The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-02
Senators Get into a Wran-
gle Over a Side
Remark
HOUSE DEBATES
ON IMMIGRATION
New England Now Without
Representation in Com
merce Commission

Washington, Feb. 2.-Congress in both
branches halted Saturday night without
decisive action on pending measures. The
Senate did not complete the agricultural
extension bill, as it had expected to, and
the House adjourned without finishing
the immigration bill. There was plenty
OF ginger, however, in proceedings at
each end of the capitol. The Senate
worked itself up to a fine frenzy on
charges by Senator Lane of Oregon that
reports on the steel trust had been doc
tored." The name of David Lamar,
"wolf of Wall street." was featured in
the proceedings, he being spectator in
the gallery. Senator Bristow took up
side remark which he heard from Sem
ator Root about the Senate being trail
ed around at the heels of bIackmailer"
This action of Bristow's was resented all
around, for senator's enjoy nightly the
privilege of soto voce remarks now and
then regarding matters under discussion.
Mr.. Bristow was lectured by Senator
Stone of Missouri. One thing led to am
other, and the tangle was quite amusing
All in all, the Senate was in bad tenn
per. Much OF the afternoon was given
over to discussion of the proviso in
the agricultural extension bill which
might deprive colored agricultural col
leges OF benefits. Senators Cummins of
Iowa and Nardaman of Mississippi held
leading roles. They talked about negro
problems, and Senator Nardaman assev-
Grated in detail that southerners were
the best friend of the colored brother.
The House had more red-hot debating
on the immigration bill, particularly on
the literacy test. The question OF great
interest in the corridors is whether Pres
ident Wilson viii veto. There were eff
forts Saturday by Californians to drag
in Japanese immigration, but these did !
not succeed.
President Wilson had his Saturday |
holiday. but he forwarded two nomina-
tions of moment, those of interstate /
commissioners. New England |
viii now be without representation on
the commission, for Prof. Winthrop NJ. |
Daniels of Princeton, N. j., takes the
place vacated by Charles A. Prouty of /
Vermont. Prof. Daniels is man per-
sonally known to the president, and will |
be an official, as the saying goes here. |
with whom the president can talk" He /
knows from his service with the New /
Jersey public utilities commission some
thing about control over the issuance of /
railroad securities. and that is some
thing the interstate commerce commits
sion will probably have to deal with.
Levy Attacks Antitrust Bills.
Authority for an interstate trade
to limit the size of corporations was
as an amendment to the trade
bill Saturday by Senator
Cummins before the Senate interstate
commerce committee. He also proposed
that the commission investigate price
liking and watered stocks Representa-
tive Levy Of New York told the House
judiciary committee that the French rev
olution resulted from Just such Job
noXious and drastic, legislation as the
administrations pending antitrust pro-
gram" He attacked the Sherman law
rs an interference with commerce and
factor in 20 years of advance
ment and progress.
New Interstate Commerce Commits I
sionerS.
President Wilson Saturday nominated
these interstate commerce commission
Frs; Winthrop More Daniels of Prince
ION, N. j., Henry Clay Hall of Colorado
Springs Col