The Washington times., 1907-03-03

the rate legislation. and have postponed
for another year the crystaIlIzation of
. definite program on the part OF the
President looking 10 more legislation in
This direction.
Nothing Done With Tariff.
Nothing has been done with the tariff
The effort to strengthen The pure food
law has failed The Philippine tariff
question is stln unsettled.
The whole effort OF the Administration
In the direction Of better protection for
the public domain has been checked by
/ the persistent hostility OF Congress, es-
Z pecially OF the Senate
/ The ship subsidy bill. it is safe 10
predict. has been killed. There IS not
/ one chance in a million that a measure
4 in its present parliamentary status can
pass
/ The corporation interests stand to
( lose in the fight on the hours Of service
/ legislation. and on the denatured alco-
+ hol bill
The victory Of the packers has been
/ perhaps the most complete and unex-
( pected Of the session They have again
( defeated effort to compel them TO pay
( the cost Of inspecting their products.
and Ar the same time have succeeded
T in baking the attempt to compel them
TO place the date on the label Of
canned goods.
And so on, the list Of things that Con-
gress has not done might be extended
almost indefinitely. Yet some useful
/ service has been done. 1t has not been
| strictly a session Of passing the apprO-
/ priations and going home" and except
( by comparison with the earlier session
| Of this Congress, il compares favorably
with other short sessions Of recent years.
Some Salaries Raised.
Chairman Tawney. of the Appropria-,
/ tions Committee of the House, sOundef
an emphatic warning against extravSs
! gance and declared a heavy deficit IN
the Treasury would result il there
were not more care in expenditures.
Others, too, have given warning. De-
spite these warnings, however. the tend
ency without exception almos~ has
been to dip into the Golfers Of Uncle
I Sam with an eager and unstinted hand.
Much important legislation has been
carried on the appropriation bills. Thus.
the naval bill carried a provision for
two Zig battleships OF the DreadnOught
type. signifying that this country had
determined to eTteT the race engaged
in by the great nations of the world for
the possession of naval squadr2ns com
! posed Of vessels of the most gigantic
types. rhe legislative, executive, and
judicial bill contained a provision FOR
the Increase Of the salaries OF Members
Of Congress 10 $500, and Of the Speaker.
The Vice President, and members of the
Cabinet to $1,000. The salaries Of post
Office clerks and carriers and Of rural
free delivery carriers were increased by
the postofice bill.
one of the great measures Of the ses-
sion was the river and harbor bill con-
tanning appropriations and authorize
tons amounting 10 SS3o00.oo0.
immigration Bill Adjusted.
When the last session Of Congress
closed. the immigration bill wes in con-
ference and the general expectation was
that IL would fail. as there was n wide
difference between the two bodies Of
Congress on the subject Of the educa-
tiOnal test as well as other features
But the japanese controversy. caused
bv the segregation Of japanese children
In the schools OF san Francisco and by
the influx Of Japanese TO the Pacific
coast, became acute.
AS a way OF settling this question.
or rather of paving the way 10 an ad-
justment. a passport provision vas
framed. to enable the President TO shut
japanese not holding passports for
the mainland OF the United States. out
OF this country. This was attached to
the immigration bill as an amendment,
and the bill then reported out OF con-