Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-23

Little to Show as Concrete
| Results of Special Session
Tariff Bills, Direct Elec-
ton of Senators and
Arbitration Do Not

=,
reported to the senate July II; passed
: the senate Aug. 8 Legislative day Aug
] g.; Senate bill accepted by the house
o Aug. 10; vetoed by the president Aug
! Is.
Statehood Bill Observation-Disclosures
in the senate Aug. 10; reported to the
senate Aug. 10; passed the senate Aug
10; received by the house Aug. IL; pass
. ed by the house Aug. 10.
r Observation-Disclosures IN the
house April 10; reported to the house
April 25; passed the house April 27; re-
ceived by the senate and referred to
the committee on census, April 2S; re-
ported to the senate July 6; passed the
senate Aug. 8; senate bill c%oncurred In
by the house Aug. 4; signed by the
president Aug. s.
Political Reform Measures.
Resolution Providing for the Direct
Election Of Senators.-Introduced in
the house April s; reported to the house
April IL; passed the house April 10; re
celved by the senate and referred to
the committee on the judiciary April
It; reported to the senate May I; pass
ed the senate June II; senate confer
ees appointed June 27i house confer
ees appointed July 5, This resolution
is still In conference.
Publicity of Campaign F~unds.-Intro-
J,,ooI IL &ha hoy,go A ortl ~ rnT0nrfpi
to the house April IA; passed by the
house April IA; received by the senate
SHnd referred .ttaa tbs, c&94pmittee On PRIV,
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
i~slatiye action remaining the enate
has not acted upon the arbitration
treaties with Great Britain and
France, which were reported to the
senate o. Aug. u.
4uc DOLb I'll CODLtullOu Ill lL6 Dlll
for direct election of senators Is the
senate amendment placing senatorial
elections under federal control. This
is the same amendment which defeat
ed 1t In the previous congress.
:. The chief difficulty in the way OF
the arbitration treaties is the desire
, OF the senate to retain it's control over
what shall be arbitrated and to ex
| empt certain matters from arbitration
such as the Monroe doctrine and the
1 admission Of Asiatics into the United
3 States,
: The reason for the first veto of the
/ statehood bill, as already intimated
was the recall of judges feature in the
Arizona constitution. This was elimi
mated In the second bill.
3 Waiting For Tariff Board.
; The chief reasons assigned by Presi
1 dent Taft for the veto Of the tariff bill:
; were that they were not scientifically
and carefully drawn, that they were
not IN harmony with the protective
principle and that the tariff board ha(
not yet reported. He promised tina
g before the next session the boar(
would report as to the wool schedule
and that he would then recommend
= revision In accordance with such re
j. port.
; Trust Investigations were begun dur
ing the session, and they are still II
= progress. Constructive legislation t
= bear on federal regulation Of corpora
; lions is regarded as certain to come
= as a result Of the inquiries, and plan!
t already have been instituted to revise
the antitrust laws.
Special Investigations into the Unit
e ed States Steel corporation and thu
= American Sugar Refining company
0 were undertaken to discover whether
f.; these industrial organizations operated
in violation of the antitrust and in
q terstate laws. The inQui
; rles have been exhaustive and still
IRE in progress, though the sugar com
mittee, headed by Representative
8 Hardwick OF Georgia, practically has
? concluded its work and will meet fl
the fall to draft its report.
The Steel corporation inquiry devel
D oped many interesting facts. but th'
a predominant feature Of the inquiry
was the emphatic public declaration
I Of great fnanciers that the Sherman
antitrust law is too archaic to dea
with modern business methods. They
insisted that there must be new leg
islation to regulate the corporation
of the country.
Chairman Stanley of Kentucky plan.
to resume taking testimony In the fal
. and hopes to have as witnesses An
drew Carnegie and ]. Pierpont Nor
gan. Among the prominent men WHIT
testified at great length before the
committee are former President Roose
i, welt. Judge q. H. Gary. chairman Of
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