The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-12
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tate the passage of the measure.
The reader should remember the
names of those who stood by them
on the committee. They were Chair
man Proctor, of Vermont, Senators
Hansbrough, of North Dakota, Dol
liver, of Iowa, Foster, of Washing
ton, and Allen of Nebraska. They
did more than favor the bill they
dropped all other work in the Senate,
and for the purpose of checkmating
the efforts of the OleOmargarine PEG
pie to smother the bill by the intro
ductiOn of evidence, they sat on an
average of five hours a day for Is
days listening to the stuff that the
oleomargarine makers had schemed
to get before them. Then they
pushed the report, and got the bill
before the Senate.
Here a new champion in the per
son of Senator SpOOner, of WiscOn-
sin, appeared upon the field, and lent
q strong hand. Senator SpOoner is
recognized to be one of the strongest
men in the Senate, and he made up
his mind that the circuit bill was d
measure that should be passed. He
was a supporter of the original Hatch
bill in 1886, and volunteered to do all
In his power to push the Circuit bill
to passage. He devoted much time
to preparation, and it was through
his efforts that the bill displaced the
ship subsidy bill in its privileged
position as unfinished business a
week ago Saturday upon vote of the
Senate.
As the session grew late, however,
it was plainly apparent that the Sen
ate was in a terrible snarl. The
Cuban and Philippine questions were
in complicated shape, the President
desired Congress to take the respon-
sibility of adjustment, and there was
little time for the passage of the APP
preparation bills, let alone the new
work that must be done. 1t was con
cluded that unless Congress did this
work before adjournment, March I,
when the short term expires by con
stitutiOnal limitation, that an extra
session must be called to act upon
these questions regarding our new
possessions and charges. A new
policy was framed, and the time hat
might have been devoted to the dis
cussion of the Grout bill earlier was
necessarily devoted to the framing
of this important legislation for the
governing of these islands until the
next Congress should assemble.
Such momentOus matters of course
demanded attention, and the circuit
bill had to give way. But in doing
so it did not give up until its friends
were thoroughly satisfied that it
would be taken up and promptly
passed at the next session.
There is not a man in Washington
who understands Congress who does
not admit that the circuit bill will be-
come a law next winter if the pres
ent interest is kept up, and who will
also say that with the work done and
that continued interest nothing can
stop it. The OleOmargarine men
themselves acknowledge that in the
Senate we have practically d two
third vote, while it was demonstrated
on Dec. z, hat we had more than
that majority in the House. While
some of the work will have to be
done over, the bulk of what has been
done Is Just as we'll done for the next
session as it would have been for
this, as there will be very few changes
in the friends of the bill in the House
or Senate, and the House is commit
ted to the measure by more than d
two thirds vote.
The leaders in the fight are san
guine. Congressman GrOut, who
was not a candidate for reelection to
the House, will take Lart in the fight
just the same because of the interest
he has as a citizen of Vermont, which
is d dairy State almost wholly. The
officers of the National Dairy Union,
who have been in the fight from the
start, will stand by their guns until
the finish, if it takes five years,
although they are not anxious to at
tempt another such conflict.
Therefore, we appeal to the dairy
men of the United States to redouble
their efforts in this fight. Keep be
fore your neighbors this measure,
and don't let your Congressman or
Senators think for u minute that you