Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-26
THE NATIONS LAW AK Frs
WOMEN OPPOSE THE DAKOTA BILL,
The senate Pass the Bill Appropriating
O.OOO for II statue to General Lniay-.
cttc-Sccrctary McCulIoch's Appoint
ment Confirmed - The Inter
state Commerce Bill


WAsutNGToN, Dec. 1S-Among the me
MORALS presented was one by Senator
Hoar from the womans suffrage associa- !
ton of Pennsylvania, protesting against .
the admission of Dakota on the constitu-
ton made 10y men alone and denying the .
suffrage rights of women. Senator Sher +
man called up and the Senate passed the .
bill appropriating SjOOoO for the purpose .
of erecting Il statue To the memory of Gen !
eral Lafayette. shortly after noon the
Senate went into executive session. After
some debate the confirmation of Secretary
McCulloch WAS accomplished, after which
a resolution was introduced by member
of the committee on foreign relations, re
citing that the Dominican treaty had been
published in the New York Herald and
the Ncaraguan treaty in the New York
Tribune to-day, and proposing that
special committee be raised to investigate
the methods by which copies of these
treaties had been secured by the press.
A suggestion was made that inasmuch as
the foreign relations committee had the
treaties in its custody the investigation
should be undertaken by that committee.
TO this the members of the committee oh
jected on the ground that members of the
committee would thus be called upon to
give judgment upon each other anu SuS-
gested that the committee ON privileges
and elections be charged with the duty.
Members of the latter committee objected
ON general principles and recalled the fact
inv oIl " lolIi'tl "'."Hiou VI ny Hli ~
Sunh an ni;N,tS,iiE"Iioi iI''t RESUMED ','t III
the committee and the Senate. An
assertion was made on the Democratic
sue lilt' tIe SPtcItl lIltllt1 vi ~ 't'tc
:'eP"[ .iieIil Ntle ny auPii!t" W .m '"p
its oi ~ tIth! ~! uii'! tl't pp.l.Gh MuS ~
pressed ny 'lllS 0enaloI tiitt 'lt I'Iillill9
truIIon Vas plop!olI 'tu la'li. III we . t
IeI. ms S'tNt Iioe ~ q snort p'!t ltlitI
aCIIiilollo''n P'.i WAY ~
I.len' "9 uLTLt'i tii't ~ ''N' W ''it ."T
We puo.,H.ic, II, i,g
lGtoiu ~ IlolIpN ii'"iI'lII-' I.l9 pc!uS
oojtctt,' TO- motion WIS h!a,iP 10 lay ne
o!l-'Il,.l irIoiu I ,ioH oIi tlr 'a'ir "''' 'ii'S
VIZ t"Itic'' 't'il.,el I'l"lii''.'''s! ..,
~ -" =: ~ w "opI9 VIZ lV;PI''cI !
gnu Inc Iite!-.ol"!G c1li.'!eICc n'it Mt9
tdhtn up. II Plon l!cS loI l't co'dnl!9H
iied. VI an iii,ti ~, &C.
SION 20 DC Coilipo9'3' ~ I'VE IigiiinGrS WIZ
AMI with ne advice and consent nt the
SENATE. not more than three of the com
mlssloncrS to belong to- the same political
pi't ~ no' ,,,5; Hti,'i' o"iTt
tinn If rnrnmnrcn nmon,r The Stotrs md
Territories and the methods Of operati ion
of transportation companies. 1t prohibits
uurc!'oIapic iI'eN oi ch''rIt "h uu IuaI
,,irL t,. cn,n,,, .sinnn,.s tm hnn ali COM,
,IlnintS against the COMPANIES i'm rrrnrl to
rates or DETERMINATIONS and TO tIIrn th.
COMPLAINTS over to the United States dis
trict attorney. If the companies refuse to
do iIsticr if is made the dilty of such nj
tornry to institute suit for damages
in each such case. Every TRANSFORMATION
company is required to report annually to
the Commission full detailed statement
of its rrcpipts and EXPENSES. and schedule
of It's rates charged The commission i,
ia rrnnrt uuIi;,ollv To the SECRETARY nf tlr
Interim vino i'm turn shall report To Con-
ores, II fulI uccolllf of the commissioners
operations, with SUGGESTIONS for further
ltrisIntiuu if any he npcrssorv Srnotor
CniInnl addressed the SENATE i'm sIIDnort
Cf tLn Lili IL. ,un,n,l frnni ConnisSinnnr
Fink Who. he said. had ryyrrssrd the be-
lief thai there wa, A settled public opinion
tbnrnd Inv. IN. rliI,,nnd ro,innnins thnt If
wa, Jrsirohlr To- hny~ snch - commission
senator slater offered hi, amendment en-
bolviur thr pruyt.Inus of the Hc,ron
bill. Adjourned
,,........
INC !" p'" ~" "'''N'
the M"d'he" Naval Ball
WA>lliNnrON, Dec lg.-Thc chair laid
b4fore the Senate. u communication from
W W Go,aa,a,, h,ir,,n,, ~ ,I,,' ;t,'.
W. Ooi''I"'l' 'i"t man VI '"' J'l"'
commission, transmitting the annual re
port of the Washington Monument aSSo
citation; also n memorial of the Produce
Eyoh,,,,,a ,f Eoy, Vorl, ,,r,ri,,r i,,,noIi
ENoil'IS1 " ~" ioiN' ui6i"1 i,i'''ie,'l
ate anu ueilhltc aCtloh WIN regard 10 tht
spanish treaty referred senator ing
ans from the committee on tne DISTRICT ol
Colulhpla reported laNoraply' ana tht
Henate Mtnoul uepale passed me Dll
making the 4th or March OF Presidential
YEARS Il ltSul lOlltltlS Ill lllt l)lSlGltl. sen