Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-15
CAPITAL CHAT.
Some Pure Food Legislation
Interesting Maine.
Loud Bill Will Be Considered in the
House, Next Tuesday.
Maine People in Washington Some Of Inc
Contested Election Cases.

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food laws, for pure drug laws ana for
the stamping Of dairy products. These
| subjects. which are of large interest to
| everybody and especially to the farm
ing classes. are fought over in House
and Senate committees and every year
the result is almost the same-no action
| whatever because the friends Of such
measures cannot agree among them
| selves and because the opponents take
| advantage of the fractional quarrels to
defat Congressional enactment Even
the pure food congress, which was held
here, a week or two ago. on a large
scale, set Congress an example by get
ting into q lively row. even carrying
their quarrels to the committee rooms
| at the Capitol.
Several bills, in which Maine farm
! ers as we'll as farmers all over the
country are interested, are now pend
ing before two different committees.
that on ways and means and that on
| agriculture. one of these which was
drawn by Representative GrJut Of
Vermont proposed to tax oleomargerine
so that it could not enter into competi-
ton with butter, but a quarrel resulted
| in the committee on agriculture over
this bill which is now sleeping the
sleep of the just from which in all
proba bility it will not be awakened be
| fore the curtain is rung down on the
| 56th Congress. The same is probably
true of the bill of similar import be-
fore the ways and means committee.
which seemed to have some promise
earlier in the session. Representative
Sherman of New York state. has a bill
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merce committee relative to the false
branding of food and dairy products.
from which something may be hoped
but it is doubtful if il ever secs the
light Of the House.
Next Tuesday. is the day set by
unanimous consent Of the House for
the consideration Of the Loud bill to
restrict the amount of second class mail
| matter. There are no developments Of
not" regarding the measure except tho
| occasional appearance Of petitions in
the Senate and House against its pas
sage. Thesa petitions We're noticed IN
a recent letter. They come largely
from small newspapers. which are the
organs of labor unions or of some par
ticular idea. While they will have
some weight il is doubtful if they
seriously influence the enactment Of
the bill in the House The greatest
danger to the measure there is probI
bly, the development Of personal differ
ences by men who may wish to antag
| oniZe Chairman Loud. The country
newspapers have not entered any oh
| lection to the bill which is now said
to be acceptable to them. Two years
ago. it was the country newspapers
largely that defeated the bill in the
| House.
| The spring arrivals of Maine people
| in Washington are already beginning.
| Several of Representative Aliens con
stituents We're here, early in the week.
among them Col. John ID. Printable of
! Portland n member Of Gov. Powers
staff; Mr.. Harry b. Aver of South Ber-
| wick, who comes on personal business
Judge and Mrs. Thomas II. Haskell of
| Portland. who are registered at the
Arlington: Judge Nathaniel Hobbs and
| Mrs. Hobbs of North Berwick The
proceedings of Congress these days are
Of unususal interest. the touch OF
spring is already upon the city and
| hardly a better time. unless it be in
the latter part of May and early June.
could be found in which to spend a few
| udyS at lnt dplldi CITY.
| The governments disbursement to
the University of Maine. this wear, will
| be s25. 0OO That is shown in recent
statement of the secretary of the in
terror to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. The appropriation
! has been increasing $1,000 every year
for the last 10 years Every state in
| the union and the territories of Ari-
IONA, New Mexico and Oklahoma now
| have universities that profit to the
same extent by the governments con-
| tributiOns.
An interesting pension bill for a
Maine veteran was passed here by the
House few days ago. II was a bill.
introduced by Representative Allen. to
increase the pension of Samuel Han
son of Biddeford, Me. formerly a cor
poral in the 10Th Maine Volunteers. 70
$24 a month. Mr.. Hanson is man Of
excellent character. as the testimony
before the House committee on invalid
pensions showed. He has been suffer-
ing for some years from rheumatism,
one of the effects being the enlarge
ment of the joints of the fingers and
toes and total inability to perform
manual labor. A photograph showing
the condition of Mr.. Hansens hands
was filed with the House committee.
The bill will undoubtedly pass the Sen
ate before long and Mr.. Hanson will
be receiving $24 Il month instead of 81,
he amount he is now receiving.
Mr.. Carter r. Keene for many years
a professor at kent's Hill. and now
chief of the appointment division of
the post office department., is one of
the attorneys in a murder case that is
being tried here. this week. During
Mr.. Keene's encumbency of the chief
shin Of the post office department he
has pursued his legal studies and has
been admitted to the bar of the Dis
trict of Columbia, where the require
ments are very severe. Mr.. keene i
renresenting the defendant in the suit.
, Taimage Walker, negro. who is ac-
crsed of the murder Of one Hannibal
shorter, also a negro. The case is at
tracing considerable attention in the
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