Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-08
CAPITAL CHAT.
The OIeomargarine Bill a VIC
tory for Dairy Interests.
R. f. D. Route to Be Established
from Oakland, Ne.
Legislation on Matters of Maine Inter.
est.-Mr. littIefeid in Virginia.

Washington, ID. c., April 6.-(SpeciaD.-
The oleomargarine bill, which passed the
Senate last week and which will go into
today or tomorrow, can be hardly any
thing else but pleasing to the dairymen
of Maine. The votes of all the Maine
delegation in Congress were for it. or
rather the four Maine members voted for
the bill that passed the House and the
two Maine senators voted for the bill
that passed the Senate. Mr.. Hale and
Mr.. Frye were both bombarded with ne
titions and kilograms. particularly the
last few days before the bill was passed
Senator Frye did not let it be known
what he intended to do on the bill and
therefore there was considerable anxiety
to be sure that he was on the side Of
the bill. The senator's mind seems to
have been pretty well made up, however
The Senate has strengthened the bin
materially, from the standpoint Of the
dairymen. 1t has made stronger the pro-
visions as to renovated and process but
ter and there is little doubt that the
House will adopt most of the Senate
amendments. as the majority in favor of
the dairymen is much more pronounced
on that side of the Capitol than in the
Senate The demand from Maine for
stringent law has not been so emphatic
as from some of the other New England
states, notably Vermont, but nevertheless
the oranges of the Pine Tree State have
very generally petitioned the Maine dele
cation to support the measure. They will
find that Congress has stood by the farm
ing interests nobly. 1t now remains only
for President Roosevelt to attach his
signature to the bill, which will probably
be sent to him in the course of two or
three weeks 1t will in effect prohibit
the sale of colored Oleomargarine but will
facilitate the sale of white oleomargarine
as the bill lowers the tax therein and re-
duces the amount Of the license fee. re-
CURED by the government of wholesale
and retail dealers. This is comparatively
an Insignificant item to Maine as there
are very few OF these dealers in the
State
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Cornish of Augusta.
have been among the recent Maine visi-
tors here to enjoy the spring delights Of
the federal capital. They We're registered
at the Hamilton. The trend of tourist
travel is now northward, as the season
in the South is closing. Most of these
travellers stop at Washington briefly, 60
ing and coming
Augusta is manifesting quite an inter-
est in the bills before Congress. request
ing an educational test for immigrants
coming to this country. Petitions have
been coming in of late, not so much from
labor organizations, although there are
plenty of them, but also from individuals
at the state capital. One Of these was
from Mr.. Homer Dill. The bill has been
reported favorably out of the House COM
mittee on immigration, of which Gen. |
Shattuc of Ohio, a former railroad man. |
is the chairman 1t is not probable that |
the bill will become law at this session |
of Congress. The matter was tried Wig
orously few years ago by Senator I
Lodge of Massachusetts,, in the Senate
end of the Capitol but he was never able
to get such a law upon the statute books
extensive hearings have been granted by
the House committee during the present
session and the bill has only lately been
put upon the calendar.
Libby Post of Litchfield. Me-, is show
ing an interest in the construction Of
government naval ships in the govern.
ment yards. Gov. Burleigh presented
their petition to that effect few days
since in the House. 1t is proposed to
have four warships constructed. one each
in the yards at Boston, Brooklyn, Nor
folk, and Mare Island, California. There
was a recent hearing on the subject be-
fore the House committee on naval af-
fairs of which Representativ George
f. Foss of Chicago, well known in Maine,
is chairman. The committee is said to be
adverse to the proposition, because OF
obstacles in the way of expense and the
like. The committee has been flooded
with organization petitions, chiefly from
labor bodies and G. A. r. bodies.
Gov Burleigh has received from Acting |
First Assistant Postmaster-General J. NJ. |
Masten a notification that the report Of |
Special Agent L. p. Boutelle, recon- |
mending the extension of rural free de- |
livery from Oakland. Kennebec county, |
Me-, is at hand. Action on this petition |
was promptly taken at Gov. Burleigh's |
request and he is informed by Mr.. Masten |
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