Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-03-10
AN APPROPRIATION RECORD
Largest in Country's History-outiil.e OF Import
ant Legislation Enacted.

ed as certain Of failure to pass are
the Burke wireless telegraph bill;
the Weeks forest reserve bill; the
Currier copyright bill; the $500, ,OOO,-
900 bond issue for Improvement OF
waterways; changes in the govern
ment Of the isthmain canal zone;
Federal inspection Of naval stores
and grains, and suppression Of gamb-
ling in cotton futures.
The Senate approved an agreement
with Great Britain, relating to the
uses Of the boundary waters between
the United States and Canada.
In the House there has been organ
lied open .insurrection against the
rules, but in the Senate the opposi.
tion did not go beyond some sharp
criticisms by new Senators. The
movement was designed as a warning
to future sessions In the House. it
will have the immediate effect of the
establishment Of fcalendar day"
for the call of bills on the union cal
endar every Wednesday.
About $4,000 bills were introduced
in the two houses, and e,500 resolu-.
tions presented.
Facts and Figures.
About 275 Of the public bills will
become laws. There will be about
IT'S private bills enacted. The latter,
however, are estimated to represent
about 5000 private bills introduced,
as many Of the private bills finally
passed were amnibus bills. About
fifty resolutions were finally agreed
to. ,s 4 y. n Y
Early in the Sixtieth Congress, tho
President declared himself in favor
Of: A national child labor law; an
employers liability law; anti-injunc-
tion legislation; amendments to the
Sherman antitrust law4forl good cor.
.porations and for; labor unions; finan-
cial legislation; postal savings bank;
revision of the tariff; waterway.
commission; regulation of water
rights OIL navigableE streams.
When the Congress ends there will
be no national child labor law, nc
postal savings bank, and no addi-
tional regulation of water rights.
However, a child labor law was. en-.
acted for the District Of Columbia.
An employers Liability law; has re.
placed the one declared unconstitu-
tional. A commercial currency law
was enacted and e. asmohetary commits
sion is investigating the subject Of
further financial legislation. Active
steps looking to d revision Of the
tariff have been taken. All through
the present session the House com.
cittee on ways and means has beer
considering a tariff bill to lay before
the special session to ,esnvene March
18th. The waterways commission
has made an investigation looking ia
the better regulation Of water rights
on nayigable streams.
Some Special Features.
In each session two giant battle
ships were authorized Aerial navi.
CATION, however. was not recognized
in the appropriation bills. The in.
crease in the payioof those in the gov.
ernment service was another feature
of the Congress. At the same time
the parse strings of the Treasury
were losened so that widows of the
men who fought for the nation will
be assured ola pension.
Among the prominent investiga.
tions authorized were those of the
Brownsville affair, the secret service
submarine legislation and the paper
industry. The waterways, immigra'
iion, monetary, Brownsville cimmis
sion were created.
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