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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1869-09-09
Bur Nabri6t.

aas Gisieniasn, wsI6s ttr fritsrsu Grma
,,g8eIlnrr unb 9Saltrr" nod Ibulbru, iinb bier
nit rrludtt, hem llntersei6nstrn icbaIb ais mTe-
lid !3abluus Su leiiten. Ber 8prrerunsen an bic
gsnanute 5irma ;lI MAIDEN bat, fam tirlcItsn
cbtnfalls an ben llntsFrihnstsn ssbSria einrei-
hen. SuliuS Wellncr.
Serantcn, 26. anault 1S69-3p
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1869-09-09
Observation-Disclosures.

Disleftber untrr bfr 55irna ,,Gretrr unb S6Ua"
brlfanbsne @sl6Gfts- -9erbineuus III biermit nit
grssnIeitiser llsbrrrinfInft aufasl6f. Der Inter
sri6nttr pirb Ietn 6jeIdGft ais WaIer unb @n-
itrei6sr pie friiber auf eOsne 8e9nuns fort
isBen. = (26aa3w) Yeter @reter.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1869-09-09
WS. reen,
SGnsIsr in tmportirteu unb sinbeimiasn
ll1finrn, fiqudrrn, Gigarrrn, ST.,

42S Qadapauna apenue.
Ter bsfs Bourbon In bsr GIesenS. 9mpprtirte
gBeine unb Sraneiss. Die bette 9IuSwabl iprbrn
ans benz .3pabaule rrbaIten uuS gu prriltn psr-
fault, bic ieber 2pnFurreni Ipptten.
Gtenfalls Gin srpber Sprratb impprtirter une
einbsimil6er 9isarrrn, bic nit 9erinsrm prpit
ptrfauft pereen.
pprtsr unb glIe, in sauSsn unb balten 5alIern,
immer Scrrdibis Su hem nteertslten Wtarttpreilt.
g8aaren psrSeu Fpitenfrei na9 isbsm Sbsils
Der Gitp atgtlitfrrt
TanfenS fir ras bisbrriss i3utrauen, bitttt tr
UNI Grbalhuns eeiIelben in Der 3ufunft.
t2. Suli 1S66.-ba
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1869-09-09
Siefe Gcfellfbaft bat nber 10000
9oIicieS auSaeeeben. - .-.
Gtnfcmmen $685. ZOO.
GrtlGris Disibtnben, 40 grp,rnt ,..

9tntcmmen - S2,b05,OO
GrtlGrts DisiOtnbeu, 40 grU,rnk sa1
Slit ale bic usurrrn glrtsn spn pplriss unb
spar 3u 10 siinifieen 9reinsuuSen. ale irsrnt
cine @situIdaft In ben Der. Stdattn. 3.
Die @tirlldaft gbt Temperate gtnIrbsn auf
ibre pclieies; erlaubt 30 Gage 0riif ;ur StSab-
lung Der prdmirn, rpGbrene ptltbrr 3eit bic DO
lieiss sutitebenb bleibtn; ale pclieitS inb dnan.
taitbar tsssn Der espSbnIi6sn llria6rn; bic rpn
tieisr G1eisaIdaft auestlfeateu policies perfalsn
uis; fein Grtrn-9tiffc pire berebnrt fir bic Grs
laubniB Sum 6silen; grliesbtiBrr tbrilsn lib
nit esr Gelsai6aft in bic iGbrlibrn prOfte unb
babsu Stinime bel BEN 9Sabltn unb in Der Ser.
paltuns Der 6jelbGfts. --9
Seine llntsriu9unses cher YOlicY-Gjsbubrsn
tpfroen berehnrt. -.5.. .-
Wlan ptnet Ii6 an 8. 9. Rprtbrup, Scrar-
ton, @snsralsglarut fir has npreSflite PENN
lslpauisn.
3pri ,ussrlGiliet btiiii6e aeeitsn psretH Ssr'
lanai tenrn cine CUTE GemmilloH bt3ahlt pre'
kfott a 25m;9
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1869-09-09

gIm 2. Stpt. 1869 tur4 Germ pafpr Spbn
S6eQs, in ScrantOn, Serr Ssinri9 Ratbic
nit }rduIsin anna @aria Sbeifeu.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1869-09-09
2iQlt0rs S0llSlitllfe
pon
SSilliam SCcber,

WlalnFraBG 9f9fnuper DtH. %. Or1pere Qcffl
SYbe part. q.
lrsun6en unb Srfauntfn, insbrIcntere aber
ben Serrtn GIaitpirtbsu sur srfGlisen 9lnstiss,
baB es mein Sflfrsben irir ipirb, meius 9unrsn
prompt unb reel unb nit ben beifen 0aaren Az
bepisnen. 0fein SGrratb umfabt, aubsr ben &C.
WTbuli6en eiquPrsn,
g8eiB, unb RCtb. @sins,
SIb 8stunb Bourbon @bisfH
8ransBlii9enun Gberrs 9ranba
&umuue GorbiaIs,
melde iImmtIib, mas Sualttit unb Seinbeit
antsIanst in feiuem Gtabliiiement bieler Staet
belirr su baben iIue.
gIs SeiteIlunsen perbtn piinftlib ausseftbrt
une sSaaren nat ieeem Staettbeile fplfsnfrei
gelisfert.
Das Gjel6Gft lfsbt inter ttr erituns tss 9ru.
6ep @tnI6.
lin rett sabIrei9sn 3uIpru6 bitst
14jr9 gBm. 9patr.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1869-09-09
NySi,pmic6's SolOll,

