The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-30
Congressman and Senators Flooded
With Admonitions That It Will Not
Do to Make Anything but a Sincere
Revision of the Schedules.
rom orr special correspondent.

From our special correspondent.
Washington, d. c., April %.
Protests and criticisms are daily pouring
in upon congress from industrial and COM
mercial centers against unnecessary delay
and prolonged discussion of the tariff,
and already it has had the effect to hurry
conferences and quicken the congressional
sense of responsibility. The admonitions
which have been continually aimed at the
majority from the White House and the
people at large, that it will not do to play
politics with the tariff schedules, has evi.
IDENTIFY made its impression and some of
the most astute politicians are now de-
claring 1--WE must finish this tariff bust
ness before July" Senators were busily
engaged all day Sunday with Appraisers
Sherretts and Arthur Cheney of Boston,
going over the silk schedules, which have
been changed by the senate committee.
The general opinion is that the bill will
run along about three or four weeks in
the senate, but the time Of adjournment
towards the changes that have been made
| in the senate. Some interesting set
speeches are likely, both from northern
| and southern senators. Meantime, the
House is making no effort to maintain a
quorum, and very little legislation is pro-
posed, though a great number OF private
bills are being constantly introduced. Sen
ator Bailey's speech Monday and Tuesday
on his amendment to the tariff bill provid-
ing for fiat rate of taxing incomes,
presented the subject in an interesting
way and he was listened to closely by a
large audience including Mrs. Taft and
the families of diplomats. The speech
provoked hot exceptions from Mr.. Aldrich
especially when he asserted that President
Taft now favored an income tax, and
asked Mr.. Aldrich if he considered the
president populist, socialist, or DEM
ocrat.
Mr.. Dwight of New York has intro
duced a bill in the House which if it be-
comes a law will force the United States I
to own a complete railway train, consist
ing of baggage car, sleeping car, and
private car, for the exclusive use of the
president of the United States. The sum /
of 100000 to be expended by the secre-
tary Of war, is provided, and he is author
lied to annually enter into contracts with
railway companies for hauling the train.
President Taft has expressed a desire to
visit Alaska this fall and to that end an
appropriation of $4,000 to be imme-
diately available, is proposed.
Justice Wendell P. Stafford of the SUI
preme court of the district, and John w.
Titcomb of the United States fish commits
Laner Heights for the purpose of build
ing themselves handsome residences. The
deal was made through the office OF II.
N. Taplin, formerly Of Montpelier.
Veterans of the Civil war will be inter-
ested in knowing that the officers at the
War College here members Of the general
staff Of the army, instructors OF the col
ege, and students assigned to instruction
there, are to make practice ride into Vir-
ginia beginning next Saturday, with
as the destination. Brigadier
General Wotherspoon, president of the
war college, will head the cavalcade num-
oering 100 or more. The line of ride will
De that taken by General Grant in 1864,
rom Washington to Fredericksburg,
through the Wilderness the Seven Pines.
o Richmond, to Petersburg, The ride
umed such trip will interest even the
ged veterans of Vermont.
The "silk stocking Masonic lodge of
he district has the distinction of having
he president of the United States as it's
uest ON his first visitation to a lodge
within the jurisdiction of the District of
The president saw the Ma
onio third degree conferred and was
luch interested in the ceremony.
Governor Spry of Utah is here in the
ity to invite President Taft to attend the
ncampment of the Grand Army at Salt
AXE in August Unusual efforts for the
of the crowd are being
lade
Representative Foster of Vermont ac-
party of congressman and
thers to Pittsburg last night to attend
,al Grant. Harry G. Shaw, secretary to
enator Page, who has been i'll at his
ONE in Vermont two or three weeks, is
rain on duty in Washington.
Capt G. G. Burnell, who committed sui
de at sanitarium here last week, was
son of Joseph Burnell of Burlington,
t., where the captains relatives desired
have his body taken, but the war de-
lrtment decided to have it buried in Ar
lgton.
Messrs Muzzey and Robinson Of ia
aca and Sheriff Melendy of London
Try were among the visitors to the cap
II this week, as was r. S.A Childs of