Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

Largest in Country's H~istory-OutIine 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 $5OO,O0O,-
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 gam5-
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 instruction against the
rules, but in the Senate the opposi-
ton did not go beyond some sharp
criticisms by new Senators. The
movement was designed as q warning
/ to future sessions. In the House it
will have the immediate effect Of the
establishment of a calendar day.
for the call of bills on the union cal
endar every Wednesday.
About $4,000 bills we're introduced
in the two houses, and $500 resolu-
tons 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-.
Early in the Sixtieth Congress, the
President declared himself in favor
of: A national child labor law; an
employers liability law; anti-injunc-
ton legislation; amendments to the
Sherman antitrust law for good cor
porations and for labor unions; finan-
cial legislation; postal savings bank
) revision Of the tariff; waterways
commission; regulation Of water
rights on navigable streams.
When the Congress ends there will
. be no national child labor law, no
postal savings bank, and no addi-
, ticnal regulation , Of water rights
! however, a child labor law was en-.
acted for the District of Columbia
3 An employers liability law has re-
t placed the. one declared unconstitu'
tional. A commercial currency law
n was enacted and a monetary commits
SIGN is investigating the subject Of
further financial legislation. Active
/ steps locking to a revision of tn
e tariff have been taken. All through
the present session the House com
y cittee on ways and means has beer
considering a tariff bill to lay befor
the special session to onven Marcl
+ 18th. The waterways commission
II has made an investigation lookssg t
h the better regulation Of water right
\ on navieable streams.
Some Special Features.
e In each session two giant battle
Y ships were authorized. Aerial navi
" cation, however, was not recognize
IS in the appropriation bills. The in
crease in the pay Of those in the gov
+. eminent service was another featur
1 o. the Congress. At the same tim
the purse strings Of the Treasur
were losened so that widows of til
ii men who fought for the nation wi
be assured Of a pension.
Among the prominent investig;
10 tions authorized were those Of til
he Brownsville affair, the secret servic
submarine legislation and the pape
industry. The waterways, immigr;
ton, monetary, Brownsville cimmi
d. sion were created.