Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-09
FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Senate Has Passed Bills For a
Large Number.
HOUSE HAS NOT CONSIDERED THEM
Speaker Reed Gives the Matter Little
Encouragement-sta of the ship
sus-The National Library.

the erection of public buildings have been
making u great effort to get time for the
consideration of such measures Chair
man Mercer has been working very hard
in this direction. but Speaker Reed has
not yet given very much encouragement.
The late Mr.. Seth Millikin of Maine was
so long in congress and chairman of tho
committee that he could get public build
ing bills through with success. Mr.. Ed
win c. Burlcigh of Augusta, who sue
ceeded him and is n member of the com
mittec, is doing his best to get Mr. Reed
to consent to day for the consideration
Of these bills. A large number have already
passed the senate, but nothing has been
done about them in the house, although
there have been introduced about 300 for
different towns and cities throughout tho
country. Some of the cities that have been
considered and where the representatives
of the different districts have been making
a special effort to yet favorable reports and
to get bills passed are the following, the
amounts which the bills carry also being
given:
Norwich, Conn, 800, 900; Elgin, Ills,
800 600; Clinton, Ia, 800, 900; Du-
buque, Ia, 100000; Northampton,
Mass, S75, 900; Nashua, y. H., 800, 600;
Asbury Park, y. j., 500, COO; Rome,
y. Y, $50, 900; Jamestown, y. Y, $780,
600: GAINESVILLE, O., 800, 000 Sandusky,
O., $4,000; Bradford, Pa, $50. OcO;
Meadvillc, Pa, $25, 900; Wilkasbarrc, Pa,
$3.50 900; Charleston, :. c., $50, 900, and
Burlington, Vt, 5000 900
The Hannn-Pnync Bill.
No measure is being pressed more in
dustriously than the bill which was intro
duced in the senate by Senator Hanna OF
Ohio and in the house by Representative
Payne of New York providing for a boun-
ty on the freiChts carried in American
ships. The bill has gone along from day
to day in each body simultaneously. 1t
was introduced at the very same time, was
reported from the committee on commerce
in the senate and the house committee on
merchant marine on the same day and
possibly efforts will be made to get it
/ considered in the two bodies at the same
time, although in this case the friends of
the bill will press the measure in either
! body whenever the opportunity offer,
That the bill can get through the house
there seems to be little doubt, and that it
has majority in the senate is quite likely,
| the only question being whether it can be
/ brought to a vote in view of the pressure
| that is made for time in the few weeks
that remain of the present congress. Tho
| appropriation bills will have the right Of
way, and the ship bill will be antagonized,
no doubt, for Il time by the antisca ping
measure, which has already passed tho
! house and has the place of unfinished bust
| ness in the senate. Enemies of both these
! bills may take occasion to debate other
/ measures before the senate in order to pre-
vent a vote, so that the bills will die at
the end of the congress. While the friends
/ of the subsidy bill think it is foregone
conclusion that they can pass it in the
! house, there is some little doubt because
| the Democrats. with few exceptions, will
! no doubt oppose it, and great many Re-
publicans shy at the question Of a subsidy.
The Census Bill.
representative Albert j. Hopkins Of
| Illinois. chairman of the census commit
tee, believes that there is no doubt about
getting bill through the present congress
for taking the next census. Mr.. Hopk ms
has been giving considerable attention to
the subject, and has conversed with mem
bers of the senate committee especially
with Chairman Carter, who thinks wi h
him that there will be little difficulty in
reaching an agreement between the two
! houses. Mr.. Hopkins has also consulted
with people WHO know a great deal about
census matters, and he thinks that the
bill which he has reported meets with
! moro general favor than any other. Mem
berS Of congress generally agree that there
should be n census bill passed at this scs
sion, so that work car be begun early in
the year 1900. 1t is not only the number
of people in the United States that must
be ascertained, but much other valuable
information concerning the condition and
progress of the United States its indus
tries products and many other facts which
are to be collected. Probably the most
interesting thing to congressman connect
ed with the bill is that neither house nor
senate will consent to have the bill placed
under civil service regulations,
The National Library.
The nation has the most magnificent
library building in the world, but the
library itself is far from complcte, and
there is great work still to be performed
by some man who will make the subject
study and will endcavor to I'll the gaps
that now exist Many books that should
be regarded as Indispensable are not to DO
found upon its shelves. Some books Of
this character are now very hard to pro-
cure, different editions being almost in
valuable. The appropriations thus far
made have not been sufficient for the pur-
chase of the books needed, and up to the
time of the completion of the new library
building there was no room for the books
had they been purchased. With every Ia
cility for books and other features pertain
ing to great national library there will
no doubt be more generous provisions
made for fitting the library with books
and other articles which are so much
needed. OF course all the copyright books
are now sent to the library under the law,
but there are many publications which
are to be found in the Boston library and
the Tilden-Lenox foundation library in
New York which are not found in the Ma
tional library. There arc thousands OF
books in the National library sent there
|, under copyright law which are not of
very much account and which in u few
years will be entirely forgotten. In tho
other big libraries books are secured by
purchase, and nothing but the best in the
Judgment of the librarians is selected
Efforts have been made to compel publish
ers of books taking advantage of tho copy
right law to send volume or two volumes
; of each publication to each of the public
libraries in the 40 states, hut 50 far 1t has
been thought that such contribution
from the authors was hardly fair, and con-
gress has not Endorsed the scheme.
ARTHUR W. DUNN
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