Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-12
THE WORK OF CONGRESS-
Venezuelan Crisis Brought to Atten.
ton of the House.
ARBITRATION IS PROPOSED.
Joint Resolution offered Authorizing
President to Ask the Powers t.
Submit Their Claims to an j.,
Impartial Tribunal.

Washington, Dec. PA joint resolu.
ton was offered in the house during the
day by Mr. Shafroth (Colo.) authoriz-
ing the president to propose to Great
Britain and Germany to submit their
claims against Venezuela to arbitration
and to guarantee the payment Of the
awards that may be found.
AT the opening Of the session Of the
house Sunday, Jan. 25 was set aside for
paying tribute to the memory of the
late Representative Charles A. Russell
Of Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Olmstead Pa.), for committee on
elections No 2. called up the report
from his committee. which limits the
period for taking testimony in the con-
tested election case of Wagner versus
Butler from the Twelfth Missouri dis
trict.
The sitting member in this case was
reelected to fill a vacancy created by
the action af the house in unsoating him
at the last session. At the November
election this year he had something
over 5000 plurality on the face of the
returns. His opponent charged "sys-
ttematic ana Stupendous fraud and the
election committee reported the resolu-
tion to shorten the time for taking teS-
timony in order that the house might
pass upon the case before the expira-
ton Of the session. March 4 next.
Mr.. Richardson, the minority leader,
raised the question of consideration
against the report. The house voted
1876 to 114-to consider the report
Pending its consideration Mr.. Wads-
worth On. " reported from the COM
mittee on agriculture a bill to appropri-
ate. $1,000. 900 to eradicate the foot and
mouth disease among the live stock in
New England and gave notice that he
would call it up on the following day.
Mr.. Richardson then made the point
of order that the report OF the elections
committee was directly in the teeth of
the federal statutes fixing the time for
taking testimony and was not privi-
leges The speaker ruled that the
house having voted to consider the re-
port the point of order came too late.
The Day In the senate.
When the senate met, Mr.. Quay (Pa.)
presented resolutions adopted by the
five civilized tribes of Indian Territory
protesting against Joint statehood with
Oklahoma
A bill was passed allowing consuls
general, consuls and commercial agents
who are not allowed to trade actual
of
800 per annum; also a bill refund
ing certain tonnage taxes on the steam
ers Santiago de Cuba. Santiago. Glen
fuegos and Olinda at the port of New
York.
Mr.. Allison called up the bill to pro-
vide for the payment Of the, expenses
and compensation of the anthracite
coal commission. The bill was discuss
ed at length by senators who opposed
making an appropriation of a lump
sum and who thought the salaries
should be fixed. While Mr.. Allison
was explaining the bill, Mr.. Tillman
asked if the constitution of Pennsylva-
MIA had been trampled under foot. and
If so why had not the attorney general
enforced the antitrust law.
Mr.. Allison said he could not answer
the question. but said he believed con-
gress had the power to deal with the
great questions growing out of the
combinations of capital commonly
known as trusts.
The senate committee OH Philippines
during the day discussed with Vice
Governor Wright the monetary situa-
ton in the archipelago. 1t was gener-
ally agreed that there would be diff
cuties in changing the currency in the
islands. The consensus OF opinion was
expressed that the unit Of value in the
Philippines should be a gold peso of
- 9-1O grains of gold, which is one-half
the value of the United States gold
dollar, and the peso in silver should be
made legal tender of equal value to the
units.
Another feature upon which Governor
Wright and the members > the COM
mittee agreed was that she United
States currency should not be made
legal tender in the islands, as the silver
dollar would then be worth twice as
much as the peso containing more sill
yer than the dollar, which would en-
courage counterfeiting of the United
States dollars: ~~,t