Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-03-02

, annual continental congress of tn,
Daughters OF the American Revolution
here this week, and the event has beer
a most satisfactory success in every
detail. Vermont was well represented
but | didn't see Col Forbes. A bril-
!. liant feature of the program was full
dress card reception at the Corcoran
Gallery Wednesday evening, which
was one of the most dazzling affairs OF
its kind ever seen even i'm Washington
The appropriation bills are practi-
cally through, or will be by the time
this is in print The Nicaragua canal
bill is trembling on the ragged edge
and the anti-scalping bill, which passed
the House and is now sidetracked in
the Senate, is as dead as John Bunyan
Too bad for the poor railroads, but the
! people at large can stand it.
If the House Of Representatives had
| existed in the time of that mighty war
riOr Joshua, who fixed the sun station
airy in the heavens and never com
planned of embalmed beef, it would
have discounted Gen. Josh himself
no disrespect intended-as an annihi-
lator Of time. At night session of
/ the House a few evenings ago, pension
bills were being ground out at the rate
| Of several a minute but Lacy OF Iowa,
who was in the chair, saw that il was
/ only two or three minutes before 10 80.
when the rules of the House compelled
adjournment, regardless of condition
Of business. just about that time the
hands of the official clock on the wall
moved back about ten minutes, work
was rushed and when the hands point
ed to 10 80 Mr.. Lacy said "The hour
Of 10 80 having al last arrived the
House is now adjourned. Doesn't
this wonderful control of time fiji YOU
with awe2
1t isn't at all likely that Tom Reed
will ever lecture on '.The Mistakes OF
Moses but Just the same, he has some
original theological ideas. When YOU
read his latest you may think they are
good ones, too. lie was discussing
the moral and religious training which
the Filipinos would enjoy from their
contact with free and enlightened in
stitutions, and observed in his dry
way: well. ! dunno but what the ad-
mnistration's scheme of imparting in
formation regarding the hereafter is
the best after all. If we send two or
three thousand of them into the great
beyond with shot and shell they will
surely find out all about il. There is
nothing like sending on to headquar-
ters for information" Doesn't that
sound like Reed
The last public reception of the sea-
son was given by President and Mrs.
Mckinley Wednesday evening and was
a most enjoyable event. It was taken
advantage OF BY thousands, seemingly,
and all were given a most cordial wei
come and made TO feel glad that they
were there.
The terms of the following senators
expire one week from today, and hav- !
ng failed OF a reelection they will drop |
out Of public life Allen Of Nebraska. |
Cannon OF Utah, Faulkner of West Nir- |
ginia, German of Maryland. Mantle of |
Montana. Mills of Texas. Mitchell.ofl |
Wisconsin, Murphy OF New York, Roach |
of North Dakota, Smith OF New Jersey, |
Turpie of Indiana, White Of California |
and Wilson of Washington. With the |
exception of Mantle and Wilson, Re |
publcans, and Populist Allen, the |
above are all Democrats, and their po- /
litical decease will leave large hole
in their party in the Senate. Gray Of
Delaware and Quay Of Pennsylvania
are left ont of the above list, rs their
status is beyond mortal comprehen-
SION.
A large number of members of the
House will give way to new men, but
in most eases the new ones Will be as
well known to fame as the old ones II
is simply erasing one cipher and in
serting another. The only two to
90 ont of whom the nation at large
ever heard are Jerry Simpson of Kan
Sas and James Hamilton Lewis of
The former is the emf
nent POpulist statesman, and the lat
ter is one of the ablest men in the
House and the best scholar and speak
er on the Democratic side. Ile-LewiS |
will reappear in the House or Sem
ate one Of these days. So also may
Jerry. but from tuis distance it looks
rs if the DAYS of Populists and Popu-
list statesmen were about over, even
in Kansas. L
There was lots of heartTending sut-
rering here in the city during the great
storm. and it wasn't always confined :
10 the poorer classes, either. Guess /
will wind up by relating an instance Of
il. Monday night, the blizzard was
raging on Capitol hill with such fury
hat about thirty members Of the House
who had managed to reach the joint
Turing the day did not dare risk the
rip home in the teeth OF the bowling
yaie and 50 made themselves comloT-
able i'm the House restaurant and the
committee rooms. But
ust the same the poor men did not es-
ape much mental and financial dis
ress. Parties who know informed me
hat the party drank over four gallons
If whiskey alone. besides other drink
lbles. and over Sl2, 900 Is reported to
lave changed hands at poker, Think
# the suffering involved
Probably these same gentlemen vote
,arlv and often against the sale OF beer
n the army and the sale of liquors in
government building, Just the same a.
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