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that when majority of the members
were actually present there was
quorum for the transaction of business
whether they voted or refused to vote
Referring to the constitutional power
of the house to compel the attendance
of absent members, he said: If mem
bers can be present and refuse to OK
ercise their function, to wit. not TO be
counted as a quorum, that provision
would seem to be entirely nugatorv
lnasmuch as the constitution only pro
Vides for their attendance, that is
enough. If more was needed the con
stitution would have provided for
more.
This ruling was followed by scene
of disorder even greater than that which
had preceded it, and fQr three days the
house was a perfect bcdlam. The speak
er was wildly denounced; he was
called a ear and a ''usurper,' and
his decision was denounced to be not
only revolutionary but corrupt. He did
not deny that he had overruled precc-
dents i'll which he had himself acqui-
esced. tie simply reverted to the terms
of the constitution and claimed that
the quorum established by that instru-
ment was a present aud not a voting
quorum. Through the whole three DAYS
of turbulence he remained cool. calm
imperturbable, and let the fury break
around him.
At last tue question whether the
speaker s decision should be overruled
was submitted to the house A more
handful Of the Republicans voting with
the Democrats would have overthrowr
the speaker and his ruling. But his
party stood with him to man After
much filibustering the ruling was sus
tanned.
''Thus was established the most i'm
portant landmark i'll the parliamentary
practice of the house. 1t seems diff
cult to believe that there should ever
have been any other construction put
upon the constitution than that the
power to compel the attendance Of alb
sent members in order to secure {
quorum was for the purpose of enabling
the house to transact the business OF
the country, and not simply for the
purpose of permitting those who wer,
present to look upon the faces of thos,
who were absent. Not merely did tbs
supreme court subsequently sustain tn,
constitutionality of Reed S ruling, bu
within a brief period, by the indorse
ment of his party antagonists, it wa
destined to become the settled law o.
the house.
Mr. Reed was reelected speaker il
December, 1895, and again in 1897. H,
was reelected to congress in Septem
Der, 1898, and would unquestionabl,
e have again been made speaker at tn,
session which began in December, 1899
but he was strongly opposed to tn,
course of the Mckinley administration
! in taking over the Philippines and en-
tering on a colonial policy, and h
, therefore announced his retiremen
/ from congress and took up the practic
of law in New York and continued i
until his death in December, 1902.
Why Thomas B. Reed was such
] dominating figure in the house of repre-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

plain of Indigestion, which teaches US
that the human stomach is one Of the
most overestimated articles IN com
mon use.
The Goldfish grows to be almost as
tall as q man and weighs as much as
one hundred and fifty pounds, includ
ing the rich veins of rock salt which
run through it. There is nothing win
some or attractive about the average
Goldfish, as it has no forehead to speak
of and countenance which rarely
lights up with CLEAN of intelligence.
The older Goldfish wear thin, strag-
Cling beard and run heavily to bone
and muscle. All of the creamed cod
fish served at hotels west Of the Miss
issippi River have reached the ge OF
four-score years and ten, and have a
flavor similar to that of escalloped
sawdust.
The Goldfish multiplies faster than
the common house fl, and scientists
tell us that it is nothing unusual to
see preoccupied mother Goldfish sit
ting patiently on 100000 eggs in a
cramped attitude. Why is it that ma
ture allows the Goldfish to hatch cut
so many eggs and vet limits the SELF
sacrificing setting hen to one dozen,
including a porcelain decov?
Goldfish can he eaten with fork.
but it is safer to use pair of pliers.
ra,.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12
VERMONT DENTISTS TO MEET.
Doctors Just Home from Work III
France TO Speak in Burlington.

ENOSBURG FALLS, April l2.-The
fortieth annual meeting of the Yer
mont State Dental society will be held
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday,
MAY 1919, at the Van Ness House.
Burlington. Lectures will begin at
$50 clock Wednesday. Among the
essayists are Doctors Ruthmuller,
Blum, Strang and Cushman, of the Hair
ward unit. fresh from their experiences
in France, beside numerous other elm
les by members of the society. There
will be very instructive clinics by DR..
Kuthmuller on Conductive Anesthesia,
and by DR.. Tracy on Root Canal Tech
nique
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

The difference between profit aad
loss in many industries is in making
use of the Notwithstanding
that was never thought of in the good
old days,when quantities of materials
were wasted. 1t is said that the pork
packer uses every part of the hog for
some purpose but the squeaI. None
of the uninitiated would have thought
much about the by-product of marble
quarry, but the keen minded men back
of the Proctor company see possibili-
ties in this direction by erecting at
West Rutland a $250,OoO plant which
will run night and day, employing 60
hands, crushing daily 200 hundred tons
of waste marble which will be used
in making lime fertilizer
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

