The Somerset reporter., 1905-02-02
At WaShingtOn.

Through his counsel, consisting of
Former United States Senators Anthony
Higgins aud John NJ. Thurston, Judge
Swayne, on Friday, appeared in the
Senate to make answer to the summons
in connection with the impeach ment
proceedings against him as judge of the
United States for the Northern District
of Florida. They obtained a weeks
time to make complete response and the
time for the beginning of the real trial
was fixed at Feb. /
Negotiations looking to fixing time
for voting on the statehood bill have
practically eliminated in an agreement
to vote, Saturday, February 4.
The House, on Friday, passed the agri-
cultural appropriation bill without mat
erial amendment The usual discussion
of the provision for free S, ed distribution
was INDUCED in Lilly OF Connecticut,
characterlzing II as petty larceny. he
relative value of the cotton sta tistics as
supplied by the census bureau and agri-
cultural department also furnished The
theme for lively debate.
Arguments in the Smoot investigation
were begun, Friday, Judge r. w Tay-
lor of Ohio who has INDICTED the care
for the protrsr ants, opened, and on Satur-
day the arguments of Senator Smoot
were made by A. :. Worthngton of
Washington and Waldemar Van { oft of
Salt Lake, Utah. Former Secretary of
the Treasury, John G. Carlisle, closed
for the professionals.
The Maine delegation has joined the
Michigan senators in asking President
Roosevelt to appoint Mr.. Edward b.
Moore, now assistant commlssi oner of
patents, as commissioner in place of
Mr.. Frederick | Alien of Auburn, \.
Y, the present encumhea. MIR Moore,
was born in North Arson in the third
Congressional district of Maine and
lived there for many of bis younger
years. His FAM Is we'll known up and
down the Kennebec Valley. His father
"Mobile" Moore and the late James g..
Blaine were warm friends In more
recent years Mr.. Moore moved to Mich
igan bu, that was before he entered the
patent office, where he has risen by
successive stages to his present Office.
tOv. Burleigh took occasion few days
ago to visit the White House
offices and express to the President his
interest in Mr.. Moore as Maine man
who had done we'll in the world and
whose appointment as Commissioner
would be splendid exemplifcation of
the principles OF civil service
Names two ex-goverrors in Congress,
representatives. Burleigh and Powers,
have been cooperating to aid several
visitors here from the coast of the Pine
Tree State, seeking the adoption of a
no fn n va
Newcomb of PASSPORT came at the head
of the delegation which included MIR,
Pike and MIR Myers of Lui &c, and Mr..
{ apen of Eistpolt They sought hear
ing before the proper authorities about
their appliance and secured it promptly.
The river and haibor appropriation
bill has been completed in committee
with an aggregate of less than $50, 600
600, which is about half the amount #
the last bill. passed two years ago.
There are no very large New England
items in the bill 1t is the custom now
to make appropriations for special works
of improvement IN the sundry civil ap
preparation bill, and that bill will con-
tain an item of 1910, 900 for the continue
ton of the work on the thirty-fye foot
channel in Boston harbor.
The House committee on naval affairs
has pruned Secretary Morton's estimate
for naval appropriations by reducing the
number of new battleships from three to
two, and cutting out the provisions for,
scout cruisers and destroyers.
Four appropriation bills await the
action of the House of Representatives,
this week, the pension. the postoffice
and the diplomatic and consular.
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate,
Friday. the report of Carroll D Wright,
of labor, on the strike
In Colorado. The report is
very voluminous and gives the entire
history of the labor troubles In that