The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-27
Much Business Transacted
the Last Day
PRESIDENTS 2 MESSAGES
The Weeks Bill Has Right Of Way-The
Senate Will Vote on 1T February
15-Picturesque Scenes at
the Capitol

Washington, June 2I.-lhe second ses
sion Of the 0lst Congress is now his.
tory. Congress adjourned at II o'clock
Saturday night Washington turned out
70 see che farewell, and the great capitol
looked an inspiring sight, illuminated
throughout, while the plaza was brilliant
with the lights Of automobiles and the
gay dresses of men and women. A de-
llghtfully balmy evening and the starry
heavens made the conclusions Of q nota-
bile session Of Congress lacking in notn-
lng Of picturesqueness.
/ While considerable number Of mem
bers Of both houses had already left
Washington, still a sufficient number re-
manned TO make both houses sesem al
most crowded. Coed spirits prevailed
everywhere. even The lambs and the
wolves. a. aisagreeing Republicans might
be called, gamboled about enjoying each
others company. Al were happy be-
cause they believed that the session had
done well, remarkably well, better than
Eauy Congress since perhaps The Spanish
war session. Great legislation bad been
put on the statute books, to be sure,
amid much stress but enacted, neverthe-
Hess. The House, once more a free agent,
seemed to ike its fveedom as never BEL
fore, and tie once powerful speaker
looked as ehipper - II there had been
Ino such thing as the March revolution.
The adjournment might have been or.
dered ia the afternoon, but the engross-
Iing clerks found that they could not fri.
lish aB the bills until late il the even
ing Recesses we're taken for several
lhours.
At 10 o'clock the president with biz
cabinet advisers arrived ready e sign
snch lilis as were tnen ready, and Of
course tbis function was a. brilliant q
any II it, predecessors Quite lesee
went on neantnne. Mr. Taft seem q
9uite hrppy.
In TIC Senate, the mail ship Subsidy
IbHl was made the unfinished business
iar Tie next session, and Senator Sim
uous ia hia intense way diseouraed on
Itsc causes of the high prices a tie Dem-
iocrats 81 Tie Lodge committee mad found
them. The Senate won Is usual in IL
eontentions with tie House respecting
the obolition Of the pension agencies
(which needIessly cast the government
100000 4 year. So The pension bin was
Icgreed Co. Il appropriate sl5ea000o0
1.-THE investigation of The sale a the friaE
lands was fayoahly reported il the
House. but no special rule was
Forthcoming to enable the House 70 con-
lsider It Senator Lodge was successful
ID persuading THE Senate to pass the
Mann white slave bill, passed By the
House Tire president sent IN message
says urging The Immediate aPpropria-
ton Of 100000 to cheek floods 10 the
Colorado river
Estimates are Of course, IN order 81
to what this session Of Congress has
cos. Tie country Il il declared THAT
the appropriations and authorizations
exceed those Of the last session Of Con
gross 81 100000, and all told Az
more than 81 54,000,oOO Congress has
been lavish and that IL would be 50 was
apparent early ii the session in eonse
quence Of the more liberal rules Ct thf
House, which took that authority away
from the central source Of power, tbe
speaker, BY which 10 has heretofore beer
able to offer some protection 10 th'
United States treasury.
While the Appalachian forestry BIZ
was laid at rest 10 the Senate Saturday
because of the Burton fi;buster. never
theless II met with rare good fortune
and all those who have been here bat
Ting for the measure feel satisfied witt
tie result, which brings the bin 70 3
vote ia the Senate On February p next
The support for the measure is 90 large
lin the Senate that the bin is sure to BIZ
pnssed, and il viii be passed a. thl
Weeks bill, for the Senate permitted th'
substitution Of this bill, which has
passed the House. for the bill flibusteret
against.
The president signed Saturday the rig