St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-01-25

issue 1t is national, international,
world wide. 1t effects the interests
of the Vermonter as well as those OF
the Coloradoian. / hope every read
er of this paper will not stop here
but will take up in earnest the study
of the silver question for themselves.
CHARLES V. BARTON.
Denver, Col, Ian. Is, 1894.
BILLS INTRODUCED BY OUR CON-
GRESSMEN.
The Washington correspondent of
the Burlington Free Press furnishes
the following interesting informa-
ton concerning the work of the Yer
mont delegation in congress.
Vermont's representatives and sem
ators propose legislation provided
in 63 bills introduced by them. Of
these Senator Morrill, has introduced
five, Senator Proctor eight, Gen.
Grout 45 and Mr.. Powers four. One
of Senator Morrills bills provides
for purchasing ground in Washing
ton for building for the use of the
supreme court of the United States;
another provides for a fire proof
building in Washington for the use
of the National museum; another
that dead bodies of paupers
and criminals in the district of Col
umbia shall be turned over when not
claimed, to medical colleges and So
cieties; another to correct the mill
tary record of S. H. Sentenne, for
rnerly of St. Adams, and a bill to
pension Martha R. Hitchcock.
Senator Proctor's bills provide for
an increase of the water supply for
the District of Columbia; to annex
Utah to Nevada; to appoint staff
officers in the army from the line;
to increase the pay Of non-commis-
stoned officers of the army; to place
Dunbar R. Ransom on the retired
list Of the army; to pension Sarah
w. DeCamp of West Burke, Mary
Brown of Berlin, and Evelyn N. Van
Vliet.
Gen. CIRCUITS bills provide for a
public building at Newport; that
the people may choose their own
postmasters; that the pension of
certain soldiers and sailors be in
creased; that Union soldiers confn-
ed in Southern prisons during the
war shall have So mouth addi-
tional pension for every 80 days of
such confinement; that the fees for
postal money orders shall be de-
creased; that certain conflicting
claims against the government may
be speedily settled and paid; bill
for relief Of L. A. Noyes, to pay him
for services as special agent of the
treasury in Alaska; bill to pay
Postmaster Sturtevant Of Hartland
the amount Of money lost by the
burglary of his office; bill to paw
George w. Saulpaw of Bellows Falls
for his stea mer taken for govern
ment use in the rebellion; a bill to
pay Byron Stickney of Andover
$500 paid by him to secure exemp-
ton from draft; bill to correct the
military records of Ira Holmes. 9Th
VT; Hiram Carpenter, VT light ar
tillery; Frank Brown, 7th N. H.;
Charles F. Sanborn, St. Adams, I'd
VT; Henry L. Franklin, I'd VT;
Horace Brown, SD U. S. colored
troops; Julius A. Morrill,, LIST Vt.
light artillery; and bills to pension
Betsey Bush of Bondville; Eugene
Howe, 9th VT; Joanna A Mcintyre;
R. A. Wiley, 18th VT; Harry Cor
man, Sd VT; Harriet M Scott,
army nurse; Mary J. Morton; Paul
Lacoss. U. S. infantry; Harriet
Woodbury. of Windsor; Samuel w.
Rice, Israel B. Clark, John L. Cleve-
land, Sd VT; Frank A. Smell, 7th
VT; Jesse Webb; Sarah w. DeCamp
of West Burke; Mary Brown of
Berlin; Pasiphae ]. Howe of Middle
bury; Lucy Morse; Martha R.
Hitchcock James Carlin, Sd Vt.
Sophrina Bailey of Windsor; Annie
Lavine; Wells Goodwin of Newbury
Patty Richardson; Caroline Perkins;
and Mary M. Hadley, army nurse.
OF Mr.. Powers bills one provides
thot the secretary of agriculture
shall be president when the presi-
dent, vice-president and all the other
cabinet officers are dead or disabled;
one that pension be allowed Julia
Roberts; one that 1884, 76O con6s-
Gated by Gen. Butler in Louisiana
during the rebellion and paid into
the United States treasury be paid
back now to those claiming it, and
the other bill is entitled "a bill for
the relief of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way company Of Canada"
ALL SORTS.