The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-09
SHERMAN LAW AMENDMENT
Relieved President Will Seek Leg
islation to Aid Department
OF Justice
IMPORTANT BILLS ARE PENDING

Washington, ID. G. Jan. 9.-With the
end of the Christmas recess but tWo
oals away senators and representa- :
lives who went home for the holidays
are arriving in Washington today by
almost every train.
When tho Two houses reassembie
Monday they viii gel down To business
Immediately Tor many important mat
iers are To- ne considered and acted
upon by the lawmakers in the com
paratiyely hriei period remaining be -
lore constitutional limitation brings
The congressional session To an end.
Three important Items of unfinished
business were left ON the House cal
rndar when thai body adjourned for
The Christmas holidays. They are the
Alaska railroad bill, - joint resolution
providing for the appointment of "a
commission 10 investigate and report
a plan for national aid To vocational
education and the District of Colum-
ba appropriation bill
on the Senate calendar the joint
resolution proposing an amendment
10 the constitution extending the right
of suffrage To women stands near the
TOP. followed closely by the owen bill
tor the establishment Of a legislative
reference bureau Of the library ot con
Fre7s, which Is intended Ia give Con
gfess at first hand expert advice on
lrcislatuye matters. particularly in the
drafting of legislation. Should this
measure pass. II would provide Con
press with q bureau similar To the
successful bureau which now assists
the legislature of Wisconsin in its
legislative work.
Many important Bills.
Ou the House calendar To be con-
sdgrcd by the committee of the whole
House on the state of the union are
many important bills. Included among
them are the Adamson bill To create a
public health service with broader
powers than those now enjoyed 10y the
publ, health and marine hospital SER
vice the Ctapp bill. prohibiting the
sending of campaign contributions
from one state To another. the Bur-
nett bill, to regulate the Immigration
uf aliens into the United States. and
the Buohor hill relative To interstate
commerce I'm convict made goods.
In addition To hills already on the
calendar, there are several other piec-
"s ot legislation certain To come be-
fore Congress which have not yet
reached the calendars og either house.
ono of THESE is the La Toilette sea-
mems hill. which has already passed
ihc Senate, and upon which hearings
have already been held by the mcr-
chant harinr and fisheries COMMITTEES
~ the House. Another is the Adam
son resolution, introduced in the House
just before the Christmas recess, pro-
tidluT for the suspension for two
Years ot that provision ~ the Panama
'aual act which will give to American
'oastwlse vessels free tolls.
Sherman Law Amendment.
Most important of all, however, is a
pro- oscd amendment Ia the antitrust
law. Unless his present plans arc
changed. President Wilson will waste
little time after Congress rclssembles
'u laying before the lawmakers his
very definite ideas on the trust ques-
b"n. Precisely what recommendation
Tor further trust legislation President
wilson may make arc not as yet mat
l"fs of public knowledge. But the
rarl he took in the enactment of New
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