The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20
Congress-.

IxIsDAY, April Fin the senate, Mr..
Chandler OF New Hampshire spoke against
the joint resolution proposing cOnstitu-
tional amendment providing for the cleo
ton of United States senators by the peo-
Pile. In his opinion popular election of SEN
ators was no more required than the popu-
lar election of postmasters. He objected
that the new system would require federal
supervision of the manner of election.
Senator Chandler admitted the evil of hav-
ing the senate filled with lot of rich men
who were not statesmen, but he declared
that there were other ways of reaching the
evil. - In the house, Mr.. Bland of Mis-
souri, rose to remark that the silver bill was
not in the interests of a silver ring, but in
the interests of the great masses of the
people.
WEDNKspAY.-Mr. Dawes of Massachu-
sets introduced a petition in the senate
urging on congress that law, and the means
of enforcing it, be provided for Indians and
others living on Indian reservations. Mr..
Dolph of Oregon reported back the house
bill for the absolute prohibition OF the COM
ing of Chinese into the United States with
a substitute continuing in force for ten years
all laws now in force prohibiting and regu-
lating the coming of Chinese persons and
persons of Chinese descent.
THURsDAY.-There was lively debate in
the house over the question whether long
extracts from printed books could properly
be put in the Congressional Record under
general leave to print. Mr.. Burrows of
Michigan called the chairs attention to a
speech published in the Record that morning,
purporting to have been delivered by Will
liam j. Stone of Kentucky. To five lines of
his own remarks Mr.. Stone appended five
chapters from Henry Georges book on
Protection or Free Trade" These chap
ters run from twenty-one to twenty-siX.
There seemed to be something precOncerted
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gentleman had quoted chapters from six
teen TO twenty inclusivei another (Mr.
Washington had quoted chapters from
eleven to fifteen. Another gentleman (Mr.
Fithian) had quoted from chapters six TO
ten, another gentleman had quoted from
chapters one 10 five. In other words, under
leave to print, there had been published the
entire volume of copyright book except
three chapters. Those, he presumed, would
be forthcoming tomorrow. Laughter. ]
When one member left off at one chapter 1t
was taken up by the next; and they had
succ, eded in getting in the Record the entire
volume of a copyrighted book to be distrib-
uted at the public expense. His point OF
order was that under leave granted to men,
bers to print remarks in the Record, it was
not in order to say simply, Il desire to sub
NIT a certain volume as expressing my
views" and then publish printed book in
the Record. III that was in order, the
repu blicans had several volumes they de-
sired to publish. Instances were then cited
by the members until the magnitude Of the
abuse became stupendous. The speaker
stated that the question was one which had
always been decided by the house itself A
resolution was then offered, referring to the
committee on printing those parts of the
Record containing chapters of the George
book, with instructions to the committee to
report whether by the insertion of said
matter in the Record the privileges oil the
house had been violated. And there the
matter rested.
FRIDAY-The speaker laid before the
house the house bill to promote the safety
OF national banks, with senate amendments.
1t was referred to the committee on banking
and currency, which action, in the opinion
of the advocates Of the measure, means its
defeat. 80 Free sugar will probably be
provided for in the next bill reported by the
democratic majority of the ways and means
committee.