The intensity of feeling along ma
tional lines which has been aroused
by the European war is called strik-
ingly to mind in the announcement
that the assistant general manager of
the Cunard steamship company at New
York has been compelled to with
draw from the service by the British
government. The man is an American
by birth and performed his work with
great efficiency, but somebody discov
cred that his father was born in Ger
many and became naturalized citi
zen of this country 20 years before
the man who now loses his job wa,
born.
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STATE NEWS NOTES.
Bitten BY MuSkrat.

While Charles Reese, aged 10 years,
was playing in the school house yard
at Ferrisburg Center Thursday he saw
muskrat and chased it, the rat tax
ing refuge in a large iron pipe. Young
Reese stationed playmate at one end
of the pipe, which he entered to catch
the rodent. When boy and rat met a
combat ensued in which the boy sue
ceeded in killing the rat, but not till
he had been bitten severely on his
head and both hands.
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Member of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers
Brattlcboro, Bratueboro News Co.
Park Drug Store, G. w. CieaVeland, u
r. Cutler Il Co. (Esteyville).
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Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
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South Vernon, L. B. Buffum.
West Chesterfield, NJ. H., Mrs. W
Streeter.
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Windsor. VT, Windsor Restaurant.
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Of the salad
Fig NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a half
pound Of figs by chopping them, and
third Of a cupful of sugar, half
cupful Of boiling water. two table
spoonfuls of lemon juice, mix and cook
these ingredients in a double boiler
until thick enough to spread. Cut the
bread in fancy shapes, spread with
softened butter and place the fig filling
between.
Lettuce Sandwiches.-Spread white
bread, cut in oblongs. with butter, lay
on lettuce leaf dipped in salad dress
ing and sprinkle with Roquefort
cheese.
Nut-Ginger Sandwiches.-Cut bread
in narrow finger strips, butter and put
between two a filing Of chopped Can
ton ginger and cream well mixed, then
add chopped walnuts that have been
/ Drowned in a little butter and sea-
soned with a dash OF salt and paprika.
put on the third slice and press well
together.
kindergarten Sandwiches. Cut
brown bread with a doughnuI cutter,
also cut slices of white bread and use
the same cutter. Spread out the small
circles and the hollow ones, put dark
( center into a white ring ana write
center into a dark one, spread with
butter ana cottage cheese, put together
( III pairs or serve singly.
\ most appetizing fiIling for any
sandwich is common b0iIe6 drpssiro
/ which has been thinned with q little
I of the seasoned oil and vinegar from
I oil pickles, with bit Of the pickles
chopped and added with a tablespoon
full or two of finely chopped boiled
ham.
a green pepper finely chopped
added to boiled dressing is flavor
which is well liked for sandwiches
Olives stuffed or plain, pickles of vari
Gus kinds and salt of celery or othe1
seasonings also make good filing.
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EXCURSIONS and plcnlcS.
They are easily made
and depend for perfec-
tion on their daintiness.
For c hick en- salad
sandwiches chop the
chicken and celery much
finer than for the salad.
Cut the bread in narrow
oblongs, butter. lay on a
lettuce leaf and a filing
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TO SUISSE RIRERs.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
the cooperation of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given of
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, in per
son, by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause Of the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy immediately applied.
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

That was. pretty good news to the
textile workers yesterday. The Amer
ican Wooden company voluntarily
raised the wages of its $4,000 opera
tives in mills IN all of the New Eng
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

The Manchester Union remarks that
Of fighter, but he drove Senator Viii
liam Alden Smith out of the trenches
in Michigan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

We expect to find that the reports of
Villa 5 death were greatly exaggerated.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

As a birthday present, mother would
appreciate trained seal to help her
with the chores
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ii j IL ~ IA sESzzEIsdS
(>GG g AkBEs)LLNNLEE

The world is full Of unfortunates
that have but one Standardization.
Sam Johnson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

Before starting ont for a trip in
your Scourge car be sure that you
have plenty of water, oil, gasoline and
liniment
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

The Elk has a wonderful homing in
stinct and can find a keyhole under
the most adverse circumstances.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

The cost of living is one of the is.
sues we have with us always.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12
STAFF OF LIFE.

