Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-22
Congressional Notes

goes over from the mousse. lnese
would force discussion on these
measures to the front and disposition
of them in that way might be made,
but not without prolonged discussion.
The senate passed tho resolution
proposing a constitutional amendment
for the direct election of senators. The
vote was Ga to "a, more than the re-
quired two-thirds. But the Bristew
amendment, which retains federal con-
troll over the time, places and man
ner' of holding the elections in the
various states, was added to the reso-
luton. On this vote the senate di-
vided evenly-44 to 44-and Vice
President Sherman cast the deciding
vote which resulted in the adoption Of
the Bristow amendment.
Until now the first session of. the
Sixty-second congress has received o.
673 senate bills, go senate resolutions,
5 senate concurrent resolutions and
33 joint resolutions. The house rec
ord is 1850 bills, ia joint resolu-
tions, 1877 resolutions and s concurrent
resolutions. The senators and repre-
sentatives have used nearly 1000
pages of the Congressional Record to
put their thoughts before the people,
and the record is growing in volume
every day.
With a view of insuring the widest
publicity of all the expenditures OF
candidates for congress, the senate
committee on privileges and elections
will complete amendments to the
house bill on this subject, which will
vastly broaden the proposed law. An
individual accounting by both candi-
dates for the senate and house will
be required. An effort will be made
to amend the law applying to corrupt
practices to extend its scope,
Speaker Clark and other house lead
ers have approved a plan proposed by
Representative Frank e. Doremus OF
Detroit, which seeks to establish a
public utilities commission in the Dis
trict Of Columbia that also shall be a
bureau of information for the entire
United States upon matters pertain
ing to the regulation of quasi-public
corporations in municipalities.
The senate passed the Bourne reso-
luton authorizing an investigation Of
the postal system of the United States
and to determine what changes are
necessary in the present methods, The
investigation is to be made by the
senate committee with especial atten-
ton to the possible establishment Of
of a parcels post.
An attempt to extend the legislative
program of the Democratic majority
of the house at this extra session of
congress failed completely at a eau
Gus of the Democratic representatives.
The result is a REINFORCED determine.
ton of the Democrats to contine their
legislative efforts at this session to
the tariff.
Urging a favorable report on his bill
to condemn and purchase the express
companies and add them to the pos
tai system, Representative David ].
Lewis of Maryland, before the house
committee on post offices and post
roads, declared the companies are a
hindrance and an obstacle to bust
ness.
AS the result of a lively %colloquial
debate in the senate, Republican SEN
ators agreed that the addition Of Sen
,ator Roots amendment relating to
wood pulp and print paper was abso-
lutely necessary to carry out the
terms of the original agreement be-
tween the United States and Canada
A bill amending the Sherman anti
trust law so as to exclude from its Ell
feet all labor organizations, agricul
tlral associations and fraternal socie
ties formed Tor mutual benefit was re
introduced by Representative Martin
Of Colorado and referred to the com
mittee on the Judiciary,
Defense Of the American Wooler
company, a resolution for the investi
cation Of which is pending, was made
in the house by Representative Weeks
Of Massachusetts. who said the com
, pany could not be considered a trust
under any definition of monopoly he
had ever heard.
An amendment to the federal consti
tuition %forbidding polygamy is pro
posed in a memorial from the Nebras
. ka legislature presented to the house
} by Speaker Clark. The memorial pro
J poses that a constitutional convention
be called to- submit the matter to tho
] states.
In the belief that a million people
would subscribe for the Congressiona
Record if they had the opportunity
3 Representative Taylor of Colorado in
troduced a bill in the house to make
every postmaster a subscription agen
Y for the daily publication Of the pro
ceedings Of congress.
There is speculation as to the prob
ability of adjournment, which Senate
Smoot and some other predict as ear
] ly as July ~, while Democratic Lead
er Underwood says: If the extra SEES
, sion continues until late summer o
autumn, a more comprehensive
scheme of tariff revision will be I'm
dertaken by the house."
! After a fight waged by southern sen
. ators for more than two months, thu
senate confirmed William H. Lewis
the Boston negro attorney, to be as
e ~sistant attorney general Of the Unite'
States.