Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-28

/. FRENCH.
Limiting hours of employment of WON
en- in the District of Columbia (By
Senator La Follette); Alaskcn Railroad
act; Alaskan coal leasing act (By Mr..
Ferris); Act preventing corporations
from making contributions to political
campaigns; Act creating Department OF
Labor; Panama tolls act denying use
of Canal to transcontinental railroads;
| Nearly 100 Cali by Mr.. French), pri-
vate relief bills.
Pending bills introduced or reported
| from Committee by Mr.. French, or re-
Gently passed with his assistance:
| Forsyth Scout bill (By Mr. French.
Passed House,; Surface entry Of phos-
phate and other lands (By Mr.. French)
Bill for pensioning Indian war vet
Grams (By Mr.. French. Pending);
Measure granting preference right to
original entryman on enlarged home
stead (By Mr.. Smith. Reported from
Committee by Mr.. FRENCH; Bill ex-
tending number of payments to 20 to
! settlers on National Reclamation Prof.
ects (By Mr.. French. Substitute bill
| by Committee Chairman. Pending);
Measure substituting improvements on
homestead entries for definite area of
cultivation CHI by Senator Borah and
Mr. French. Bill pending); Bill au-
| thorizing exchange of state lands in
forest reserves with Government (Bin
| by Senator Borah and Mr. French);
Bill for ample appropriation for sur
vey of grant lands in idaho (By Mr..
French); Second homestead right to
| homesteaders on Indian Reservations;
! Compensation for injuries or death of
mail carriers or employees in land
work, (By Mr.. FRENCH; Farm credit
bill (By Mr.. Bathrick); Bill preventing
i interlocking of Boards of Directors of
banks under currency act (Bill pend
/ ing); La Toilette Seaman Bill (Pend-
ing); Bill to create an Interstate Trade
Commission; Bills to improve laws
against unlawful restraint and monopo-
lies and to regulate Interstate Com
merce; Bill for Federal aid to Schools
OF Forestry (By Mr.. French).
II Mr.. French has opposed repeal of
exemption of free tolls to coastwise
trade; Opposed Canadian reciprocity
treaty; Opposed abolition of the Tariff
Board.
Mr. French stands for non-partisan
tariff commission; maintenance and
strengthening of anti trust laws: laws
to prevent monopolies in restraint of
trade the regulation and control
through Interstate Trade Commission
of interlocking boards Of directors In
competing business. denying right of
business concerns with watered stock
to continue in interstate business; farm
credit measure; amendment to banking
law to prevent interlocking of bank
boards; speedy recognition of economic
changes as they occur, and prompt leg
islation to safeguard the rights, health,
and lives Of men, women, and children
amid these conditions.
OF equal importance to work in
House chamber, Is work in Committees
of the House, and Mr. French has
served on the following important
committees:
immigration and Naturalization, War
Claims Education, Public Lands, Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds, Elections
No. /, Mines and Mining, and Expendi-
lures in Agricultural Department.
Before the Departments of the Cow
eminent, the work of Mr. French has
been very heavy. Notable, is his work
in connection with elimination of ag-
ricultural lands from forest reserves,
defending and urging the rights of
Marble Creek settlers: defending the
rights of settlers upon school lands in
Occur d'Alene Reservation, by urging
legislation enabling State to select
other lands in lieu thereof (Borah-
French bill pending): soliciting assist
ance of Agricultural Department to
Idaho in the campaign against hog
q cholera; establishment of Rural Free
Delivery Routes; measures for relief
OF Star Route and Rural Route car
riers; and many other Departmental
matters.
Memorandum Of Vote.
Mr.. French has been elected to Con-
gress by maJorities over his highest
i competitor as follows:
5Sth Congress. 1902. ........... 1906
Seth Congress. 1904 presidential
Ill year, ..........t....... zf,ooI