Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-29
Some Of The AanyImpDftant' Matters
to Come Before, Congres
WILL TALK ON CURRENCY QUESTION
Every Member of the Lower House
Could Not Get His Check cashed
win Wan. to Know tho Reason Why
Ship Subsidy.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. 2S.--
Talk on the financial condition
must begin soon after Congress opcns
as every member Is already discus.
sing the question. The average Con.
gresham, who had Il check on the
United States treasury for IL months
salary, and undertook to have that
check cnshed ut his home bank and
was refused. Will want to know what
Is the trouble. Those men who were
compelled to send their checks to
/ Washington and get money by ex.
press to pay their way TO the capital
are almost sure to have ideas about
our national finances which they
would like TO express in Congress.
III Is not expected mt the present
writing that the President will change
ms attitude rs to extending further
FEDERAL control and regulation over
corporations doing Interstate bust.
ness. Such measures as he recon-
mends will no doubt he debated ut
length. whether or not they are re-
ported from committee and actually
before either house. A federal Ii.
cense system for interstate Corpora.
lions. tho inheritance tax, the repeal
OF certain provisions of the Sherman
antitrust law. tho proposed amend
nents to the railroad rate bill civ.
ing the commission more. power. and
every other method proposed to resu.
iate corporations in the interest of
the people Is sure 10 he discussed.
even If no action is taken.
Much interest Will center around
several bills for the Improvement OF
the postal service First OF interest
VIII be the postal savings bank meas.
sre. which has been so earnestly nd.
vocated by Postmaster General Mey
err because the bill has such a close
relation to financial conditions. and
the belief Of its friends that 1t vii,
no much to prevent the boarding OF
money such boarding being largely
responsible for the strlngency which
Is causing all the trouble. II has n
prospect of passing. Second in i'm.
portance Is the parcels post bill
which has also the earnest support
OF the postmaster general.
a postal commission, composed of
members of the Senate and House
mas been engaged during the recess in
investigating the methods of conduct
ing the business of the postoffice do.
partment, and may report in favor OF
changes. This will not greatly In.
terest the general public as II relates
largely to administration. nut sew.
eral propositions relating to the sec.
ond class mall privilege have been
suggested The last Congress Ind a
livery comprehensive plan az tho rd
suit OF long investigation. but II WINS
not received with favor At the Same
time bill which VIII secure for fine
publishers undisturbed rights when
once their publications have been nd
mitted to the mails, ought to flnd IN.
vor iii Congress.
Waterways Question.
| 1t mas already been determines N
try and get the present Congress- IN
adopt two great waterway projects
one to improve the MissIssippi rive,
and cut 1d-foot channel from I.oke
Michigan to the Mississippi. and the
other for an inland waterway alone
tue Atlantic seaboard. It Is q fore.
gone conclusion that there will he
no river and harbor bill passed M
the coming session Of Congress-. ne
one bill every two years has come
| 10 lie the custom. but an attemnt viii
be made to couple these two Great
them. "'u p'''S
Organized labor Will lnausurate its
regular Congressional program at the
nesihning OF the session. and continue
!. INCREASINGLY until its measures nre
passed, or the Congress comes to ar,
enu. rhe most important of the
propositions relating to labor Is the
contamination measure. which Will
make 1t impossible to use injunctions
AGAINST strikes and labor organiza.
lions, Organized labor Is more In.
,erested in this bill than all others
combined. BY the liberal use of fed
srai injnnctions manySstrlkes have
Deen crippled. and possibly made nm.
successfni. Next In Importance to tho
an.i'hlunction bill is the eight-iiour
Dli, winch provides that all work for
.ne government must be done under
tue eisht-iour system, That bill gets
great deal of attention each Con.
Sress' IL Is the subject of extended
nearihgs' and sometimes II passes the
nouse' nut 1t has never passed both
houses or even reached voting stage
IN ,ne senate, OF course labor organ.
izauons VIII again urge the passage
OF law to prevent the transporta.
.ion or prison made goods over in.
terstate lines. - ="
Child Labor Bill.
mat last.named measure Is closely
AKIN 10 the Beveridge child labor hill
Wnich inc Indiana Senator will nress
with vigor from the very beeinnine
OF the session. If Congress- shonld
pass either OF these measures they
would be followed by bills to prevent
the transportation OF trust. oda
goods. The constitutional questions
involved in these bills. the encroanb'
ment upon the rights OF states tbe
extension of federal power, and all