The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-05
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The session Of tsnAfaaH when
came 90 an end at noon Monday
aa= one nf the most extgassgsut
since the foundation 81 the govern
men,- The appropriations II the ses-
sion aggregate billion dollars
The growth If federal expenditures
during III. paHt fsenty years hae
been most remarkable The gross ap.
prnpriatlonn hy congress Ia 1851
amounted to onlf sSST,3g0,s7i.
Prom this figure. which al that time
was thought somovha nytrayawant,
the appropriations have ermpt no
year after year until the high water
mark Of ss2o.iss.sei ans reached
last year
4, has been only about fifteen years
since the first billion dollar con
gr.ss came into view when the APP
preparations for tao sessions of
congress aggregated billion dollars.
Some then thought that the govern
mept Was running 10 extravaganza.
but now the country has Witnessed
a billion dollar session two billion
dollar congress for II is pretty safe
10 predict that now the billion dollar
stage has been reached for single
session, succeeding session will find
IL necessary TO appropriate as much
az has been appropriated at any pre-
ceding session,
In addition 10 appropriations the
following summary shows the com
plete doings OF congress:
1t ratified the santo Domingo
treaty.
Passed billion dollars worth OF
appropriation bills.
Ordered an investigation OF the
lumber trust; Of the international
harvester trust and cotton exchanges.
Passed an immigration act, coup
led with exclusion OF Japanese cool
les.
Knocked out the canteens at Sol |
Tiers homes.
Gave the railway employees q six |
cen hour law.
Established an agricultural bank |
II the Philippines
IdSstu II ldlHtI ldiHt tHI i'htN IT,
orm measure.
Provided for new hattleships
Passed a modified act prohibiting
rom making campaign assessments.
Ratified the Algeciras treaty.
Adopted a resolution providing for
n investigation of the Brownsville
flair.
Decided that Senator Smoot of 7
tab was entitled to his seat.
Passed a general service pension
ct.
Passed a rivers and harbors bill.
1t raised the salaries Of vice pres
lent, speaker, cabinet members,
lemhers of congress and postal en-
loyes, and provided an appropria
ion for pneumatic postal tubes in
everal large cities.
Failed to consider a new trade |
with Germany.
Did not ratify the Isle of Pines /
reaty with Cuba.
Did not modify the Chinese exclus- |
on act, /
Did not codify the revised statutes. !
Did not reduce the Philippine tar I
If duties.
Passed no anti-injunction act. /
Failed to strengthen the eight I
our law. !
Did not pass a child labor law.
Did not revise the tariff.
Did nothing for the conservation |
# public oil lands and coal lands.
Did not provide citizenship for |
Porto Ricans and Japanese.
Passed no copyright act.
Did not pass the Payne bill to con !
'olidate customs districts.
Did nothing to check swollen for
unes. and passed no inheritance tax.
Defeated the Littletield pilotage
bill.
Failed TO provide that cost OF meat
inspection shall fan on the packers.
Passed no bill to allow appeals
from fraud orders of postoffice de
partment; no Convice labor act, no
regulation of interstate traffic in al