The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-02
A Congressional Record.

Kate Field is piquant writer and
Kate Fields Washington is breezy
publication. Its editor writes on public
affairs in a vein that is entirely her
own, and her style of treating public
matters is in pleasing contrast with
that of the political organs. She is al
ways bright and entertaining, and her
readers, without regard to political bias,
read her pungent paragraphs with in
terest-and to interest the candid
should add profit. Here is the free
hand way in which she treats the
record of this congress
Congress is getting on beautifully in the
lower house. With a majority of one hum
dred tifty-four, the speaker is at times, in
debted to the minority for quorum, and,
if members tell the truth about each other,
the people have reason to be proud of their
representatives. Mr.. Funston, republic
can farmer from Kansas declares that far
mers have been benefited by the Mckinley
bill and that their only enemy is the demo-
cratic party. Thereupon Mr.. Lewis, Miss
issppi farmer, informs Farmer Funston
that he knows nothing about either farming
or the tariff. AT this stage of the dis
cusson, Farmers Alliance Livingston of
Georgia assures Farmer Funston that he
doesn't know the difference between a
sheep and voter; in fact, he is ignorant of
the price of corn, entirely ignorant of every
thing that pertains to agriculture, and has
not yet heard from the last election. The
house laughs consumedly at this humorous
sally, and Mr.. Butler, an Iowa democrat,
shows how superior his party is to that
other party by stating that though the
grandest crops ever grown in his state were
produced last year, democracy gives the
credit to Almighty God while republicanism
thanks bill Mckinley" The Creator
ought to be very much obliged to Mr. But
Ter for this honorable mention.
| Mr.. Butler, by the way, voted against
sending any of this grand crop to starving
Russians While patronizing the Creator
Mr.. Butler does not propose to expend even
a drop of the milk of human kindness on his
suffering creatures. Evidently Mr. Buffers
charity begins at homeland stays there.
The house has got so used to doing moth
ing and to Directing to everything that
when senate concurrent resolution is pre-
sented authorizing the senate and house
committees on immigration and naturaliza
ton to investigate these subjects with
special reference to the admission of fever.
stricken immigrants Mr.. Geary, democrat
from California, objects to its immediate
consideration. OF course this objection is
entirely in the interests OF the people who
are not affected by imported epidemics and
foreign paupers supported by taxation.
1t may be that Mr.. Geary objects to vast
ing time on so irrelevant matter, in ordel
that Farmers Alliance Livingston MAJ
again distinguish himself by Offering for i'm
mediate consideration the following CRANE
and glorious resolutions
=" In view of the unrest and extremely de
pressed condition of the masses OF the PEG
pie and their ignorance of the policy of tn,
house:
" ReSolyed, That we extend to them on
sincere sympathy, and promise to do all il
our power for relief on the line of improved
finances and reduced taxation "
Catching the fever of objection, Mr.. Ding
ley OF Maine protests against what he ha