Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-03
|MpORTANT MEASURES
To Soon Occupy the Attention
of House Leaders.
THE IMMIGRATION BILL
Now in Conference Between the House
and Senate.
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES HOURS
Possible Effect of Judge Evans Deci-
sion Upon Employers Liability
Bill on the Latter.

| Two measures Of Importance will occupy
the attention of House leaders in the near
| future These are the immigration bill
| which is now in conference between the
| House and Senate, and the bill regulating
| hours of labor of railroad employees A
| third measure. which will also demand ear
ly attention, is the anti-injunction bill de-
| manded by the labor interests and upon
which the House managers are resolved to
| have vote.
1t was said at the Capitol today that an
| early agreement upon the immigration bill
| Is expected and that when the measure
| Is sent to the President for his signature
| 1t VIII be found to be practically the bill
winch the House has all along insisted
| upon. The Impression prevailed at the
capitol that President Roosevelt will modi-
~ his contention in behalf of the rigorous
educational clause demanded at the last
| session. The immigration officials and the
Department of Commerce and Labor are
| understood to be more favorable to the at
titude of the House than they were last
summer, and this position is expected to
prove of considerable benefit to the advo-
| Gates of the House bill in the conference
| with the Senate.
| Hours Of Labor of Railroad Emploves
s.
sion among members today of the pros
pect of the bill to regulate the hours of la
Dor of railway employees, and of the posi-
BILE effect of the decent decision of Judge
Evans upon the employers liability bill.
The fact was recalled that during consid-
Grafton of the employers liability bill last
session some of the prominent LAWYERS of
the House expressed private opinion that
| the bill was unconstitutional They yielded,
however, to pressure that was brought to
pear Tor the passage of the bill, content to
| let the measure take it's chances in the
courts. Some of these lawyers ar looking
more closely into the hill to regulate the
hours of employment and there are divided
opinions as to whether it will come under
Judge Evans decision not. One of the
| leading lawyers of the House said to a
Star man today that he did not think the
| pending bill was on all tours with the en-
| ployers' liability bill, but that the ques-
tons involved were different and the bill
would probably proceed to passage.
By the beginning of next week the House
leaders Will have mapped out their plans
Tor business, and the House will get down
| to hard work
What Mr.. Williams Says.
The democratic leader, John Sharp Will
| liams, was asked today by Star man
| what program the democrats have for the
near future. He replied that no democratic
| caucuses were in contemplation until the
| republicans had outlined their program.
Guess We will wait until the enemy
| moves and then tage them in the flank"
| said Mr.. Williams. Continuing, he said the
democrats would talk their tariff revision
reciprocity and characterization.
1T seems that will have to do all of
| the tnriff revision talk" said Mr.. Williams
las tie republicans appear to have denite-
ly decided to let the tariff alone President
Roosevelt talked about everything else in
| his message but tariff revision. He searched
the entire field of endeavor with telescope
for subjects, but overlooked tariff revision"
Mr.. Williams thought that anti-central-
iZatiOn would prove a good subject for dis
cussion by the democrats. He said that
great capitalistic and industrial interests
which heretofore nave tied up with the re-
publican party find now that the adminis-
tration is treading upon their toes with It's
policy of Capitalization of federal power
and are beginning to look to the democratic
party for relief.