The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-27
INTRODUCE PENSION BILLS
Vermonts Delegation in Congress
Adds 70 Grist Of Legislature


Washington. Jan. 26.-The publish
ed statement that Senator W P Dill
Hgham would propose OF advocate
any legislation looking toward the
repeal of the present immigration
laws regulating the Chinese. or mod
flying the Immigration laws as APP
piled to them was entirly erroneous
II does not now appear that any leg
islatiOn on the subject is cOntempla-
ted
Senator DILLINGHAM; has introduced
three bills based on the recent
white slave and steerage condition
reports OF the immigration commits
sion which suggest strengthening the
present laws on the subject. There
is now every prospect that these ad-
ditiOnal safeguards will be enacted
into law by congress at this session.
The senior Yern'cnt senator has al
so introduced a bill as a member of
the district committee, making COM
pulsOry- the cleaning of snow and ice
from the sidewalks of the city He
has also fathered thus far about %
private pension bills
Senator Carroll s. Page has intro
duced private pension bills as fol
lows: Alanson w. Allard of West
Derby; Lewis H. Strong of South
Woodbury.; Newell Coburn of st. AL.
bans; Edrick Adams of Panton; Car
los c. Shaw of Morrisville; Darwin
A. Brink of Brandon; Albert Silsby
of West Burke; Joseph NJ. Moore of
West Rupert c. c. Miner of Cady's
Falls; d. E. Gibson of West Sails
bury; John c. Belts of Morrisville;
Sarah j. Aiken OF Albany; Jane A.
Orr of Pawlet; Lawson +. Archer of
Cuttingsville.
January 10, the 9th anniversary
of Senator Pages birthday, he re-
ceived shower of 81 cards from
personal friends at Bristol
Mr.. ana Mrs. Donald Scrbner of
Hyde Park arrived in the city Satur-
day for a few days visit with Senator
Page and his family Mr. Scribner
mas long been the Senator's business
secretary at Hyde Park and Mrs.
Scribner is his niece, a daughter of
the Hon and Mrs H. c. Fisk
Congress sman ID. j. Foster has al
ready Introduced bills in the House
under the following titles.
Providing for the removal of grade
crossmgs la the District of Columbia
for the relief of the estate of f. q.
Tacker, to provide lower rates of pos
tage on rural routes to parole United
States prisoners and for other pur-
poses.
Also the following private pension
bills John W. Bennett, Albert j. 81
monds Of Peru; Elroy L. Kent of
Brandon, Royal f. Bentley Of Rut-
land; y. w Henry of Burlington;
Eliza A. Seoley of Jeffersonvile Nj
chael Manning OF Morrisvile; Orion
B. Colby of East Fairfield Matthew
Hussey of Rutland. Michael McKen
zie of Burlington; Clemine J. Riley
of Burlington; Mary NJ. Strong of
Burlington; b. H. Phelps Of South
Hero; r. p. Nash of Castleton and
Delphine v Couture of Burlington
VIII Hassett for some months a re-
porter on the staff of the Morning
Herald of this city, began work Mon
day morning on the city staff of the
Morning Post. This is decided pro
motion for Mr.. Hassett but mas been
briIliaY tly earned by him during the
short time he has been connected
with the newspaper work in this
city He is a Mortified boy, a brojt.
er-in-law of Lynn NJ. Hays of Burling-
ton and came here from the Free
Press of that city.