Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-25
CONGRESS HAS
MADE BIG RECORD
o,.sent Session Has Enacted an
Amount of Legislation Rarely
# Ever EquaIled.
7lFrs MEASURES WON OUT
uc Advocated General, Passed
Though There Were some
Dimppointmcnts,


Nas''' ,.,t that action ON many
Iandins "" ,,.,. J.,ovsd bv
important "'"'' -. -
..,difts between 'lhsui gums an"
80 p,,uhlicau factions In both
reg cha, tho Democratic
biaH1"' ..,t,.o force Congress
.vrected 90 conclude its long ses-
'NF .,,. with n record for lcgis-
Zion io"'o''' 40 ,,.er has been
buon thai 7'''''''
,sgslled.
fin the matter OF reform move
n,.sr there were many instances ot
spoA'e' CbIsf In the list Of legislation
ls,bicb the administration contend
,,ere the following:
ed "''' .....,,..,, ,,,,,s,,prs
ADMlNlSIhAlIo'' VI H'N'' II 10
..,.,I,ion Of The railroad laws,
sulN,.s Inc creation of a commerce
m.,u''
VV| rr,i,, Arizona and New Mexico
"uarste states.
',bnrizipa the establishment of
~ s,vIngs hanks.
PyC,',ir,, to the president unlimited au-
,,, IN Withdraw public lands for
uDy,"yvatlor purposes.
op,ov,iinr for publicity of campaign
c0nulpuuv"S t..,,.. 90 <oo ooo oon
.nr,iaCntrs of Indebtedness to COM
W. rerIamati1n projects.
PC,.atine "a bureau OF mines
Fv,endiug the activities Of the tariff
- and appropriaung s25O,O0O for
y.nse
Iooking TO the suppression of the
.abite slave traffic
c,eating n commission to consider
.conornIes I'm the administration OF
No federal government
Autborizlng the entry of surface coal
,,nds
proyidinp a tariff system for the
phGlipines
Iegislation that ultimately is eN-
nscted IN give prohibition 10 the
Uawaiian islands
Oprnsed 10 the foregoing formidable
List OF legislation obtained was COM
naratiyelv small number Of measures
mat had had administration support
hut failed Of passage. They were
measures on tho subjects OF shin sub
sldy anti-lnjunction, for new form Of
government IN Alaska, and on the
Panama canal zone. bureau Of
health. increased postage rates for sec
ond class mail matter. the Appalachian
forest reserve and the increase OF the
engineering corps OF the army.
l,a,.-,,,e., ,,,,.,, s.,,,-,.tI,,,
NO-' I''A - IN - '1N'''
Not the least conspicuous acts of
Congress were the strenuous measures
taken by the house Of representatives
to reform It's system OF conducting
business 80 that less power might be
rep0sed In the speaker ana the or
ganization Of which he was the ma
tlral leader.
The speaker was removed from the
committee on rules, which he had pre-
riousy credited with pigenholing Of
bills by committees whom they were
approved by a majority Of the house.
The enormous demand for legisla-
tlon pressed upon Congress Is shown
ul me tact that since the beginning
OF the present Congress $1,000 bills
nave been introduced IN the house and
5000 IN the senate, in addition TO
hundreds ot resolutions. This record,
rs iar as me NUMBER or bllls is con-
ceThed, Is without parallel.
wore uihe was consumed IN consid-
tHhs the railroad Dill than was taken
& an o'n'l SUBJECTS or legislation
merce conf bgt V nmhodies '' artho pit
for commission To inauire into stock
and bond isues " railroads. extends
The provisions Of tho interstate com
merce commission act To telegraph and
telephone companies and gives the
Interstate commerce commission power
N suspend Increases In rates until tho
commission shall have found the pro-
posed Increase reasonable
An act was passed To compel rail-
roads TO furnish to tho interstate COM
merce commission reports on accidents.
Under the withdrawal act the presl-
dent was given almost unlimited pow
a. 10 Withdraw lands from settlement
and 70 conserve waterpower. on the
other hand the act providing FOR the
agricultural entry OF tho surface OF coal
lands will open to settlement AT least
100000 acres but viii reserve to tho
government the right 10 the coal with
providing for the opening OF por-
ton OF the Pine Ridge and the Rose
bud reservation i'm south Dakota and
The Fort Betholdy rcsorvation i'm North
sVricritnr.I , ,,', -.NVuu "CreS OF
10Y homestead settlement The sum
of $4,000 was appropriated for the
gauglng N streams with a view to the
covsrp,.,.r,... ... 1,',''
~ i'-' Mf'AS = NhS'
oiaIt1 0ohaeI Nauoh measures are de-
Jared TO be FAR reaching Under the
new power conferred on the president.
~ Is expected that there win be extern
w lahd Withdrawals while the set
ye V,,,nl OF me coal lands, without In
,roNlns the valuable deposits beneath
e surface. 10 expected 10 do much To
o"elIe opponents OF conservation
W., .' nav eonteHded against the mis-
Tes,,,,. i'nI9 merely 20 preserve natural
m" 80, Joy luturc generations
rue increase provided for the navy
was notable Two battleships OF 1900
us "s taen' armed with l4-inch guns.
ne sN ing lhem the most formidable In