The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-05
THOUSAND BILLS
IN DAY IN SENATE
One Proposes Canal from Mis-
sissippi Through Georgia to
Coast.

WASHINGTON, d. c., December A.
Nearly n thousand bills were intro
duced In the Senate to-day, and I'LL
OF them were referred to committees,
where they will be taken for con-
slderntfon after the new Senators shall
be given committee assignments. No
other business Of Importance wac
transacted. Almost oil OF these bills
were considered in the last Congress-,
and most OF them are private pension
dis. The whole number OF bills In
PRODUCED In tho Senate of the Fifty
ninth Congress was S,837, and before
the Christmas holidays 1t is probnble
that at least half OF them will again
be introduced and referred to commits
tees.
Among the more important measures
Introduced to-day were tile follow
Ing:
BY Senator IIansbrough: Providing
for q government bank to be located at
Cl1irago. and to have canttnl not to
exceed 10 per cent. of the aggregate
capital OF all the other national banks.
Tho stock to be held by national banks
and the banks to be controlled by a
general council of twcnty-one menu
bers. made up from men chosen by
districts organized according to popu-
latiOn, and by Treasury officials.
BY Senator Fulton: Amending the
railroad rate law in such manner that
change of tariff filed with the Inr
terstate Commerce Commission can
not go into effect where objection is
made until the commission has de-
clared the rate fair.
BY Senator Dick: The admin1stra-
ton measure providing for an increase
of pay for members Of the army, navy
and marine corps.
Tl,. I1,r prnvi6inN for
the teaching of agriculture in normal
schools; free postage on reading mat.
ter to be mailed for the blind. and
prohibiting telegraph and express COM
pantes from transmitting returns per-
tanning to gambling.
For Fixing Railway Rates.
BY Senator La Toilette: Requiring
that railroad rates shall be fixed SO as
only to yield fair return on the val
uation of the roads property.
BY Senator Lodge: Regulating the
salaries of inspectors of customs and
others connected with the customs SER
vice.
Mr.. Lodge also reintroduced his
gress In regard to dissertations OF the
United States flag and as to child labor.
BY Senator Nelson: Extending the
tree delivery service to all towns hav-
Ing postal revenue Of $4,000.
a short bill, which may take the
place Of regular ship subsidy bill
this session. was introduced by Senator
Gallinger.
1t provides for an increase of the
mail-carrying rate for sixteen-knot
slips plying on the Pacific and the
South Atlantic to an amount not eX-
ceedinE the rate paid to first-claes
ho hi {c ct s1 10 ~
the ideas set forth on ship subsidy III
the Presidents message.
Senator Gallinger also introduced
bills prohibiting the sale and trans
| portation OF poisonous foods.
For Single Statehood.
| Two single statehood bills were in
/, troduced by Senator Teller for the adj
mission of New Mexico. and the Other
| by Senator Stone for the admission OF
Arizona as a State.
(! Senator Culberson introduced two
bills. which he advocated In the last
| Congress. One Is intended to make II.
legal. the dealings in futures. the 9TH
| er to provide penalties against railroad
companies that fail to furnish cars to
shippers.
Senator Overnan reintroduced his
bill authorizing the President to sus-
pend the collection OF customs duties
on articles coming into competition
with products of companies which sell
abroad at a less price than In this
country.
| Senator Bacon introduced bill pro-
viding a survey to determine the prac-
! ticability OF building a canal to con-
meet the navigable waters Of the Mis-
| slssippi Valley with the navigable
waters OF the State Of Georgia. This
project, he stated. had been considered
twelve years ago, but the time wcs
| not then ripe for its realization. The
canal projected, he said. would be abou,
100 miles long. and would connect the
Mississippi River and the Atlantic
Ocean.