Evening star., 1913-11-23
Busy Days Begin With Regular
Session a Week From
Tomorrow.
CURE FOR TRUST EVILS
ONE OF BIG PROBLEMS
Farm Credits Also on President's
Program of Things to Re-
ceive Attention.

One week from tomorrow Congress viii
convene In regular session. after having
remained in extraordinary session con-
tinuously since April Z. last. It is pre-
dfcted that the coming session will run
far into the summer
The work Of Congress Is expected to be
"cut out for it, by President Wilson in
his address to the two bodies In Joint ses-
sion. to be delivered. probably. Tuesday
following the meeting. Tsiist iegisi1ticn.
system of farm credits and Complexion
Of the currency legislation will couprise
the three main subjects % general work
70 be taken up.
First. OF course. will came the appro-
priation baale cn11Ei1 -
Eflts TOR the government Tor the sue
ceeding fiscal year. II b the present In
tention Of the House leaders to push with
utmost ceierity the preparation and pas
sage Of these bills through the House, so
as to clear the way for the measures OF
general legislation.
Plenty of Work Ahead.
But there is no lack of work for the ap-
preaching session While the democratic
| caucus at the outset of the extraordinary
| session limited the scope OF that session q
activity to tariff and the currency, the
committees were organized and the intro
duction of bills proceeded.
Up to yesterday 9,378 public and private
bills had been presented and are pending
before the several committees, so that
every important committee Of the House.
as soon as the regular session opens and
the caucus embargo is lifted, can COM
| nence business with large calendar OF
bills before il.
When the solons in the two houses take
up their tasks Monday week they will
have before them as an important con-
| sideration the fact that confronting them
is the approaching congressional cam
| paign, and they must MAKE political hay
| while the sun shines. That thought will
| have bearing upon their labors. The ad-
| ministration. executive and legislative
! must make good in order to go before
the country.
This process of making good" how.
| ever. means more to the average mem
Der OF the bodies than the passing OF
tariff. currency and other laws of nation
wide application. The good old pork
| barrels must again be broached; public
buildings and river and harbor improve
ments must be looked after. local bridge
| bills passed, pension legislation attended
to and al. the other nationally minor but
| locally highly important affairs watched
| Plan to Crowd Senate.
Z So the average member Of the House
is going to be busy young man-tha'
| it is not slang. for most of them are
| young, and those who are not won't ad
nit it. For the next few months Grove
the Senate" will be the watchword oi
| the House, meaning that the lower
chamber will keep pushing Legislation
| up to the Senate more rapidly than tha,
slower-moving body can attend to it.
Nobody ventures to guess at this time
| how long il will take the Senate to dis
pose of the currency bill. the framework
of which was presented in three section.
| yesterday. These three bases will b'
torn to pieces and out of them, with tn
addition OF other material. perhaps. j.
to be constructed a currency bill accept
able TO the Senate. and which in turn
Will have to go back TO the House TO
further carpentering.
Business interests throughout tn
country are manifesting anxiety over tn
prospective antitrust legislation. In
Ageneral way it is known what lines ar
to be suggested by the President, but hi
actual recommendations are awaited witt
keen anticipation.
!. Widely divergent opinions on this sub
Ject are held by members of the House
and it is predicted that many months o
deliberation in open House will be re
quired to compose the varying opinions