Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1911-12-08
62ND SESSION OF
CONGRESS CONVENES
Regular Session Opened Mon
day With Prospects Of Pro.
tracted Meeting.


sion of the Sixty'seoond Congress
opened Monday, Having perfected IT'S
organization when II met In extraor'
d.nary session last spring, Congress
was ready to begin work.
Investigate Antitrust League.
An Investigation Of the operation OF
the soealled Antitrust League was
demanded by Republican Leader Mann
In the House at the opening session.
after remarkable speech by Repre-
sentative Martin W, Littloton. OF New
York. who charged Henry Il, Martin,
secretary OF the league, with attempt
ing to defame him. Mr. Littleton as.
sailed Martin and others as in con
spiracy to use the Steel investigating
committee 20 depress the value OF
stocks in Wall Street
President upholds Sherman Law.
President Taft In his message stat.
ed that, owing to the number of im-
portant subjects calling for comment,
1t was impossible to include n discus
sion OF them In one message OF rea'
sonable length and. therefore. he
would transmit series OF messages
between the opening OF Congress and
the adjournment for tho Christmas
holidays,
His first message dealt with anti
trust legislation. The President stated
that he was strongly opposed 10 the
repeal or amendment OF the Sherman
law, and suggested that the law
should be strengthened by supplement.
tai legislation. He urged the enact
ment of some sort OF federal lncorpor.
alton act and the creation OF federal
corporation commission,
Must Do over Extra Session Work.
Much of the work OF the extra ses.
sion which President Taft called in
order TO pass the Canadian reciprocity
agreement, must be done over again.
The President vetoed the tarIff revi.
sion bills passed by the Democrats
and the Republican Insurgents. and
both factions are armed for the fray
once more.
The Democrats have a good work
ing majority in the House. and the
important bills on their program will
be passed quickly.
Tariff and constructive corporation
legislation are the two items of gen.
eral interest standing out from the
rest in the line OF serious business.
AS soon as President Taft sends in his
tariff message, following the report
made to him by the tariff board, the
Democrats OF the ways and means
committee will shape their program.
1t is practically assured that whatever
the ways and means committee puts
forward, whether wholly en- rapport
with the tariff board findings or not,
will pass the House.
Many Tariff Bills Coming.
The probability is that there will
be a series Of measures revising vari'
GUS schedules in conformity with the
plan followed last summer. The real
tariff fight will follow in the Senate
with the result uncertain now and
with the impending complications
wearying to contemplate in view OF
the balance Of power held by the In
surgents and the lack of harmony In
the ranks of the Senate Democrats.
The corporation legislative prob
lem is even more vexlng than that
pertaining to the tariff. The Presi
dent and his friends are hopeful that
non partisan public sentiment will
force the parties to cooperate and
place federal corporation law on
the statute books,
Panama Canal Legislation.
The coming session is expected to
develop the first legislation for the
operation, maintenance and govern
ment Of the Panama canal and the
canal zone. Everything that Congress
has done in the past regarding the
great artificial waterway has been di
rected toward construction. The
question Of tolls for use of the canal
and its permanent fortifcation are
two Of the big subjects that 1t is ex.
pected will be embodied in legislation
| introduced during the session. 1t is
not believed, however, that much leg
islatlon will be passed on the future
of the canal, 1t being attempted large