The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-06-28
IMPORTANT SESSION,
Present Congress Enacts Much
Legislation.
ANTI TRUST LAWS PASSED
Large Appropriations Necessary But
Treasury Shows Surplus.

0 Treasury Shows Surplus.
Important measures, extending
federal regulation and control, have
: been enacted at the first session of
the Fifty-ninth congress, now rapidly
: drawing to close. The railroad rate
and the meat inspection bills will
e soon become laws and before adjourn
ment both houses will have passed
prue food bills, which are both based
r on the same principle of federal con-
e troll. 1t is the present intention to
4 try and adjust differences in these be-
g fore adjournment. There has been
no marked division on party lines in
: effecting these results, the differences
being as to ways and means rather
, than as to policy.
Besides branching off into this new
fed of legislative endeavor, the pres
ent session has made itself important
in other ways. 1t has added one
and perhaps two states to the union,
and by so doing has disposed of four
territories. Great results are expect
ed from the removal of the tax on
denatured alcohol, and if predictions
are fulfilled, heat light, and power
are to be supplied by alcohol made
from corn, sugar beets, sugar cane,
} fruits, and various vegetables. By
deft turn the perplexing questions re-
, garding the Panama canal have been
settled. The president may dig a
: lock canal as fast as he pleases.
5 Canal supplies must be of American
5 manufacture.
D Congress has not dealt with the
: foreign situation to any extent. An
t act making much needed reorganiza-
r ton of the consular service was pass
e ed. Nothing was done in the Santo
: Domingo controversy, and the legisla-
ton affecting our colonial possessions
d was meagre and unimportant, al
Y though tariff revision for the Philip
: pines received the attention and APP
S prevail of the house, and an act was
|. passed revising the tariff collected by
e the Philippine government. A coin
!, age act for the islands also was pass
e ed.
Record for Words is Broken.
But congress broke the record fol
= :. words. Not only on the floors has
= the word record been heavy, but the
z
y tions are larger than at any previous
session.
= A large number of bills were intro
duced in the two houses. The calend
I ar records that the number of measures
reached nearly 20, 500-mo than wer,
introduced during the entire thre.
- sessions of the last congress.
- Despite the strenuous exertions o
- an appropriations committee with
~ new chairman Representative Taw
~ ney-it has been impossible to hol
80 the appropriations down to much les
- than 5000, 900, 900 although economy
20 The result has been the enactment Q
80 restraining legislation on nearly ever
~ appropriation bill. Much of this pre-
~ posed Legislation was stricken out o
"points of order, :" but some of tn
" more important provisions becam
- law.
~ First in this class is undoubtedl
~ that requiring the heads of all excel
= tive departments to apportion the az
y, preparations they receive into equ;
%. parts to avoid Deficiencies. This
- done under penalty. The only excus
~ that can be offered is the happenin
~ of some unforeseen event. Unless tn
;, can be shown, the head of the depar
~ ment asking for deficiency appr
- priation may be summarily remove
and be made liable to fine and eve
Imprisonment.
~. Another requirement makes it ne
essary for each department to subm
~ all of its estimates for appropriation
in the book of estimates sent to co
q, gress at the beginning of each sessio
wv Still another matter of economy
49, the taking away from governme
~ clerks the right to secure a transf
NY to another department at high
-. - salary until he has served three yea
- in the position he wishes to abando
20 The prompt turning into the treasu
nv of all moneys collected by heads
departments as government revenu
10 is another safeguard. 1t was fou
0"e that during the past year one depal
ment had collected $730,00G and d
:. ~ bursed it without authority of law.
I'll A strict accounting is hereafter
- be received from all United Stat
-" clerks. A revelation that one su
W clerk had received emoluments amour