Show MUCH WORK wan UK K is DONE BY CON CONGRESS RESS jaST A many instances of success of reforms advocated by president tart taft arizona and new mexico states notwithstanding the fact that ae ac tion on many important measures was delayed by conflicts bet between Neen insurgents and regular republican factions in both brandies branches and that the democratic minority was an active force congress concluded its long session saturday with a record for legislation that seldom if ever has been equaled in the matter of reform movements for which Pre president taft stood sponsor there were ere miny in instances of success chief in the list of legislation for which the administration contended were the following striking revision of the railroad laws including the creation of a commerce court admitting arizona and new mexico as separate states authorizing the establishment of postal savings banks giving to the president unlimited authority to withdraw public lands for conservation purposes providing for publicity of campaign contributions authorizing the issue of awen twenty ty million dollars in certificates of indebtedness debt edness to complete reclamation projects Cre creating atin a bureau of mines extending the activities of the tariff board and appropriating two to hundred and fifty thousand dollars for its use looking to the suppression of the white alave ilave traffic creating a commission to consider consid cr economies economics in the administration of the federal government authorizing the entry of surface challands coal lands providing a tariff system fort for the he Phillip pines nw legislation that ultimately is expected 1 acted to give prohibition to the tile hawaiian islands to the foregoing formidable list of legislation obtained was nas a comparatively small number 0 of measures that had had administration support but failed of passage they wee we e measures on the subjects of ship subsidy anti injunction for new forms of go government in alaska and on the panama canal zone a bureau of health increased postage rates for second class mail matter the appalachian forest reserve and the increase of the engina engineering brinl corpa corp of the army not the least conspicuous acts of congress were ere the strenuous measures taken by the hoase of representatives senta benta tives to reform its system of conducting busi business nesb so that les power might be in the speaker and the organization n of which he lie was the natural beadet tile speaker was as removed from the committee on oil rules aich which he had previously previous been credited with dominating and a t now rule was adopted to pre pr nt the tile pigeonholing of bills by committees hen they were approved by a majority of the house the enormous demand for legible tion pressed upon congress 6 shown shon by the fact that since it tl I 1 e beginning of the present congress as twenty bev en thousand hills bills have liae been introduced in the hoube and nine nite thousand in the tile senate in it ald tinn to hundreds of re resolutions una record as fai fat aa the tile number of bills bill is concerned 1 is 14 4 without a parallel |