Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-01-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR.
Wdshinqton. Jan. IIth.

one in congress. The
forty-eight much discussed and
of house committees were
to the expectant members |
ard the usual biennial expressions
of dissatisfaction. disappointment,
and allegations of blunders made,
followed. High tariff men and anti
silver men complain that the house
has been organized against them,
and the interests Of the adminlstra-
ton. Others say that the speaker
has been as conservative, wise, and
fair as was possible in dealing with
1926 egotistic, ambitious politicians,
whose abilities and opinions differ
widely on the great questions of the
day.
The Edmunds anti-polygamy bill
got through the senate fully iedged
and was sent to the house for con-
current action. Should the latter
body feel kindly disposed to it, as it
probably will, the "twin relic in
Utah is doomed. The terms of the
measure place all the temporal affairs
of the Mormons in the hands of four
teen trustees. All immigration COM
panies or organizations created by
the territorial government are abol-
ished and the encouragement Is to
take steps to have the emigrating
fund company wound up. The ex-
listing election districts of Utah are
to be abolished and the Office of dis
trlct school superintendent declared
vacant, besides many more restric-
tons relating to marriages and other
peculiarities of the Mormons. The
delegate from that territory, Mr..
Game, was much perturbed over the
passage of this bill, and remarked
grlmly afterwards that he GUESSED
Utah was a part of the United States
now"
Debate in the senate over the adj
mission of Dakota will be resumed
soon, and it is likely to prove one
of the features of the session in both
houses. Some of the hardest battles
congress ever had were over the adj
mission of new states. The bill will
be shrewdly argued on both sides.
The republicans of course want Da-
kota. She would seal the senate
Theoretically against the democrats
for fonr or six years longer: The
democrats remember how, IN 1876,
the admission of Colorado to the
sisterhood of states gave the republi-
cans just enough votes to elect Mr..
Hayes. 1t is only natural they
should look askance at the claims
of Dakota and resist them until the
pressure becomes imperative. Gov.
Mellette, and the two newly elected
senators of the territory, Edgartor
and Moody, are in the city and have
attracted a good deal of attention
The governor remarked that they
had come to s'stick" until this ques
ton is settled. The two senator:
elect made THEN appearance on thu
floor of the senate, where they ha(
been admitted, through a resolution
of courtesy. OF course, they have
to be content to sit on the sofas il
the rear of the chamber for som,
time yet,
The avalanche of bills is over nov
in both ends of the capitol, thougl
on Monday Of every week, more bill
will come. About one Thousand
have been poured into the house dur
ing the week, making nearly thre
thousand that have been dumped
upon the speakers table since con
gress met. They embrace ever,
possible subject of legislation, from
the private claim of Sarah Jones TO
a COW killed during the war, to al
elaborate plan for new navy.
One bill asks for longer session
of congress, another asks that th
) widow of Gen. Grant and her CORES
pondents may write TO each other a
long as Mrs. Grant lives withou
paying postage. There are doze
bills pending to extend, amend, re
strict or abolish the civil service ac,
and there are dozens of bills askln
2 for agricultural experiment stations
One important new measure is fC
higher education by the government,
1t is great scheme for a nation,
y university, and was presented b
: Senator Ingalls,, of Kansas. Th
proposed university is to be locate
e in the District of Columbia, and
to be governed by board OF regent
: consisting of one member from eac
/ state, appointed by the governo
Il An important non-sectarian point
S made in one section Of the bill, an
u no person shall be admitted for reg
b ular study and graduation who he
:, not received the degree of Bachelt
l. OF Arts, or degree of equal Walt
II from some recognized institution
l. States and territories shall be emit
= tied to scholarships in the ratio
one for each representative or del
10 gate and two for each senator, {,
re five years of free instruction. On
n class of fellowships is establsht
J open TO competing graduates, al
another open TO learned men of /;
nations who have merited distinctio
Several cases of fatal freezing are
De ported in the West. At Elgin, H., Irw