Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-03-11
SIXTY-FIRST SESSION CLOSED
And ANOTHER CALLED
FOR APRIL 4TH.
Reciprocity Agreement With Canada
Must Now Be Settled-Net Result of
Session Just Past Not Brilliant
Record-Senator Bailey Created Wild
Excitement by Getting Mad.

one of the most important legislative
tasks set before it, came to an end
shortly after noon Saturday. Within
the hour following President Taft is
sued proclamation calling the new
congress to meet in extraordinary SEES
sion at noon on Tuesday, April 4. AT
that time he will submit for ratification
to a house overwhelmingly democratic
and TO a senate barely republican the
reciprocity agreement with Canada.
Out of the smoke of the closing
battle in congress emerge these results
of larger interest:
Positive Results.
Provision of 100000 for the for
tifcation of the Panama canal.
Provision for two new battleships.
Recodifcation Of the judicial code
regarded as most important for the
amelioration of the laws delays.
Creation of forest reserves in the
southern Appalachian and White noun
tains.
Provision for the construction of en-
bassies and legation buildings abroad.
Provision requiring the inspection of
locomotive boilers.
Creating Robert E. Peary a rear ad-
miral on the retired list of the navy
and formally rendering thanks of con
gress to him.
Creating a committee of five SEN
ators and five representatives to in
vestigate conditions in Alaska.
Negative Results.
Failure of bill fixing canal tolls and
settling form of government for Pan
anna canal zone
Failure of congressional reapportion-
ment bill based on the new census.
Failure of the Canadian reciprocity
agreement and consequent call of an
extra session.
Failure of the permanent tariff board
bill, which passed the senate but was
killed by a filibuster in the house.
Failure of the resolution to admit to
statehood Arizona and New Mexico by
flibuster in the senate.
Failure of the proposal to increase
the rate of postage on the advertising
sections of the large magazines but
a commission provided for to investi
gate the subject
Failure of the resolution providing
for the direct election of United States
senators.
Failure of the general age pension
bill.
Failure to act on the Ballinger
Pinchot investigation reports.
Failure to enact the ocean mail sub
sidy, passed by the senate alone.
Failure of the effort to unseat VIII
liam Lorimer as senator from Illinoi
on the ground of alleged bribery in hi
election.
Senator Bailey Resigned.
Senator Joseph w. Bailey added t.
the excitement and episodes surround
ing the adjournment of the Sixty-frs
congress by resigning his Office as sen
ator from the state of Texas, and a few
hours later withdrawing his resigna
tion. Angered by the attitude of hi
democratic colleagues in favoring tn
resolution approving the new constitu
tiOn of Arizona, to the radical feature
of which he has voiced his opposition
Mr.. Bailey wrote his resignation ant
took it to the vice president with tn
request that he announce it TO the sen
ate. Mr.. Sherman declined. Thereupol
the Texan telegraphed it to Governo
Colquitt of Texas, who promptly re
fused to accept it.
Resignation Causes Discussion.
Meanwhile the resignation cause
excited discussion about the capito
many of Mr.. Bailey's democratic col
leagues expressing surprise at his &C
tion, and those who talked with hin
urged him to reconsider. Not a fey
prophesed that he would think bette
of his decision "after he cooled off
and would withdraw the resignation
He did withdraw it.
Taft Takes Trip South.
In the month IS interim between nov
and the assembling of the extra session
President Taft expects TO spend sew
eral weeks in the south, most of it i
resting. March 10 he will address tn
southern commercial congress at Al
lanta. After his visit to Atlanta tn
president probably will go to August
to spend a week or 10 days in takin
life easy, playing golf and forgettin
for time all about the cares of stat
Monetary Commission Appointed.
Vice President Sherman appointe
Senators Flint of California and Tall;
ferro of Florida, neither of whom wi
be members of the next congress,
vacancies on the national monetar
commission.
National Capital Notes.
Senator and Mrs. Poindexter wi
leave for Spokane March 9.
The last bill that the president signe
was the magazine postage commissiC
bill