Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-02-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Among bills passed by the senate
was one for the eradication of con-
tagious diseases among domestic an
imals by the establishment of a bu-
reau of animal industry one relat-
ing to Mexican land grant titles and
a bill for an appropriations to COM
plete the approaches to the capitol
terraces and stairways, the amount
stipulated to be 900. The oft
discussed, long proposed congress
sional library building received re-
newed attention, as did also the ques-
ton of American ship-building. The
house spent long time in debate on
its bill to extlrpate pleuro-pneumonia;
The longest speech on the subject
being made by Mr.. Lapham of Texas
who thought the operations of the
measure should be confined to infect
ed localities alone, and should not
apply to the great south west, which
is devoted to stock enterprise and
cattle interests. thus disturbing the
business of a large territory where
he claimed no disease exists. He
spoke of Texas being as large as the
combined area of the ten states of
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and
Ohio, and said it was ''by natural Sc
lection, the home and paradise of the
common" Mr.. Dorsheimer's inter-
national copyright bill which was ia
vorably reported to the house, prom
ises to reciprocate in kind and degree
whatever protection a foreign nation
gives to an American writer's works.
1t is matter of world wide interest,
and the solution of the problem is as
keenly desired by the man who reads
as by the man who writes. Among
new bills presented in the house was
one for the relief of the Lady Frank
lin Bay expedition authorizing the
president to offer a reward of one
hundred thousand dollars to the mas
ter, owner, and crew of any ship that
will during the year 1884, restore to
any part of the United States, Lieut..
Greedy and his party. Another meas
ure provides for the annual appro-
priation for national school fund dur
ing period of ten years, the first
appropriation to be ten million dol
lars, and each succeeding one to be
reduced one million. A rule of APP
portionment among the states and
territories is made according to pop
ulation and ages as shown in last
census. A bill was offered to pre-
vent lottery advertisements in the
District of Columbia and the terri
tories by the imposition of a fine fol
every such attempt. Still another bill
proposes to amend the con-
stitution as to the officers and duties
of president and vice president by
the election of president and three
vice presidents, each for the same
number of years. In case of the re.
moval of one the office is to be held
by the first, second, or third, vice
president in order.
The house has ordered the print
ing of ten thousand extra copies o.
the Morrison tariff bill. The meas
ure is conceded to be a moderate ont
for the most part and can be scarce
ly said to favor any locality or shirl
the difficulties that lie in the path O
reducing rates. While it hits thu
iron industries of Pennsylvania, thu
states of Ohio, Louisiana, Michigan
California, the rice states and ever
Kentucky are struck in their ''loca
issues" in manner to arouse antag
onism. The two largest reduction
are in sugar, and wooden fabrics
Before adopting its new rules, whic
the house Of representatives discussed
for two days, that body resolves
itself into debating society on rule
and each ameteur parliamentaria
had chance to ride his pet hobb
for a little while, until ex-speake
Randall like Legislative Sulliva
knocked each one down in turn. On
by one the proposed amendments t
the rules fell through, and with thel
went Mr.. Belford's oft repeated sue
gestion to help unload the plethor
treasury vaults by granting clerk
every member of congress not chat
man of a committee. The recent
adopted new senate rules exclude ey
representative from the floor of IL
upper house, and by significant vot
the lower house denied the privilee
of its floor to ex-senators as we'll j.;
lobbying ex-members. While advt
eating an amendment to the rule
Mr.. Weller managed to aim bio
at the national bankruptcy system
to condemn the action of the repul
!, lican party IN demonetizing silve
to express his wish for democrat
success at the next election, and
: state that Mr.. Randall was look,
upon throughout the country as
friend to monopolies. The last I
: mark elected some laughter in viii
: Mr.. Randall joined. SNOW.
or The progress which the southe
4 states are making in manufactures
re one Of the most striking phenome
+ of the day. That free industry
fe far more efficacious than slave lab