The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-07-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.

( gress, II brief review of what lcsls
1 lation has been accomplished will
! be in place, and it will DO found
/ that the record of the present
! Congress has seldom, if ever, been
! excellcd in the number an,i in til"
{ Importance Of the bills passed
( Thirty six thousand bills were Of
fered during the sossi"n twenty
: seven thousand by the House and
nine thousand hy the Senate, 10
: say nothing If hundreds of ,es0
lut,ons on II variety Of subjects
In no previous session have H"
many bills been presented
a With reference to those reform
movements which have became
known ~ the billa Of The I.esl
dents program. there are many In
stances of accomplishment.
Perhaps first IN Importance il
the establishment If postal savings
banks
Then a revision Of the railroad
{ laws involving the creation of y
{ commission court.
The admission Of the states of
New Mexico and Arizona az sep
arate states, raising til" number
{ Of sovereign states in the Union
10 forty eight
I, A very important Mll was that
{ giving to the President unlimited
authority to withdraw public
! lands for conservation purposes.
! Under this act tho President was
granted power to withhold lands
from settlement and to conserve
! the water power, and At the sane
time the act provided for the agri
cultural entry Of coal lands which
will open to settlement. it in sad
) AZ much IN sixty million acres. re
serving ut the same time the coal
right to the government.
The increase ot tho Navy. while
not including many ships Of the
! first Glars, was significant III the
fact that there were appropria
tions for two hat,leahips of 27.OOC
tons each These are to he armed
with II inch guns, which il is said
will make them more formidable
than any hattleships on the seas
There were appropriations a|s" f"r
four torpedo boat dpstroyers, two
GOLFERS aud four suhmal ines, and
an increase Of three thousand sea
men was provided for IN the b,ll.
The publicity campaign bill rs
considered on" Of great Importance
in that candidates must within a
short time after election publish
the amount If campaign cont,ihu
tions.
A hill authorizing an approlria-
! ton Of twenty millions in ce,tlfi-
Gates ii indebtedness to continue
reclamation projects was passed.
Also a bill creating a Bureau of
! Mines.
A bill appoprlating $3.50, 600
for the support Of tariff board
was another Of the Presidents
bills that had mucI, opposition he,
fore It was finally passed.
Bills looking TO the suppression
Of traffic in which slaves. ptovld
ing 4 new tariff system for the
Philippines Islands, promoting
/ prohibition in the Hawaiian H.
lands, creating a commission Il"
consider economics in the manage
mr,t Of The national government,
were other important enact m.nts
$500 600 was appropriated f"'
~. rniainv and removal uf The
wrecked hattlesl,ip Maine in Hav-
ana IIarbor, Cuba.
Among the measures which fail
cd to pass, although it was well
known that the President favored
them, wis 4 ship subsidy bill; al
an,i-,njnnction bill; bill! for a
new form of government III Alas
Ia aud also in Panama; also bills
TO create u bureau of health; pro
Wiling increased rates oe postage
for second class mail matter and
To establish the Appalachian For
est Reserve.
Taken all III all, thus mas been a
remarkably strenuous Congress-,
and there il no doubt but that al
record has been set which will he
A stimulating example to succeed