St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-15

begged them to accept the report OF the
commission and architects, for the old
! veterans were tired of the long DELAY.
and wished to see a monument raised
during their lifetime The report of the
| commission was carried by close vote,
1873 ayes to 131 noes. The memorial is
to be placed in the Botanic Gardens.
April Z, the passage of the army bill in
the Senate, increasing the House bill by
$l4,612, S43 making a total of sos, S2O,-
400 in nearly 9S minutes was a record.
breaker; declared to be the most rapid
passage OF any bill there for years; aver
aging over 81 100000 a minute. Who
will accuse those old veterans OF moving
slowly, when a bill for soldiers or for
battleships is under consideration. Rep.
resentatiye Richard p. Hobson of Ala
bama often calls at the White House and
he is working very hard to get Congress
TO vote to build four more battleships,
but 1t is rumored that many think that
the appropriations are mounting up so
rapidly, that two is all that we can af-
ford to build. Since the Popullsts have
nominated Thomas E. Watson again
for the presidency, it is suggested that
the democrats will also have to nomin.
ate Mr.. Bryan from the force of habit.
Mr.. TAFT is working most strenuously in
every direction, and yet he is said 10 be
looking well Is that to be wondered at,
when he attended four dinners and five
lunches, it was reported, in one day.
President Roosevelt has sent one of his
shortest and most important messages
to Congress recently. In it he calls the
attention OF Congress to the Importance
OF leglslating for the suppression Of
anarchy, saying that every other ques-
ton sinks into insignihcance when com
pared with anarchy The anarchist is
an enemy to all mankind. and his is a
deeper degree of crimiuality than any
other. No anarchist immigrant is al
lowed to come to our shores, and no
paper advocating anarchist doctrines
should be allowed TO circulate here. We
should prohibit the mails from being
made an instrument to propagate muir |
der, arson and treason. He also sent a
letter from Attorney General Bonaparte,
stating some OF the legal points at issue.
he article in La QUESTION: Sociale. was
intended to incite anarchy, it was re-
ported, hence Postmaster General Never |
barred it from the mails, as an offense
against state and national governments. |
He thought the postmaster had the |
right to exclude second-class matter
which shall counsel crimes as murder. |
arson and treason. But Congress has |
the power to exclude all such publica. !
tons. 1t is reported that a great many
threatening letters have been sent to our
leading officials and an extra guard has
been placed around their homes and per.
sons.
A banquet was given DR.. H. w. Wiley
OF the Agriculture Department on his
18th anniversary, by about eighty of his
assistants and noted chemists. DIR. H.
A. Houston acted as POSTMASTER. DR.
Wiley paid high tribute to his prede-
,esSors, and gave some "reminiscences of
his public life and experiences here. since
ne lett Purdue University, Indiana, his
native state.
We are having an unusually early
spring in this city: the weather is very
being warm and sunny one
day and the next may be cold and RAINY
With raw east wind Flowers have
been in bloom in the parks, and trees are
-apidly leaving out
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Washington, D c.
April II, 1908.