army Of the Republic or other
soldier insignias by other than mem.
bers OF these organizations is made a
misdemeanor The president was au-
thorized to take the necessary steps
to preserve american antiquities" by
creating government reservations in
locations where such antiquities exist
Alaska was given the right to send a
delegate to congress and an act was
passed whereby that territory will
have larger scale and public i'm.
provement fund. The secretary Of the
interior was also authorized to allot
homesteads to the natives OF Alaska,
Although the ship subsidy measures
did not become a law, "a public acts
W "tlt
These were all minor in character and
inougurated no new policy. The appll.
cation Of the coastwise laws to the
Philippines was postponed until 1909
An omnibus bill authorizing the erec-
ton OF a number Of aids to navigation
became law.
Liberality toward the Indians, the
wards of the nation, characterized the
several enactments on that subject
The tendency shown was to grant full
citizenship to those Indians who show
capability for Il: to open for settle
ment certain reservations, the proceeds
TO go to the Indians, and In one In
stance, provide for the distribution OF
the tribal property to the individuals
Of the tribe.
Ten bills relative to the courts Of the
United States were passed. The i'm
portant measure relative to court pro
ceedure is that which prescribes tho
exact procedure which must be fol
lowed by witnesses to secure immunity
from prosecution later.
| President Roosevelt was given $25,.
900 to pay travelling expenses OF him.
self and invited guests.
The private pension legislation OF
the session was heavy and many hun
bdred such acts will be signed before
the end comes.
| The jamestown, Va, centennial 10
expected TO be recognized by law be
fore the session ends.
! A bill introduced by Representative
Sherman OF New York, was passed and
will make II unlawful hereafter TO
STAMP the words government assay"
on articles manufactured Of gold and