The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-04
Atthe Session lust Ended and
TsYiols Sessions as
iF AZ URE IN GASES
May MOT Mean That Ger
tain Great Measures WIN
Never Be laws.

\ VI s4es tt1llfat Congress-
i'm the retrospect ne sIxty-iirst COM
igress, which eSpifed 6y constltu-
tional limitation II noon today APP
pears to have been distinguished bv
three things The resison OF the
tariff in the sozcaIied Payne ldrleh
bin, passed at IN al session I'm the
SUMMER o. 1909 iAe larse amount
tof important les station. much OF lr
upon RECOMMENDATION Of presldont
Taft, enacted 81 he sion OF 1909
10, and the ezceedingly small prod
uct gof the hor Session. so-
licalled now closed ghe interval
between the last two sessions was
marked by the p1iitieal upheagai
registered at the general election
last NoyembeF Which Changed
llarge Republican ia iorts into
18TH larger Democratic majority In
the House; cut the Rablican ma-
ljority in the Senate almost 10 Inc
vanishing and intldentaiiy eli
fected changes III the senate person
mel. The failure Of this session to
enact much important isiatoa
has resulted in q Braetical certainty
that the .sixtg-seeond ongs viii
be called almost nmedi8teis in en-
ira session especially 81 eaon Of
the desire otgpres iden ft 10 ST.
cure action upon the eeciproti.g
AGREEMENT with Canada Is the con-
summati ons Of which the contracting
parties pledged tie utlac EFFORTS OF
the two ccuntrie II trone con-
trast with the support hich the
TAFT administrations received rom
the Repuslicar ioiity ii The mat
ter Of legislation d he regular se
sion Is the TACT thar Il me present
session the majority hS Seen any
thing but united ie RECIPROCITY
agreement was passed Id he EIouss
by the aid Of a large proposition d
Democratte votes while ii tie SEN
ate the rift in the majority between
the regulars and the insnrgent
has been an important fac Ia is
sidetraeking and in tie consequent
summoning of the extra on
10 this division in the M jofity
was largely due the most dramatic
feature Of the previous 4one lon
the protracted conflict btine
which ended in material ciiangss n
the rules of the House generally ia
tenpreted as the overthrow 5 the
speaker and which after bitter
tight lasting many hours and nciud-
Ing one all night stFue POPPED
only Just short Of the actuaI ansea
ing of Speaker Cannon. #Aile she
acrimony between reguia aud ia
surgents neither began nor ended
with the battle over the rules that
was Its most conspicuous episode,
and there has been <littie pe.sce Be-
tween the factions since.
In the Senate the mos ioaal
feature of this session vas tie un-
availing effort 10 unsedt Wffiam
Lorimer as senator from Illinois on
the ground Of alleged bribery ii on-
nection with his election 81 tlie ieg-
stature in the spring 81 s0 me
echoes of that hattie are tan re-
yerberating and It's bitfern ADDS
friction to the closing hoiiF
Another important recent ion
of the Senate was tie deEea b the
resolution embodying ropo ef
amendment to the Constitution to
provide for direct election 81 ena-
tors by the people. This e oIaou
received more thansa majofi ho
Senate but needed a t@osthird Yoie
and fell short Had me Senate
passed It, the House ainlo aiuiy
would have done 80. me fiends OF
this proposition ehtet IA Htie
s+N+s's - VIII 80 ~ ~ ~ laHlt
gress and 90 to the states iof aii-
Ification or defeat.
The output Of this son n Gre
way Of general meas lge Consist
chiefly Of the appFopra ton lii and
several Of those have eene in
danger more than once il tie last
few days when long hours passed.
away in alibustefiag 80 one side or
the other.
Thousands 81 bills intro
duced and thou hds more came TO
the closing lon henlaco
from hs iIrs ad soad SESSIONS.
IN alls there aIe between $4,000
49, y. !.