The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-07-08
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ansAcssss TO ~sss&rx~ saalse iAnas fer
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n c~srgscsses ct Indebtedness to ~
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Ex.enasre he activities Of the tar.
sssare And ay7rcgrsxssng Seya.eea for
Is Ese.
Lxsok11e 70 tie s-apressson Of traMc
In -~Aase slaves
Authorizing the entry q the sur
fasr CT coal aAI&A
crs&tazs . commission to consider
eccsnoxaseS II the administration Of the
t~cerHa gcresnE<rI
Providing q new sars6 system for
tie FAaaa9rsne tslAnda
Legislation which ultimately Is ex-
pecse1 TO gsve practically prohibition
10 the Hawaiian islands.
Opposed 10 the foregoing formidable
parastvely small number OF measures
shsch had administration sympathy.
but failed Of passage
They were measures on the subjects
OF ship subsidy. anti-inluncsion. for
re~ forms OF government ia Alaska
and on the Panama canal zone: 10 Gre
ate q bureau Of health, TO provide in
creased rates OF postage for second
class raail matter. 10 create the Ap-
pAlachian forest reserve. and increase
the engineer corps of the army.
Not the least conspicuous acts OF
congress were the strenuous measures
taken By the hos:se OF representatives
o reform its system of conducting
business SO tina, less power might be
rep~osed in the speaker and the organ
isa;ion OF which he 10 the natural
leader.
The speaker Was removed from the
committee On rules. which he had pre-,
vioasly been credited with dominating.
and q new rule was adopted for the
purpose OF preventing pigeon holing of
bills by committees when they we've
approved by q majority OF the house,
regardless OF party asnliation.
The enormous proportions Of the de-
mands for legislation which are press
ed upon congress lis shown by the
tact that since the beginning OF the
present congress than 27.eoo
bills have been introduced in the
house and mor than 5000 in the sen
ate. in addition to hundreds of resoln.
tons on various subjects. This record,
90 far as the number OF bills 10 cen.
cerned. is without q parallel.
More time Was consumed in cons.d-
ering the railroad bin than was taken
by all other subjects OF legislation.
This measure not only creates q com
merce court. but ii embodies authority
for q commission to inquire into stock
and bond issl IS OF railroads. extends
the provision for the interstate com.
merce act TO Telegraph and telephone
companies and gives to the interstate
commerce commission power 10 post
pone increases In rates until the com
mission shall have found the proposed
increases TO be reasonable.
An act. also. mi passed to compel
railroads 60 furnish to the interstate
commerce commission reports on acct
dents. 50 that congress may be better
informed ~ u the need OF further
legislation.
Under the Withdrawal act the presi.
dent ~ given almost unlimited pow
er to withhold lands from settlement
and to conserve the water power. On
the other hand. the act providing for
the agricultural entry OF the surface
Of coal lands viii open to settlement
1t least s0.COO.oo0 acres. and 1T the
same time reserve to the government
the right to the coal.
BY providing for the opening of q