Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.


FOrk mas Deen accomplished CON-
ring that this is the first session
b new congress. No legislation of
Ne bortance has been actually enacted
Nt gratifying number of preliml-
Mry details have been disposed of.
w 10 Tuesday the presidents message
Ill., read in both houses and met with
almost universal approval of the
a nbers, but two recommendations
ting with any opposition from the
Ii blicans. Those are Colonel
seveIt's advocacy of the Inaugural
ID of a federal irrigation system
|'M his advice on the subject of reci-
Iakity which is not concurred in by
H. OF the members of his party.
soon as the message had been
and referred to the committee
be whole by the house, that body
urned until Friday.
efore adjournment, however, a
M #e number of bills were fled with
clerk, the total number aggre-
ing over two thousand. Anon g
bills which have been introduced
measures providing for Chinese
usion, the enforcement of the
5[nRley tariff schedules in the Philip
Is, Ia measure made necessary by
# Betting aside of the present tariff
as applied to the islands by a
hreme court decision) numerous
intended to suppress anarchy
punish attempts on the life of the
Rident; a bill providing a pension
5, 600 per annum for Mrs. McKin-
a bill providing for the reserva-
Id of 1000, 900 acres of forest land
Vic southern Appalachian NOM
rs to be known as the Mckinley
bonal Park, and numerous other
intended to remedy the evils
ndant upon the formation of
. It's.
w fcbably the most important work
he house has been the nomination
Speaker Henderson of the ways
II means committee, the appropria-
rs committee and the committee
"A enrolled bills. The ways and
ms committee is composed of
resentatives Payne, Hopkins,
svenor, Russell, Steele, Tawney,
al, Long, Babcock, Metcalfe, Ore
licans), Richardson, Robertson,
e Inson, Mcclellan, Newlands and
per, (democrats). This includes
more republican and one less
bocrat than formerly, Speaker
VI lderson believing that, in view of
increased majority in the house,
republicans were entitled to in
bsed representation on this i'm
ant committee.
Nj nmediately after the appointment
be committee it met in the CAPT
to discuss the Philippine tariff
alton and another meeting was
on Saturday. No time will be
in reporting bill which will meet
approval of a majority of both
house and the senate. 1t is the
of Speaker Henderson and
irman Payne that this necessary
Station may be enacted before the
day adjournment. Senator Lodge
Dduced bill into the senate pro-
ng for the application of the
dulles of the Dingley bill to the
ppines but, as all revenue legis-
IN should originate in the house,
probable that the senator's bill
give way to that approved by
ways and means committee.
Wednesday the senate received
the president the report of the
milan canal commission and the
-Pauncefote treaty. The pre-
pms of the treaty accorded with
predictions made in these letters.
lis for no compensation to Great
ain in return for the abrogation
he Clayton-Bulwer treaty and
es the United States the sole mas
Il the canal with the right to for
pr otherwise protect it and re-
es the simple pledge that the
/ shall be maintained as a neu-
waterway. The convention was
ediately referred to the COM
ZEE on foreign relations and Fri
that committee unanimously
Ia TO recommend it for ratifica-
Senator Burrows tells me that
elieves the measure will receive
Fote of every republican senator
sufficient number of democratic
to insure its passage. Senator
g, the democratic leader, does
believe that there will be any for
opposition by the democratic
tors.
e Isthmian canal commission ia
the Nicaraguan route, the cost
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