Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-20

1t seem highly probable now that he
tore the end of the congressional session
by constitutional limitation, there will
emerge only such measures as command
strong and practically united suppoEt on
the Republican side. Propositions re-
garding which party sentiment is divided
or party support halfhearged viii stand
little chance Of enactment. There is no
lack of important business on the calen-
dars. Antitrust bills of differing pro-
visions, are before both houses. The inn
migration bill, passed By the House.
awaits the action of the Serate. Bills
for putting the currency in the Philip
pines upon gold basis have been report
ed both by the Senate and House commit
tees. The bill which proposes to create
a Department of Commerce has passed
the Senate. but is not regarded with
great enthusiasm in the House. The
eight-hour bill is before the Senate, but
not few Senators regard it as well
charged with dynamite. The question of
ratifying the reciprocity treaty with
Cuba is one of the most urgent before
the Senate, as action mu be taken, I'M
der the terms of the treaty, before Jan.
81. Last, but By no means least, the
statehood bill is before tie Senate, the
daily order Of business until it is disposed
of. The opponents of the "omnius"
statehood i'll, which passed the House,
have a strategic advantage because the
Senate committee. which reported in IA
vor of dropping Arizona and New Mex
lea and admitting Oklahoma with the
Indian Territory Incorporated with 1t,
has parliamentary command of the situ-
alton. BGt the Senate is SD evenly divid-
ed that the result, if a vote is reached,
is likely to turn upon two or three Sena-
tors now classified as dousful. SO close
n division, under the easy rules of the
Senate. would be likely to yield time
consuming debate in any case; and doub-
ly so now, when certain Senator'S are
not disinclined to see other measures
blocked by a long contest over this BILL
Altogether. the prospect il not good for
much legislation in the remainder Of
the session aside from the appropriation
ills.
The free distribution OF seeds by the
government entails not little work
every year, there being Some 20,000OOO
packets sent out from Washington. The
work of distributing this years supply
has been begun. Seeds have already
been sent to Alabama, Arizona, Califor-
mia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana,
Mississippi, New Mexico South Carolina
and Texas. by Dec. 81 Arkansas, North
Carelina. Oklahoma, Oregon. Tennessee
and Washington will Oe reached. The
other States are reached in January,
February and March. Idaho, Maine,
Montana, New Hampshire, North Da-
kota, Vermont ard Wyoming come last,
and seeds to this, the sixth, division will
be sent by March 81. The seeds are OBJ
tanned in all parts of the world. Cab
bage seeds come from Long Island,
where the best eabbages are grown. Cal
ifornia furnishes lettuce seed of such
superior quality that recently arrange
ments were made by which the supply of
lettuce seed will come from that State.
California furnishes good onion seed and
California and Michigan furnish radish
seed.
One soldier of the Civil War, bent
nearly double with disease contracted in
the line of duty, has refused to take adj
vantage Of pension of So a month
granted him by the government. He Is
John A. Daley of Topeka, Kan, and his
reasons for not accepting the money af-
ter making application for the pension
and securing ii constitute one of the curl
Gus cases before the pension bureau.
some time ago Mr.. Daley filed his pa
pers for a pension, and after a full ex-
animation it was found that he was en-
titled to receive it. The matter was
passed upon in the usual way and the
pensioner was officially Informed of his
good fortune. BY return mail DALEY in
fv-med the bureau that he did not desire
to take the money, and had taken out
the papers to establish his right l iden-
tity as a soldier of the Fourteenth In
diana infaltry. He said that this fact
had been questioned and IL wanted it
proven. With this be Is content
Hereafter the chemically fed boarders
OH whom DIR. Wiley of the Agricultural
Department is trying the boracic acid