The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-24
IN CONGRESS

yesterday discussed the bill to pro-
mote the efficiency of the militia and
also the omnibus Statehood bill.
After agreeing to the concurrent re-
sutton OF the House for an adjourn
ment from December 20 to January 3,
Mr.. Proctor called up the militia bill.
After some discussion the bill was
laid aside for the omnibus Statehood
bill.
Senator Dillingham; of Vermont,
who is opposed to the bill, occupied
the time of the Senate for the re-
mainder of the day in rehearsing the
testimony taken by the subcommittee
of the committee on territories during
its tour of investigation in Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma. He had
not finished when the Senate at 4 30
p. m. went into executive session and
shortly thereafter adjourned.
The House has passed the Senate
bill for a union railroad station in
this city to cost 81, 600, 900. The sta
ton is to be situated north of the
present site of the Baltimore 81 Ohio
depot at Delaware and Massachusetts
avenues. The government is to pay
the Pennsylvania 81, 500, 600 and the
Baltimore & Ohio $500, 600 in addition
to providing for the plaza park.
The House also passed an urgent
deficiency bill, which carried among
other items an appropriation of $500, :
600 for graduating the foot and mouth
disease in New England.
A bill was passed to provide for the
allotment in severalty of the lands of
the New York Indians. The bill pro-
vided that prior to the allotment the
ii Of. 80 h.,
should be decided in the courts and if
found good it should be purchased Tor
the benefit of the Indians for sum
not exceeding 5000, 900.
Washington, Dec. 17.-In the Senate
yesterday Mr.. Dillingham; concluded
his remarks in opposition to the omni-
bus Statehood BILL and by unanimous
consent it was agreed there should be
no further discussion of the measure
until the Senate reconvenes on Janu-
airy 5.
The Venezuelan question occupied
the attention of the Senate in execu-
tive session for about an hour.
The Senate committee on appropia-
tions authorized favorable report on
the bill appropriating $500, 600 for the
conduct of the campaign against the
cattle disease in New England, and
like sum for the rural free delivery
mail service.
Senator Patterson of Colorado in
troduced bill providing that all ma
tional banking associations and other
national corporatins shall for the pur-
pose of all suits in law, be deemed
citizens of the States in which they
may be located and that the United
States courts shall not have jurisdic-
ton in such cases other than they
would have over individuals.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE House
passed the bilh transferring from the
treasury department to the depart
ment of agriculture the power to es-
tablist regulation for the suppression
of contagious diseases among live
stock, and devoted the remainder of
the day to the legislative appropria-
ton bill on which rapid progress was
made.
Washington, Dec. 18.-The House
adopted without opposition the
amendment to the legislative appro-
priation bill appropriating $50, 600 to
be Immediately available, with which
the attorney general is to employ coun-
sci for the enforcement of trust laws
on the statute books.
The Senate passed the pension bill
without amendment. An urgent de-
ficiency bill was passed. The amount
carried by this bill is 81, 40, 400, and
includes an item of $500, 600 to enable
the secretary of agriculture to stamp
out the foot and mouth disease, which
has been epidemic in the New Eng
land States.
The militia bill was up for short
time, mr.. Bacon of Georgia, continu-
ing his remarks for reserve force of
trained men.
Washington, Dec. 20. - The House,
yesterday, passed the pure food bill,
which inhibits the introduction into
any State or territory or the District
of Columbia from any foreign country,
or the shipment TO any foreign coun-
try of any article of food or drug
which is adulterated or misbranded.
The above inhibition is made to apply
to any one shipping delivering ORE
ceiving within the regions named food
so adulterated.
The House committee on commerce
reporting favorably on the measure
will embrace within the department
the several branches of commerce for
eign and domestic, and all boards or
bureaus connected with commerce, or
related thereto labor, immigration,
insurance, manufactures, corpora
tions, etc. The delegate from New
Mexico appeals to the country for aid
and fair treatment in the contest of
the territories for admission into into
the Union.