The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-13
RUSHING The
TARIFF BILL,
Republicans Come In For Crit
iCiSm on Account Of Il.
QUICK ACTION NECESSARY.
The Work Required In Handling
Measure of This kind-Bryan and
the Senatorial Race In Nebraska
Next Year-Agrioultural Experts In
vestgating the Crow.

Next Year-Asrioultura Experts In
vestigating the Grow.
Washington, Aug. 7.-[SpeciaL $50
eager were the Republican managers
of the senate to hurry along the con-
sideration of the conference report on
the tariff bill when it was taken up
in the upper branch of congress that
even the chaplain of that august body
caught the spirit of the lawmakers and
delivered about the shortest prayer on
record. Some Of the statesmen oppos-
ing the plans of the managers talked
in private as If they had an idea this
was prearranged plan, and outsiders
went so far as to say what Is known
| to be untrue, that Senator Aldrich is
sued instructions to the preacher that
the senate did not have time for pray
ing when the business interests Of the
country were crying out for the early
settlement of the long controversy over
the tariff The senate that morning
had met two hours earlier than usual.
Mr.. Aldrich and his lieutenants were
all hustle, as if they wanted to push
things along, especially as there were
evidences that some of the Democrats
and quite number of the protesting
Republican senators were prtmed for
speeches that might require answering
on the part of the regular organization.
Signing of Tariff Bill.
A tariff bill before 1t goes to the
NJ dfcoT
prevail is scrutinized most carefully
by the house committee on enrolled
bills. The members Of this committee
are assisted by the enrolling clerks of
the house who have fixed up the big
measure in It's different stages.
Punctuation is a most important point
to be watched The misplacing Of
even a comma may destroy the effect
Of an entire paragraph. When the
members of the committee on enrolled
bills are certain that they have guard
ed against every possible mistake the
bill is first signed by the speaker of
the house and next by the vice presi-
dent, who is the president of the SEN
ate. Then the clerk of the house at
tests that the measure has l@assed
the house in which 1t originated. The
committee then takes the bill to the
president
Final Disposition of Bill.
The officers of the house and senate
sign at the bottom of the long tariff
bills. The president usually writes in
the left hand corner of the first page
approved" and attaches his sigma
ture, with the date. He communi
Gates this action to both branches OF
congress in a brief official note, but
does not send the bill back to the capt.
toll as It is taken from the White
House by a special messenger over to
the state department, where 1t is fled
with the permanent archives.
Wilson Bill Not Signed.
In the second term of President
Cleveland the Wilson tariff bill was
passed. This was in 1894 That meas
ure was enacted by the Fifty-third con-
gress. The special session which was
called to meet early in August, 1898,
did not, however, at first take up the
tariff question, its initial business be
ing to repeal the purchasing clause of
the silver law that had previously
been placed on the statute books. The
Wilson bill dragged along from OctO-
Der until the following July. Presi- |
dent Cleveland would not sign IL, and |
1t became a law at the expiration OF |
ten days after being sent to him and |
not returned to congress
Speculations About Bryan.
There is wide difference of opin- |
Ion among western congressman as to
whether or not William Jennings Bry-
an Will be In the senatorial race In |
Nebraska next year. Conflicting re-
ports constantly are being received |
here. One day the news will be that |
Colonel Bryan has stated positively |
that he is not going to be a candidate |
The next day admirers Of his will cor.
rect that impression by asserting that |
such pressure will be brought upon /
him that he will have to get into the /
fight The other day the report was /
flashed over the land that he had de |
cided to leave Nebraska and would /
take up his residence i'm Texas. On |
the heels of that the statement came 1
that Mr.. Bryan denied it absolutely /
Those who have industriOusly circu- /
lated this Texas story are declared by /
many to be political enemies of Sen
ator Bailey and are said to have gone /
so far as to declare that Bryan in.
tends to locate in Texas with the pur-
pose Of using his former influence to
bring about the defeat Of Bailey.
Even Crow Has Virtue.
The experts Of the department of az
riculture constantly are invading new
fields Of investigation. A report has
been issued as TO the common black 1
CROW. generally thought to be a bad.
destructive bird with no good qualities 4
whatever. But the department ex-
perts have ascertained that. while the
crow ravages cornfields and win raid
the poultry yards. il has several good
points. One is that II destroys a great
many insects Of a nOxious sort. A
large. fat June bug or beetle is es-
teemed as a great delicacy by the
crow. CHARLES W. ARTHUR.