The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-01
WORK OF CONGRESS
BROUGHT TO CLOSE
Much Was Accomplished Dur
ing Session--.0ver Billion
Appropriated.

WASHINGTON-Afte a final day
Of double pressure, congress adjourn
ed Saturday night until December
with remarkable record of work and
all factions claiming the greater part
of the credit.
The presidents annual message COW
cred the whole legislative field. The
program which he especially urged
contained about 10 measures, Of which
six were adopted. The regulars claim
credit for everything done that was
mentioned in his message. The in
surgents and democrats see the re-
suits far differently. The railroad bill,
the main issue of the session, as
adopted, bore practically no semb-
lance to the original Taft-Wickersham
bill, the insurgents claiming that the
president had nothing left of IT but
the commerce court.
The great bulk of the work was
done in the last month, and very i'm
portant part during the last week. In
the early half of the session the house
was not industrious and the senate
did practically nothing at all. =
A Billion Dollars Appropriated.
More than a billion dollars was APP
propriated, if continuing appropria.
tons are Incorporated in the totals OF
the general appropriation measures.
Insofar as the figures could be obtain
ed from measures which underwent
changes in the last hours of the SEES
sion, the total of the appropriations,
exclusive of continuing appropriations,
was 1894 0S6,943.
The amount of the continuing ap-
preparations for the last fiscal year
was about $16O,O00,000 It is safe to
say that 1t will not be less for the next
, fiscal year, and the grand total there
, fore will aggregate at least $1,054,-
. 100000.
Not the least conspicuous acts OF
a congress were the strenuous mea
p sures taken by the house of represen
tatives to reform its system of con
h Quoting business, so that less power
q might be reposed in the speaker ant
E the organization of which he was tn,
c natural leader.
Railway Bill Takes Time.
-. More time was consumed in consid
ering the railroad bill than was taRef
by all other subjects of legislation
This measure not only creates a com
:, merce court, but embodies power for q
committee to inquire in stock and
bond issues of railroads, extends the
:. provision of the interstate commerce
act to telegraph and telephone com
panies and gives the interstate com
merce commission power to suspend
" increases in rates until the commits
: sion has found the reason for such in
creases.
Under the withdrawal act almos
president to withhold lands from set
Element and to conserve water power
. On the other hand, the act providing
for the agricultural entry of the sur
. face of coal lands will open to settle
I. ment at least 100000 acres, but will
:. reserve to the government the righ
= to the coal.
lie Important Bills Passed.
Revision of the railroad laws, In
Guiding the creation of a commerc,
a. court.
u Admitting Arizona and New ..Mexic.
Is as separate states.
T. Postal savings bank bill.
'e Giving to the president unlimite,
rs authority to withdraw public lands TO
lt conservation purposes.
Providing for publicity of campais,
lie contributions.
NJ Authorizing the issue of $4,000, OO(
g. in certificates of Indebtedness to com
N plete retaining projects.
70 Creating a bureau of mines.
Is Extending the activities of the tariff
ia board and appropriating S25O OOn IN