The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22
The LETTERS
ARE SHOWN
President Wilson Comes
Back at big
Business"
FIGHT OVER
NEGRO RECORDER
Southern Men Demand a
White Appointee for
Recorder

Washington, June 22.--Presidcnt vii
| son Saturday contributed another chap.
ter to the prosperity issue. There were
given out at the White House numerous
letters received since the president told
early in the week, about circulr yetters
to business men requesting them to in
form Washington regarding industrial
depression being aggravated by the con-
tinued session of Congress. These let
tiers emphas sizes efforts to "chastise the
administration. A Tennessee cores
pondent wrote that his firm had been
the senators and representatives asking
for an adjournment of Congress with.
out trust legislation" Representative
Reilly of Connecticut took to the White
House letter he received recently from
New Haven declaring that clock fac
tories there are charging shorter hours
of employment to Importation of foreign
clocks. Mr.. Reilly has obtained figures
from the department of commerce show
ing that for the first three months of
this year imports of clocks were $1,000
less than for the first three months of
1913.
The president is giving much ,atten-
ton 10 patronage, many places remain
ing to be filed. A number OF western
nominees went in Saturday. An an
nouneement from the White House of
more than local interest is that the
president viii select a colored man for
recorder of deeds in the District of Co
lumbia. This Office has been bestowed
on colored men since reconstruction
times. Southern senators want it Civ.
en- to white man and proposes to fight
the presidents nominee as they did re-
Gently without success, his nomination
OF a colored man for municipal Judge in
Washington City. The Senate is in the
throes OF profound discussion over
water rights on Fisthead and other In
dian lands in Montana. There is ives
ter effort to take these rights from In
dams. when not used, and sell them to
settlers. With this question out of the
way and the Indians appreciation bill
pa ssed. Senator Newlands said Saturday
he would attempt Monday to bring up
his federal trade commission bill The
judiciary commission gave the day for
further consideration of the Clayton an
THRUST bill without particularly def.
mite results. The House had a hot and
heavy debate Saturday afternoon over
the commissary at soldiers homes 1t
was claimed by Representative Anthony
Of Kansas and Stafford of Wisconsin,
both of whom have branches of the ma
tional homes for volunteers in their dis.
tricts, that the veterans We're not well
fed, This was stoutly denied by Chair
man Fitzerald.
Attorney General MeReynolds re-
aeiyed communication from Gov.
Walsh of Massachusetts Saturday ex
pressing confidence that the legislature
would find a way to dispose Of the New
Haven bills. In private conversations
the attorney general tells of his deep
nncern owed the railroad situation in !
New England. He expresses his sym
Dathy for innocent persons who have |
suffered from the mismanagement Of the |
New Haven railroad properties and is
hopeful that he will not be compelled |
10 file the dissolution suit.
The conference committee on the agri |
cultural appropriation is understood to
nave agreed from approximately S40O, |
roo for farm extension work This is
he appropriation which the chamber of |