Evening journal., 1911-03-01
HOUSE HAD
BUSY SESSION
Senate, However, Shows Record
of Much Talk and Little
Business
PRESIDENTS PLEAS
ARE DISREGARDED


WASHINGTON, March IA review
Of the last session Of the Sixty-first
Congress today showed that the House
had enacted an unusually large num-
ber Of bills Of public importance.
The Senate. however. presented a
record Of much talk and little ac-
tion.
Viewed in the light Of past perform
ances Of the House during short ses-
sions, the record is unusuol In thirty
five legislative days, the House has
not only disposed Of the fifteen giant
appropriation bills aggregating about
SS90,OO0,000, but also the following
bills
Canadian Reciprocity. Permanent
Tariff Board: Apportionment of Rep
resentatives for the next House lthe
Crimpacker bill, fixing the member
ship at 433 instead Of 39l. as at pres
entl; selecting San Francisco as the
site for the Panama Pacific Exposi-
ton Of 1915; the Moon bill codifying
the judiciary laws: the Mann bill, es-
tablishinG a permanent form of gov
ernment on the canal zone: the Low
den bill, for purchase by the govern
ment Of buildings abroad for Ameri-
can legations and consulates: the Sui
loway Pension bill, appropriating
about S45 100000 annually.
The first two Of these were part
OF the Legislative program urged by
| President Taft. The Executives plea
for ship subsidy, or ocean mail bill
was disregarded.
Among the thousands Of other
measures that died with the session
were the reports Of the joint COM
mittee which investigated tho Bal
! linger-Pinchot controversy and the
resolution 90 give congressional
thanks and the rank of a retired real
admiral TO Captain Robert y. Peary
as discoverer OF the North Pole.
Investigations In the Balance.
Resolutions of inquiry and investi
CATION which so far have failed 20 b,
acted upon by the House include on
by Wilson, Democrat, Pennsylvania
J as 10 the persecution OF Mexican
, political refugees In the Unite
States BY Stanley, Democrat, Ken
: tucky, 70 investigate the steel trus
and by Norris. Republican, Nebraska
70 secure information as 70 an allege
, coffee trust
Among the measures which tn
House passed was the Mann bill pIo
viding for inspection Of locomotive
boilers. and the bill by Representativ,
Hobson. Democrat, Alabama. 70 pre-
vent the disclosure OF secrets OF thu
national defense.
Tho Moon Nil raIsE-.4f--. q.
the laws relating TO the judiciary. al
IL passed the House contained two fea
lures Of importance-the amendmen
by Mann Republican, Illinois, in
creasing the salaries of the chief jus
tice and associate justices Of tn
: Supreme Court of the United States bl
$4,000 each, raising them to $1,000
and S14,500 respectively and one bl
Garrett democrat. Tennessee) pro
viding that no corporation could re
, move suits from the State to the Fed
eral courts on the ground Of diversit
d of citizenship.
Senate Loses Three Months.
The Senate allowed nearly tire
months Of the session TO pass withou
doing any work Of importance. Speech
es took the place of legislation. Th
Lorimer case furnished unlimited ma
terial for the constitutional lawye
and the soaring orator. The resolution
for the election Of Senators by the pee
pie and the reciprocity agreement fur
nished good fields for oratical revell
Nearly all The bills passed by IN
Senate concerned the building Of dam
or tridges across navigable stream.
individual claims against the govern
ment, District OF Columbia laws an
about fifty relating to land claims.
The Senate passed the Gallinge
ship subsidy bill and also the follow
ing bills all Of which also were pass
ed by the House:
Awarding the Panama Exposition {
San Francisco.
ApprOpriating s2.00O,000 for Lin
; coin memorial in this city for inspeC
ti0n of locomotive boilers: for the pun
chase of diplomatic establishments
authorizing the use of an army trans
port to carry supplies to Chinese fam
inc sufferers; Hobson act for the pun
ishment OF military spies.
The record vote on the election {
Senators yesterday and the disposal Z
the Lorimer resolution today remove
two trouble questions.
NO mention was made IN the Ser
ate of the report Of the committee tha
g Conduct.d the Ballinger-Pinchot in
! vCstigation
} Tho bill for Congressional rear
! portionment lies buried in some con
mittee pigeon hole In the last thre
Z days of the session the Senate face
J two months work on appropriation
and scores OF other important matter
PAROLE BILL INTRODUCED.