Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-03


ton later than next fall
The trust busting program Is being
carried out by the administration
with all possible vlgor, and new spec
ialties are being added day by day
The west Is full of secret service men
and various agents of the department
of commerce and labor, securing new
testimony against the trusts and ex-
tending the scope of the prosecutions
In every direction. New revelations
which of course are not made public,
are being made daily by the investi-
cation, and all sorts and conditions
of alleged unlawful and Illegal COM
binations are being thoroughly over
hauled. Something is liable to be
heard to drop at any time and right
along until the people are given sub
stantial relief. The house resolution of
Congressman Campbell Of Kansas in
vestgating the operations of Stand
ard oil In that state is sufficiently
wide in its scope to authorize ma
tional investigation of the subject,
and It Is very evident that such an in
vestigation. backed by the whole
strength of the administration, is ex-
actly what is about to be undertaken.
That this prospect is kicking up all
kinds of rumpus of course was to
be expected, and statesmen, high and
low, are wondering where the thing
will stop and what the harvest will
be. or course 1t is known that many
men very influential in public life are
parts of the Standard oil combination
-t..l,t t,,a,, txftl hh
exerted to head off and curtail the
investigation before 1t reaches them,
but they themselves fear that 1t will
be impossible to head &off the on.
slaught. Therefore, there is very
much lively anticipation in and
around the capitol on the part of in
nocent bystanders" as to whose heads
will fall into the casket first and what
effect the storm will have on many
now high in authority. 1t is freely
said that the revelations are sure TO
be serious in many directions, and
that far more official chicanery will
be uncovered than was found in the
postoffice investigations of last sum-
mer. l might say much more and
very considerably more to the point,
but will let time and Theodore tell
the rest Of the story. Both, acting
together, will do it.
The 5Sth congress dies by limitation
at IL o'clock. noon, Saturday, when
ten members of the senate and a hun
dred, more or less members of the
house will permanently retire to pri-
vate life and write "ex'' before their
names. l, of course, except that ven
cradle democrat, Cockrell of Missouri.
who will be given a much better gov
eminent position by the president IN
recognition of his long and patriotic
service, fairness and breadth of mind.
Senator Cockrell is a white man and
a statesman, and deserves only the
best wishes from everybody. 1t now
looks as If there would be two va
cancies in the senate from failure to
elect, from Missouri and Delaware.
The other new senators are on hand
and ready to take part in the usual
extra session of the senate for which
the president issued his proclamation
Thursday and which will convene
for executive business at IL noon OF
next, at the moment when !
the old congress dies. The new sem
ate will probably be in session inter- I
for several days to confirm
and possibly discuss the
San Domingo treaty. The house will |
hike for home as soon as possible |
after adjournment. So when you read
this you can picture congress in the
last throes Of dissolution.
The lamentable death of ex-senator
I11 81, 81 1lln
cation here, as we'll as to every YER
monter in the city. Senator Proctor
left Thursday night and Senator Dill
bingham Friday morning to attend
the funeral, returning to-day.
Numerous Vermonters are visiting
here these days, or were last week.
Some of them are here for Inaugural
ton, and some are on the wing fur
Their south. Among those noted last
week were Attorney General and Mrs.
Fits of Brattleboro; ]. H. White of
the Wilcox & White company Of
Meriden, Conn, but an old Brattle-
borean: Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Boyden
and Mrs. George Ryder; also Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis of North Troy and
Governor and Mrs.
Fiske of Isle La Motto. Mrs. w. L.
Root and Miss Parsons arrive to-day
10 visit the formers father, Col.
Bond during inauguration Gov.
F'iske has been spending some time
n Newfoundland and Canada in con-
sultation with those governments
cooking toward the restricting of Ca
madam fishing in Lake Champlain,
md he is here to put the finishing
.ouches to his labors in this direction.
After the argument and agitation of
he subject for years, Mr.. F'iske thinks
le has the matter nailed now.
Well, the city is filling up fast now,
md if you are coming to see the pro-
session the Fourth you will have to
hurry. The coming week, from now
i'll late Saturday night, will be full
# excitement and red fire, in congress
md out, and all will be worth seeing.
sessions of the senate days, nights
md Sunday till the end.
j. E. Harris.
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