Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-12-21

the money as the Southern people used to
spend it, and that the country is ruined be-
cause they don't, and if we could only
just have those good old times of old all
would be well. They do not yet fully
comprehend the change from the old to
the new order of things.
The women here are raising the mischief
in their Woman's Rights Meetings. For
weeks their meetings have drawn crowded
though disorderly houses, and with %
cent admittance fee, have been exceeding
ly successful in making raise sufficientto
start a paper, which understand they in
tend doing soon. They have made big
count for weeks past, that on the meeting
Of congress, they would call to the presi
dency Of their association, Senator Pome-
roy Of Kansas; as he had early espoused
their cause, and was for year or two the
president of the National Woman Suf-
frage Association" But the Senator has
too many irons in the fire, Jobs on hand .
it is supposed to sacrifice himself 70 the .
scoti. and ieers of thepeople-I understand F
he has refused. The meeting held last .
night was well attended, but wa unmark I
ed by the usual disorder They improved /
the opportunity to resolve themselves into
mutual admiration society, and after
adopting resolution that a Mr.. Bryan,
better known a the young man with Fe-
MAN neck tie, should frankly but meekly
/ apologize to a male friend of theirs whom
they alleged he had insulted, considered
themselves bricks, and then adjourned.
Since the Judiciary committee has in
structed it, chairman thus early to report
fayorably on Gen. Buffers bill for the re-
peal Of the Tenure Of Office Act, il is thot'
it Is the earnest desire of the House that it
shall be disposed of before the adjourn
ment over holidays. The discussion on its
repeal will without doubt, be exciting in
both House, However much congress is
disposed to please the president, it is quest
ionable As far as can learn. about its real
repeal Ii should be remembered that it is
. rare occurrence TO have two third ma
lJority in either branch Of congress on any
political measure, and when this bill is
once repealed, we will give to presidents
for untold ages that kingly power which
only two short years ago was 40 much COM
planned of.
The census bill as amended, it will be Of
interest to some of your readers TO know,
viii allow tie employment Of women As
well as men in taking the census. Soldiers
widows should receive the preference
The willingness on the part of all parties
from Virginia to acquiesce in . pledge TO
the country that there shall be no future
disfranchisement in their State on account
of color, will relieve her congressman from
being required to take the test oath. Every
q one see from Virginia are well pleased
, with the way things are shaping for their
, State The opposition so formidable one
p week ago against her immediate admission
/ is fast disappearing. The Porter party is
y still here, working vigorously on the recon
p struction committee against her admission,
+ but is understood to receive little or no ia
vor.
. The seat of Louis Mckenzie, member
= elect from the Alexandria District, will be
IS contested by c. W. Whittlesey, esq, on the
grounds that Mckenzie in 81 voted in the
4 Virginia legislature for resolution call
l. ing out the militia to resist the coercivt
= | E+I, ~
tlesey was one of the editors and proprie
tors of the Richmond estate Journal un.
til within few months past, and more re-
Gently Attorney General under ex-govern.
or Wells.
,e The vote yesterday to refer to commit
, tee, Mr.. Ingersolis bill, toauthorize an ad
% ditional issue of forty fiveHmillions of lega
u tender notes, indicates thus early that th
. resumption specie payment will be mad
4 a secondary consideration to giving tn
f. people a medium for circulation. The re
j. fusal of IS against "a to take this bill, i
considered dead hit against those mo
% nomaniacs who are now harping in favo
| VI lllC luiulCuldlt plIOu VI ptCic pay
IF ment.
d. The guns of the twenty per centers" i
n the various departments are now silenceo
ul The bill Cor the reorganization of the trea.
in ury department (which by the way ma
I'm substitute for Jenke's civil service bill an
ire Senator Trumbull's bill making it a erin
"a lor &c TO-
nd rectly or indirectly solicit the appointmel
lis. to any government office, has had vel
ess cooling effect with that portion of tho
ve- much abused clerks in the departments,
whom many, l will wager, in private bus
,ut ness houses where they are obliged to be
err their desks at least eight hours per da
ell could not command 5000 per annum. The
to men have not been satisfied to work
I'd; Uncle Sam six hours in day, for $1,000
to S1400 year, but have wanted more. T.
It's reorganization bill proposes giving the
at more an increase of % per cent, if on e
s a animation they are shown to be efficient.
,es- But should that bill pass, then comes t
I'M rub; for if they don't pass muster they a
fish thrown out entirely. In justice to t
salt clerks would say, however, that gre
srd, portion as far as | know, are efficient, a
Der favor the reorganization bill.
nu- Senator Morrill, of Vermont has Civ
OF notice that he will introduce bill to a
rers end the eight hour law so as to make it
GOD fective. He says if contractors for govel
ment work can hire their hands to VIC
IN ten hours, the law does the workmen
and good. In this city we have a nation
:. eight hour executive committee, compos
\. of the president of the State Labor Assoc
tions, mostly mechanics, and other rep
five sentatives, sent for the purpose. This co
mittee had meeting last Thursday mig
and organized. Some ten or fifteen Sta
! ~ were represented, R. f. Travellick. pre-
inc dent, and A. I. Carvis, vice president
the National Labor Union were present
representatives at large, and took part
! III hv the proceedings.
raw The object of this committee is to sec
an amendment that will compel the offic