The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-03-01
Review of Work of Legislators Shows Only One
Appropriation Bill Sent to President.
MANY INVESTIGATIONS ILLUMINATE ADMINISTRATION
Discussion of Secret Service Panama Canal Brownsville
Affair and Tennessee Coal & Iron Company Are
Most Prominent Features of Session That
Will Come to an End This Week.

reached by the conferees of the two
bodies.
An amendment to the penal code
prevents Interstate shipments of in
toxicating liquors and provides for the
marking of the packages of such IL
quors in interstate commerce with the
name of the consignee and the nature
of the contents.
The statehood bill admitting Ari-
zona and New Mexico, is still in COM
mittee in the senate. 1t is conceded
it cannot pass this session.
The fate of the Gallinger ocean mail
subsidy bill rests with the house. 1t
has been reported out of committee,
but it's passage through the house is
problematical. 1t provides for subsi-
dizing mail lines to South America,
Japan. Asia, the Philippines and Aus
traliasia.
Important Measures Lost.
Many important measures are re-
garded as certain to fail to pass.
Among these are the Burke wireless
telegraph bill; the Weeks forest re-
serve bill; the Currier copyright bill;
the $500, 100000 bond issue for i'm
provement of waterways; changes in
the government of the isthmian canal
zone; federal inspection of naval
stores and grain and suppression of
gambling in cotton futures. A move
ment to amend the rules of both the
senate and house has attracted much
attention. In the house there has
been an organized open insurrection,
but in the senate the opposition did
not go beyond some sharp criticism by
new senators. In the house the move
ment will cause the establishment of
calendar day" for the call of bills
every Wednesday,
About $4,000 bills and $500 resolu-
tions were presented in both houses.
OF these about 275 public bills will
become laws. There will be about lie
private bills enacted. About so reso-
lutions were agreed to
Presidents Policies.
Early in the congress the president
outlined his policies, as follows:
A national child labor law; an en-
ployers' liability law; anti-injunctior
legislation; amendments to the Sher-
man antitrust law for good corpora
tions and for labor unions; financial
legislation; postal savings banks; re-
! vision of the tariff; waterways COM
mission; regulation of water rights or
navigable streams.
When the session ends there will be
no national child labor law no posta
savings bank and no additional regu-
lation of water rights. An employers
| liability law has replaced the one de-
clared unconstitutional. A CONNER.
cial currency law was enacted and g
| monetary commission is investigating
| the subject of financial legislation
Active steps looking to a revision Of
the tariff have been taken. All through
the session the house committee OF
ways and means has been considering
a tariff bill A waterways commits
sion is now in existence and an inves.
tigation has been made looking toward
the better regulation of water right:
on navigable streams.
| The adoption of a greater naval pro
gram marked the congress. In eacf
session two giant battleships were au'
| thorized. Aerial navigation, however
was not recognized in the appropria
ton bills.
| Salary Increase.
The salary increase of those in thu
government service was another fea
ture. This included men and officer
in the army and navy and kindred
branches of the government, the salar
les of the president, the vice presi
dent, the speaker, members of the su
preme court, cabinet officers, senator
and members.
The congress has also been distin
guished by the number Of investiga
tions inaugurated. Among the mos
prominent ones were the investigation
Of the Brownsville affair, the secre
service, submarine legislation and tn
paper industry.