The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
President Wilson Has Program
All Mapped Out for
the New Years
Legislation.
NOT MUCH TRUST TALK
suffrage and prohibition Questions
Will Occupy Much Time
at the Coming
Session.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Congress
will close what has practically been
continuous session since last De
cember some time in July and in the
first six months of the new year will
enact supplementary legislation to
the Sherman law; new immigration
law; measures granting greater safe
guards to the travelling public on rail
roads and the thirteen big appropria-
ton bills.
congressman prospectively viewing
the new year, tonight declared that
the additional legislation to make the
Sherman law more effective will not
absorb as much of congress- time as
anticipated. President Wilson's atti
tude, as they have gathered from talks
with him, is that business, needing
adjustment from the tariff and cur
rency measures, is not now in a posi-
ton to Withstand a slashing attack 1t
Is not a period of depression, they say,
1t is merely one Of transition.
The presidents program, according
to their information is for passage of
Q law making guilt personal in trust
cases possibly prison sentences, in
stead of the wide latitude of fines
now discretionary with judges under
the Sherman law and prohibition
against inter-locking directorates.
There will also be law exactly defin-
ing trust and serving notice on big
business just how far it can go.
The house judiciary committee will
continue it's hearings Immediately af-
ter resumption of sessions of congress
on January 10.
Chairman Clayton who withdrew
from the Alabama senatorial race be-
cause President Wilson said he de-
sired to have him direct The antitrust
legislation has been in close touch
with the executive. Clayton had plans
ito hear testimony from big business
heads and from proponents of reform.
but II he follows what congressman
Who have talked with the president be-
lleves represents Wilson's present
IDEAS, he will not draft any measure
like the seven sisters" law of New
Jersey-not at the present time
Democrats asserted tonight that
the suffrage movement and the con-
stitutional amendment for prohibition
would probably be big issues on the
senate and house floors this year.
The bill for government ownership
OF Alaskan railroads is expected to
give record of the question of federal
ownership utilities that will be
significance of Postmaster General
Bureson's active efforts tending to-
wards postalizing the telegraph and
telephone lines.
Chairman Adamson of the house in
terstate commerce commission already
mas his committee working to frame
new safety appliance laws, embodying
the lessons in the appalling toll of
railroad wrecks in 1913.
Labor is also insistently demand
ing recognition in some new meas
ures. Philippine independence will be
urged by Representative Jones OF
Virginia.
The leaders plans are to sand
Wich' most Of these great legislative
topics in between the thirteen appro-
priation bills and to eliminate superflu-
GUS debate-in the house at least-by
aoing away with the time honored
general debate" period of supply bills
'--uhe period during which memoirs
We're at liberty to talk about any
Thing under the sun for home con
sumption. Democrats want to get
nome early to repair their fences for
the November congressional elections
and will use every endeavor to adj
lourn early.