The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-12-02
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TUESDAY
This to Be Followed By Flood of
Bills Aimed at Federal Control
of All Trusts.
RAILROADS ALSO A TARGET
Great Appropriation Bills to Be
Fiercely Fought Over-Little
Legislation Likely.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 2.-(Spec-
iaD With the opening of the first
regular session of the Sixty-second
congress but two days away senators
and representatives who had re-
manned at their homes over Thanks
giving day poured into the capital on
every train today
AS all the committee appointments
and other details of organization al
ready have been completed, there will
be no work of organization called for
on Monday. A little routine business
may be transacted in both houses
and then an adjournment will be TAX
en- as "a further mark of respect" to
the members who have died during
the recess of congress.
Presidents Message Tuesday.
Tuesday is likely to be devote to
l.
message. After that the lawmakers
should be able to get down to busi-
ness Immediately and for the next
five or six months, barring the time
of recess over the holidays, the coun-
try can watch them thrust and parry
and intermittent1y 1egis1ate. r :
That the session is likely to- be an
unusually busy and important one is
generally admitted. The approach of
the national elections and the bitter
rivalries of political parties will en-
hance the interest. The galleries
will have to listen to oods of strident
political oratory delivered purely for
home consumption. No member with
an eye to reelection will overlook an
opportunity to make good" with his
constituents
Volley to Be Aimed at Trusts.
A flood of bills hitting at the trusts
will be introduced. Senator Pomer-
enc of Ohio will push his resolution
to- put trust offenders, in Jail, and
Representative Henry of Texas will
Introduce a similar measure in the
house, providing some other member
does not 'beat him to it,
While the lawmakers in nearly
all of the States concluded some time
ago that anti-railroad Legislation was
no longer profitable or advisable with
a view to the general interest, many
of the members of congress appear
still inclined to hold the roads re-
spOnsible for many of the ills with
which the country is supposed to
suffer. In their opinion the time
has not yet come to let up on the
railroads.
For Railroad Supervision.
Federal supervision of railroads
to greater extent than is now in
force will be proposed in many ways.
More power to the elbow of the In
terstate Commerce Court is a favor
ite slogan with the lawmakers. If
tthe Commerce Court shows a dis
position to give the railroads a
square DEAL abolish it,
But the session will not be all
buncombe. There is no dearth of
= important measures awaiting con-
sideration- some of great national
concern. The great appropriation
bills will be- fercely fought over. In
the house there will be a mighty
contest over federal incorporation OF
interstate commerce industrial corp.
OratiOns. The senate will .wrestle
with the arbitration treaties, and the
lines will be sharply drawn between
the jingoists and the peacemakers
Then there will be the subject OF
conservation, also the important
question of the tolls to be exacted
of vessels passing through the Pan.
ANA canal. - ,
Tariff Revision Big Subject.
Tariff revision, however, will be
the big subject of the entire ses
sion. The Tariff Board IS much-dis.
cussed report on the woolen industry
is to be transmitted to congress soor
after the opening, and the boards
report on cotton will follow pro.
badly within a few. weeks. Beside:
the wool and cotton schedules, a hos
of other provisions OF. the tariff law
including proposals to reduce the
duties on steel and iron cotto1
machinery, chemicals, reciproca