The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-05-03
WHAT'S DOING IN WASHINGTON
Would Standarize Measures

Would Standarize Measures
Washington, May Especial Cor
respondence)-A bill devised to reg
ulate and control the manufacture and
use Of weights and measures has been
drafted by Congressman John @. Til
con Of Connecticut. The measure
prohibits the sale or use Of any weight
or measure after ore year from the
passage of the act Of type that has
not been approved by the Federal Bu-
reau of Standards. Penalties are pro-
vided for violation of the law, and the
Bureau is authorized to formulate reg
ulations for its administration. In
addition to his interest in the work
of the Bureau of Standards Mr.. Tilson
is an expert on military matters, and
friends of the Army will be pleased to
know that he retains his place on the
Military Committee. Mr.. Ti'son SER
we'd throughout the Spanish War; and
commanded a Connecticut regiment on
the Mexican border last year.
More Midshipmen Needed.
Representative George +. Foss of
Illinois urges that the proposal to in
crease the number of midshipmen at
the Naval Academy shall be made per-
manent, and rot be temporary expe-
dent Of only | month duration. He
calls attention to the fact that testi-
mony before the Naval Committee be-
fore we went to war developed the
fact that the Navy was about SO per
cent short Of the number Of officers
required to maintain the ships on even
a peace basis. In addition to that
Mr. Foss points out that when our en-
largcd building program, recently au-
thorized, is completed in 1921 we will
need over 1900 more officers, accord
ing to expert computation, than will
then be in the service, unless some
permanent change is made in the
numbers to be appointed to the Aca-
DENY
Eighty Bills in One Day.
A Democratic Senator from Colora-
do outdid himself recently by intro
ducing in one day eighty bil's propos-
ing payments Of bounty, increased
rank of officers on the retired list, and
pensions and increases Of pension il
cases which had no lawful standing at
the Pension Bureau. Each one Of the
bills will, if enacted into law, make a /
separate drain on the Treasury to
distribute government funds to pri-
vate individuals, which could not be
obtained if the letter and intent Of the
law in each case were adhered to.
Such is the Democratic conception OF
Stand by the President" in his ap-
peals to the country to mobilize our
and practice economies.
Guardsmen Who Don't Guard.
The recent "jimmying" of the door
Of the room Of the Senate Committee
on Nava' Affairs is a sad commentary
On the mongrel lot Of Southern Demo
ratio political henchmen who mas
luerade about the Capitol in police
mems uniforms ostensibly to guard
he building from intruders. The
broken door above mentioned is not
more than a hundred feet in direct
inc from a desk at the Senate en-
rance to the Capitol at which po-
iceman is supposed to be permanent
y stationed, who could, if he were
wake, easily hear any disturbance at
hat distance. 1t is altogether too
much to expect that such appointees
will rouse themselves sufficiently to
make regular rounds of the building
Turing the night, but in these peri
Gus times it would seem to be part
f the wisdom to provide for inspec-
ions at stated intervals.