Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-14
CONGRESS WILL
ADJOURN SOON
FOR HOLIDAYS
S0L0NS TO RETURN HOME
ABOUT DECEMBER 21
CRITICISM OF SECRET SERVICE
is SOLVE THEME
Presidents Language to Be Subject of
Early eport-Secretary Root
StartIes Lawmakers with
Statistics

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w bodies of congress expect to con-
clude the ante Christmas holi-
DAYS work of the session during the
present week.
The date of the adjournment for the
holidays has not yet been definitely de-
termined, but most probably it will fall
on December q, week from tomor-
row.
In that event it is not expected that
ANY business will be done on Monday
week because when the date becomes
known members will leave for their
homes in such numbers that it will be
impossible to maintain a quorum.
The senate will take another ad-
journment from Thursday until the
following Monday without any eXpec-
tation of doing any business on Mon
day beyond providing definitely for the
Christmas recess.
The house will continue its work un-
til Friday or Saturday, but Will then
adjourn until Monday unless some
other plan of adjournment is pursued.
Some members who reside in far dls-
tant states are urging that the ad-
iournment should begin on Saturday,
and the leaders are disposed to heed.
When taken, the holiday adjourn
ment will be until January 4. 1t is ex-
pected that both houses will deal dur
ing the week with the question of the
paragraph in the presidents message
relating to the secret service.
The Perkins committee will probably
present it's report to the house early
and in case a resolution dealing win
the subject is recommended it VIII be
acted upon before the dispersal OF the
house for the holidays.
Routine Business Today
The house will begin the routine
business of the week tomorrow with
the consideration of business pertain
ing to the District of Columbia, ana
on Tuesday will continue the consider
ation of the bill codifying the penal
laws, which received much attention
during the last session.
Thursday and Friday Will be given
over to pension bills and other private
measures unless there is another ap-
preparation bill introduced for cons1d-
Grafton. Strenuous effort is being made
to get reported early In the week the
bill making appropriations for the DIS
trict of Columbia, and if this effort
should be successful the bill should
be passed before the holidays.
In the senate an effort will be made
by Senator Carter to procure the pas
sage Of the bill providing for the es-
tablishment of postal savings banks,
and on Wednesday that measure VIII
give way to the Foraker bill ordering
the e-enlistment of the negro soldlers
who were discharged without honor
because of their supposed participation
in the Brownsville riot in 1906
The senate caucus committee will be
gin work early in the week on the bill
providing for the thirteenth census, but
probably will not be able to report un-
til after the holidays.
No effort will be made in the senate
tc act upon any of the appropriation
bills until in January.
Growth of United States
Since the consideration of the legis-
lative. executive and Judicial bill was
taken up in committee the house has
been much impressed with the growth
of the United States among the sister
nations of the world. The request
upon the congress by the secretary of
state for an additional force to cope
with the problems of state has been
explained on no other basis, and the
statements Of Secretary Root on the
growth of this country as a world
power have attracted much cons1dera-
tion.
Secretary Root startled the members
by referring to the state department
organization as a temporary matter.
ST consider the time will shortly come
Wnen II Will D6 deSll elpiO " AiiS"iAS -
terial changes in the organization Of
the state department" the secretary
told the committee on appropriations.
He predicted the time would soon
come when the enlarged business would
Justify and require politico- -geograph-
ical division of the work for the de-
partments. This would mean various
divisions equal to deal with European,
Latin American, far eastern ana BTU
ish colonial questions.
Secretary Root demonstrated that the
work of the department was growing
by stating that there was an increase
of $780, 900 pieces of mail a year; tnat
the trade of the United States has IN
creased from 81, ,622, 100000 in 1896 to
So. .315, 900 900 in 1907 and that the OUT
going foreign travel from the Unlted
States has increased from 245,4ll in 1896
to $685. ,S22 in 1907.
1t was now necessary, he SAID 10
have clerks to index the precedents
for the convenience of the ofnclals.
Congress was informed that the pro-
posed revision of the tariff meant an
| Immense amount of work for the state
department.
Mr. Roots remarks are being most
carefully weighed. because 1t as con-
sidered they probably will be his last
from his present official position.
Coming from the man who reorgan-
lied the war department and has been
invited to reorganize the navy depart
ment, his advice on the reorganization
of the state department is taken as a
valuable guide-post.