The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-02

REPRESENTATIVE DE ARMoED.
debate on the question Of adjournment
and asked what was before the house.
The speaker replied that consent was
given to talk" when Mr.. De Almond
Dem, MOI was recognized
He amused the house for ten min
utes by likening the present procedure
Of congress to the Alphonse, Castor
and Leon scheme Of politeness. ION
the question Of adjournment Of the ex-
ira session, the Alphonse of the senate
is saying to the CASTOR Of the house.
After you, my dear CASTOR. and the
CASTOR Of the house is saying to the
Alphonse Of the senate, After you my
dear Alphonse and Leon standing off
at distance, is saying: How mag.
nifcenti How magnanimousl How
strenuous But aside, lie is giving
this expression. ] wish | had four
years of my own in that dear White
House at Washington This spectacle
has to be gone through with because
no more important matters are to be
disposed Of "
Turning his attention to the subject
OF committee appointments, Mr. De Ar
mond said facetiously that he was I'M
der the impression that the gentlemen
on the Republican side had not been
treating the speaker just right in not
making plain to him their desires for
important ehairmanships.
Mr.. Williams (bIissl. taking up tine
question 1t tariff, turned to the steel
schedule and asked If the ways and
means committee could not agree to
reduction on steel and iron products
He said he had been informed that four
railroads had agreed to reduce the
freight rates on steel products for ex-
port 33 1-3 per cent Mr.. Williams said
that under the gulse Of d sacred duty
stand pat'-the opposition was fur
nishing shelter whereby the trust
can extort from the American people
while selling to the foreigner cheaper
than the foreigner can manufacture.
Mr.. Gaines Dem, TENN addressed
himself to the stand pat policy Of
The Republicans. Mr. Hemenway Rep.,
Ind defended the house on the charge
Of the minority that time was being
wasted.
Mr.. Hepburn (Rep., Ial, replying to
statements made by Mr.. Williams
(Afiss.), quoted figures and declared |
that the country never was in better
condition and that this was due to the
Republican policy Of protection.
The house then adjourned
The senate was IN open session thirty |
minutes After receiving a number OF /
bills, resolutions and petitions and aft
err spending some time in executive SEES
sion the senate adjourned until Friday I
A majority of the bills offered were for
private pensions, and most Of the petit
tons for the expulsion Of Mr.. Smoot
rep, Utah. As usual, Mr. Cullom
Rep., ND called up the Cuban reci-
procity bill. but as no one manifested
a desire to address the senate upon ii
the bill went over.
Senator penrose, chairman Of the
committee on postofiices and post roads,
introduced a resolution authorizing
that committee to request the postmas-
ter general to send to the committee
all the papers connected with the re-
cent investigation Of the postoffice de-
partment and if necessary the commit
tee is to make further investigation
and to report to the senate. The resolu-
ton, without action, was referred to
the committee on contingent expenses
Of the senate
Senator Morgan introduced resolu-
tons authorizing the committee on in
teroceanic canals to investigate the part
alleged to have been taken by the
railroads in the 18TH
milan canal matter and also TO inquire
into the plans Of the interoceanic canal
con mission.