Samuel H. Piles. Stephen B. Elkins.. Republican... Elkins Nathan B. Scott.. Republican...Wheeling Wisconsin. Robert M. La Follette...... Republican...Madison Isaac Stephenson Republican... Marinette Republican...Seattle March 4, 1905..March Republican... North Yakima March 4, 1909.. March West Virginia. March 4, 1895..March March 4, 1905..March Nov. 18, 1890..March HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JOSEPH G. CANNON (R.), Illinois, Speaker ALEXANDER MCDOWELL (R.), Pennsylvania, Clerk Salary of each Representative, Delegate and Resident Commissioner, $7,5 1. George W. Taylor (D.)..Demopolis. 1. R. Bruce Macon (D.)....Helena. 4. Ben Cravens (D.) .....Fort Smith. At Large-Ed. T. Taylor (D). Glenwood Spgs At Large-J. Q. Tilson (R)... New Haven. At Large-Wm. H. Heald (R). Wilmington. Florida. 1. S. M. Sparkman (D.)... Tampa. Georgia. 1. C. G. Edwards (D.).....Savannah. 8. Thos. Gallagher (D.)....Chicago. 9. Henry S. Boutell (R.).. Chicago. 10. George E. Foss (R.)....Chicago. 11. H. M. Snapp (R.)...... Joliet. 12. Chas. E. Fuller (R.).... Belvider 13. Frank O. Lowden (R.).. Oregon. 14. James McKinney (R.)... Aledo. 15. George W. Prince (R.)...Galesbur 16. Joseph V. Graff (R.).... Peoria. 17. J. A. Sterling (R.). .Blooming 18. J. G. Cannon (R.). Danville. 19. W. B. McKinley (R.)... Champai 20. H. T. Rainey (D.)...... Carrollto 21. Jas. M. Graham (D.).... Springfie 22. W. A. Rodenberg (R.).. East St. 23. Martin D. Foster (D.)...Olney 24. P. T. Chapman (R.).... Vienna. 25. N. B. Thistlewood (R.). Cairo. .... Indiana. 1. John W. Boehne (D.)... Evansvill 2. William A. Cullop (D.). Vincenne 3. William E. Cox (D.)...Jasper. 4. Lincoln Dixon (D.)..... North Ve 5. Ralph W. Moss (D.).... Brazil. 6. W. O. Barnard (R.).... Newcastl 7. Chas. A. Korbly (D.).. Indianapo 8. J. A. M. Adair (D.).... Portland. 9. M. A. Morrison (D.).... Frankfort 10. E. D. Crumpacker (R.). Valparais 11. Geo. W. Rauch (D.).... Marion. 12. Cyrus Cline (D.). Anola. 13. Henry A. Barnhart (D.) Rochester Iowa. 1. C. A. Kennedy (R.)..... Montrose. Elected November 23, 1909, to succeed William Lorimer (R.), resigned. ... 1. Ollie M. James (D.) Marion. Louisiana. 1. Albert Estopinal (D.).... New Orleans. Maine. 1. Amos L. Allen (R.)..... Alfred. 1. J. H. Covington (D.)... Easton, 1. Geo. P. Lawrence (R.).. North Adams. Michigan. 1. Edwin Denby (R.)......Detroit. 2. W. S. Hammond (D.).. St. James. 4. Fred C. Stevens (R.)....St. Paul. 9. H. Steenerson (R.)..... Crookston. Mississippi. 1. E. S. Candler, jr. (D.).. Corinth. 1. Jas. T. Lloyd (D.)...... Shelbyville. 7. C. W. Hamlin (D.)......Springfield. 12. H. M. Coudrey (R.).....St. Louis. 1. C. A. Sulloway (R.).... Manchester. 2. F. D. Currier (R.)...... Canaan. New Jersey. 1. H. C. Loudenslager (R.).Paulsboro. 2. John J. Gardner (R.)... Atlantic City. 3. B. F. Howell (R.).......N. Brunswick. 4. Ira W. Wood (R.)...... Trenton. 5. Chas. N. Fowler (R.)... Elizabeth. 6. William Hughes (D.)....Faterson. 7. R. Wayne Parker (R.)..Newark. 8. Wm. H. Wiley (R.).....East Orange. 9. E. F. Kinkead (D.)..... Jersey City. 10. James A. Hamill (D.).. Jersey City. New York. 1. W. W. Cocks (R.).. Old Westbury. 2. G. H. Lindsay (D.)..... Brooklyn. 3. Otto G. Foelker (R.)....Brooklyn. 4. Charles B. Law (R.)....Brooklyn. 5. Richard Young (R.).....Brooklyn. 6. W. M. Calder (R.)......Brooklyn. 7. J. J. Fitzgerald (D.)....New York. 8. D. J. Riordan (D.)..... New York. 9. H. M. Goldfogle (D.)... New York. 10. William Sulzer (D.)..... New York. 11. C. V. Fornes (D.).. .New York. 12. Michael F. Conroy (D.). New York. Elected March 30, 1909, to fill vacancy caused by death of R. C. Davey (D.). D. A. De Armond (D.) died November 23, 1909. 2. H. O. Young (R.). Minnesota. .Mt. Pleasant. 1. Jas. A. Tawney (R.).. 13. Herbert Parsons (R.)....New York. 14. Wm. Willett, jr. (D.)... New York. 15. J. Van V. Olcott (R.)....New York. 16. F. B. Harrison (D.).....New York. 17. Wm. S. Bennet (R.).... New York. 18. J. A. Goulden (D.)......New York. 19. John A. Andrus (R.)....Yonkers. 20. T. W. Bradley (R.).....Walden. 21. Hamilton Fish (R.)..... Garrison. 22. Wm. H. Draper (R.)....Lansingburg. 23. G. N. Southwick (R.)...Albany. 24. G. W. Fairchild (R.)... Oneonta. 25. Cyrus Durey (R.). .. Johnstown. 26. Geo. R. Malby (R.).....Ogdensburg. 27. C. S. Millington (R.)....Herkimer. 28. Chas. L. Knapp (R.)....Lowville. 29. M. E. Driscoll (R.).....Syracuse. 30. John W. Dwight (R.)... Dryden. 31. Sereno E. Payne (R.).. Auburn. 32. Jas. B. Perkins (R.).... Rochester. 33. J. Sloat Fassett (R.)....Elmira. 34. Jas. S. Simmons (R.)... Niagara Falls. 35. Daniel A. Driscoll (D.)..Buffalo. 36. DeA. S. Alexander (R.). Buffalo. 37. E. B. Vreeland (R.).... .....Salamanca. Pennsylvania. 1. H. H. Bingham (R.).... Philadelphia. 20. D. F. Lafean (R.)...... York. 21. C. F. Barclay (R.)... Sinnema 22. George F. Huff (R.).... Greensb 23. Allen F. Cooper (R.).... Unionto 24. John K. Tener (R.). Charler 25. Arthur L. Bates (R.)