The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-07
APPR0PRIATlONSTO TO
 OCCUPY CONGRESS
Nothing Else of Importance Is Planned for Three Months Session Except in
 Committee.
JAP TREATY CRITICISED
Senate Considers It's Prcrogatlvc Out ragcd-Brownsvill Child La- bor and Postal Savings
 Scheduled.

Washington, Dec 6.-If the republi- can leaders in the senate and the house i retain their present views the lcgisla | ton of the session of congress which | will begin tomorrow, will include very | little except appropriation bills, Those | bills will carry in the aggregate about ' s1 ,OO0O 100000 and the general opinion IS that in the time which will be allowed, | the two houses will find they can best serve the country by giving proper at tcntion to these appropriations, As a matter of fact while the session will last almost three months, the actual sitting will cover only little more than two months, \ recess of two weeks will be taken for the holidays, and at the beginning of the, session the senate, if not the house also, will sit only for about four days a week,
 There will he q general effort to hold the appropriations down to the lowest possible limit but the probabilities are that this year. as that did last, will ex- coed a billion dollars Ii is generally ] ullutI NluNl Alldl NllNlF N lll H' h b'' w the improvement of the rivers and har- hors and lt will carry not less than | s25. GOO or s3O.0O0O0O. It also will be necessary to make provision this year for the census Of 1910 and this will re- uuire an extra outlay of not less than 1 SlO.OoO,OOO
 The fact that the managers desire to restrict legislation will not prevent other members of the senate and tne house from cxcrtlng their efforts for their fayorlte measures. The first ef- fort in this direction will be in the senate by Mir. Foraker, who will re- new his attempt to have passed the bill authorizing the re-enllstmcnt of the negro soldiers who were diScharg- cd without honor on account of the Brownsville riot. This measure will be the special order for Dcccm- Der l6 Senator Bcyeridge will made an effort to obtain carly consideration
 of his child labor bill and Senator Carter will press the postal savings
 bank bill
 It Is certain hat the recent agree : mont made between the United States
 and Japan will receive early consider
 alton at the hands of the senate. A
 number of senators have privately eS-
 pressed disapproval of the fact that
 the compact was entered into without
 consulting the senate. and lt Is quitr
 probable that the subject wilt receive
 attention at the first important exec. utive session.
 Both houses will receive rccommen.
 dations from the congressional none. tary commission looking to changc'
 in the laws regulating the supervision of national banks, and the present in, dications are that some simple lcisla tlon for that purpose will he enacted There also is considerable elomcn in both houses favorable to suci , changes in the sherman anti trust lar as will provide immunity for some e the combinations like labor unions which have been hold to hc in re , strant of trade and whica, it is con tended, ar cnot injurious.
 { There is opposition, however to al of these measures, and lt seems oX
 tremoly doubtful whether any of then
 will at this session receive the hna , approval of congress
 The advocates of separate state
 hood for Arizona and New McXlc, s will press tho claims of those terri
 tories.
 , The president will recommend lcGis laton looking to the supervision Q
 telegraph and telephone lines am bills will be offered bringing then l within the jurisdiction Of the inter { state commerce commission Shl subsidy also will receive attention r but the probability of action Is re @ mote.
 c There will be much discussion o !. the tariff in tho cloak rooms of tn k two houses and the ways and mean : committee of the house will continu
 it's efforts to frame hill but n { measure will receive attention on th Q floor of either house until after Mare i {, when tho proposed special sessio
 will concentrate Its efforts on this on
 subject
 
 change of rules will be much discuss
 od by individual members hut no pub VI lie consideration of the question ma
 he expected during tho present con I eress. This matter is intimately con ,- nocted with the speakership and it , consideration will go over until afto l. the organization of the next house. ,- Among other subjects which wi ,- probably receive attention are the ct 10 tablishmeni of a permanent waterway ,- commission; provision for nations
 inheritance taT; more thorough il .p vcstigation of industrial disputes. an ,- means for improvement of farm col IF dtions along the lines to he susgcstc ie by the presidents countrywide con
 mission lt Is understood that car
 in January the president will send in
 special message recommending certa steps for the protection and conserv; ,,. ton of the country's natural rosourc,
 in lands, waters, minerals and forest
 and doubtless some effort will bc ma,
 to respond to his suggestions ThcI
 also will be q renewal of the effort
 create forest reserves In the ADD;
 lachians and the White Mountains. - Prospects are strong for busy SC T sion, even though if be one of n
 many accomplishments
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