St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-19
AS HARRIS SEES IT.
Says Democrats Are Carrying Out
Their Programs With Rush
Notes About Vermonters.
Washington. April IT.

Editor Caledonian.
and rather complex life 1 have
known women to read the Caledon-
ian. If there are any left who have
the chronic habit-contracted when
did not happen to be conducting a
paper there and there was no other
choice-possibly they for once would
be pleased that l defer to them and
not devote whole letter to politics.
So / will gather up one or two per-
sonal incidents.
William Walter Husband, every
body's friend and vice versa, is yet
at work on the completion of the
immigration commission's report,
and expects to have it ready for pub
LEGATION not later than July 1. It
is affirmed by everybody in a posi-
ton to know that Walter has done
a tremendous amount of good work
as secretary of the commission, and
the value of the Forthcoming report
will be to large extent attributable
to Walters diligence and executive
ability. What he will turn his hand
to when he completes the report he
has not disclosed, even if he has de-
cided, but whatever he connects
himself with will have a big start
toward success.
Not long after the opening of last
session Alexander Wilkie, of Dan
vile, P. o. came to Washington and
asked for the passage of a law cor
recting his army record. Alexander's
antecedents were members of the
Caledonia county of Wilkes, and his
brother is known to fame and a
large constituency as David, the COM
mercial diplomat and late head of
the noble order of Fat MeR of New
England. Alexander was Wiving in
Danville, P. O., when the war broke
out and enlisted in a Vermont regi-
ment. He served in most of the
campaigns of the war, and so credit
ably that he was promoted success
lively from a private to second lieu
tenant. Toward the end of the
scrimmage he obtained a brief fur
Tough and went home on a visit.
There he found his people in such
condition that he decided that his
first duty was to them and so re-
manned at home. Of course a
charge of desertion was entered
against his name, and it was to have
this removed after all these years
that he made last winters pilgrim
age to congress. Senator Page put
up the facts in the case to the Mill,
tary committees of congress, and
these were all that we're required by
them to put through bill giving
a clean military bill of
health, verifying his otherwise ex-
cellent record and placing him in
line for a pension.
: Senator Dillingham; is the guest
-Monday-evening of Chief
Justice White of the United States
Supreme Court at dinner party.
Senator Page has made his annual
of new sugar cakes of |
excellent quality to his colleagues
and friends around the capitol, much
to their qualification and delight
This has come to be an event among
the senators, most of whom would
never know what real
maple sugar is. The demand here
for good quality of maple sugar is
and is wholly beyond any
possibility of supply.
Congress is Busy.
Having practically made up their
program of legislation for the ext~a
session, the democratic majoriEv IL
the House is putting it through VIA
a rush. The resolution for the electior
of senators by the people was sent
after only four hours de-
bate, and once the reciprocity bill
was decided on by the majority ii
was put through with neatness and /
dispatch. Of course hot arguments
we're made, but not much time was
allowed for them. Within another
week it is more than possible that
the wooden schedule of the tariff, the
bill for the admission of New Mexf-
90 and Arizona and quite likely other
important matters will be cleaned off
The slate. At this rate of accomplish /
ment the entire democratic program
IF the session will have been con-
within three weeks. However, this
g scarcely beginning of the trouble. /
The great fight will come in the
senate, where at least some of the
egislation prepared by the House is
pretty certain to fail. There all
;hese matters. will be cuffed right and
eft, and argued and debated with
tut limit or possibility of predicting
result. The House scheme to bride
he senate to pass the reciprocity
,iIl by following it with blanket
rec trade bill placing many articles
purchased and used by farmers on
he free list is a shrewd one, but is
'ather more than likely to fail. 1t
S a parallel case to mother promis-
ng Willie candy if he will be good
Ind take his castor oil, and the senate
nay refuse to swallow. Many of
hem remember the taste of free
rade castor OIL Hence, watch for
,ruptions and upheavals in the
With the kffd permission of the
ditor I would like to say, in closing,
hat an article of mine in the YER
nonter magazine for the current
month was published prematurely.
had intended to illustrate it, and it
hould have been dedicated to the old
'oys of the Caledonia Forest and
stream club.
J. E. HARRIS.