The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-25
Long Sessions Held in Both
Houses
FOR MOUNTAIN RESERVES
The Grading Of the Postofice Clerks al
Required by the Terms Of the
New Bill--Eulogies in the
Senate.

Washington, D, G., Feb. 25.--Congress
is getting more and more Of the siren
uous life as the session draws TO an
end, and it becomes necessary to attend
to the mass of delayed legislation. The
Senate Saturday sat continuously for
over eight hours. The House has had
even worse dose, and sat far into
the night in the determination to pass
the voiuminous sundry civil appropria-
tion bill. This week the grind win be
harder yet Senator Hale Saturday read
his fellow senators a lecture to the eff
feet that, beginning Monday, they must
SO arrange as to hold night sessions
every night ii necessary, and" addes.
Hale sententiously, "Tcal sessions, not
sham sessions"
The Senate has wrangled further on
the agricultural bill, debated the Aldrich
elastic currency bill, and listened to eu-
logies on Senator Alger and Representa-
tives r. r. Hit of Illinois, lockwood
Hoar Of Massachusetts, and Lester OF
Georgia. The House has passed, with
out a dissenting vote, an amended bill
limiting the hours Of railroad employees
TO 16 in "a, and has then devoted it,
self doggediy to the sundry civil appro-
priation bill, Chairman Tawney Of the
appropriations committee having an
nounced early in the day that the House
must remain in session that night until
the bill was passed.
The one important amendment to the
agricultural bill which the Senate agreed
to Saturday, was that providing $685.
o00 for survey Of the proposed White
Mountain and Appalachian forest re-
serves. II agreed TO BIZ the House, this
will, in a measure at least, commit the
government to the scheme OF reserving
these tracts. Aside from this, the de.
bate was practically without fruit, turn.
ing once again on the policy OF the
government in reserving forest lands in
the west.
The debate on the Aldrieh currency
bill was participated in by Senator Al.
drich, Senator Nelson and others. and
turned mainly on Senator Nelson's
amendment providing that government
| funds be loaned TO the national banks
at 3 per cent interest. Senator Nelson
referred TO Secretary Shaw's act in ac-
cepting railroad bonds as security, and
declared that it was contrary to law,
but that he wished to have the law
changed 50 as to permit it, No eonclu.
sion was reached at 3 O'Clock, the hour
when the eulogies were to begin, and
the currency bill was therefore put over
until Tuesday for its next considera-
ton.
| The t6-hour railroad employees bill,
which was passed by tho House Sat
urday, had felt the force OF hidden in.
fluence since it was brought up earlier
in the week, and had been so modified
a. to suit those critics who on Monday
dubbed it fraud. The trail OF this
hidden influence leads pretty straight to
the door Of the White House. Intima.
tions are said to have been given that
President Roosevelt would veto the bill
if presented to him 10 the form ii wore
on Monday. 1t is now apparently as
sured that the bin win be law within
eight days.
1 The formality was gone through Sat.
urday of reporting the postofiice bin by
name 10 the Senate. The bin was not
ACTUALLY ready, but will be in time TO
follow the agricultural bill when that
lvexatious measure Is finally passed this
week. The most important amendment
made by the Senate committee is that
affecting the pay of mail clerks and car.
riers. Some Of the Massachusetts, dele.
cation in the House have been particu.
larly interested in this section, and Sen.
ator Crane, who is member Of the Sen
ate postofiice committee, has given it
special attention The Senate amend.
ment Is as follows;
sfETeraaFter nlhyi,s 4, ,flghns ~ aha a,.u4
and second class and carriers in the city
delivery service shall be divided into six
grades, as follows; first grade salary
$500; second grade, $500; third grade,
5000: fourth grade, $1,000; fifth grade,
, 81 100; sixth grade, $1,000 Clerks and
carriers at flrst-elass offices shall be pro-
NOTED successfully TO the fifth grade,
and clerks and carriers at second. class
offices shall be promoted successfully TO
the fourth grade"