Sandwiches are used particularly
for cold repasls. especially for outdoor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

On some railways rails are being
loaded and unloaded mechanically in
stead of by hand.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1915.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

A pair of snowshoes may be easily
made out of two old guitars
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

What is home without hot-water
bottle2
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it by the kind of draw she hopes for. All
this is known TO the Germans. II is clearly
recognized by soldiers, statesmen ana
Kaiser alike. This is why new German
drive must be expected before long, a
drive which will be sharpened by the spur
of desperation. If it is lacking, then there
is an end of all doubt. But just now it is the
part of wisdom, reinforced by all the over
hasty calculations of other interesting
periods, to wait and watch and not too
speedily to conclude that what is bound -
happen next year or the year after is, in
fact, happening this year.
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General Butts Charges.
tor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: General Necessary Butts charges can
not be pleasant reading for those response
BILE in hushing up Dr. Darlington's report
We are told that the men who complain are
molly-coddles. Every effort is made to make
us believe the rare accounts of the so-called
Investigators. Yet here is man, the sor
of a general, on a generals staf-all OF
which counts hugely in these days Of pull
sent home suffering from hardship and neg
lect. 1t is not a pleasant thought to us
who have privates with one to intercede
Tor them, that they would not be sent home
at all, and that still less care would, in all
probability, be taken of them than of Cen
eral Butts son.
We have to pay dearly for our patriotism.
II would seem to be the desire of the present
Administration to impress upon us that
every man for himself" should be an indi-
vdual well as a national policy. G.
Mahwah, ~ j., Aug. s, 1916.
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Cats. Dogs, Birds and Rats.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | have read with interest the two
letters about cats in this mornings Tribune.
Your editorial of August 4, "The Crimes of
the Cat" interested me, too, but does Mr..
Forbush realize that there are as many peo-
pie as fond OF cats, if not fonder, as they are
CT birds?
In regard to licenses, that is all very well,
but | protest against collars. They are an
injury to the cat have known OF two in
stances where the cat has got its front paw
through the collar, causing great suffering.
All cats have feas, according to the season,
and they get under the collar where the cat
cannot scratch. Collars are an unnecessary
cruelty
Yes, cats catch birds. 1t is their nature
10. We praise them for killing rats and
blame them for killing birds. IL is the nature
Of dogs to chase and kill cats. when they
can, but we do not destroy the dogs for that
reason. HELEN WESTON.
West New Brighton. S. l., Aug. Q. 1916.
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Court of Appeals Judges.

There is no proposition upon which pub
lie sentiment is more united than 1T is re
garding the wisdom of recognizing SUI
perior judicial service by the reelection or
promotion of those who have proved
themselves to be good judges. There will
be an excellent opportunity for the voters
to give effect to this principle in the nom
nation and election this year of candi-
dates to fill the offices of chief justice and
associate Judge of the New York Court of
Appeals.
The indications are that the Republicans
will be guided by that rule in making nom
nations for these places. For associate
Judge the choice seems likely to fall to
Judge Crane, of Brooklyn, who has es-
tablished an excellent reputation as a JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court in the Second
Department or Judge Pound of Lockport,
who after a fine record at trial and equity
terms in the Supreme Court of the west
ern part of the state has more recently
been assigned by the Governor to sit in the
Court of Appeals.
For chief judge of the Court of Appeals,
to fill the vacancy caused by the retire
ment at the end of this year of Judge
Bartlett, by limitation of age, all indica-
tons point to the selection of Judge Frank
H. Hiscock, of Syracuse, who is now an
associate judge of that court. His judicial
career has furnished a series of illustra-
lions of advancements, growing out of the
approval by the bar and the public of
the strong, efficient and thorough work he
has done on the bench. He was first
elected a justice Of the Supreme Court In
1896, was reelected in 1910, was appointed
to sit in the Court of Appeals by the Gov
ernor, and in 1912 was elected judge of
that court, leading by many thousands
his associates upon the state Republican
ticket. His written opinions have been
marked for their clarity of statement and
force of reasoning. Because of his judicial
his charm and courtesy of man
ner, he has won the personal regard as
we'll as the respect Of the lawyers Of the
state appearing in its highest court. His
hold upon their good opinion was shown by
the large number of prominent lawyers
opposed to him in politics who publicly adj
vocated his election when he was a candi-
date for the Court of Appeals. His NOM
nation and election as chief judge would
furnish a fine example of judicial promo
ton for merit.
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Just Like Tammany.

