Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-05

icriticizes Speaker Clark in what many
Democrats deciareSis an effort to
cause a breach beAMeen the Speaker
and the majority leader of the House
The tariff legislative program will
follow the long aWafed report of the
Tariff Board whicAsfs expected to sub
nit the result of its Investigations on
wool and cotton before the holidays.
The Ways and Means committee of
the House, however, under the direc-
ton of Chairman Underwood, will be-
gin at once the preparation of new
tariff bills. Throughout the recess a
force of clerks and experts have been
at work preparing for the committee.
President Taft has given his pledge
THAT, when the Tariff Board submits
Its report on the wooden and cotton
schedules it viii be his pleasure to
make tariff recommendations to Con-
gress. The subject will be treated in
la special message.
Meantime, however, the Ways and
Means committee will begin prepara-
lion of revised schedules to include
wool, cotton, iron and steel products
sugar and other foodstuffs. An i'm
lportant schedule to come up is the
Isugar schedule and. in dealing with
this the House and the Ways and
Means committee will be guided
Igomewhat by the report of the special
Committee of inquiry into the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company, which is
expected to report early in the SEES
sion.
Conspicuous in the records of the
Congress will be the coming vigorous
| trust debates. The fight 10 amend the
Sherman antitrust law already is on.
In the House the question will be first
considered by the committee on jul
dietary. This committee has deter
mined also to report bills amending
tho injunction statutes and the con-
tempt statutes, the latter to include
provision for trial by jury in cases of
Indirect contempt. These will be press
ed for passage before adjournment
The committee has in hand a half
dozen bills providing amendment to
| the Sherman ANTITRUST law The most
recent bill was drafted by Rep. Hen
| ~. of Texas, providing for penitenti-
airy terms for violators of the trust
| laws and designed TO eliminate from
| The Sherman law the .'rlile of reason"
as interpreted by the supreme court.
Seine sort of bill is, certain TO come
| from the committee bearing on this
| problem. In the Senate the trust
question is under consideration in
! the hearings before the committe on
| interstate commerce which will con-
tinue for some time.
In line with the trust question will be
| the determination of the fate of the
! House special committee of inquiry into
! the United States Steel Corporation.
| The steel Corporation has protested
against continuation of The hearing in
| view Of the ruling of the government
against it. The question is certain to be
| brought up in the House for settlement
| within few days and it will provoke
| lively controversy.
rs part OF the trust legislative plan
| president Taft has suggested a federal
| Incorporation act He has stated his be-
| lief that statute might be drawn, not
as an amendment to the antitrust law
to furnish protection which would induce
companies engaged chiefly in interstate
trade to agree to government supervis-
| ion of their transactions.
The National Monetary Commission
Will submit the report of it's long and ex-
| haustive inquiry by January S. The Gen.
| tral reserve bank plan advocated by for
mer Senator Nelson w. Aldrich, has
| been practically unanimously endorsed
| by the American bankers Association
Currency reform however, probably will
develop many differing opinions before
any legislation is enacted.
n ~
be the continuance of the inquiry into
the right of Senator Lorimer, of Illinois,
to retain his seat Hearings in the case
which have been going on in Chicago
since October will be resumed here to-
morrow tDec. 81.
Conservation policies are to be urged
on Congress. Included in this are water
power, coal, phosphate oil and gas and
other resources. Early in the session the
National Waterways Commission will
report recommendations. A report also
Will be made by the Securities COM
mission relating to railways and bonds
and the special Postal Commission which
has held sessions in Washington, New
York and st. Louis also will report The
Employers Liability Commission has for
minated report to submit to Congress.
Lively discussions are expected in both
houses on the immigration laws, the
abrogation of the treaty of 1s32 between
the United States and Russia, campaign
publicity, and "A bill proposing legislative
power to be conferred upon the Territory
of Alaska. An effort also may be made
to abolish the new court of Commerce.
The personnel of the House and Sem
ate has changed somewhat. the Demo- |
Gratis of the House having gained one
more in their majority. There are five
members of the House, Daniel V. Ste
phens. Dem) of Nebraska; Joseph A. !
Taggart, (Den.) of Kansas; Kenneth d. |
Mcclellan Dem), Tennessee: w d. b. |
Ainey, CRep) of Pennsylvania, and Will |
liam j. Browning, Rep). of New Jersey |
There is one vacancy in the House
caused by the death of Rep. f. H. Madi- |
son (Rep) of Kansas.
Obadiah Gardner of Maine, succeeds
the late Senator Frye, in the Senate, and |
Hoke Smith, comes to the Senate from
Georgia. Renewal Of the effort to elect