Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Large Number of Bills Have
Been Introduced.
FEW OF THEM WILL BE PASSED.
Chairmen of senate Committees
Changing Quarters-speaker Hen
derson Has His own Troubles.
senator TeIIer's Record

derson Has His own Troubles.
senator TeIier's Record.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 3. - Special -
! Chairman Mercer of the house com
mittee on public buildings and grounds
! says that it is doubtful if there will he
many bills reported from his commit
tee or passed at this session of con
grcss, although the demand for public
/ buildings seems TO keep up without re-
gard to the fact that a great many bills
were passed at the last congress. AL
ready there have been introduced lis
bills, with appropriations aggregating
| $40, 1S6, 800. Out of these 10 bills it is
possible that ten or more Of the most
meritorious will be selected for favor
/ able action. one feature which oper-
/ ates against public building bills at
/ this time is that the treasury depart
ment is now far behind in the conStruc-
! ton of buildings already authorized
and recommendations for buildings are
not forthcoming from the supervising
architects Office
Moving Time.
The holiday recess has been moving
! time in the senate wing Of the capitol.
| The changes in chairmanships Of diff
! ferent committees has caused shift
| ing about of many senator's who are
| locating in their new rooms. Far six
! years Senator Teller of Colorado has
! occupied the room Of the committee
/ on claims. Now Senator Warren of
/ Wyoming is found there. For four
years former Senator Quay of Penn
! sylvania has been an occupant of the
room far public buildings and grounds
and now Senator Fairbanks Of Indiana
is at home in those comforta BILE quar-
ters. Senator Warren has for long
time had a fine suit of rooms in the
terrace. and they are now occupied
by Senator Simon of Oregon. This is
the committee room on arid lands and
| irrigation. Sometimes the committee
room moves and the senator remains
! This is the case where Senator Plat
of Connecticut remains in the room so
long occupied by him as chairman OF
the committee on patents. 1t is now the
room of the committee on relations
with Cuba. For six years a very nice
room has been the headquarters of
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota
and devoted to Indian affairs SEN
ator Thurston Of Nebraska will be
found there in the future. The new
committees of the senate are FOR the
present in temporary quarters. but it
is expected that they will be given
quarters in the rooms formerly occu-
pied by the library if the house will
/ .cDspDt RI tho JivisioD ocl.oJ hv tho
senate.
Crowded For Space.
Speaker Henderson has not had any,
thing like a play spell during the holt
days. Although he completed his com
mittee assignments before the recess,
he was at once confronted with anoth-
er difficulty which gave him plenty to
worry about The house side is very
much crowded for committe room
space. and several of the new commit
tees as we'll as some of the older ones
are very anxious to have good rooms
assigned to them in which to transact
their business. OF course the speaker
would like to give every man a good
large committee room equal to the
good quarters which many of the sena-
tors have, but this is beyond his power
because of the lack of space and the
large number of committees. 1t is
probable that he will determine TO
move number of committees that
have ceased to be important TO rooms
in the terrace, which will afford the
more important committees better
rooms. OF course the speaker realizes
that any such innovation as this will
cause more or less trouble. but the sit
uaton is one which calls for deter
mined action.
Two Pension Committees.
For many years in the house there
have been two committees on pensions,
one called pensions and the other in
valid pensions. After the close OF the
civil war the invalid pension commit
tee was organized for the purpose OF
dealing with pension cases growing out
of that war alone. the pension commit
tee dealing with all other pension cases.
This resulted in making the invalid
pension committee during that time
the more important committee. Now
the old pension committee begins to as
sumo a great deal of importance and
! VIII nave lol Oh WOTh 10 no as Ill
cases growing out of the war with
Spain. together with the pension cases
arising from the fighting in the Philip
pines, will be considered by it. There
are great many such cases develop
ing, and there is no doubt thar the two
pension committees of the house will
have enough to keep members of each
hard al work
Senator'S Record.
81 have been elected TO the senate
four times" said Senator Teller in a
casual conversation the other day. and
| never asked a man to vote for me.
nor did promise any man anything in
the way of appointment or anything
else
There are few men who can say as
much as the Colorado senator: then
there are few men who have been so
fortunate as senator Teller in COM
handing the support of constituents.
He went TO Colorado when il was ,
mountain wilderness. when men who
redeemed the western country were I,
pouring into the mountains and spread !
ing out over the plains. Growing up
with these men, he became their ideal
as fearless statesman. "A position he !