Show RESULTS AT CAPITAL WHAT HAS BEEN N accomplished DURING EXTRA SESSION OF NATIONAL CONGRESS reciprocity statehood campaign publicity and reapportionment fea lures of legislation the tariff bills in discard washington the net results of 0 the extra session of fj in combar ison with ith the ambit ous pro gramme adopted at the outset were not largo large canadian reciprocity was mas b brought taught as near reality as the executive ani leg Islat lve departments could advance it statehood was as assured for new ontex ico and Ail zona campaign publicity legislation was enacted in a form sat factory to its most earnest eirnest advocates provision was made fur for en rn en barged house of representatives of OP or the census and a few other measures of minor importance were passed A democratic house the first is nee 1895 1995 seized on this session as a ve alicle to convey to the country the views of democrats on tariff rel slon but executive disapproval disapio val render rendered cd futile all efforts to impress chuse views on the statute books two tariff bills one materially reducing the duties on wool and woolen goods of all classes and the other placing on the free if hat st articles ct cf machinery and tools used by farmers ani an I 1 amended to many items were ere vetoed by president taft A cotton revision bill aralts an alts a lar fate the house under the leadership of representative underwood of alabama chairman of the ways ays and means com committee mitlee and speaker dark clark endeavored to pass the woolen and free list bills over the veto but the necessary two thirds third note 1 could not be mustered trust investigations without number were instituted during the session and boine fome of them notably thoo bearing on oil monopolies in steel and sugar were prosecuted with vigor they still till are in progress constructive legislation to bier on federal regulation of corporations ie Is regarded as certain to come from these inquiries plans already have been instituted to revise the antt anti eruct laws charges were revived that senator r lorimer of illinois was elected through bribery and a second hinves ti gatlon gation by the senate was put under way A senate inquiry into the eec bec uon tion of senator stephenson Stephen soa of WIs colln was ordered general arbitration treaties with great britain and franco vere cent sent to the senate by president taft but they received a frid frigid welcome ie to cause the upper house fon contended tended that the senate a d donal prerogatives presentation of tre treaties tre allea strained hitherto cordial relations between the foreign relations committee and the state department and as a result tafe made it plan plain that an ishito had been r raised alsed which ho ill carry to the country |