The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-12-05
LAST SESSION Of
62ND CONGRESS
Will be Devoted Largely to Ap.
preparation Bills, With Little
Constructive Legislation.

Washington.-The final session OF
the sixty-second congress began at
noon Monday. Following custom,
both houses adjourned soon after con-
vening out of respect to those mem
bers who have died during the recess.
The presidents message. which was
devoted largely to discussion OF our
foreign relations, was received Tues
day.
The session will expire by limitation
March 4th and It is predicted that the
work will be confined almost entirely
to the passage of appropriation bills
and other business OF routine char
acter
Ii is apparent to experienced mem
bers that such big questions as the
tariff, the trusts and the currency
problem will go over to the next con-
gress.
Appropriations Will Be Large
There are more than dozen big
appropriation bills to engage the at
tention of the session. In this short
time more than s1,000,000,0 900 must
be appropriated, for this country is
now regarded as a billion dollar insti-
tuition
Two of the annual budgets probably
will be ready in few days, the legis-
lative, executive and judicial appro
priation bill and the District of Co
lumbia bill. These, possibly, will be
passed by the house and sent over to
the senate before the Christmas ad-
journment. The naval, military, post
Office, Indian, Notifications, diplomat
ic, pensions and minor budgets must
be passed in January and February.
"Money Trust" Inquiry Resumed
1t is anticipated that the house com
mittee on banking and currency will
continue its investigation of the mon
ey trust" and may make a tentative
draft of bills to amend the currency
laws. 1t Is not expected. however,
that any effort will be made to enact
these into laws during the short ses-
sion, and the committee, in effect,
will mark time until the change of i'd
ministration.
The judiciary committee Of the
house will be largely concerned with
the impeachment proceedings against
Judge Robert W. Archibald. Of the
commerce court, which are now pend
ing before the senate and which vii
be taken up early in December. This
will prohibit the immediate considera
tion by the house judiciary committee
of the trust question which is promin
ent, now, in the minds of democrats
Amendments to the Sherman Law
probably will await the convening of
the new congress, although sporadic
hearings may be held by the judiciary
committee during the lulis in the
Archibald impeachment trial.
Archibald Trial Will Engage Senate
The Archibald trial will probably en-
gage the attention of the senate for
several weeks and this, together with
the annual appropriation bills, will
fully occupy the time and attention Of
the upper chamber until March 4.
The prospects are that the majority
of the committees of the house and
senate will mark time during the
months of December, January and
February and that no important legis
lative matters-other than the supply
bills-will be seriously considered
The final session of the sixty-second
congress, in all probability. will con
slider its task well performed after
having appropriated more than 81 .000,-
600, 900 and will leave to a democratic
president and a new congress the
great problem of handling the tariff,
and trusts and the currency question.