The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-24

arc from Selma. Percy Woodkis dying
Kennedy il in jail.
Senator Hill has made a three days
speech against the PETER resolution
for an investigation of the bond sales
Nominally Hill was defending Carlisle,
but rather sardonically by admitting
the Republican claim, which is onl.
partially true. While these bonds were
not actually used, he said for keeping
up the expenses Of the government, We,
it amounted to the same thing. There
fore hc would ask those who doubted
the authority to issue bonds how, in
view of the deadlock existing between
the House and Senate, the credit OF
! the government was to be maintained
otherwise? What chaos would have re
suited without it? 1t was by that means
that the present administration had
kept the government afioat. Any other
course would have made the failure of
| the Wilson bill more emphatic. The
president and secretary of the treasury
did not issue bonds as matter Of
choice; it was an imperative necessity,
the results of /. policy that was inheri-
ted by the administration Why all
these harping criticisms:
Civil Engineer Nj. T. Endicott who
was one of the board of engineer
officers which investigated the Nicara-
qua canal route last summer, appeared
before the House commerce committee
Friday The canal he thought would
cost 1913, 600, 900 not including the
money already invested AS to the
trade wind matter he said sailing
vessels would be favored at both eX-
tremeties of the canal He regarded
the company's plans as impracticable
in some ways and spoke particularly of
the difficulty of maintaining the sum
nit level of the canal without raising
the dam four feet higher than was
contemplated, a change which would
involve great expense. He would not
advise congress to build the canal
now He thought it better to delay
and make moro exhaustive surveys and
calculations. He expressed the belief
that in the event of war with Great
Britains the United States would
have to abandon the canal, not being
strong enough to hold it. If the Unit
ed States possessed the naval strength, |
of Great Britain it could easily be
maintained.
The House Ways and Means Repub- !
Iicans had a meeting Friday to discuss
the reciprocity matter and the various
bills aiming at it now before congress.
But no conclusion was reached.
The house pension committee has |
decided to begin work on general
service pension bill for all soldiers of /
the late war. but is not decided |
whether to make it s. or IS a month t
which would increase the annual I
budget by from $40, 600, COO to So. coo,
900.
A scheme for another salary grab
was lugged into the House Monday
in the shape of Il provision for clerk
10 each member constantly instead Of
merely during the sessions as now. Il
The committee in charge would not re- il
port either for OF against it,
The Democratic senators had con-
ference at German s room Monday to
outline a policy on Georges bank k
'uptcy bill. But it was decided that
as the proposed business was II
not political and the republicans were /
charged with the conduct Of the busi- |
less of the senate. it could take no ac {
ion. The senators were willing to c
consider any program of business the Y
should propose, but the t
irift of opinion was that congress t
hould pass the appropriation bills and h
70 home. a
Senator PETER of Kansas declared a
londay that the populists would not u
ndorse free silver Democrat running c
n free silver platform. 1--WE have a
wo, many issues.'' said he ito aband- p
on them all in order to support a s.
inGle issue which is only partial Fl
olution of the money question. The e.
and and transportation issues are of II
quail Importance and equally deserve Il
resentation to the people. We prefer h
nat the single gold standard win at CT
hicago, for that would mean the de ir
,ction Of hundreds of thousands of n,
'ec silver Democrats to the populist it
arty aad the practical dislntegration OF
lie democratic organization. Iel
Pullman car charges will not be re til
lced at this session of Congress. the la
,mmittee in charge OF the matter hav- SIT
4 suppressed all bills TO that end 1t al
claimed that the charges are much ,of
wer and the accommodations better tr
AN in Europe.
Talbert of South Caro-
Ia had some more fun with the
nsion advocates Saturday. \ bill
IS up to remove the charge of deser-
N from tho record of a New York pr
ldier. when Talnert read letter Tia
I'm a Pennsylvania veteran who com Pc
aimed that he was in danger Of going iai
the poorhouse with his wife unless nu
pension bill in his behalf, which IN
z Senate hau passed, received favor