... Meadvil 26. A. M. Palmer (D.). Strouds 27. J. N. Langham (R.)......... Indiana, 28. N. P. Wheeler (R.)..... Endeavo 29. Wm. H. Graham (R.)... Allegher 30. John Dalzell (R.). Pittsbur 31. James F. Burke (R.).... Pittsbur 32. A. J. Barchfeld (R.).... Pittsburg Rhode Island. 1. W. P. Sheffield (R.).. Newport 2. Adin B. Capron (R.)... Stillwate South Carolina. 1. George S. Legare (D.).. Charlest 2. J. O'H. Patterson (D.).. Barnwel 3. Wyatt Aiken (D.). Abbeville 4. Joseph T. Johnson (D.). Spartanb 5. David E. Finley (D.).... Yorkville 6. J. E. Ellerbe (D.). ... Sellers. 7. A. F. Lever (D.). ..Lexingto Texas. Memphis. ...Texarkana ..Beaumont, 1. Morris Sheppard (D.). 2. Martin Dies (D.). 3. Gordon Russell (D.).....Tyler. 4. Choice B. Randell (D.)..Sherman. 5. Jack Beall (D.). Waxahach 6. Rufus Hardy (D.). Corsicana. 7. A. W. Gregg (D.). ..Palestine. 8. John M. Moore (D.).. ..Richmond, 9. Geo. F. Burgess (D.). . Gonzales. 10. Albert S. Burleson (D.). Austin. 11. Robert L. Henry (D.)...Waco. 12. O. W. Gillespie (D.)....Fort Worth 13. John H. Stephens (D.)..Vernon. 14. James L. Slayden (D.)..San Antoni 15. John N. Garner (D.). Uvalde. 16. W. R. Smith (D.).. Utah. .Colorado. At Large-Jos. Howell (R.). Logan. 1 Elected April 20, 1909, to succeed T. E. Burton (R.), resigned. Washington. 1. Wm. E. Humphrey (R.). Seattle. 1. W. P. Hubbard (R.)....Wheeling. 1. Henry A. Cooper (R.)...Racine. Platteville. THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS. ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE SECOND SESSION, DECEMBER 7, 1908, TO MARCH 4, 1909. The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Act, approved March 3, provided that after March 3, 1909, the compensation of President's Salary. the President of the United States shall be $75,000 per annum. The Sundry Civil Appropriation Act, approved March 3, provided that immediately upon the receipt of the regular annual estimates of appropriations Budget Reforms. needed for the various branches of the government it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to estimate as nearly as may be the revenues of the government for the ensuing fiscal year, and if the estimates for appropriations, including the estimated amount necessary to meet all continuing and permanent appropriations, shall exceed the estmated revenues the Secretary of the Treasury shall transmit the estimates to Congress as heretofore required by law, and at once transmit a detailed statement of all of said estimates to the President, to the end that he may, in giving Congress information of the state of the Union and in recommending to their consid-| eration such measures as he may judge necessary, advise the Congress how in his judgment the estimated appropriations could with least injury to the public service be reduced so as to bring the appropriations within the estimated revenues, or, if such reduction be not in his judgment practicable without undue injury to the public service, that he may recommend to Congress such loans or new taxes as may be necessary to cover the deficiency. An act, approved February 17, provided that section 4 of the act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive and judicial exSalary of Secretary of State. penses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908,! and for other purposes," approved February 26, 1907, fixing the annual compensation of heads of executive departments, be repealed in so far as the same relates to the annual compensation of the Secretary of State; and the annual compensation of the Secretary of State shall be at the rate of eight thousand dollars. On and after March 4, 1909, there shall be no emoluments attached to the office of Secretary of State other than those which by the law in force on the first day of May, 1904, belonged and were then attached to said office. This act took effect March 4, 1909. The Naval Appropriation Act, approved March 3, authorized the construction of two first-class battleships to cost, exclusive of armor and armament, not exceeding six million dollars each, similar in all essential characIncrease of teristics to the battleship authorized by the act making approthe Navy. priations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908. It also authorized the construction of five torpedo-boat destroyers, to have the highest practicable speed, and to cost, exclusive of armament, 1F. R. Lassiter, (D.) died October 31, 1909. 2 Elected November 2, 1909, to fill vacancy caused by death of F. W. Cushman (R.) not to exceed eight hundred thousand dollars each, and one fleet collier, of knots trial speed, when carrying not less than twelve thousand five hund of cargo and bunker coal, to cost not exceeding nine hundred thousand dollar submarines and three destroyers were also authorized. An act, it shall be The Opium Traffic. 