The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-17
STATE OF CHAOS
At WASHINGTON
SAYS HARRIS
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last evening from MS european e&-
petition, serene in spirit and sound
in wind and limb. He reports his
visit as a delegate TO the information
al congress at Rome as a most pleas
ing success in every detail, and that
the agricultural interests OF The earth
at large must necessarily have been
much advanced as a result OF the &c.
alterations of that body 1t will be
remembered that Mr. Foster was
chairman of the American delegation
TO the recent meeting Of delegates
from all countries at Rome for the
purpose OF advancing agricultural in
terests everywhere, and from the size
and scope OF the gathering 1t undoubt
edly must have well accomplished It's
object There were approximately
one hundred and fifty delegates pres
ent representing forty eight coun-
tries OF the globe and ninety-fve per
cent of all civilized people and land
susceptible OF cultivation The daily
meetings OF the convention were nee
essarily productive OF an interchange
OF very valuable thought on the gen
eral subject of the welfare and pro
gress of agriculture as the greatest
world-industry and unlimited good is
certain to result Delegates Olmsted
I OF the statistical bureau of the de
partment of agriculture and Durand
OF the Census are remaining in Eur
ope for a few weeks in order to OBJ
tain further data for the report of the
delegation, which will later be sub
mitted to the department of state.
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Milan, Berne, Paris and London, and
everywhere was given a cordial per
sonal and official welcome AS incid-
entail TO the object of his tour he was
particularly impressed by the Europe
an methods OF intensive farming, and
was astonished at the productiyeness
of which small areas are capable
This matter in its application to meth
DDS here will very likely be given the
prominence which it deserves in the
forthcoming report Mr. Foster will
remain here for the present TO clean
up the mass OF personal and official
business which accumulated during
his absence, but about the end of the
I first week in July will 90 to Vermont
and on the 18th will deliver the adj
dress at the dedication of a soldiers
monument at Highgate Center La
ter he will fiji other dates in the
north.
The loan shark BILL so-called, de
yised by Senator Dillingham; is now
on the calendar of the senate, and it
is expected that it will be enacted in
to law at this session. The bill was
devised 10 control and regulate the
pawnbroking business in this city, a
large part of which is in the hands
of wholly INSCRIPTIONS parties who
force excessive rates OF interest from
the poor and unfortunate whose nee
essities force them into the clutches
OF these pirates whose methods have
become so rank that they have long
been a stencil and byword in the dis
trict Unbelievable rates of Inter
est are eXtorted by these robbers,
and the passage of the bill will mark
a day OF rejoicing throughout the city.
Senator Dillingham; has also report
ed from his committee on Elections
Senator Roots bill creating a new
dispensation in the election OF Uni
ted States senators by state legisla-
lures The measure provides that
after a legislature has balloted unsuc-
cessfully for twenty successive days
an election may then be had by plur-
ality vote. provided that such plural
ity vote equals onethird of the total
membership of such legislature. Such
a law would clearly end all deadlocks
after the twenty day period and eifec-
mally remedy what has become in
later years not only a glazing evil
but an aifront to the public sense of
propriety There is no opposition TO
the bill in sight at present as if the
New York senator will push 1t ener
getically there is a prospect that it
may be enacted before adjournment.
In any event there is little doubt but
that il viii go through at the next
regular session
The subcommittee of the commit
tee on Elections, consisting of Sena-
tors Dillingham;. Gamble, Fletcher,
Johnston, Kenyon, Jones, Lea and
Kern, will begin the public hearings
in the Ldrimer case next week Fri
day in one OF the large rooms in the
senate Office building which We're or
iginally designed for such purposes
! The public will be admitted, of course
and tremendous rush of interested
spectators is assured Senator Lori
mer will have as sole counsel Judge
Hanecy of Chicago, one of the ablest
lawyers in the country and the com
mittee will also have the assistance
of able counsel For the present the
hearings will be held here but later
will be shifted to points in the west.
/ The committee has taken the nee
essary legal steps to perfect the stat
us of its work by permitting itself to
be photographed in a body, always
the first absolutely essential official
act of a legislative or congressional
outfit of this character. To com
Imittee this acts in the same capacity
1 that a charter does to corporation
Senator Dillingham; is prominent in
/ the center of the first row, as BELTS
| his official position, and has much
/ less the appearance of low-browed
horse thief than is usual in works of
art OF this character Essentially the
! Vermont senator should be congratu
! lated that he escaped with such com
paratively small damage from the Of
fetal assault Clerk Pease of the