The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-11-10
CONGRESS- ADJOURNs.
The Senate Passes the Geary Extension Act
Reed Leads Filibastertng In the HOnss-
Some Post Oiics Figures.

Tho Senate Passes the Geary Extension Act
| Reed Leads Filibastertng In the HOnss-
Some Post once Figures.
The extra session OF congress reached an
The house spent the last two days In fiihu..
tering. EX-Speaker Reed led II at first
adopting all he old tactics, quorum bresk.
'Gg, difftsAofsNtlons and the rest, that be
used to CAL wicked. And II he was play.
Ing for nothing more than what he finally
got, he was justified and the result shows
how tllilbustsring within moderate bounds is
Hs , SOMETIMES 1t was over otinn BY
chairman Wilson TO authorize the Ways
aud Means committee 10 sit during
inc recess so as 10 complete
tarff bin to report as soon as congress
ress 'emhles. There was certainly every
reason for taklng this action, all the stronger
10 so far as there Is truth to the Republican
calm That doubt about what Is going to be
WAL prss rssif thns su woua not set
give the Republicans fair chance, and as so
many Democratic congressman had gone
40 ne That they could not muster quorum.
he Kept the house In deadlock for several
hours. Finally he desisted.0n Wilson's agree.
ment that the Republican minority should
nave len days notice before any bill was re.
objections to It, This is certainly fair; but WI
son Insisted that everything the committee
mas done or manned has been open
10 the Republicans II they wished
to know It. And Reefs position was
all Tue more ludicious because not only at the
opening of the session but when the Mills
OIL was usstf preparation he savagely at'
hill ready at once. The hllbusterlhg was kept
up In the house Friday by others so that the
deficiency appropriation bill failed to pass.
The senate passed the act for the amend. |
ment OF the Geary exclusion law precisely H.
It came from the house. 1t extends until |
mex Nay Lbs simeD7or the Cinnamon TO regis |
ter, aud requires photograph for Identified
''on was the one most stgmatiZed, but l.
'nly such a requirement as Il made of the |
most favored mileage customers OF railroads.
md even heretofore OF the Cinnamon who
axe out protection certificates for Visits TO
heir native land.
The nomination OF w. B. Hornblower of
New York. as justice Of the supreme court
vas pocketed without report, favorable or
by Senator Hill and 50 was not
onfrmed. There were intimations that
bis would be the general fate OF New York
ominations II Maynard was defeated, Mr..
one Of the committee of the
ar association which conden ned Maynards
0mln alton. The nomination of the negro
ienry G. G. Astwood OF New York, as con.
III al Calais, France, was rejected on fne
round that he was mixed up In the Eliza
',nssfon incident In Louisiana when he wa.
Republliesa~
The report of the acting postmaster gener-
| shows that whIIa the postal revenues for
be last year were nesrIv $76,000 000, the ex.
enditures were over SSl 100000. leaving
efcit Of over $5,0O0O00. The sale of the Co
lmbian stamps DID not meet expectation.
he reduction Of the registry fee fr m ten to
ght cents still further reduced revenues anr
'as accompanied by no increase IN business
hiie the reply postal card failed to become
opular.
The Democratic members OF the committee
D ways and means will remain In Washing
m and devote themselves to completing the
reparatton of tar fl NIL.