Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-03-24

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armor plates continued. 1t certainly is
progressive policy on the part of con
gress to provide this money and the
people will not cOuntenance any five cent
policy in its naval appropriations. The
country at large Is fully aroused to the
needs of sufficient navy, and II this
congress refuses to appropriate the
needed funds, one will be elected that
will.
Senator Frye has introduced bill to
provide for the punishment of Offenses
on the high seas. 1t provides for the
punishment by fine not exceeding $1,000
or by imprisonment not exceeding one
year, or both, of any person not a men,
Der of a crew of an American vessel
within the admiralty jurisdiction of the
United States and out of the Jurisdiction
Of any particular state who shall create
any riot or disorder or commit any breach
Of the peace or hinder the crew ia per-
Torrance of the commands of the officers
the punishment by fine, not exceeding
$1,000 or by imprisonment at hard labor
not exceeding two years, of any person
not member of the crew who shall
strike, injure or commit an assault upon
| any other person on vessel out of the
Jurisdiction of the United States. but
within the admiralty jurisdiction of the
United States. The statutes in regard to
mutiny on board are so amended as to
provide for the punishment of persons
other than the crew who may incite or
attempt to incite mutiny on any Amerl-
can vessel on the high seas.
Mugwumps have been trying to make
people think that there was more shOddy
than wool used. In some quarters they
have been fairly successful but when'they
awoke Congressman Dingley of Maine
they aroused the wrong man. and got
some facts that will hurt their argu-
ments. He declares that there are at
least four times as much wool as shoddy
used in the country, and that last year
the wooden mills of this country con-
sumed 100000 pounds more wool
than they did the year previous,
while there were many millions of
pounds less of shoddy, the Importation
of rags and shoddy having been stopped.
The mills of Englan by the latest par
liamentary report, consumed 16,000,0 900
pounds of shoddy in one year. They
consumed 20 per cent more wool than
our mills did and about two and one
half times as much shoddy. Probably
the Mckinley bill is responsible for that.
The subcommittee having in charge
investigation of matters at Chicago has
decided to conduct the investigation in
Mr.. Holman's wishes who wanted the
officers and their books taken to Wash
ington. There is understood to have
been some sharp differences of opinion
between Director General Davis and Gen.
Henderson, but just what they are has
not been made public. But it is probably
on the question of salaries of the officers
of the directorate, which Gen. Hender-
son deems altogether too high. Gen.
Cogswell of Massachusetts is not only
friend of the fair, but of everything else
which is an exponent of national prog
ress. He is one of the strongest men in
the New England delegation, section
of this country which has acquired the
habit of selecting prominent men to rep
resent them in congress, and keeping
them there.
Secretary Foster reached New York
from England last Wednesday night,
much benefited by his trip and the brief
release from the onerous labOrs of hi /,
position at the head of the treasury de-
partment. His journey was made for
rest and pleasure, but in England he had
some conversation with Mr.. Goschen,
British, chancellor of exchequer, on the
| financial systems of the various coun-
tries, and on the advisability of an in
| ternational monetary conference. To a
Tribune reporter he said that it was not
unlikely that such conference would be
called within year. In England there
is growing sentiment in favor of BIZ
metallsm, but its strength cannot be
estimated. The secretary thinks that if
four of the leading governments can
reach decision on the silver question
the problem will be solved.
/ A bill to amend the law relating to the
introduction of intoxicants into the
Indian country, called up in the senate
by Mr.. Wilson of Iowa, which reenacted
a provision of existing law providing
for the forfeiture OF all wagons and
sleighs containing liquor, one-half the
voorhees, of Indiana the opportunity to
express his opinion of the kind of men
who would be the agencies in enforcing
such law. He said inforners were the
most irresponsible of people known in
the pages of history-liars by education
and by instinct, prying into the infirmi-
ties of human nature and getting hall
the forfeiture. 'sGod spare me,' he
added, "from such people,
The penny wise policy of the Demo.
cratic pa, ty can be seen from its action
on the appropriation for the National
Medical library in Washington, the one
connected with the surgeon generals
Office. 1t is cut down from $4,000
to $1,000. The effect can be seen when il
is understood that hitherto the appropri
alton has enabled the books to be used by
physicians all over the land, to whom
the books were sent on application. The
Democratic party seems bent on destroy.
ing all means of human progress In
every way so far as lies in their power
Parsimony In such matters as this, but
turn around and appropriate thousands
, of dollars to committees and clerks who