The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-14
WORK OF CONGRESS.
TWO BILLION MARK ALMOST
REACHED BY 59TH BODY.
More Money Appropriated than at
Any Previous Sessions-Important
Work Accomplished Includes Much
that Is of Interest.

with a record OF glgantlc undertake
ings to its credit, congress has closed
the work of the session, which ended
| formally at noon on March 4. Here
are some of the mile-posts Of this. the
short session of the Fifty-ninth Con-
| gress:
Convened Dec. 3.
| Nine million words uttered on floor,
embalmed in 5000 pages of Congressional
Record
Billion dollars appropriated for the
coming fiscal year.
Two big battleships authorized.
Campaign contributions from corpora
tions prohibited.
Exclusion of japanese coolies provided
| for.
Government given right of appeal in
| criminal cases.
Investigation of child and woman la
Dor ordered.
Salaries of cabinet members. Vice Pres
ident, Speaker, Senators and Representa-
tives raised.
Million dollars loaned to jamestown
exposition.
Appropriation made for Alaska Yukon
exposition.
River and hsrbor bill, carrying $685.
| 100000, passed.
General service pensions provided for.
| Hours of labor bill for railroad en-
| ployes fixed
Reorganization of artillery corps ar
ranged.
Salaries of postofiice clerks and carriers
increased.
Pay to railroads for carrying mail re-
duced by $4,O00,OO0.
Free seed distribution continued.
Ambassadors, ministers and consuls'
salaries increased.
General immigration restricted.
Senator Smoot allowed to retain his
seat.
| Santo Domingo treaty ratified.
Algeciras treaty ratified.
Ship subsidy bill passed by the House
after being shorn of all its most impor.
tant features. The House refused to sub
sidize steamer lines from the Pacific coast
TO the Orient and from the gulf ports to
| the isthmus of Panama.
Some of the Presidents recommends
tons that were pigeonholed follow:
Anti-injunction BILL
Incorporation publicity
| Additional liability for employers.
Inheritance and income tax.
Conservation of coal and oil lands
Philippine tariff reduction.
Naturalization of japanese
Citizenship for Porto Ricans.
Reorganization of governmental sys.
tenn in Alaska.
Statute to enforce treaty rights.
Revision of laws for protection of seals
Reform spelling, also advocated by the
President, was knocked out.
The session of Congress closed has
been one of the most important in the
history of the government in the
amount of business handled in the
three months that the national Legis
lature has been at work. Crowded
into this short space of time has beer
the tremendous task Of framing the
great supply bills of the government
and the other acts carrying expendi
lures aggregating about 81 ,000. 900, 900
the largest amount ever appropriated
by any session of Congress in the his
tory Of the government. But in add
ton to this work of caring for the
budgets of the various department.
much far reaching legislation has beer
enacted that will be of vast import
ance to the business interests of the
country. The grand total appropriate
ed for both sessions is nearly $1,000,
| OO0, OOO
How Money Was Distributed
The appropriations made at the ses
sion just closed are as follows:
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