The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-09-09
Little to Show as Concrete
Results Of Special Session
Tariff Bills. Direct Elec-
ton of Senators and
Arbitration Do Not

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the committee on census, April Is; re
ported to the senate July 9; passed the
senate Aug. 8; senate bill concurred IN
by the house Aug. 4; signed by the
president Aug. 8.
Political Reform Measures.
Resolution Providing for the Direct
Election Of Observation-Disclosures In
the house April s; reported to the house
April IL: passed the house April Ii; re-
ceived by the senate and referred ia
the committee on the judiciary April
II; reported to the senate May l; pass
cd the senate June II; senate confer
ees appointed June 81; house confer
ees appointed July s. This resolution
IN still In conference.
Publicity Of Campaign Funds.-Intro-
duced in the house April 10; reported
to the house April Ii; passed by the
house April IA: received by the senate
and referred to the committee on priv.
ileges and elections April 10; reported
to the senate June 10; passed by the
senate July II; house conferees ap-
pointed Aug. /; senate conferees ap-
pointed Aug. 2; conference report
agreed to by the senate Aug. 10; by
the house Aug. II. Signed by the
president Aug. 10.
OF the important legislation or leg
islative action remaining the senate
has not acted upon the arbitration
treaties with Great Britain and
France, which were reported to the
senate on Aug. IL.
for direct election Of senators Ii the
senate amendment placing senatorial
elections under federal control. This
Is the same amendment which defeat
ed It In the previous congress.
The chief difficulty in the way Of
the arbitration treaties is the desire
of the senate to retain its control over
what shall be arbitrated and to ex-
empt certain matters from arbitration,
such as the Monroe doctrine and the
admission Of Asiatics into the United
States.
The reason for the frst veto Of the
statehood bill, as already intimated,
was the recall Of judges feature In the
Arizona constitution. This was elim1'
mated In the second bill.
Waiting For Tariff Board.
The chief reasons assigned by Presi-
dent Taft for the veto Of the tariff bills
were that they were not scientifically
and carefully drawn, that they were
not in harmony with the protective
| principle and that the tariff board had
not yet reported. He promised that
before the next session the board
would report as to the wool schedule
and that he would then recommend
revision in accordance with such re-
port.
Trust investigations were begun dur
Ing the session, and they are still In
progress. Constructive legislation to
bear on federal regulation Of corpora
tons is regarded as certain to come
az a result Of the inquiries, and plans
already have been instituted to revise
the antitrust laws.
Special investigations into the Unit
cd States Steel corporation and the
American Sugar Refining company
were undertaken to discover whether
these Industrial organizations operated
in violation Of the antitrust and In
terstate commerce laws. The inqui
ho t,okfUa and ati1
are In progress, though the sugar com
mittee, headed by Representative
Hardwick of Georgia, practically has
concluded its work and will meet In
the fall to draft its report.
The Steel corporation inquiry devel
oped many interesting facts, but tho
predominant feature Of the inquiry
was the emphatic public declarations
Of great financiers that the Sherman
antitrust law is too archaic to dea
with modern business methods The!
insisted that there must be new leg
; islation to regulate the corporation
= Of the country.
J. Chairman Stanley Of Kentucky plan
, to resume taking testimony In the Ia
: and hopes to have as witnesses Ar
J. drew Carnegie and J. Pierpont MOI
gan. Among the prominent men VIII
q testified at great length before tn
o committee are former President Roost
!. velt, Judge q. II. Gary. chairman Q
q the board Of directors Of the stet
!; corporation; John w. Gates. since d
J. ceased; Grant B. Schley. Charles N
+ schwab, George w. Perkins, Levi
.. Cass Ledyard, L. O. Hanna and Oaf
I. leigh Thorne. Colonel Roosevelt vo
j. unfairly appeared before the CON
=. mittee In New York to DEFEND al
/, course in approving the absorption Q
the Tennessee Coal and Iron compan
b by the Steel corporation during tn
70 financial panic Of 1907.
e. During the inquiry Judge Gary mad
10 the startling proposal that the govern
5: ment be given control Of great corpt
ID rations, even to the extent OF regular
q. ing prices. His assertion that IN
= cho.n,on law was "archafc" was re