New-York tribune., 1909-03-01
GOTH CONGRESS- REVIEW
LIST SESSION COSTLY.
4 Dnropy7af5ous WiU Probably Be
thf Te7-cest on Record.

the Largest on Record,
-r-..-s-~-., F,n 1t has bsen ~. rule of re-
49, .-s.-s that 1,rrle other than appropriation
acr!s.srion ca, bs enacted during The snort sessions
q Congress and me one 70 END ms wen =
svce-4so1 70 the rlle The appropriations ior iie
session -rohah,y viii be rhe largest on record even
s,oeeoir ;re sl0aS 90 acB provided for st me hrs1
..ssion ss o-lv one Of the hfteeo genera aPPIo-
r-tz-sc- bills of this session has been ssn' 80 ~
S7-esi6ent for his signature. en accurate sI4 4Iee
~ ne z-1olu- . hs appropriated L a-apoSsiUl7-
---.s11, .-7z, o< the general policies Of the coun-
- -.-e touched on this session The olsCossaon
Y both houses of the Secret 7srTace zH. - -
Panama cana. a-d in The Senate q 1ae H-o. !.
-t1'a affair and cf rhe Tennessee tosi a-lo II -lI
,-,-rrsrv purchase has brought the admins lo
xf -heodcre Roosevelt prominently II Hle"- az
-ys-o ct tte celsUs biz oeealse TIE e--@fils : -
80 taking of he decennlsi census "el- 'i-1 =.
,}sezd under Csvtl Service regulations vas
-. in znotre- interestinE ohapte- Of thS sess'Ll
r.. cAn--s ria goes Ger - TIE special SESSION =
80 f,sr congress The vs-o ~ seVeral '-Nl1 l-
s.~ars. rhev did not reooznizs The pF-aoll,3S "a
<-a-rz6 For re conservation u Na''-
v-s-re6 much attention.
- sn,ror-is-;or Of s5oo eoo for the relief q ne
--s75a1 earrha-1ate sufferers = the heElnn'ns 9
s-e session has been spoken of IS ne NOS
'<s-- enactment - t7e s-ssiorl \ eel- 80 .,r
= leszsla-,7r Vas enacted in -fs first session "hSh
- ,e7issfor II the remainder Of the chinese ~
sxxz-r-7r- was authorized.
The massage Of = lev fcr the Suppression q -
,ra.-n habit II 1hIs 0olnrry, II IS holea ~ ~ 40
>,7-=-ez vi exert vide moral influence APpeaiS
-, - .4o-zorz II Tie -olnt-z were successru
81 Obtaining q law for 7he preserTa2oh q tie
~=rsv-ere= bie tree IN California An acr 81 great
Aruorte-o= - Western hcrneseekerS atiTTofize' s
ksrse8 homestead entries il the arid region
coDuTcATIoH to 81 COMPLETED.
n tie closing A51rs e the session ne fa'e n
t-rr-y highly important measures Is . - 60
snI-e5. I Tracticall- * assured that he Tnonn
o5e laws = tire United States viii be oornpieteo
= remains only for tle -vo houses T. approve ll-
agreement already reached h the eofferreeS q '
- rr7fes As result of this legislation the United
ss,.-as government viII. through d rider enter
- a.1s ~ -asys-i1x TIE interstate shipment q n
soxjoa1ing liquors. Al amendment to me cot- Plu
a-fp7s interstate &c. o Il shipments o. lli'oh'
,s--- 7575-~x and rrozides for the marking OF 1he
-1-e-as o+ s-,-- liaucrs In interstate commerce
- +-e ro-a Hde mama e the conslgnee and 1he
.,..7--A Of tia contents Several n t9 so-cslieo
s1zu B,,x'' laws ara stricken from ne S's'-'es
- 1.5s general revision ~ The penal laVS
The statehood hill admitting ARIZONA ana -@"
Mexico into the union, which has arrrac1el l--1~H
s--er-scr throughout horH sessions Is EN- II clE--
-. u ne senste L is cance5ed that il cannot
rsss this session 49,
The fate cf rhe Czll-rEs- ocean nan snHs-ot III
-es.s --.a the House I has been reported CT "1
committee but its passage through the House y
,.-or1er2a-5-s- L provides for sDbsl1lzIng ma IL
lives . South America. japan ASH. the Flli'p-
rr-es and Australasia
Many measures q importance ooTlsller@o are "
: xz-5ed IS certain u rzL Of enactment among
rreze are the Burke -freIess telegraph bin the
Weeks forest razs-ge b1l. the 'JrrleT copy Tlgn1
i7i the Szaonn noe hcn2 issue for improvement q
,4-s-erzsrz changes IL the government u the
sr-----,en -zrz1 zone federal Inspection of naval
t-o-ez and grains, ard suppression cf gambling m
Cor-on futures
Much tir7e vsz devoted h the Senate - cor
se-a-to- IF core r- more q --esLies The most
-Ss@
E-es- Britain rela-fnE 70 -he IF rhe boundaET
-zee-z ter7-e=1 rhe Tinted States and the Ponin-
zcr % Csna1s
movement - amend the rules - both the Sc
sc ana re House hs= a-traet@5 .aQch srtA~tlc'
-re r9o-,se there has beer an organized Op=n
:-z1--=c15o1- but II -he Senate the opposition d6
~ 90 b=-c-d soma shsrp cri,fcis-7s h ne7 Sen
E+c-s The -,r--erne-r in both houses ~-as de
slered IS : warning <3rur- sessions. In 7hN
House 81 I'll have tl-e immediate effect of -He
<ez 5IfsE-,e-r cf calendzr 6a-- fcr the ca'i y
rftus on t2e unlon calendar ever TT-e5-.esdzZ-
The rsU material II the share Of bills and -esc-
tstiors presented to Congress 20 work on n hoth
zessiols r-zs stuperdCUs Bills numbering about
+rs----e.zrt +roussr6 v=re introduced in the tE-o
ssouses n addition. fifteen hundred resolutions
-7-e7e presented
ABOUT - HET LAWS
C,,5- .. the mass Of public bills. about - Fln
ite~o7e lsvz There Tlll Le about - private bills
I~-sc-e5 The Iztte-. hoNe7er, are Nstlrl7 ted -
t-nsnz Il the private hills finally passed were ON
fFz-s hills containing consolidation If hundreds
f 5nof-5lsI measures II other words. about !
5zer csn- q the bills introduced became la7s Aoou'
"a resolutions TeTe finally agreed %.
7-a-7z in the eth Congress the President outlined
-f-,- has been termed his policies TheE were. IN
sae main
4 rational child labor ie~-- an emploTers ability
-fir-z.ucticu legislation amendments 70 The
ff-erran srrf--rust law for good corporations and
- labor unions financial legislation postal saE-
tngs hanks revision of the tariff waterways com
mission regulation Of water nights on na'lgaols
trtrea-as-
When rre Congress ea5s there XIII be no rational
hs1d labor 7avv no postal savings hanE and 10 ad'
,zftioazI regulation Of water rights However :
'cbfd fst1r law 1-ss enacted for the District of
--,-7r5z and II d. hope the supporters o. the
yncven7eut thar ir w-u haTe national lnnuence
- e-rr5o-ers- iatlIty law has replaced tie one
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