Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-04

Mexico
The war tax.
creating war risk insurance burear
Ratification of 81 peace treaties
Another spectacular innovation in.
augurated by President Wilson was his
custom of delivering messages in per.
son to congress.
"ith the echo of the adjournment
gaVels today many big figures in puh.
he life retired. Nine senator's ANA
nearly 100 representatives left the con.
gfess today The senators retired today
were; Senators Root Blistow, Burtor,
stephenson, Perkins, Crawford, Thorn,
ton, Camden and White.
among the prominent members wbo
lett the house today were Democratic
Leader Underwood and Representative
broussard who 60 to the senate. Pro.
gressivc Leader Victor Murdoek. and
representatives Huxley, Necly of Kan.
sas, a, Mitchell Palmer, Burke of Pom
Burke of South Dakota. Stevens of
Minnesota, Metz, Henry George Jr.
Ain.ey Bowdle, Goldfogle, Knowland Of
california, Bell of Texas, Bartlett Of
ueorgie, Bartholdt, Hobson and Stan.
ley. '''"
The senate had today SO democratic
~ republicans and | progressive mem,
per- The sixty'fourth congress will see
% democratic, ! progressive and 80 re.
publicans seated.
The house today had 2sG democrats
ia republicans, II progressvcs and
independent. The next house viii have
23l democrats, 1875 republicans, pro.
gresslves, / socialist and | independent.
some notablcs who have "come
pack and will be in the next house in.
clude Uncle Joe" Cannon, William r.
WcKinley Of Illinois, Ebenezer ]. Nm
OF Connecticut, Nicholas Longworth of
0hio, and coy" Sulloway of New
Hampshire.
In addition to the "big' legislation
enacted by the congress adiourning sine
dle today were many important legis-
latiVe features. Woman suffrage and
national prohibition amendments were
defeated in the house The immirra.
tion bill, passed by both houses, was
vetoed and killed by President Wilson.
Lobby investigations by both the
senate and house were instituted Cot.
ton futures and cotton warehouses bills
became law, but the cotton currency
legislation was defeated. The apricui.
tural eXtention education bin was
passed The parcel post was inaugural.
ed A bill to regulate inssuance of rail.
way securities passed the house but was
/ plgeonholed in the senate. Rivers and
harbors appropriation bills were prunod
by means of filibuster. Radium. wat.
er power, the Alaska coal, and mineral
ana oil were conservation measures
passed by the house. The Philippine
independence bill and LaFollctte sea.
mems labor and sea safety measures
were also before congress.
Consideration Of this government g
martial preparedness for war was also
II big issue during the closing session
Of the dying congress.
A number Of measures which early
IN the session promised to pass died
without action The principal one Of
these was the ship purchase bill. After
having been practically killed in tac
senate once, the measure was revived
by attaching to Weeks bin the Gore
compromise ship purchase measure az
a "ridcr" The "ridcr" made the
Weeks bill measure entirely differ.
ent from the Weeks bin as it had pass.
ed the senate earlier in the session.
The administration leaders were able to
force the combination bin through the
house but it died in tnc senate yester.
day, which its own friends moved to
table 1t rather than hold up nppropria.
ton bills. 1t is expected that President
Wilson will go to the country with
this measure in the speeches he viii de.
liver during his coming trip west.
The Philippine independence bill and
the conservation aud water power meas.
ures, as well as the rural credits bill,
also failed.
Tariff Changes,