At first Secretary Redfeld denied with
much indignation Mr.. Hughess charge
that Mr.. Durand had been forced to resign
as head of the Federal Census Bureau to
make way for a deserving Democrat. Now
he insists that Mr.. Durand wasn't forced
to resign, but ought TO have been and would
have been. What his next explanation will
be when he takes up the case and gives it
to the nation as a whole" can only be a
matter of speculation, but it is to be hoped
for his own regulations sake that it will
endeavor to reconcile the two already
made.
Meantime the fact remains, as Mr..
Hughes originally stated it, that Mr.. Du-
rand, an official Of experience and scien-
tifc attainments, went out, and Mr.. Har-
ris, Democratic politician, whose lack of
scientific qualifications was so apparent
that the American Academy of Sciences
protested against his appointment, went in.
The incident revealed Democracy at Wash
ington under President Wilson to be ex-
actly as solicitous about the public service
when Jobs are at stake as Tammany under
Mr.. Murphy has always been. 1t is little
wonder that Mr.. Murphy's state organi-
cation should have Endorsed the Wilson
Administration not once but three times.
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German Children Still Unborn.
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: wish to express my appreciation and
admiration of your editorial of yesterday
England and German Hate" | do not know
that | have read any article concerning the
war situation which is thorough and abso-
lutely true as this one. | have recently spent
some time in Toronto, and it is most apparent
there that the feeling of the average English
man is borne by every native of the British
Empire, whether in Canada, Australia or
elsewhere The life-blood of the flower of
Canadian youth is being sacrificed in this war,
and it is most inspiring to see the grim deter
mination with which the Canadians are view
ing the outcome of this conflict. In Canada
the end OF the war is not even talked Of The
Canadians who have sacrificed and are sacri-
fcng so much proceeding with absolute
equanimity of mind, believing that peace can
not be considered by the Allies, who will
surely dictate its terms until the present
military power in Germany is absolutely elm
mated.
In so far as the hate of the British is con-
cerned, you aptly state that German children
still unborn will feel the results of this war
in their daily association with the people of
the British Empire as the result of the in
human conduct Of the aggressors in this con-
Aict now being waged
FRANK F. PEARD.
New York, Aug 9, 1916.
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"What We Have Escaped"
e Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: l wish to thank you for your two
remarkable editorials, What We Have Es-
capedr and "Verdun Again" Admirable in
analysis, lofty in expression, using the plain
est of words stating the absolute truth as
TO the facts and drift of this appalling war,
these editorials are of high historical value
and express the mind of America candidly.
Out of so many noble editorials these two
seem to be especially valuable and timely at
the opening of the third year of the vast
campaigns.
II is too much to expect that the amazing
German mind, with its slavish submission to
the ferocous lunaces of Hohenzollernism,
will ever see the truth until the wedge of
truth is driven into its density by the maui
of sternest punishment. But that blow is
coming.
Let US hope that at least we may have
no more of the sickening folly of Henry
Fordsm here in America; or the equally
preposterous nonsense of an America pre-
Stunning to pose as mediator to the great
nations who are giving without stint their
blood and treasure for all that these United
States stand for, and are not fighting for.
F. B. NASH.
New York Aug g. 1916.
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until now only used for a summer home; take
as many of these children as their means Will
permit, and work out scientifically and care
fully these problems of prevention and cure
so that every child coming under their care
and so cruelty handicapped at the very
threshold of life may be passed safely over
the bridge which connects it with this crucial
period of heplessness and dependence to an
independent, normal and useful future.
In order to establish such a convalescent
home and to give this kind of professional
service more money is needed Contributions
may be sent to the treasurer, Mrs. John Hutch
inson, roc Riverside Drive; to Mrs. Morris
Manages, president, ~ East Seventy-ninth
Street, and to Mrs. Merle st. Croix Wright,
400 Riverside Drive.
LUCY OSBORNE WIGHT, NJ. D.
Physician to the Day Home and School for
Crippled Children. Late assistant neurolo-
gist New York Orthopedic Dispensary and
Hospital, 254 West Tooth Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-11
Unspeakables.

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir:.I read with great interest A. Milef
Wilson's letter in to-day's Tribune, in when
he says that there is book, "The Unspeak-
able Scot" in the New York Public Library
(which should be removed from the shelves
of the libraries in Difference TO good peo'
pie" because sit runs the Scotch down 10
the ground"
/, too, have noticed this tendency on the
part of the New York Public Library. ma
on its shelves book entitled plays by
one William Shakespeare, in which the writer
not only "runs the Scotch down 70 ths
ground" but also the noble race (of Jews
20 which have the honor TO belong. shoulo
not this book, also, "be removed from ths
shelves OF the Libraries in Difference 70
good people"? MAX FRANK.
Brooklyn, Aug. 9, 1915.