Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-19
Brilliant Reception at Home
Of Speaker Cannon.
The Maine Petitions Presented
by Senator Frye.
The Government Fish Propagatiag Stations
in Maine.


Speaker Cannon started a social n,-
rovation the other evening. when he
made the 3S5 other members Of the
House guests of honor at reception
in his residence and invited the 30
Senators. the eight cabinet officers,
nine justices of the Supreme Court and
the 154 newspaper correspondents, who
enjoy the privileges of the press gal
leries, to meet them. Other speakers
have entertained extensively in one
way or another. but never in this ash
ion. 1t brought these several official
bodies together in very enjoyable
| meeting and increased the good feeling
! among all concerned.
| Neither of his three predecessors
| lived in house here in Washington.
Speaker Henderson lived at the Nor
| mandie Hotel, one block south of
the Speaker Cannon's residence.
| Speaker Reed lived in the Shorcham
| Hotel, hardly a stones throw from
the Normandie. Speaker Crisp lived at
tho Metropolitan Hotel, which is far
down town OH Pennsylvania Avenue.
Mr.. Cannon, before he became Speaker,
lived at the Cochran Hotel. but as
his present Office. he went looking for
II house. He has lived in it ever since,
| when in Washington. His daughter,
Miss Helen Cannon. presides over his
household, her mother having died
some years ago.
Speakers, of course, are always in
demand among the dinner givers of
Washington and Mr.. Cannon is no ex-
ception to the rule. But he has kept
even with those who have extended
hospitalities to him. The Speaker has
given many dinners in return. whereas
| some of his predecessors have not
| done SO.
The House of Representatives is
! feeling very proud over the thorough
dc bate it has just concluded on the
| Philippine tariff bill. AS a rule House
debates in recent years have been
nothing to brag about During the
! holiday, however, Speaker Cannon de-
cided to give the boys chance to show
what they could do in the expression OF
| their views and in giving a measure
| thorough consideration 1t is now de-
! cli;rCd that the House debate on the
Philippines has been fully up to the
standard of Senate debates, without
having been as prolix as Senate de-
batcs usually are The House has
simply talked OH the bill as long as il
wanted to. but all the speeches OF
| members were compact and as Il rule
| Instructive.
a batch of petitions from Maine re-
Gently presented by Mr.. Frye indicates
something of the line of petitions to
| hD ha;,
Maine this winter. One of the petitions
offered by Mr.. Frye was from j. c. Har-
Ncy and sundry other citizens of Old
Orchard. Me, praying for an investi-
cation of the charges against Hon
Reed Smoot, senator from Utah The
Committee on Privileges and elections
Of which Senator Burrows Of Michigan
Isl chairman. is now preparing to hear
further evidence. the witnesses having
already been summoned.
a petition from the Board of Trade
AT HancOr asked for the enactment of
| legislation providing for the reorgani-
| zation of the consular service 1t was
| ordered to lie on the table as Il bill has
| already been reported from the com
! mite" on foreign relations. of which
senator Frye is a member, although
an essential feature of the bill. that
providing for examinations, has been
stricken out. Still another petition
| was in the form of a memorial from
Local Lodge No. 81. Brotherhood OF
Railroad Trainmcn of Portland, Me-.
demonstrating against the passage of
the so-called Esch-Townsend railroad
rate bill. That petition went to the
Committee on Interstate Commerce.
which has already refused to report the
Esch-Townsend bill and agreed to re-
port the so-called Hepburn bill to the
House at an early date.
There WAS still other petitions Of
| fered by Senator Frye. petitions of
Regal Council No. q. Of Mexico. Me-.
of Mount Blue Council, East Wilton, OF
| Pine Tree Council. of Cape Porpoise.
and of Crystal Lake Council, Of Weld.
! all of the Junior order of Mechanics in
| Maine. asking for legislation to restrict
| immigration. which went to the i'm
migration committee of which Senator
Dillingham;. of Vermont, is chairman.
! Ii is unlikely that there will be any
legislation such as is prayed for. as
| many senators believe. with the great
demands for labor throughout the
country. it would be bad policy to put
the bars any higher. These senator's,
Mr.. Dillingham; among them. think
| about the only need for stronger i'm
| migration legislation is to uphold the
| standard of physical health required in
| those landing on our shores and possi-
bly, some law that will further the dis
| tribution of the newcomers more wide
ly.
Some idea of the extensive operations
OF the government in propagating
different varieties of fish at stations in
| Maine is given by statement United
States Fish Commissioner Bowers sent
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