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Show REVIEW OF THE SESSION JUSTCLOSING Several Important Mea-; Mea-; sores Become Law; Others Vetoed by President WASHINOTOJ. Au. 21. ConirtM will adjourn twfor Tuwdr nlcht and th. M traauotw nuloi pf want mn pas Into hUtory. Th ntt reaulti of th xtrs MMlon. In oomparlaoa with tii ambitious pn-iTara adoptd at th. outMt, w.r not l.r... Caaadlan reciprocity mi brought a. aar raalltr aa th rieeutlv and l.al.la-U l.al.la-U departm.Dt. oould advanc. It. atat.-bood atat.-bood waa aa.ur.d for N.w tl.ileo and Arlaona: eamoalan nubllrltT Iralslatlon araa anactwl In a form pallafartorv to It. mot amt advocate: orovl.lon w. anadt for an nlarir.d hour, of r.orm.n UtlvM. baaad n th latr.t cn.ui. and a raw whor maaaura of minor Iraaortann .ra nMd. DamocraUe Hon Buy. A Dmocratl houa. tha flrat ainc 1H. a.ld on thl. .rulnn aa a vahlclr to cotv.t to th country th. ywa of ninmiiiia m kmrltt ntvlalnn. but f s 11 - nil, led by Mr. Underwood, precipitated s sharp controversy between Mr. Underwood Under-wood and William Jennlncs Bryan. Mr. Hryan waa aroused because of failure of the house caucus to Include la Its tariff programme at the outset th revision of th Iron and steel schedule. He attacked Mr. Underwood on this around, but the latter received an everwheJmlna vol of oonfldenc In th bona. THirlna' the controversy the ways and mean commttte waa at work on an Iron and steel revision plan, but It remained for th senate to aot on this schedule. With th acquiescence of the house leader, lead-er, the senate tacked an Iron and steel schedule onto th cotton bllL It will he concurred in by th house tomorrow, reaardle of the death It Is certain to meet whnn It reaches th Whit house. When th special saealoa convened oa April 4 th house waa orajantsed by th way and snns committee and this body mad th committee aeslsTiinents. Th new system eliminated what was know for many 7mr ln rdom of the speaker. The committee also directed the deliberations of th pernor ratio caueu and framed th legislative proaramm of th e ion. Adhered te rrograan. Th program adopted and rlaidly ad. hered to by th ho us until th closi week of th session. Included action on Canadian reelerocltv. a farmers' free list bill, reduction of duties on the wool and cotton schedule, and an m crease In the member of th house from 11 to 411, s constitutional amendment look Ins to th election of United State senators by dlrct vote of th peon I, a revision of th eamnajan Publicity law and stats-hood stats-hood for New Mexico snd Atisona. While th house wa successful In carrying car-rying out It plan, few of th measure wlH rearh th statut book a Th resolution resolu-tion relating to popular election of ana-tore ana-tore was amended by the senate and waa sent to conference, from which U cannot irmrg thl session. Thestatehood bill was vetoed by Ft. dent Taft bcaue th Aiisona eonetltutlon Erovlded for the recall of th Judiciary, ut a suh-resolution eliminating th re call feature waa paes4 by both beuaaa. tit dtsaucroval rendered futile all effurti to Impress tho views oa tb statute ?wo tariff bills, on materially seducing seduc-ing th duties on wool and woolen goods of ail classes and the other placins on the free list article of machinery and tools ud by farmer and amended to include many other Items, were vetoed by President Pres-ident Teft A cotton revision bill awaits a similar fata . . The houee. under th leadership of Representative Underwood of Alabama, chairman C th ways and maans committee com-mittee and Sneaker Clark, endeavoted to pass th woolen and free-list hill over the veto, but th nereaeary two-thirds vots could not he mustered. Thee failures fail-ures r evert brow preeldent Taft veto war a strong factor In determining th leaders to clo th session and It is not unlikely that eonareea will b In -Jon is receive a veto of th cotton measure. meas-ure. Trust Investigations without number were Instituted during the seeeion and some of them, notably thee bearing on monopolies In steel and susar. were prosecuted with vigor. They still are In prosrees, r In vwjtl ration BeeoJta. Comnructtv legislation to nar en federal fed-eral regulation of corporations is regarded regard-ed a certain to com from these Inquiries. In-quiries. Plans already have been Instituted Insti-tuted te revise the anti-trust laws. Charge wer revived that Senator Lor fmer of Illinois was elected through bribery brib-ery and a second mvstlgatlog by th ' senate was put under way. A senate In-entry In-entry Into the election of Senator Stephen Steph-en son of Wisconsin was ordered. Gfneral arbitration treaties with Oreat Britain end Franc wr sent te the sen-si sen-si br President Teft, but thev reoelved a frisid welcome, beoaus th upper house contended that one provision of th treaties trea-ties ueurv th senate' constitutional prernaattve.. Presentation of th treaties strained hitherto cordial relations between th foreien relations committee ang th state department: and. aa a result, Preeldent Teft made It slain that an leeue had been raised which he will carry to th eeun-. eeun-. trv. The WUsy Case. Friction In the department ef aarVul-tu aarVul-tu re ever th enforcement ef th pur food raws was revealed by an In vest lea tion and th national Issue was raised over whether the activities of Dr. Harvey W. WUer, th government' pur load expert. hd been made Ineffective. pro-erilnjrs In the houee unnr caucus |
