Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-02

rarf5o SSxa 3ndividaals whA6 neexly all
vefo sovurthy 81 nsutioa but il may
Be our ~ Ar Vim mt bo uninterested in
. few x1anh1ing thouehts sketched by one
who hna passing bat pleasant acquAint-
ance With the ma who ihis fall made cur.
laws. Il,one eease the Houss had no &C.
knowlsdgo4 leadsr-no man or Get Of men
who could carry the hearts or votes Of the
msjoRity whensoever and wheresoever
they listed. The nearest approach to
Leadership belongs, We think, to Mr..
Gleed, .'from the back-woods Of Morris
town." - be delighted to phrase it. His
effective and earnest opposition to the bill
increasing the rate Of interest, early won
for him the sympathy of the farmers of
the House, and his quickness of percep-
ton, and adroitness in debate-often
planting himself defiantly in opposition
to all his brother lawyers-enabled him to
retain. his sympathy in q great measure to
the last. Even the mastery and damag-
ing attack Of Mr.. Grover Of Wells, in a
debate on allowing women to vote in
school meetings, wherein he accused Mr..
Gleed Of not only debasing his own pro-
fession. but of ignoring the Landmarks Of
the fathers" in his Quixotic search for the
Landmarks of his grandmother failed to
carry aught but the abattis of Mr.. Gleed's
fortified position as the farmers lawyer"
Then there was the quiet and argu-
mentative Garfield of Arlington, law
yer by profession, an honest man in prac-
tice, with all a yeoman's detestation OF
clap-trap and subterfuge; Grover Of
Wells, with q more massive brain than
body, whose fiery eloquence and ambition
sometimes impelled him beyond the
bounds fixed by cautious lawyers Wood
of Fair Haven, cool, collected and impress
sive in debate, with such courtesy and
apparent fairness as to make no lasting
enemies of those whom interest or ambi-
ton impelled. him to oppose; Circuit OF
Barton, polished and earnest, speaking
but seldom the past session, and yet with
an ease and grace that captivated it il
failed to convince Burt of Swanton,
prim and precise as a waiting-woman,
every information of voice and gesture be-
speaking him less at home on the floor OF
the House than he would have been on
that of the Senate; Bromley of Pawlet
and Butterfield Of Wilmington, valuable
Legislators, with not enough OF the petit
logger clinging to them to harm or OBJ
scure the legislation they helped frame :;
Dickey of Bradford, democrat and law
yer as he is, daring to talk and do right
though the heavens fall, even to voting
for the Fifteenth Amendment; Bisbee OF
Newport, able and shrewd as a manager,
but who so unguardedly confessed iudg
ment" on the bill providing for depots.
that the quick-sighted and talented
Hnckley OF Chelsea, completely turned
the tables on him, and by most mastery
and eloquent speech carried the point
against even an adverse report OF the
Railroad Committee.
Then there was Severance of Glover
earnest and ministerial the witty and
sarcastic Hunt of st. Adams, himself not
lawyer, always repelling the assaults
on the legal fraternity, and at one mo-
ment delighting in Bull-baiting' on the
floor Of the House, while the next he was
1favely reading the scriptural version OF
the Good Samaritan for the edification OF
the clerical members Boyce Of Fayston,
with his untutored but effective cloquence
ever ready in behalf the smaller towns
and the poorer classes, and lastly the re-
doubtable and indomitable Bull Of Han
cock, the most noted man of the House,
always on his feet on every occasion, |
equally at home on questions Of law, gos- |
pei, literature or art, common sense or no
sense at all.
Among the useful men of the session,
although not recognized as lcbaters, |
should be mentioned the quiet and watch
full Carleton Of Wait-feld, Brigham Of |
Pittsfeld, Peabody Of 2ittsford, Hubbard |
of Whiting, Hill Of Middlebury, that
prince Of good fellows, Phelps Of Grafton,
~ho Is eqnauiiy az nome in keeping
hotel" or lending hand at iegisiatton
Ladd Of Milton, Walker of Lond onderry, |
Goodell of Westminster, the genial Gay Of |
Stockbridge, with too much good natuye |
to have respect for "precedcnt-" when |
they troubled his friends Morgan Of Ro-
chester, and host Of other true men who
helped shape and give comeliness to the |
enactments of the recent session There
was also Abelf of West Haven, himself al |
ways in order, a fair debater and so
thoroughly conYersant with pax lame iItary |
rules and usages as to be invaluable in |
seeing that every thing was done deeently |
and in order, Page of Hydepark, keen and
restless as the sea, az member OF the
Committee on Claims ever on the look OF
for head to hit aud sure to hit it if it
put in an appearance, and Saul Bishop
the Democratic ar-horse, of Bolton, who
shook himself free u the party harness
and pulled straight with the Republicans
in carry ing through the Fifteenth Amend
nent.
We should not and their constituents
will not, forget such men as Stafford of
III artford, Langdon of Montpelier, Wales
of Burlington, Weed of Shelburn, FRS
bic Of Poultney, Barnes Of Ferrisburgh,
Barney of Ca,tleton, Benton Of Benning
ton, Niles Of Thetford, Carpenter Of
Hall Of St Johnsbury, King
Of Tunbridge, Estey of Brattleboro, Diyoll
Of Rockingham, Brewer II Enosbnrgh,
of Windsor, the gentlemanly
and progressive Jones of Benson, and
)therr, towers of strength in the com
mittee rooms, and though seldom speak
ing. with watchfnl and sensible care
Erecting legislation to its proper and
legitimate contamination.
We have thus hurriedly aud imper
fectly sketcbed the peeS0nRd OF a portion
II the recent House Of Representatives
We are aware that we have not done the
nbicct full justice; and we have en-
TO do no injustice % single
member. Tho session was harmonious,
.hc most fraternal spirit prevailed
,mong the members, the acquaintance
iormod were agreeable, and the ryncm
FRANCE Of them will long continue pleas.
mt and profitable for future reflection.
We, Of course, do not expect again ~
opk upon the like Of the Legislature
which has just passed into history but
We trust and believe those which shall
,omc after il viii be composed Of equally
RENAL, companionahle members, just ar I
afc councillors and wise and prudent
legislators, an were those who have so
quickly and 80 well performed the work
or which tho people of the State last
selected them,
THE METEonIc SHOWER of Nov.
l3-l4.-Commander Sands, Superintend-
mt Of the Naval Observatory, has trans-
nitted to the Secretary Of the Navy a
- Al Ia r | .