Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-27
CAPITAL CHAT.
New Members Opportunities
fer Maiden Speeches.
Gov. BurIeigh Introduces Bill for Pub
lie Building at Bar Harbor.
favorable Reports on Lawrence and Gray
CIaims-Postai Clerks Petition.

nortant one in the annals Of the 56tl
congress, particularly in the House oi
representatives. The Roberts case af-
forded several opportunities for new
members 10 deliver their maider
sneeches This first speech before tn,
House of Representatives is always 4;
Very important event in the career o
a statesman. 1t is an especially sever,
ordeal because the great body Of tn,
House is not at all respectful TO new
comers. and under ordinary circum
stances. pays but very little attention
10 their efforts. There is always :
great deal Of interest among new
members as to the opportunity tha
will come to them for making theil
maiden speeches. Generally they pre-
fer not to speak at all until there i.
some special cause for doing so or un
iii some topic comes up on which they
are particularly well informed.
The Roberts case gave this specia
onportunity to several. In the frs
Mace. Speaker Henderson had an
pointed three new members of con
press upon the special committee
representatives Littlefell If Maine
Freer Of West Virginia. ana McPhcr-
son of Iowa. The country and the paO
rle of Maine all know about Little
fields great maiden effort. Ii has beer
the talk of the House, this week. II,
was fortunate in the opportunity: il
fact. il is doubtful if any opportunity
could have come to him more aprupOs
He had had weeks of time to prepare
and being the leader of the minority
Of the committee. had an opportunity
to assail the arguments of the majority
which We're initiated by Representativ,
Tayler Of Ohio. In every way Repre-
sentative Littleficld acquitted himself
with great credit. showing that he had
well exhausted the law and the author
tiles in the case. ana is speech un-
dOubtedly had great influence upon the
voters in the House.
Less has been heard Of the other
nliden speeches, because they Wer5
ismissed in the press reports with
Earcely more than a paragraph. Rep
sentative Mcpherson. while he made
speech of great ability. was unfor-
unate because others had gone before
him and partially exhausted the topic
Freer. large number of other men,
hers who did not belong to the COM
mittee trailed in with maiden efforts.
many of which were made with a view
10 circulation among their constituents.
1t was an excellent opportunity to
manufacture campaign material, espec-
tally where members We're at all un-
certain about the intention Of cOnstit-
uents to return them to the 57th Con-
gress
Representative Amos Allen has intro
duced by request a bill providing for the
creation Of a commission to lave control
OF tariff schedules. Formerly there was
considerable interest in this topic in some
sections OF Maine as it was believed that
,, a sort OF a high court could pass better
upon tariff schedules than Congress could
90. Some Of Mr.. Aliens constituents
t9ok a very lively interest in the case,
alth0ugh the excellent working of the
mat the present status is well enough.
i is. Of course. highly improbable that
congress would ever consent to delegate
any OF its authority over tariff to a com
mission The bill is quite a lengthy one
shd recltes provisions in detail for regu-
lating the tariff
A bill in behalf Of the estate Of George
W. Lawrence. which is represented by
several heirs in Maine. has been favor
abiy reported from both the House and
senate committees. Senator Frye has
nad charge Of the bill in the Senate and
governor Burleigh has had charge Of it in
ne House. 1t provides for reference to
me court Of claims Of certain claims
GROWING out Of the construction Of the
double-ender sunboat Wassuc This is
one OF the last of several claims for
Mdlhe people that remains to be adjudi-
Vdted. ~ has been before Congress Tor
man years. and a very earnest effort
VIII be made by Senator Frye and Gov
erhor burlelSh to secure favorable lcgis-
dti1h lor this NJ the present session.
Ahothtr Maine claim that has been
IdForaby reported. this week, is that of
Edwin l." Field of Gray, Me, who wants
% recover from Congress the amount uI
Judgment mat WAS rendered against
mn I IN JNe Maine court. some months ago.
representative Rurleigh has received a
petlnpn Of post office clerks Of Water
EIlle' Mt.. in favor Of the passage nt a
lr4 nopSe g b.ll y classify post office clerks
ana 70 give them better salaries. As has
already been stated. there is very wide
teelhS ot friendlineSs for tnis bill in
congress, ami the committee on post
Offices ana post roads Of the House is
uisp'Sed - give il a chance. The post
once clerks in Maine. as Wei as all over
ihe entire country. are interested in haV-
Iig inns measure become laws. ii would
give them the salaries that they had seN
tIJi geirs ago before they were rather
Summlrly reduced
Representative Loud of California. said
70 me journal correspondent. today. tina,
ne hAu as Yet done nothing WITH his bill
wi dilehdlnG laws regarding Sccpnd-cfdSS
postal matter The committee has been
Engaged so far this session during it
T!SGre ume in investigating the eases oi
tGth p"StmaSterS who are accused of
olySiny. Chairman LOuG says that this
nN,SuEduon Is now practically ended,
ana ne rather expects that The commit
see VIII soon begin a consideration of the
Sficehd-rllsS postal matters bill, the prp-
niSl0hs 81 which have already been made
public in Maine
representative BurIcigh has introduced
S. olll to provide for the purchase pt 4
site ana the erection of a public building
uhereon At Bar HarbDr. Me. This bill
III III referred To the committee on public
ouiulhSS ana grounds and will 90 to q
ilIp-commlttee Of which Governor Bur
grsI v.sn i Ihe chairman. The previous Con-
sIesS' "htn Representative Mllliken was
lere from the 81 District. enacted a bill
W Wor he the public building at Bar Harbor, but
was vetoed by President Cleveland.
SS1yefnor Burleigh will be in position 70
80 re,p this plil very materially whenever II
eoiheS up Tor action. and will do all he
can to further it before the House
ua'n eilor BufleiSh also filed before the
huuse petition of citizens of Bar Har-
~ az LOT ioI an appropriation for the erection
waSt SuCh d building. That petition alsc
Nss and grounds.
canS MIS- Nelson Dingley Of Lewiston. ha.
'Irte NO 10 Washington to remain for abOC
S,mnhnth mJnth She will be the guest of ne
AZ u5siGnter, 5iGr Mrs. James c. hooe. who live.
Iev boi ~ street, Northwest. Mrs. Ding
wintors tl.s resided in Washington during tn
a ~ Iof fully Ii years and she ha
Tart many warm friends here.
days frequent tributes are heard thes
Rqnrssnoor sor y sieaker Reed in the House Q