East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-28
Coming Session Will Be Ex-
ceptiOn to Rule Of Congress-
eS Preceding Election.
ORATORY CURTAILED AND
BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Slxtieth Session Ready for Opening
Hour-Curency Legislation De-
Inanded-Control OF Railroads 10
Receive Attention-Demand for
Exclusion of Japanese Serious
Problem TO be Consldered-Organ-
izatlon of New Congress-New
Faces In House and Senate.

Washing on, Nov. 2S.--The first
session Of the sixtieth congress will
convene at noon Monday. The ses-
sion has been looked forward to as
one likely tc be mort tban ordiLarily
interesting.
When congress meets just before
a presidential campaign, as in the
present case. the policy OF the lead
ers OF the majority has always been
to confine the session more to ora
tory than to action. But the session
about to begin will prove an excep-
tion to the rule.
The demand for currency egisla-
ton cannot be ignored. Since the
present financial furry began COL
umns CT newspaper space have been
devoted to expressions of opinion
from bankers, business men, manu-
facturers, merchPnts and others
showing how pressing these people
believe the subject to be.
Other matters Of great political
and commercial Importance also de-
mand attention. Many recommends
tions will be contained I'm the presi-
dents message. Though few of them
OF course, will be enacted into law
at the present session the majority
or the subjects will at least come IN
for discussion. The control of rail
roads and other corporations doing
an interstate business will receive at
tention, including proposed amend
ments to the Sherman antitrust law
Other recommendation will prob
ably include graduated inheritance
tax. consideration Of a federal in
come tax, the revision OF the tariff
on imports from the Philippines, the
passage Of a modified shipping bill,
the creation of postal savings banks.
the establishment of a more effec-
tive public health service than now
exists, and the extension of the par
cells post.
The demand for, the exclusion of
the japanese will be another serious
problem with which the admlnistra-
tion and republican leaders in con-
gress will have to deal The Pa
cific coast states are insistent that
Japanese shall be excluded from
American soil, and the delegation in
Congress from those states will urge
legislation. That the administration
is keenly apprehensive as to the sit
uation is shown by the refusal Of the
department of commerce and labor
to discuss Japanese immigration and
the determination of Secretary Straus
to suppress the publication of bulle-
tins showing the volume of japanese
immigration.
Monday VIII he devoted to the work
of organization, and the presidents
message will not be presented until
the following day Vice President
Fairbanks will call the senate to or
der Monday, while the house will be
called to order by the clerk
Among the republicans II is set
tied that Representative Cannon shall
succeed himself as speaker, and he
will be nominated In the republican
caucus for the third time, without
voice in opposition. The old officers
of the house will be reelected, as
the combine which organized the
house several years ago is still suffi-
ciently cohesive to prevent any of the
new members from undoing the pro-
gram the veterans have mapped
out.
Including Senator's Gore and
Owen Of Oklahoma, in regard to
whom there may be some contest,
and Smith of Michigan, Curtis of
Kansas and Du Pont of Delaware,
who took their seats, filling vacan-
cies, late in the last session, there
will be 1S new men in the senate. |
These will be Bankhead and Johnson |
of Alabama, Borah of Idaho, Bourne
of oregon, Briggs of New Jersey
Brown of Nebraska, Davis of Arkan-
sas, Dixon Of Montana, Guggenheim |