St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-03-20
ADJOURNMENT
Congressman Want to Attend to
Politics at HOme-No ApprO-
priatiOn Bill Yet.
washington, March IS. 1912.

but getting nowhere in particular
1t is in continual eruption, emitting
incessant talk, but really doing
nothing. The house passes a tariff
bill every day or two, but it don't
mean anything. It's all for political
effect, like stage money. Meanwhile
the senate is cropping for some sort
of pension bill on which both
houses may possibly agree, but the
prospect is not encouraging. To date
the House has passed seven of the
IA regular and necessary annual
appropriation bills, only one of
which has arrived on the floor of
the senate.
The democratic house leaders as
sert that final adjournment cannot
and will not be delayed much if any
beyond June 1, and are working
night and day with this object in
view In the meantime vast num-
bers of bills are piling up in the SEN
ate, awaiting action. This condition
is not nearly as discouraging as it
looks, however, as much of it is
stuff which would be positive in
jury to the country if it were acct
dentially enacted, and which only
here and there a crank wants, any
way. Therefore there is time en-
ough and to spare before June first
for the enactment of all desirable
and proper legislation now on the
boards.
Every day it is becoming more
and more apparent that it will be i'm
possible to hold a quorum of either
house here after warm weather be-
OIL oTrivT in he
near future. Congress, with every
body else, is politics mad already,
and it is now mighty hard to hold it
down to business. Everybody wants
to be at home fixing political fences
or off on the firing line somewhere,
and numbers Of the membership of
both houses are already gone.
The house passed the wool tariff
bill late last Friday night, and will
have the income tax through by the
time this is in print. 1t has only
the cotton schedule and the remain
der of the appropriation bills now
on it's list, and with these disposed !
of it's work for the session will be
fairly well cleaned up. The senate
is already humping itself, but it |
has mass of necessary business to
dispose of and will hustle from now
through to the end.
Vermont Visitors.
A few Vermonters have been in
evidence hereabouts during the past
week, and some incidents pertaining |
to the state may bear being referred |
to. Editor Thayer of Morrisville
slipped quietly into town at an early
hour Thursday morning, and de-
parted the midnight following. He
visited with tn Vermont delegation
official and otherwise, but did not
attempt the taking of straw vote.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Babbitt of
Bellows Falls, the former being
present member and
one of the county's next senators,
arrived in the city Friday on their
way home after some weeks touring
the south After a visit of week
they will proceed to their home.
They are and have been accompani-
I'd by Hon. Edgar J. Sherman of
recently retired from
he supreme court bench of that
citizens. Judge Sher-
nan is a native of the good old I
own of Weatherstield.
lille, the official head of the State
Grange, and Hon. G. F. Carter of II
Rutland, president of the State /
association, are in the
.ity for a few days to attend the
hearings now being held before the
House committee on Agriculture in {
he matter of the oleomargarine bill.
With the powerful aid of Represen-
alive PlumIey they are fighting in
he interests of the real butter to
he best of their ability but the COM
nittee is made up in the interests
# oleo and the butter people can
,nly hope for the largest possible
estriction on the competition of the
product
Excursions from Vermont.
We are assured that spring is on
he way by noting the advent of more
nd more numerous excursions from
to Washington. Besides
he one from Barton high school re-
erred to last week one from Barre
numbering about % people and in
luding nearly 20 pupils of the
pauIding high school is scheduled
o arrive here Friday of this week
nder the chaperonage of Miss
)ane, one of the faculty, and this
viii be followed the next day by
bout the same number from the
pringfield high school under the
Management of Principal Millett and
Irs. w. H. H. Slack. Later the
raduating class of Hardwick acad-
my will be here for a week, but
cry likely these will be included in
he large party from St. Johnsbury
nd vicinity the 29th
Will Hit o. NJ Barber.
The democratic House majority
as taken the initial steps to abolish
he commerce court, of which Hon.
}. NJ. Barber is a member, by cut
ing out of the appropriation bill
he item for it's support. Further,
t is asserted by them that if the
enate restores the item they will V
bSoluteIy refuse to agree and thus .