The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-30
ADJOURNS SINE DIE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION SIXTY
FIRST CONGRESS COMES
TO CLOSE.
TAFT'S PROGRAM is PASSED
President Signs Harbor Bill, But OBJ
jects to System in Vogue-Gore's
Bride Charges to Be Probed During
Recess.

Washington.-Wit President Taft's
legislative program practically carried
out in its entirety the first regular ses-
sion of the Sixty.first congress adj
journed sine die Saturday night.
signed the rivers and harbors bill
but sent a message to congress in
dicating that he had made up his mind
to do so practically at the last min
ute of time at his disposal. so far as
that measure was concerned.
Congress was warned that it must
change its method of framing river
and harb0r Improvement measures
and announcement is made that un
less reforms which he suggests are
carried out in future bills the with
holding of executive approval will be
justified, even though rivers and har
bors bill fail.
The president also signed without
comment the postal savings bank bill
the omnibus public building bill, the
latter carrying authorization for i'm
provements aggregating S23,OO0,OOO
but leaving the items Of appropriation
to be attended to later, in connection
with the regular estimates OF the
treasury department with respect to
work authorized by congress.
There was little work remaining tc
be done when the two houses of con
gress met for the last day OF the ses
sion. Practically everything OF i'm
pOrtance had been attended to except
the general deficiency appropriation
bill, which had become involved in the
charges of attempted bribery made
by Senator Gore of Oklahoma. The
upshot sc the recommitting of the last
of the big appropriation measures to
conference was the adoption of an
amendment more drastic even that
the Oklahoma senator had desired
providing that no contracts heretofore
or hereafter made affecting the tribal
money or property Of the Indian
tribes shall be approved until further
action by congress.
With this amendment, following the
adoption of a resolution in the senate
TO have the Indian affairs committee
| investigate the contracts involved in
the Gore charges, the general de-
ficiency bill was passed by both
houses. The one thing left pending
when congress adjourned was the APP
palachian forest reserve measure
upon which opponents in the senate
prevented vote.
For ten days after the president
reaches his summer home at Beverly
according to an announcement made
at the/White House, he will attend tC
no business matters-make no ap
pointments and have no political con
ferences, devoting the time to res
and recreation.
The only touch of excitement in the
closing hours of the house came wher
| Representative Mcclure of Oklahoma
arose to question of personal priv
ilege and offered resolution directing
| an investigation of the charges o.
fraud and bribery in Indian contracts
A substitute amendment, offered by
Representative Carter, more specific
and stronger, was preferred by the
house after promiscuous debate, which
developed nothing of Importance, ex
cept a widespread sentiment that 6
thorough inquiry should be made.
After a fight which had lasted al
most from the beginning of the ses
sion of congress just ended Represent
alive Martin (Dem.) of Colorado sue
ceeded'in securing al investigation by
congress of his charges of fraud and
maladministration in the sale of frial
lands in. the Philippines and of the en-
tire interior department of the Phil
ippine government by the house com
mittee on insular affairs.