The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-12
Congress Is Back On Its
 Job Of Public Legislating
Mary Bills And Problems Are Ready For Consideration Of Lower
 House Of Congress

and that project is expected to vie with trust questions, in the atten- ton that will be given to it by the gldminDstratfon. The report of the Europe last year, has been carefully scanned and when legislation is taken up it probably will be along concerted lines, such as characterized action on the general currency bill.
 With the prospects of a hard con. gressionaI campaign next summer and fall the Democratic forces are anxious to add the rural credit laws, and several effective trust statutes, to the record of legislation with which they can go before the voters. From the outset of work, leaders in both Houses will attempt to guide legislation so that appropriation bills can be com pleted early in the spring, and other time to permit an early adjournment. E Opposition to the ao-calIed Sea mans bilp' regulating the labor of sailors, has become so pronounced in the. House that a hard fight promises to face that measure before it can be passed. The bill passed the Senate last. fall and an effort will be made to bring it up. in the House for action at an early date.
 woman.s suffrage will also give both branches of Congress a busy time. Advocates of a constitutional amendment permitting women to vote have massed their forces in Wash ington, and are preparing for a con- certed attack on Senate and House, aided by many senators and repres- entatives who favor general suffrage and who will advocate some positive action by Congress endorsing 1t.
 The. soma of fr11sf 1H4is1a fff,Tl i'll probably not be fully outlined for several weeks Recent. nt.Fsdevelopmerlts in financial and commercial circles have convinced leaders in both houses that effective Legislation to correct al- legged abuses can be passed without seriously disturbing business condt- tions.
 The President and his legal ad-e visors will collaborafe9 with the com-' mittees of Senate and House ona eff fective bills that will reach some of ethe more important phases of the trust problem without requiring revolution of corporation methods.
 Congress has taken up the problem of national defense with unusual ac- tivity since December 1. The innin- ence of a crisis in this country's re1a- tions with Mexico has made more ap- parent the weakness of tine military system of the country; and important steps. have already been made to- ward strengthening the power of the President and the executive branches of the government, to cope with. sud- den emergencies.
 The volunteer army bill, which pass ed the; House and is favorab1y regard led in the Senate would provide efrec% tive machinery for the raising of vol unteer forces in any emergency. The Hay aviation bill, which has the en- dorsement of the House Military Af- fairs committee, and of the War De partment, would create an aviation branch Of the army capable of hand- ling at least 24 aeEoplanes, and of training efficient fouces of air fighters. These and other bills will be given unusual prominence during the ball. ance of this session of Congress. is
 Diplomatic relations with Nicaragua and other Central American countries may give further trouble to tho Sen ate The first Nicaraguan treaty out, lined by Secretary Bryan did not meet with the approval of the Senate com mittee on Foreign Relations, because of the protectorate it would have es- tablished over the southern republic.
 The project is to be taken up again during the coming months; and it is expected that a, general policy toward Central American countries will be outlined by the Senate, President Will son and Secretary Bryan.