Under the snap of th6 Presidents whip Congress has made a downward revision of the tariff. reformed the Federal banking. and urrency system. repealed the tollsexemption clause of the Panama Canal law. and passed a militia reorganization act. and an act providing for the construction of a Governmentowned railway in Alaska. It intends to passif Mr. Wilsons vigilance does not relaxthree antitrust acts. containing among other things the ClaytonGompers "goldbrick " concessions to labor. five conservation acts. an immigration act. an act regulating dealings in cotton futures. an act giving American citizenship to the Porto Ricans. and possibly an act extending autonomy in the Philippines and vaguely promising the Filipinos independence. It Is a lecord to make a Representative or Senator seeking reelection shudder. The only other Congress in recent times which can challenge the Sixtythirds mania for legislation was the Fiftyfirst. which canme into power with the Harrison administration.
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