Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-01-02

Adamson bill to create q public health
service with broader powers than those
now enjoyed by the Public Health and
Marine Hospital service is heal the tor
OF the list. The Clapp bill, which passed
the Senate early in the last session., pro-
hibiting the sending of campaign contri.
buttons from one State to another, stands
at the head followed by the Rooher bill
relative to interstate in con-
vict-made goods. Also, near the top, an
pears the Burnett bill, to- regulate the
immigration of aliens into the United
States. This bill passed the last Congress
and was vetoed by President Taft. 1t con
tains an educational provisions, and was
reported to this session"of Congress only
after a. hard fight in the committee, and
the measure is sure to be h~otlyrcontest-
ed on the floor of the House.
On the calendar Of motions to-d1scharge
committees appears a large number of
important measures, which, if passed,
would materially alter existing law.
Among them are bills to create a Tariff
Board, a number of bills intended to pro.
mote the safety of employees and travel
lers upon the railroads of the country:
a bill to regulate corporations: engaging
in interstate and foreign commerce, and
to create an industrial commission for
their supervision; a joint resolution pro.
vlding for the direct election of President
and President Of the United States
a bill providing for the registration of
lobbyists: a bill to create a country life
commission; a bin to provide a commits
sion of army engineers to investigate
flood conditions in the Mississippi val
lev. and other measures of like impor.
lance. The House also awaits reports
from the Judiciary Committee on Reso-
lutions relative to the punishment of Re.
preventative James Y. McDermott, of
Chicago, and officers of the National AS
ISOLATION Of Manufacturers in connection
with the investigation of the MuIhall lob
by charges which was recently complet-
ed by a special committee of the House.
Antitrust Law Amendment.
In addition to bills already on the cal
endar. there are three other pieces of
legislation certain to come before this
Congress which have not yet reached the
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these is the amendment to the Antitrust
law. which the President will recommend
to Congress. is a special message soon
after the Christmas holidays. The other
measures are he La Toilette Seamen5s
Dill, which has already passed the Sen
ate and upon which hearings have al
ready been held by the Merchant Marine
ana Fisheries Committee Of the House.
ana the Adamson resolution, introduced
IN the House just before the Christmas
recess, providing for the suspension for
two years of that provision in the Pan
III Canal act which will give to Amer.
lean coastwise vessels free tolls. The
Senate may add one more measure to this
list in the bill introduced by Senator Will
liams on the closing day Of this session,
providing for the ~insurancc>of bank dc.
posts. : " =,
At present. the Seancu's bill is a sub.
Ject, of great controversy among tn,
members of Congress. The bill introduce.
ed by Senator La Toilette is understood
to have the unqualified support Of the
Seanlen's Union and the unqualified op-
position of the steamboat companies, es.
pecially those companies which operate
vessels on the Great Lakes and rivers and