The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-09-24
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The foregoing partial summary of
the work OF this Congress is of itself.
Mr. Speaker, sufficiently creditable.
1t represents but portion of the
laws actually passed and the reforms
actually affected. and IL represents
far smaller portion OF the work of
this Democratic House. When to il
we add the measures which the Hause
has passed. but which for one reason
or another have not yet become laws.
the total IS surprising. Let me go
| on with the enumeration and list
some of the further things the House
has struggled to effect:
Five Efforts to Cheaper Clothing.
"22. Five times within n year the
| House has passed a bill to revise the
'indefensible' Schedule X Cthe wooden
schedule) and reduce the cost of
clothing to the people. Twice it has
reached the President, only TO meet
his veto. and once his veto has been
overriden by n vote of more than two
thirds of the House-a rebuke almost
without precedent in American his.
| tory.
"23. We have passed a bill to re-
wise the cotton schedule. which the
| President vetoed; and having been
passed n second time, it is now in
| CONFERENCE DNlNtti NUt AMO I1OuStS.
"24. We have passed n bill TO re-
wise the metal schedule which the
| President vetoed, and his veto has
been overridden by a two-thirds vote
of the House.
'25. We have passed a bill to re-
wise the chemical schedule, which
was defeated by the Republican Sen
ate.
"2G. We have passed a bill to put
sugar on the free list, which was like
wise defeated in the Republican Sen
ate.
"27. We passed the farmers free
list bill removing the tax on agricul-
tural implements, sewing machines,
fencing wire, lumber, shingles. leather
and shoes, which the President
vetoed.
at is estimated that these several
bills, if enacted into law. would have
resulted in a saving to the people of
this country OF not less than S740,000-
900 a year. Let the responsibility
'or preventing such a reduction in
The high cost Of living rest where ii
belongs. In a recent speech the
distinguished gentleman from Ala
bama (Mr. Underwood) we'll said:
1.-THE Democratic majority lin the
House, is Go. AS shown by the rec
ord of the passage votes, every Dem
ocratic bill except that revising the
chemical schedule, received not only
the solid support of the Democrats
in the House, but enlisted many Re
Dublicans. While as stated, the
Democratic majority is only SO, the
free-list bill passed with a majority
of 127; the wool bill of last session
by 100 majority and this session by
98 majority; the cotton bill by IL
majority at last session and by sc
at this session; metal bill by 101 ma
iority, and the excise bill by major
ity of 212.
"In vetoing the tariff-revision bills
of this Congress, Mr.. Taft makes II
plain that he is determined that the
tariff shall not be revised except by
The Stand-Pat element of the Repub
lican party
Tax on Big Incomes.
"28. We passed the excise bill, put
ting a tax of l per cent on all in
comes in excess of $4,000 derived
from business. The object of thi:
bill was to distribute the burden o.
taxation and place it upon the should
ers of those best able to bear il
The Republican Senate has attached
20 it an amendment to repeal the
Canadian reciprocity act and continue
he present Tariff Board, and OF
these amendments the two House;
have disagreed.
"29. The House has met the long
standing complaint against the mis-
Use of the writ of injunction and ha!
passed a bill which if it becomes {
law, will prevent the unquestioneC
abuses which have been INDUCED in
go. There has also been passed
by the House a bill providing for tria
by jury in certain cases of contempt
which will do away with the charge
hat the courts under the equity
power have invaded the criminal do
main and subjected parties 10 a tria
'or crime without jury.
This bill. as also the Injunction
bill is now before the Senate for its
action
For Laborers and Farmers.
"31. In the platform of 1908 the
Democratic party promised n law
creating a department Of labor. rep
resented separately i'm the President.
Cabinet. The House has passed
bill providing for such a department
"32. We passed the Bureau o
Mines bill, TO widen the scope of the
Bureau OF Mines so that il may BIZ
better able TO develop methods OF pre-
venting accidents i'm mines anC
have greater efficiency in rescue
work when accidents occur, not only
In the coal.mining industry. but II
The mineral and miscellaneous mines
as we'll
"33. Recognizing the fact that tht
prosperity OF the people depends frs
Of all upon agriculture, we hav,
passed bill to establish agriculture
extension departments in the various
states and bring to the farmer at hi.
home the latest and most scientific
Information with reference to his all
important calling
ga We have passed various bill,
having TO do with court procedure ant
ntende1 to simplify the processes o
The courts and 10 hasten the admin
istration of Justice
go Searching investigations hav,
been made OF the departments oil
the Government and OF various trust
controlled industries. such as th,
United States Steel CONFORMATION an,