New-York tribune., 1910-06-21
BUSY DAY IN HOUSE
nllls Affecting N. Y. Waters and
wireless Telegraph Passed
lFrom The T-,h,op


u-.z..Ifrom IRON The Tribune Bureau
- ton, June 20-The House %,
dis,,e.S iS legislative activity TODAY ana
Spe'ched more business than on any, ~
0uN osy this session. No time was r-esfa,
- Useless oratory. and both ma ior,tv a,a
gave strong evidence that the ho+
amer mas increased the determination -
'o"ih as quickly as possible.
oLoer that the session may close on
~ saturday, night session was held.
Important measures were passed
ueiay- or particular interest to
->ew fork is the bill by which the consent
"a O"Isress is given to obstruct navigation
On any f1Ver or waterway which does not
form a connecting link bet,veer o,re- ,,o1,f
gable waters. and which lies wholly within
'he city limits This bill was passed with
our division. It was introduced in the
senate by Senator Root and has passed
that body
among other bills passed was the DENLY
Nlil making it a criminal offence for any
one 1raudulentlv to impersonate member
OF the Red Cross or form a firm to use the
red cross trademark
representative Bennet's resolution calling
lof the appointment OF a commission of
f1Ve members to consider the question of in
ternauoDal peace and the combining of the
naVfes OF the world as a peace feet was
also passed. Ex-Presfdent Roosevelt has
oeen mentioned as the possible head of this
commission
Inc Dill allowing Justice Moody to resign
from the Supreme Court on full salary was
unanimously agreed to, as was the measure
making compulsory the instalment of wire
less apparatus on all vessels sailing more
than two hundred miles and carrying more
than fifty passengers.
Representative Harrison's resolution for
the appointment of commission to attend
the one hundredth anniversary of Mexican
independence was also acted upon favor
ably It provides for three Senators. three
Representatives and three other citizens of
the United States to make up the commits
sion.
To protect minority stockholders of ma
tional banks from ''freeze-outs," the House
to-day passed a bill TO amend the law re-
garding the corporate existence of the
banks. Upon charter renewals stoc1holders
have slightly changed the names of the ins
stitutions. nquidated the old banks by turn
ing them over bodily TO the new ones, ano
continued practically the same business at
the same place.
The minority stockholders thus lose the
value of the good will Of the business as
expressed in the stocks market value, and
receive only its book value. It appeared to
be the consensus of opinion in the House
that while it might be desirable to have
shares owned by estates transferred to
active interests it would be fairer 10 pur-
chase the stock than to freeze out in the
way now sometimes practised.
An additional federal judge for the East
ern District of New York was authorized
In a House bill passed by the House to-
night
An Investigation of the naturalization
problem IN New York by the immigration
Committee of the House was authorized to-
night by the passing of the Goldfogle reso-
luton. which appropriates $500 for that
purpose There have been numerous meas
ures pending before the committee during
the present session, the object OF which
has been 10 correct the evils arising from
congestion in the naturalization offices. 1t
is estimated that two hundred and fifty
thousand aliens are seeking to become nat
1lralized in New York City and are unable
TO do SO because of the lack Of proper IA
cilities. The committee will hold a meet
ing tomorrow TO determine the plan OF the
investigation.
The public building bill, carrying s19,-
2ss5o0 in authorizations for increasing the
cost OF public buildings ETC.. besides So
os5,ooo for continuing contracts, was passed
by the House tonight by q viva Yoce vote.
a vehement denunciation of Round
Robin" letters was made IN the House by
Mr. Payne, Of New York. the Republican
leader, in opposing q House bill prohibit
ing the government from printing names
and addresses on envelopes. The bill was
passed. It still would permit return eau
ton leaving blank for private concerns
to print in the name or address,
Mr.. Payne declared that the promoters
Of these round robins asking that differ
ent persons in the chain Of letters com
nunicate a prescribed view TO Congress as
the country's sentiment had sent insulting
messages 10 Congress. He said he had
stack OF such round robin letters and
thar they n1isrepresented facts and made
Insulting and misleading demands on Con-
gress easy.
Mr.. Payne cited communications he had
sent to country editors concerning ther
s-+i+7,de in the matter, and said the en-
yelone makers were back of the scheme.