Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-23
WHAT S|XTY-F|RST
CONGRESS DID
Session OF National Legislature
lust Closed Not a 100
Nothing Congress-"
SUMMARY OF LAWS PASSED
Honor Paid 10 Secretary of Interstate
Commerce ComniissiOn-Prcst. Taft
For Rivers aud IIarbors.

Especial Correspondence
Washington. y. c., July 2o-Win-
throp g. Jones, tally clerk Of the house
or representatives,, has prepared gen
eral summary showing the work done
by the SixtN-iirst Congress, including
tne extraordinary session, which II an
object lesson To- the country and re-
futcs az strongly az possible the Oft
repeated assertion that the Sixty first
congress would turn out to be "a do
nothing Congress"
There were introduced a. 2G7 bills, $40
joint resolutions, 50 concurrent reso-
lutions, and S4S simple resolutions. the
latter meaning resolutions OF various
sorts requiring onlS the acGuiescence
OF the body In which they originated
Tho various committees to whom this
vast number Of bills were assigned
made i,13S reports Of which Ga were
on public bills and GsS on private bills
and resolutions There were 266 adj
verso reports and I7O that did not
reach the calendars
The house passed 1913 bills of various
kinds, sorts and conditions
SOME LAWS PASSED.
There were 32l public laws. which in
cludes the omnibus bridge bill. omni-
bus dam bill. omnibus public building
bill omnibus lighthouse bill. omnibus
indian bill and omnibus claim bill.
There were 10 private laws i'm which
We're included 6,li0 private pension
bills, which We're included i'm "a omni-
bus house pension bills containing 1924
items and - senate omnibus pension
bills containing l.6l6 items. Fifty-one
public resolutions and two private res
buttons were signed. There were 443
public bills ana $50 private bills and
resolutions passed the house. There
We're 22S bills placed on the calendar
for unanimous consent Of which five
remain on the calendar. % were OBJ
Jected 10 and retain their place on the
union ana house calendars.
There were 80 motions filed. under
the new rule. Ia discharge committees
from further consideration Of various
bills referred TO committees and not
reported.
Finally as an indication OF how many
times members were called upon TO
be present and answer to their natnes
on roll call II is stated by Tally clerk
Jones that there were lis roll calls
At q most conservative estimate each
roll call I'm the house of representatives.
consumes at least 30 minutes. fully
three days Of "a hours each or six
working days Of 70 hours each were
consumed In calling the rolls.
HONOR FOR MosELEY.
Commencement exercises during the
month of June added hundreds Of A.
BIS, LII DIS and other mystic letters
to the names OF men in public life. col
Roosevelt, President TAFT and a long
line Of men prominent in affairs Of
state. were among those 50 honOred
But little comment was created when
the university OF Notre Dame. Indiana,
conferred the degree Of doctor Of laws
upon Edward A. Moselcy. secretary Of
the interstate commerce commission.
Mr.. MOselcy has occupied that posi-
tion ever since the commission was
created Il years ago and during all
that time he has used his abilities i'm
the interest OF railway employees ON
every possible occasion. Year after
year he fought persistently for laws
which compelled the companies to equip
thor trains with automatic couplers,
air brakes, ana an sorts Of appliances
making for greater safety. There is
not railroad organization In the coun-
try which fails 10 appreciate the great
work which Edward Moseley has ac-
complished for the vast army OF rail-
road employees He has been made an
honorary member of every organization
and whenever party Of engineers.
hremen. conductors and switchmen
comes 10 Washington. "a delegation IL
certain To call upon the secretary OF
the interstate commerce commission
It Is doubtful II there Is a more
popular official among the employees
than Edward Moseley in any 81 the
Every one Of his sub
ordluates sWcaTs by him and more than
a million people, either as organiza-
tons or as individuals. have Joined in
congra tulating DR. Edward A Moseley,
LII D.. since the honor was conferred
upon him by the Indiana university.
RIVERS AND HARBoRs CONGRESS.
The National Rivers and Harbors
congress. whose platform has had the
hearty endorsement Of President Taft,
viii hold its seventh annual convention
in the city Of Washington Dec. Z, = and
9 next It Is expected that the forth
coming session win be the most inn
portant over held by this great body
OF business and professional mon and
women who are unsclhshly interested
I'm bringing about broad and liberal
policy on the part Of the government
toward the rivers. harbors and canals
Of continental United states TO the end
that water transported ton may become
an adjunct 10 rail transportation yet be
independent OF each other.
President TAFT will open the congress
as he did last year but hi view Of
his tersc criticism of the last river ana
harbor bill In which ne pointed out
rca sons why the bin should be vetoed.
but which he rcfrained from vctoing
because ~ the imperative demands Of
the corps Of engineers that money be
10 hasten the work of
some Of the projects. tho
presidents address VIII he awaited with