The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-17
IN CONGRESS.

washington, Dec. lO-f1Rnt III tne
Senate over the omnibus. Statehood
bill began yesterday when Mr.. Quay,
who is the leader of the Statehood
forces, read scores of kilograms from
people of Oklohoma opposing the sim
gle Statehood bill.
The House on motion went into COM
mittee of the whole for the purpose of
considering revenue bills.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE feature
of the House proceedings yesterday
was thoughtful speech by the veneer
able Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylva-
MIA, on the relations of labor and cap
itol. At the end of the present ses-
sion he retires at the age of seventy
nine, after a career in public life ex-
tending over half a century. His
speech today was regarded as his val
edictory. His conclusion was that
some sort of cooperation between la
Dor and capital was the only solution
of the impending problem.
Washington, Dec 12.-The Senate
yesterday afternoon passed with several
amendments the bill fixing the COM
pensation of the anthracite coal strike
commission and it now goes to con-
ference. The sentiment of the Senate
was strongly in favor of allowing the
members of the commission who are
not in the civil or military service of
the government a lump sum for their
service, and after considerable debate
$4,000 was settled upon as the proper
amount thus taking the matter out of
the hands of the President, as the bill
originally provided.
| Several other amendments to the
bill were adopted. fixing the expenses
of the commissioners and the assistant
recorders at $40 per day instead of SIS,
and leaving the question of the
amount of salary to the assistant re-
corders and employees to the commits
sion. The name of the commission
was changed to Anthracite Coal
| Strike Arbitration F"
The House agreed to hold session
on January %, for the purpose of pay.
| ing tribute to the memories of the
late Representatives Russell of Con.
necticut and Shepard and Degraffen
reid of Texas.
Representative Sulzer of New York
introduced bill in the House, the
purpose of which is to give publicity
to the affairs of large corporations by
requiring them to make annual re
turns to the government authorities
1t provides for the creation of a bu
reau in the interstate commerce com
nilsson to be known as the bureau O.
corporations, with chief at its heaC
who shall be appointed by the Presi
dent.
Washington, Dec. 10.-Secretary
Wilson of the agricultul al department
has appealed to Congress, for al
emergency appropriation of "$l 900,
600 or much thereof as smay be nee
essary" to help in fighting the foo
and mouth disease among cattle.
Washington, Dec. 10.-T he Senat
devoted most of the day to the immi
grafton bill. There was considerable
discussion of an amendment offered b,
Mr. Burton of Kansas to admit Chimes
laborer to Hawaii. 1t was finall,
laid on the table. The militia bill
was disscused. 1t will be taken NJ
again Thursday.
Washington, Dec. 10.-After debat
ng the London dock charges bill TO
almost four hours, the House yester
day struck out the enacting clause
This killed the bill. The Withdrawal
of the support of the lumber, and mea
packing interest, which originally haC
joined with the -four milling interes
in pressing the measure, brought abou
it's defeat
All the Vermont delegation is com
1ortably settled here for the session o
Congress. Senator Dillingham; ha
found himself in the midst of mucl
activity at the beginning of the SEES
sion, for he is member of the com
mittee on territories and is plannin,
to help out i'll the fight which will
probably begin Wednesday to proven
the admission of Arizona ard New
Mexico. The Senator says some very
beautiful and progressive towns were
found in those two territories. They
were as much up to the times a
towns in the States, but the fault h
finds is that there are too few o
thosey towns to warrant erecting
State at present out of either Arizon