Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-12-20
ADJOURNS.
Both House and Senate Take Recess
For the Holidays.
REPORT ON CANAL MEASURE,
Committee ON Commerce Makes n
Hearty Recommendation That
the Hepburn NicnrNssua Bill
he Passed by the House.

maze the report VI me toiIiHiit'ee III
favor of the Nicaragua canal bill.
After stating the terms Of the bill the
report says in part:
"The purpose of this bill Is to con
centrate authority and responsibility
for the construction Of this great work
in the hands of the president. 1t has
been believed by yO,i- committee that
this course would be safer one to be
pursued in carrying out the purpose of
the bill, involving the expenditure of
so large a sum of money. all the work
| and all the expenditure to he made at
a distance 50 far from the capital, than
any other method that could be de-
vised. We have tried to concentrate
authority and responsibility rather than
to dispense it among many persons
The report refers to the exhaustive
report made by the isthmian commits
sion. of which Admiral Walker is the
head, in which every feature of this en-
terprise is fully and at length dis
cussed."
NO Doubt of Feasibility.
1t adds: mo doubt is expressed by
the commission as to the practicability
of the enterprise; on the contrary, they
Join with a score of predecessors in eX-
pressing their belief that the work can
be carried to a successful termination
within the limits of reasonable cost and
reasonable time. All of the great pc.
ltical parties are committed to the pol.
icy of the construction of this canal
The report then quotes the declara'
tons of the various party platforms
and Presidents Mckinley and Roose.
welt favoring the canal In conclusion
it says:
"1n view of the many thousands OF
pages written and spoken in advocacy
of the immediate undertaking and com.
pletion of this work, in view of the
pledges made by the parties that it
should be undertaken and completed,
in view of recommendation made by
the president of the United States and
in view of the almost universal de
mand of the American people that con
gress should at once do something eff
fective in the Inauguration and speedy
completion of the isthmian canal, youl
committee content themselves with this
brief report. embodying their earnest
recommendation that the bill pass"
The house has agreed to consider the
Nicaragua canal bill Tuesday. Jan. Z.
and thereafter until disposed Of the or
der not, however, to interfere with rev.
enue or appropriation bills,
The Day In the House.
After the vote on the Philippine rev
enue bill Wednesday there was gen.
eral exodus of members of the house
for their homes to spend the Christmas
holidays, and when the house met
there We're many vacant seats. The
session of the house was brief. Some
odds and ends of business were dis
posed of.
Mr.. Cannon Ull.) asked unanimous
consent for the consideration of bill
for deficiency appropriation of $4,000
for furnishing transcripts of records in
the general land office. The employ
ees who were doing this work, Mr..
Cannon said, were mostly women and
he appealed to the house in the spirit
of the Yuletide season to pass the bill.
There was no objection, and the bill
was passed.
A message of the president rela
tive to the creation of an Appalachian
forest reserve was laid before the
house Mr.. DE Almond (Mo) at this
To fi.Nt of oil
privilege. lie said that while he was
abr in the philippines a report was
ely ed in his state 70 the effect that
tn :, ii free delivery service WAS be-
ing -.. I'd in his district until his 10,
turn.
- DESIRE said Mr.. De Almond, 'to
present some testimony to disabuse the
minds of those who may have been
misled. to uncover those who may have
been hypercritical and to confuse those
who may have lied"
t. Objection by Mr. Payne.
He thereupon sent to the clerks desk
and had read letter sent by him to
the first assistant postmaster general
asking that Official what his status was
to be in regard to appointments in the
rural free delivery service in his dis
trct Mr.. Payne a. W made the point
of order that the letter did not consti-
tute question of personal privilege.
Speaker Henderson held that a con
troversy with department about pat.
ronage did not constitute a matter of
privilege If it were. he said. members
might constantly arise in such protest
to air their grievances.
Upon Mr.. De Almonds representa-.
ton that he would develop a question
of privilege, however, the speaker al
lowed him to proceed. \ second letter
from Mr.. De Almond to the postmaster
general was sent to the desk, but as
soon as it was read both Mr.. Payne
and Mr.. Grosvenor renewed the point
of order that no question of personal
privilege had been presented.
Mr.. Grosvenor's point was that if a
member of the house in his legislative
capac city chose to invade an executive