Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-12-16
THE BUSINESS PROGRAM
CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION
ALREADY MAPPED OUT.

Brisk Beginning Of Work-littI
Prospect Of Representation Read
characterization on Latimer Goo
Roads Bill Unlikely.
Especial to the Reformer.)
Washington, ID. c., Dec. ~, 1904
The work of the session is now fairl,
well under way, and II Is now on tn,
program that the usual 12-day recess
for the holidays will be taken from
wednesday. Dec. II, to Wednesday
Jan. 4. recess of about the same
length Is taken every year to allow
the members to go home and hang
up the children's hosiery, at aeasi
this is the excuse for so long an in
PERMISSION. Quite a number of men,
bers of each house do not bring
their families here until after New
Years, though most of the senators
bring their folks along and get per-
manently located at the beginning of
the session. This is probably be-
cause nearly all the members of the
upper house have a residence or per-
manent quarters here, while the rep
resentatives whose terms are two
thirds shorter, are scattered in ev-
cry direction. Therefore though a
good start is made, the real business
of the session is not buckled down
to until the holidays are over.
There are two or three new men,
bers of the house elected to fill va
cancies and two new senators, Crane
of Massachusetts and Knox of Penn
sylvania. Both were appointed to
fill vacancies, the former because of
the death of Senator Hoar and the
latter in place of Senator Quay. In
the next congress- beginning in De-
cember of next year, instead of a
democratic gain of two or three
as many expected, there
will be a democratic net loss of one.
McComas, republican, of Maryland
will give way to Rayner, democrat. |
cockrell, democrat, of Missouri will /
be succeeded by a republican and /
democrat, of Montana will /
give way to republican, probably [
ex-senator Carter of that state.
Congressman Hemenway, chair
nan of the appropriation committee
If the house. will most likely sue
eed Senator Fairbanks, Congress-
nan Burkett of Nebraska is said to
'e slated to succeed Senator Deit-
ich and it is said that eX-Congress-
nan Nixon of Nevada will succeed
senator Stewart. All these changes
till strengthen by one the already
arge republican majority in the SEN
te and renders it certain that that
ody will continue to be republican
Dr. some years to come, at least. |
In the next congress there will be !
My one democratic congressman !
'om all the states west of the Mis- {
ssippi outside the solid south, the 9
lember from Nevada, who barely /
voided what the Dutchman called q
he Roosevelt landscape" In the }
ebraska legislature, which Bryan t
as going to carry and get himself v
ected to the senate, there are only r
n democrats in the house and nary v
one in the senate. In the recent
elected Michigan legislature there &
not a democratic member There G.
i'll be only four democratic mem "
RS from New England, three from n
oston and one from Providence. ST
he democratic chairman of that W
rty's congressional committee was c
ing to defeat Chairman Babcock of al
e republican congressional commit SC
:, but did not succeed and was n
nself defeated. And so it went, Ian
I'm Maine to California. lii
The republican congressional 1T
eering committee" which lays out W
d directs the legislation for the at
;sion, has already formulated
siness program. 1t includes, be- co
es of necessity the annual appro- M
alton bills, Senator Lodges bill co
internal improvements in the so
ilippines; the bill admitting Okla su
ma and Indian territory and Ari-
la and New Mexico as two states, or
public buildings omnibus bill, Sc:
er and harbor appropriation bill de
a few of minor Importance left foi
+ from last session. The bill of 10
lator Latimer of South Carolina tn,
twenty-four millions the
dollars to assist the different ula
tes in constructing good roads the
reported favorably from the VIII
lmittee on agriculture at the last ly
sion against the earnest protest of exl
ator Proctor, chairman of the frit
but it can hardly be the the
cy of the majority to allow ac- of
on it at this session. The oppo- nat
IN of Senator Proctor was to the
,ific terms of the bill, and not I
to the principle involved. wit
question of the government as wei
ing the Carnegie role and paying the
the expense of making perma- My
ly good all the bad roads in the in
ed States is most serious one on
Hnanclal point OF view, cret
before such a policy Is adopted viii
ething like the approximate final Fai
must be counted. The bill of Pro
ltor Hepburn of Idaho to prevent T
adulteration, commonly known one
he pure food bill will contin- ciet
press for consideration in the thre
tie, but is hardly likely to get mer
Ugh. The Philippine bill will be say
4 on next Friday, after which graz
statehood bill will be the "unfin- spri
| business" and will indefinite doin
erve to head off any legislation the
h the leaders consider untimely duce
Meanwhile the house, In [
hich of course all appropriation Verr
must originate, has a good start hole
Iteration of the legislative, ex- part
We and judicial bill, carrying an der
,pration of $2S,S3S,709, was be- so n
Thursday last, and the bill was ing
d and sent to the senate the shop
day. This is quick work, and the
ites that the necessary business you
e session is going to be hustled
along. During the coming re-
many of the committees will be "
at work, and when the two
S reconvene there will be BUSH
enough on hand to allow Of long