Evening times-Republican., 1913-12-31
IMPORTANT MEASURES TO eE
CONSIDERED TO REQUIRE
MONTHS OF TIME.
MEMsE RS SEE VISIONS or
ANOTHER SUMMER IN CAPITAL
Abandonment Of Radical Trust Lssis.
Iatien May Enah!o Session 70 Be
Concluded in Juns- Alaskan Rail.
road Ein Among First Questions 70
30 Thrsshed Out in Both Housss.
Especial Correspondent

Washington, Dec. 3l.-When con-
gress reconvenes after the holidays it
will have before 1t a long program Of
important measures to be considered.
Months of work will lie ahead Of it
and many members see visions Of being
tied up in Washington all summer.
However. the fact the administration
and the democratic leaders in con-
gress have virtually decided not to
enact radical antitrust legislation
may have a tendency to make the ses-
sion less lengthy than expected. Pres
sure to end the session in June will be
great.
Apart from consideration of the trust
question, there are numerous matters
OF moment either on the calendar of
in committee.
The Alaska railroad bill is on the
calendar in both houses and will be
threshed out as soon as congress re-
convenes. 1t raises the great question
of public ownership Of railroads and
other utilities and so possesses an i'm
portance not measured by the boundar-
les of Alaska
Senate and House Program.
Consideration Of this bill. of the bill
for appointment of commission OF
vocational education and of the Dis
trict Of Columbia appropriation bin
Will be the first things before the house
except as new matters may be sprung
On. It,. Soon after the senate gets thru
the Alaska railroad bill, efforts will
be made to force vote on the woman
suffrage measure, the proposed amend
ment to the constitution granting equal
suffrage. The Owen bill for a legisla-
tive reference bureau will also be
brought up
In both houses. it is expected there
viii! be insistence on passage of hank
guarantee law, in view OF promises
made by the democratic leaders while
the currency debate was on.
One OF the most important measures
which the house has before 1t is the
LaFollette seamen's bin. already passed
by the senate. and opposed strongly by
powerful shipping interests.
The house mas on the calendar for
consideration by committee OF the
whole. such bills as the Adamson bill
to broaden the public health service:
the Ciapp campaign contribution bill:
the anti-convict labor bill; and the
Burnett migration bill
Opponents Of Free Tolls Active.
The opponents Of free tolls thru the
Panama canal are renewing their ef-
forts and the Adamson resolution to
suspend free tolls for two years Will
be pressed in the house. A hard fight
at each end OF the Capitol is expected
over this question.
Government ownership OF telephones
and telegraphs will not get into law
this session but will come In for much
discussion. Labor legislation Of a far
reaching nature is sought, especially
anti injunction legislation.
The appropriation measures alone
will take much time and will carry in
themselves proposed legislation which
Will cause ample debate. Because OF
the time required to spend about q
billion dollars. or authorize Its ex-
penditure, numerous important pieces
OF proposed legislation will find. at the
end Of the session, that they have been
sidetracked