7 approved February 9, provided that after the first day of Apr unlawful to import into the United States opium in any form preparation or derivative thereof: Provided, That opiu preparations and derivatives thereof, other than smoking o opium prepared for smoking, may be imported for medicin poses only, under regulations which the Secretary of the is hereby authorized to prescribe, and when so imported shall be subject duties which are now or may hereafter be imposed by law. If any pers fraudulently or knowingly import or bring into the United States, or assi doing, any opium or any preparation or derivative thereof contrary to shall receive, conceal, buy, sell, or in any manner facilitate the transp concealment, or sale of such opium or preparation or derivative thereof af portation, knowing the same to have been imported contrary to law, such or preparation or derivative thereof shall be forfeited and shall be destroy the offender shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for any time not exceeding two ye both. Whenever, on trial for a violation of this section, the defendant is s have, or to have had, possession of such opium or preparation or derivative such possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction the defendant shall explain the possession to the satisfaction of the jury. An act, approved February 15, amended section 714 of the Revised Stat as to read: "When any judge of any court of the United States appoi hold his office during good behavior resigns his office, after Pensions of held a commission or commissions as judge of any such Federal courts at least ten years continuously, and having attained t Judges. of seventy years, he shall, during the residue of his natur receive the salary which is payable at the time of his reti for the office that he held at a time ten years before his resignation." A joint resolution, approved March 3, requested the President to renew tiations with the government of Russia to secure, by treaty or otherwise, uni of treatment and protection to American citizens holding Passports in ports duly issued by the authorities of the United States, in Russia. that all American citizens shall have equal freedom of trav sojourn in such country without regard to race, creed or re faith, including a provision that the honoring or viséing of passports when d sued and held by citizens of the United States shall not be withheld because account of the race, creed or religious faith of their holders. An act, approved February 27, amended the third paragraph of the s section of the act entitled "An Act temporarily to provide for the adminis of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Island Philippine for other purposes,' approved July 1, 1902, to read as Legislature. lows: "Sec. 7-The legislature shall hold annual sessions, mencing on the first Monday of February in each year and continuing not exc ninety days thereafter (Sundays and holidays not included) and the first m of the legislature shall be held upon the call of the governor within ninety days the first election: Provided, That the Philippine Legislature after its first ing as herein provided may by law fix a date other than the first Monday of E ary in each year for the commencement of its annual sessions: And provided ther, That if at the termination of any session the appropriations necessary f support of government shall not have been made, an amount equal to the appropriated in the last appropriation bills for such purposes shall be deemed appropriated; and until the legislature shall act in such behalf the treasurer with the advice of the governor, make the payments necessary for the pu aforesaid." The River and Harbor Appropriation Act, approved March 3, created a con sion known as the National Waterways Commission, composed of members o Sixtieth Congress who shall be members of the Sixty-first Con Waterways as well, as follows: Five members of the Senate, to be appo Commission. by the presiding officer thereof; seven members of the Hou Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker. It shall be duty of this commission to investigate questions pertaining to water transport and the improvement of waterways, and to recommend to Congress action these subjects. The term of the commission shall expire on March 4, 1911. commission shall report from time to time to Congress, and shall at the concl of its labors submit a final report: Provided, That a preliminary report sha made not later than January 1, 1910, which report, with all other reports, embrace such material and information obtained in the course of the investig as shall be of value; also the conclusions reached by said commission on the se subjects investigated. Among the other acts and joint resolutions approved were the following: propriating $800,000 for the relief of citizens of Italy; to impose a tax upon alco |