El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-04
CONGRESS OPENS WHAT MAY BE
HISTORY BREAKING LENGTHY SESSION
tcontinded ION &c onel.

Confined from
chairman Underwood, viii begin at once one,
the preparation Of new tarlII DlIis,
Throughout the recess a force OF cleIA
and experts has been at Work pre-
pairing for the committee
President Taft has given his pleuge
that when the tariff board supnlttS ~
report on the wooden and cotton scl te :.
ules It will be his pleasure 70 MAKE ~ ~ :
if Recommendation TO congress. Lhe
subject will be treated IN a special mes
sage. "a
Meantime, however. the ways ana
means committee VIII begin prepaEs
ton Of revised schedules TO lnc1uue
wool cotton, iron and steel proouels
sugar and other fOOdsturIs- An ~ -
portant schedule to come up Is ~
sugar schedule and in dealing Win
this the house and the ways and means
committee will be guided somewhat ~ ~
the report Of the special commlIIe q
inquiry into the American sugar HeIln-
ing company, which is expected u ~
port early in the session
VIGOROUS Trust Debates.
Conspicuous in the records OF tns
CONGRESS will be the coming VIGOROUS
trust debates. The fight 70 amend .L-e
Sherman anti trust law already IS on
In the house the question viii De LIst
considered BY the committee on JHu4-
ciary This committee has oeternnli ieu
also to report bills amending the IN
junction statutes and the conteIaps
statutes the latter to Include proFls4Oii
for trial BY Jury in cases OF indlrect
Contempt These will be pressed Tor
passage before adjournment
The committee has In hand a nan
dozen bills providing amendment %
the Sherman anti trust law. The most
recent bill was drafted by represente
tive Henry, of Texas providing TOT pen
itentiary terms for violators OF ~ -.
trust laws and designed to elm ie- e
1nv
son" as interpreted by the supreIls
court Some sort Of bill Is certain "
come from the committee DsaIlAS "
this problem In the senale the u -
question is under consideration IN tne
hearings before the committee on IN
terstate commerce which viii eonIn u'
for some time
In line with the trust questlon WI
be the determination of the rate OF
the house special committee OF INQUIRY
into the United States Steel corpora
ton. The steel corporation mas pr
tested against continuation OF the near
ing IN view of the ruling OF the govern
ment against IT. The question IS Ger
tain to be brought up in the house toi
settlement within a few days ana
will provoke a lively controversy; -.
As q part Of the trust leglslatlEt
plan president Taft has suggested a 1ed-
eral Incorporation act lie mas statSc
his belief that a statute might %
draWn-nOt as an Amendment 70 ~
anti trust law-to furnish pro's.cl ~
which would induce companies engaged
chiefly IN interstate trade to egree
to government supervision OF tneN
transactions.
Monetary Commissions Report.
The national monetary commission
viii submit the report OF It's long ane
exhaust tive inquiry by January D. Inc
central reserve bank plan advocated
by former senator Nelson W. AlorlcA'
has been practically unanimously en-
" n a .
citation. Currency reform, noWefeL
probably viii develop many. ditIerlns
opinions before any legislation Is en-
acted. -,
be the continuance Of the inquiry int
the right OF senator Lorimer OF LII
nois, to retain his seat. Hearings II
the case which have been going on II
Chicago since october VIII De res uiile0
here tomorrow.
Conservation policies are to be urged
on congress. Included IN this are water
power, coal, phosphate, OIL and gas anc
other resources. Early N the session
the national waterways commission W II
report recommendaticns- A report g ist
VIII be made by ths securities cOu,Inls $
sion relating to railways and Donus
and the special pOstat comm
which has held sessions in WaShlng-
ton, New York and st. Louis, also vii
report. The employees Iaoillty COM
mission has formulated q report to SUB
NIT to congress.
Lively discussions are expected IN
both houses on the immigration Jaws
the abrogation of the treaty of 1882
between the United States and RUSSIA
campaign publicity, and a bill propos-
ing legislative power to be conIeIreC
upon the territory Of Alaska. An eI1OrI
also may be made to abolish the new
court Of commerce.
Some Changes Noticed.
The personnel of the house and SEN
r~- hoe r.1raa raa ~rarr- =
ocrats OF the house having gained one
more in their majority. There are I1Ve
members Of the house. Daniel V. Ste
phens (Dem.) Of Nebraska Joseph A
Taggart (Dem), OF Kansas; Kenneth
D. Mcclellan (Dem.), TENNESSEE; W, II.
B. Afney (RepO, Of Pennsylvania. and
William J. Browning (ReD.), OF New
Jersey There is one vacancy IN the
house, caused bv the death of repre-
sentative F. H. Madison (RepO, Of Kan
sas.
Obediah Gardner, OF Maine. succeeds
the late senator Frye in the senate
Hoke Smith comes to the senate IRON
Georgia. Renewal Of the effort to elect
a president pro tempore Of the senate n
place OF Mr.. Frye viii be made Sen
ator Bacon was the leading candidste
Of the Democrats and senator Galltngel
the leader of the regular Republicans
at the last session. Senator Clapp was
the choice of the insurgent Republicans
The Secret Caucus.
of the session in all probability viii
be the abolition Of the secret caucus
by the Democratic majority
Economy will continue to be the
Democratic watch word" in the house
In this connection all the investiga-
tons into government departments by
the house committee on expenditures
are to be continued and recommends
lions are TO be made along lines Of
economy for each department OF the
government.
Economy, it is said, also viii guide
the appropriation committee, the frs
Democratic committee in many years
to get a "whack' at the big appropria-
ton supply bills, including the So
called pork barrels" Representative
Fitzgerald, Of New York, is the chair
man Of the committee which will IN
dertake the task of pairing down the
appropriations which for the year OF
1911-1912 amounted to $1,O26, 287, 505.s1
Every Seat Filled.
Practically every member Of each
house was In his seat when congress
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