The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-11
Beef Inspection Is Wanted
Soon By All
ALL HANDSAGREEDTOTHAT
Discussing Matter of the Amendment
Blackburn Democratic Leader
The Rate Bill Sundry
Civil Bill.

Washington, June 1i.A hot, sitting
day, Saturday, SO close that every door
i was opened wide until Vice President
Fairbanks, tanning himself in the Sem
ate, could get through tie long corridors
an uninterrupted glimpse Of the presid-
ing officer OF the House also tanning
himself at the other end Of the capitol,
hundreds OF yards away this has set
every tongue to wagging Of adjourn
ment. The most commonly expressed
depreciation il that Congress will GIT
away the 2sth, but this il based on the
none too confident hope that session
full Of sensations and surprises viii fur
lnish no more Of either,
The beef inspection hearings were
Eclosed Saturday morning. All concerned,
particularly tho packers and the western
lcattlc raisers, are anxious that 4 meas
Il ure providing government inspection
OF whatever sort be passed as promptly
las possible. The testimony given WAS
more as TO the matter Of the proposed
bill or amendment than as 10 conditions
in the packing-liouses. The House agri-
leulture committee will meet for action
this morning. 1t has been agreed that
1.-THE changes held BIZ the committee to
be necessary iii the BeYeridge amend
Iment shall be drawn up and voted upon
today, 50 that d report can be made
without delay on Tuesday. There II
however, little apparent likelihood that
the necessity can be avoided OF having
the House formally disagree TO the Bey-
eridge amendment in toto SO as to send
/ it to conference This will bear the APP
pearancc OF delay, while packers and
cattle raisers are frantically eager that
tho matter be settled AT once 50 that
! with government inspection public con
| iidence may be restored.
The Senate Saturday ratified Off rou-
tine business with great dispatch. The
| bill making the annual appropriations
| for the District of Columbia was passed
with minor amendments. The bill for
the reorganization OF the District Of Co
lumbin schools was then taken up and
disposed Of and |. number Of minor
measures ground out
The Senate democrats met Saturday
morning and elected Senator Blackburn
of Kentucky as their party leader until
his retirement next March.
In the House John Sharp Williams
took a step unpopular alike with many
democrats and republicans when, by in
sisting upon his point Of order, lie forced
the elimination from the sundrv civil
appropriation bin OF the new provision
Of s25 900 for The annual travelling ex-
I .F N 1ksl1ta
based his position on the ground that
such an appropriation was an addition
al emolnmentp to the president, voted to
him during his term and therefore UNI
constitutional This legal view IS not
shared by great many democrats and
the democratic members Of the appro.
priation committee, including Mr.. sui
Ivan Of Boston, favored the new provis-
ion. But Mr.. Williams, standing for a
return 10 the simpler days OF the repub.
lie, was immoyable. Consideration oi
the sundry civil bin will evidently con.
tinue until the latter part of next week
The present program is for the House
not TO pay attention to the rate bilIunti
4 Tuesday In the meantime Senator
TilIman does not take kindly to the plan
that he should withdraw the Original
report OF the rnte bill conferees SO that
long-wnded debate may be avoided ii
the House. He declares that this i sim.
ply an effort to make him pun Other
peoples chestnuts out OF the fire, and
that he respectfully declines the Job
II they are fearful of delay in the
House all they have TO do, SAYS Till
Imam, is to bring in one Of their famous
gag rules. Tie does not propose to be
the means OF relieving the House ma
chine from the hostile criticism that
every gag rule creates.
In the course OF the debate on The
sundry civil bill Saturday Afternoon
Representative Sewtell raised the point
whether the proposed appropriation Of
100000 for continuing the improve
mefts to the channel IN Boston halbol
was sufficient He feared that, as thu
present work authorized by the river
. and harbor bill Of four years ago wa.
to be finished December 81, 1907. Oh,
appropriation ought 70 be larger. Chair
man Towney assured him that the ap
preparation was all the engineers deenet
necessary, and that an amply sufficient
appropriation would be made next year
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