Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-04

aad as many lives as the prOverblal
cat. The senate passed the bill this
winter but it was blocked in the house
and now that the democrats have con-
troll Of the house there Is no telling
when it Will again get chance OF EN-
actment. II may be several years be-
fore it will stand any show of passage.
The spectacular finish of the Lorimer
case in the senate is fresh in mind. By
a vote of 40 to 46. the senate, after
many weeks of debate, defeated the
resolution declaring that Lorimer's
election was illegal.
Senate Rules Unchanged.
Early in the session Senator Cum.
minis introduced resolutions aimed at
such changes in the senate rules as
would facilitate revision schedule by
schedule. These resolutions have never
been acted on and there is no sign they
ever will be. tho they led to much dis
cussion. It Is entirely possible that the
question raised by these resolutions as
TO the prerogatives OF the senate to
the house will be much threshed over
in the house II there Is an extra ses-
sion and the senate tries to change the
seniai respects.
eulIo~ay Bill Fails.
The sulloway pension bill. which
would have added about 350.000,000 to
the pay for pensions Of the soldiers
OF the evil war. passed the house but
failed in the senate. It came up in
connection with the pension appropria.
ton bill and a point Of order was
raised and sustained against 1t.
The senate still has on its calendar
the bill MAILING changes in the law as
TO the government Of the canal como.
This bill has passed the house. In the
senatec anals committees. there was .
provision put into this bill exempting
American vessels in the coastins trade
from payment OF canal dues.
The Canadian reciprocity agreement
passed the house and died IN the SEN
ate after being reported without rec
ommendation by the finance committee.
Insurgents in the senate made des-
perate efforts TO the closing days Of the
session to get the tariff commission bill
PASSED, and It's fate was determined to-
day.
A Conservation Measure.
An important conservation measure
which was passed by the senate. hav-
ing been passed by the house last SEES
sion. is the bill for forest reserve in
the White mountains and the Appa-
lachian mountains.
After the omnibus claim bill had
passed the senate with the French
spoliation claims included. it went to
the house and the spoliation claims
were stricken out and the bill passed.
The session opened with the pros
poets good for big row over the Bal
linger case and the report Of the spe-
cial committee thereon. This did not
develop into any considerable proper
lions.
Work Left Undons.
The senate investigation into third
degree methods Of the police was con-
tirued into the next congress.
The senate committe on mannSac-
lures made a report on cold storage
hut there was no legislation on the
subject
The bill for loading Of coal In Alaska
was defeated in the house.
Important Laws Passed.
Among the irrpoTtan laws passes
were:
The measure for federal inspection
Of locomotive boilers. This bill has
been signed and the chief inspectors
appointed.
The measure providing for the prr-
chase Of silos ana buildings abroad for
embassies. legations ana consular Of
fees.
The omnibus tight house bill. and the
bill to revise the judicial code.
Death List 10 Large.
On the calendar and In pigeon holes
in committee rooms. one can ind a
long list Of measures which have died.
In this list Is the bill for reapportion-
ment the measure changing the form
Of civil government in Porto Rico: the
bill for a national conservation COM
rnission: the bill giving the telephone
company a franchise In the District Of
Clumbia: the bill to codify the postal
laws and amend them: the bills to in
corporate In the District Of Columbia
the Carnegie endowment for internA-
tional peace ana to Incorporate the
Rockefeller foundation: the bill to pro.
hibit dealing In cotton futures: the
bills 70 apply the educational test to
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ss1atinS 20 printing government docu-
meats: the bill for federal aid 20 agTi-
cultural high schools