Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-29
WASR] NOTION LETTER.
IsrBcI.L coaRBsrosD HnoB OF TEE MONITOR

Til the meeting of the regular session
of Congress, next December. To all
inquiries on the subject the Speaker
has replied in substance that he has
not decided the matter definitely.
The impression left upon the mind of
those who have talked with him on
the subject is that Mr.. Reed will be
governed by circumstances. There
is reason to believe that the commit
tee assignments practically been
completed and could be announced at
short notice. A gentleman whose po-
sition is as good as anybodys for get
ting advance knowledge of Mr.. Reeds
intentions, said when asked about
the committees, 81 don't know, but
my guess is that the committees will
be announced at the present session,
but not until the joint resolution
naming the day of adjournment has
been adopted and signed by the Pres
ident.''
1t having been made very plain by
the business like beginning of the de-
bate on the Dingley tariff bill in the
House that the republicans intend to
put that measure through just as it is
on the afternoon of March 31st, in ac-
cordance with the rule amended in
all sorts of ways have transferred their
attention to the members of the Sen
ate Finance Committee-Senator
Morrill,, Allison, Aldrich, Platt and
ments calculated to make the bill any
less protective to American interests.
Senator Jones of Nevada holds the
balance of power between republicans
and democrats in the committee, and
he has only recently said that he be-
lieved in protection as much as he
ever did. Injurious amendments may
be added on the floor of the Senate,
but republicans do not expect such
from the finance committee.
Representative Cannon of Ills, has
habit of getting off retorts in such
droll and dry manner that he seldom
fails to make his victim join in the
laughter which usually follows.
Speaking of the Indian Appropriation
bill, one of those that failed at the
last session, Representative Sayres of
Texas expressed the opinion that
President Mckinley would not sign
the bill if. it were passed Il Looking
straight at Mr.. Sayres, Mr.. Cannon
said very slowly and distinctly: 81
have great confidence in my friend,
I'm 81, 70,
prophet" Mr.. SaYres joined in the
shout of laughter. The House acted
promptly upon the advice of Mr.. Can
non, who was Chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations in the last
House and who will occupy the same
position in the present House, and
passed the appropriation bills that
failed at the last Congress, just as
they had been passed before, with the
exception of one paragraph in the In
dian bill.
Senator Allen of Nebraska, under
took to give the republicans and dem
ocrats of the Senate a scolding be-
cause the vacancies in the Senate
committees had not been filled, but
he had no reply to make when Sena-
tor Chandler said: Doesn't the Sena-
tor know that neither party has ma
jority here, unless it gets the coope-
ration of the Populists. Now 1 would
suggest that if the Senator will only
cast his vote with US, we will have the
necessary working majority"
oe Do r>el
Mimi, now Chairman of the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, in favor of
the Arbitration Treaty, has made new
friends for the treaty. Mr.. Davis stat
ed in his speech, which was made in
executive session, that he had oppos-
Senate, but that TIE amendments,
now added, had removed the objec-
tionable features and that he was
heartily in favor of its ratification.
Postme ster General Gary has de-
cided that except in cases which pre-
sent some extraordinary reason for
deviation the old rules will be adher
ed to in the appointment of postmas-
tiers. These rules in brief are about
as follows: Republican Senators will
be allowed to name the Postmaster of
the largest city in their Congressional
district; Republican Representative
will name all other postmasters In
their districts, and in districts repre-
scented in Congress by democrats or
Pc pulists; IN states having no re-
pub hcan Senators, the choice will be
made by the republican chairman or
some other designated referee. The
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