The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-03
SIXTY SECOND SESSION Of CONGRESS
END TOMORROW; HISTORY MAKING ONE

amendment passed by senate.
Lie prisoners III federal prison
made eligible to parole.
FiNc-ycar closed season for fur-seal
Incorporated In the International sea
treaty.
Federal control OF water powers de
featcd In the senate.
manufacturers of foods required 1
state the net Weight and contents ol
outside of food package.
government authorized by law Il
seize trust-contrpllcd goods as soon a
imported into the United States.
Lincoln Memorial authorized to cos
So, 0CO, 00C.
n democratic majority that tool
control Of the house when the congrcs
organized insisted on going ahead witt
Inc features OF tariff revision, an,
passed Wool. cotton. free list and som
other bills. All thrc measures Will
the aid OF the progressive republican
forces in the senate, reached Presi
dent Taft. They were vetoed OH til,
ground mat the tariff board was con
dncting Investigations. the results o
Whlch must he known before Il propcI
revision of the tariff could be made.
Legislative work throughout til,
special session. and the long sessio,
beginning in December. 1911, and run
ming through last August, included tn,
following:
Increase in the size Of the house O.
representatives, from 800 to 435 mem.
beers.
Age and service pension law, in.
%crcasing Civil var pensions.
Eight-hour law covering govern
ment contracts.
Admission IF Ar;y,po ,,a NJ.
Mexico to statehood.
Use of poisonous white phospl1oru:
Ill matchmaking prevented by exces,
sive tax.
Pure drug law amended to proven,
misleading labels on patent medicines
Wireless communication brough,
under careful regulation. the law re.
curing the wireless on all ocean Yes.
sells to be adequately manned.
Government transport required tc
carry an ample number Of lifeboats.
HE'D Cross recognized officially as
as branch of government service ir
time of war.
Federal relief given to 1912 flood
sufferers IN lower Mississippi valley.
commerce court and tariff board
virtually legtslated out of existence.
industrial commission authorized. to
study relations between capital and la.
Dor.
rms congress has witnessed the
rati11cation OF many important treaties
with foreign nations. The arbitration
treaties with France and Great Britain
negotiated by President Taft. however
We're not ratified, because the senate
sc amended them that the president
considered they did not carry out the
Understandings made with the two
powers.
In the two years. however, the fol-
lowing important agreements have
been perfected:
Britain.
North Atlantic coast fisheries agree.
ment with Great Britain.
Fur seal treaty with Great Britain,
Russia and Japan.
International wireless treaty With
leading foreign nations.
International Wal prize agreement.
International agreement covering
sanitary measures for the control Of
epidemics.
General arbitration treaty with
rance extended to 1918.
Copyright treaty with Hungary.
international agreement covering
assistance and salvage at sea.
Investigations covering a wide range
OF important subjects were conducted.
~ adaitlon to those enumerated (the
money trust" campaign expenditures
and steel inquiries), special commit
tees and the regular standing com.
mlttees OF the two houses have con-
Quoted the following:
larlff hearings, by ways and means
committee. in preparation for new
democratic tariff bills.
currency hearings, preparatory to
framing monetary reforms.
investigation Of affairs of Ameri-
can sugar Refining company, and its
alieged domination OF the market.
inquiry into the Titanic disaster.
investigation OF conditions along
Mexican border. and alleged financing
cans.
Shipping trust" inquiry. tn deter.
mine extent Of the common contro,
Of ocean routes.
Investigations of Indian affairs. on
various reservations and at Washing
ton.
Investigations of agricultural. treas.
ury and other government depart.
ments.
Investigation Of land grants ahout
Controller Bay. Alaska.
PRESIDENT Taft has used the veto
power freely throughout the congress.
fuiiy 20 bills have met his disapproy-
al. including democratic trair bills,
appropriation bills which contained
Commerce Court. civil service and
army reorganization and legislation of
Whicn ne did not approve; water pow
er bills In which the principle Of fed
erai control was not recognized: and
the immigration bill containing the
"litcracy test" feature. ~
Another important feature NJ ,bo
sixty-second congress was the pass
Ing of the Webb bill over President
Latts veto. This bill prohibits the
shipment of liquor into prohibition
states. and was vetoed by the prcsi-
dent on grounds Of unconstitution.
atty. Two hours after his veto mes
sage was received in the senate, it was
win Inc necessary majority. The next
morning 1t was taken up in the house
made a law in spite OF the presi.
DENTAL disapproval,