The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-04

at of
gance 1885. ended today at noon.
ssior s'e s,nce 1 Pr - dent dent Wilson'S in
4 aI1a7aration two years ago. Begin
s1iTar with an extra session caNed by
@,sa r,.ssi1,s11+ Anil 1913. the Con
.rrese,s nag worked actually 637 days
Rrv,rIl ir,1portanf legislation was ac-s
complished. but much contemplated.
esonoe OF il hard pressed by the Presi-
slenf and party leaders, was left un-
done. It is the present Intention Of
tJ7n preszi4enf and his advisers to gave
Ssog,e7-a~ss 81 Iseszt Rather than force
s.. go sstssx1ier thew would leave
FF,a. S-aTnainfIar Of the admin ist ration's
ssss,s,~+r7,rfiva aaniratitq1s Il to 81 new
Congress next winter, which, although
under Democratic control, will have
:. eSvss.4Iv Ted,1ced majority in the
Hos1sa.
Foremost In the enactments of the
Sfxtv-thfrd Congress were
The Underwood Simmons tariff act,
with the income tax, which replaced
the Payne-Aldrict tariff law.
The Federal Reserve Act reorgan-
Ant1-trusk laws to supplement the
Sherman act, including the Clayton
law and Federal Trade Commission
cot, the former providing for pun
ashnent of individuals who violate
business Srezulafions a1lud the latter
% ala in keeping business Within the
ln
Repeal OF the Panama Canal tolls
assumption for American coast-wfse
shipping.
Act directing the building at a cost
OF s85. 0oo. 900 of government rail-
Rad to the mineral fields Of Alaska
Act to regulate cotton exchanges
and to penalize dealings in purely
speculative cotton future sales.
a special internal revenue tax, COM
monty called the .swar tax
A government war risk insurance
buxeau to insure American ships
against the hazards of war. and an
act providing for the transfer OF for
esgn-owned or built ships to American
registry
OF those measures which failed Of
enactment or could not be considered
cor lack or time, the following are.
regarded by Democratic leaders as
paxa1nour&:
BIZ for government purchase or
charter Of ransoceanic ships for the
establishment of an American nerch-
ant marine which encountered the.
most stubborn dlibuster in the history
OF the Senate. created an ina1rgent
movement IN the Democratic ranks
and held up general legislation for
weeks OF the last session
The immigration bill, including a
liferacy test for admission of aliens,
which passed both Houses, as vetoed
BY President Wilson and failed by a
narrow margin to repass the House
On q motion to overturn the veto.
Conservation measures urged by
the President to provide q new system
for leasing Of water power sites and
q leasing system to open the mineral
resources OF the country
Bill to enlarge the measure Of Phi
nppine seIf-government and to ex-
euce to- FfIipfon people, a measure
which passed the House and was APP
proved by a Senate committee.
Hegulatfon by the interstate Com
rnerce Commission of the issue of
saflrsoa,d securities. originally a part
Gram.
Rural credits legislation contem-#
plating the establishment of a, system
Of farm mortgage loan banks per-
azstentIy urged throughout the, Con-
Rress
OF general legislative bills covering
4 vide range or objects died with the
end of the Congress among them,
rneas1lresa for federal road Improve
raent general waterway DEVELOPMENT
REORGANIZATION of the civil service, to
nrohibit Importation of convict made
goods. AND several measures for re-
organization of the army
The last session of the Congress-
TBmS notable, too, foR the failure OF
two great issues, national Prohibition
and Woman Suffrage Proposed Com
ftitutional amendments precfpitated
two of the most exciting legislative
battles in the history of the House
of Representatives both measures
falling to receive a necessary two
thirds vote.
Foreign relations of the nation were
constantly to the fore almost from
the BEGINNING of the Congress. The
Mexican situation requiring close TT
fentdon fron the outset as has the
European war Throughout the ses-
sion the President and the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee We're IN