Ounmpre, pa.
Nrinen Sreunben une grfannten hermit bic
srsGbene glnSeiBs, baB pbses ecfal neu riugerid-
ttt unb beesutene SsrsrSbert pprosu III. 9Barus
unS falts Speiisn su isber Brit. Die Straeru.
Gilsnbabu ppn scranton fiibrt bis ;um Sauir.
gut madt esrislbe carauf aufmerfiam, pab er
nit gutrr StaIIuns fiir pfrrbe eerlsben it,
23ilS gpuis 9Rinni6.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1869-09-09
tDein & Gtquor- -6anolurtg
spn
s. q ppert,
go. 227 Prnn abentir, Srrantun.

Der llntersei6nste macbt biermt leinen Grsun-
ben, 8efannten ilne bem beutIhen publfum i'm
gllsemrinen bic ersebenr gr;eise, eaB CT tpieber
elm gleites GeIbIft ME friiber auf 9Rpntag,
ben 2. auauf 1869, an her penn ASenue
Hr. 227, sidbt neben Srn. Q. &iee's Grocrrie
Stpre, erBHnrn pirb unb bpHt, baB icine friibern
tuncen, iptpie iiberbaupt feline brutIden yanbss
leutr ibn nun aud in ieinem nrlien 0elhGftss
plaBe aufiudrn unb nit ibrsni 3utrauen rrs
freiten pereen.
Srin gut rilcrtirtsS Eager ron teutl9en, fran.
3EIlten rnb ipdniI6en Wetuen in 9iIern urb
6lalben, Gtte feres, prrt unb Sprbeaur Wsine
fir drlnfe, unb ale Sprien npprtirtfr unp Gin.
brimiltsr 2iauTre toirb iid in SeSisbun9 nuf
SunlitGt unb 9,rsile ishem iensr 6reunbe lrblf
smpftblen, tpel9rr ibu nit sinsm Selu4e besbrsn
pirs.
Yebif fen brrsits ssnanptsn artifeln ipirb sr
brifSnSis isiu irlbif Praparirtrs, berhpmtss
S9iuri;rrz&raiitrrsSittrrs
lcWie @bintb, SfimmfI II. (. 10, ferner impcrtir-
ten unb birrsrmaG9teu S9wsi;srfdis, eirburser
uno griinen HrGuter. 0ile, efuti6en Ssnf bel Der
@alons unb III fleineren Suanttitsn, ale Cor
ten Bier. unb 9Sein-G,lGier, Strabnen, Gisbre-
der, i3itrpnen- greleit, 6laihen, gfrppfen unb
eipe Wenge aneerer, namentlih fir lSirtbe nptb-
psneiss grtifc! fets gu ben biaiefen preiirn
prrrGtbig balten.
Cine freunblids feins Wsinifube nit Ginssns
burA ben Strre cher burh ben Saussang, Ippie
ein gutter Sd0rpen nit pbrr pbne SGpsiSerfGIe
II. I. ~. frfrben gu fIfibigem Selu6e Scn Ielbit
rinIaern. C29j3p) s. appcrt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1869-09-09
@iirlte! @iirlte f!

Der lluterseidnste bat lCsben cine. 9'artie Be-
lp9ns- unb Sd,infenipiirifs Spn Cincinnati sr.
baIten, ipfl6e or I'M aIeintn ;u billissn preiIsn
Serfauft. Or pitb birielben ron nun an betdntis
SprrGtbg bnlten. 9Sirtbe tpfreeu Defenders bar.
auf aufmerfiam eentaGt, baB bel srG6ersn Suan-
tititsn hrr grris nod niebrietr srIttllt pire.
5. ApPert
Q9aa9) sc. 227 penn apenue.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1869-09-09
Sfeate SGssSeigen.
ScrQntnll GicNerfralls.

Die SsrebrIidsn FnTTSsn MiteIirbn perten
bS1i6ff eriu9t ibre Starten gum Concert II. Ball,
bel her 5umbrlot-5sisr, Iobalb irie mBsli6 bel
bem llntsrisi6nrten abSubplen.
r1 So. 5r. Geller
SsfretGr.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1869-09-09
lfn8ebeurer 3nbran8 20,
@aaanO 8 @rcaOe!
s- 3l7 eadaipanna apenue,
ssssnlibrr Der 2. NatipnaI Sanf.

g9t eeutlbe Settiibersiiss su SprttprriIsn. lc
Sbt btutlde aattuus is6r biais. b.
glmerifaniIcte 8attune, I, 8, 10 unb 70 Gents.
Osnints rs Gents.
gars breitsn unstblei6ten WusIin, f24 Cts.
| 2aro brritrn aebIei6ten bite, f24 Gents.
yarb brritsn Nuslin, 10 Gents. .fa H
OeHtltsn unb franjSiii6su i6pa5sn 3ibst.
bon 40-60 CENTS. -.
ditto in alien Sarbsn 3u so Gents.
Soep Sfirts CReirSdO gutter AuaIitdt gu
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-17

As a people we have come to believe in
theatrical sensations; and it has grown up
out of the trapeze business. which has been
pushed to the most fearful extremties and
into which tonder madens and tenderer in
fants are pressed. Danger is an element not
to be left out; and to increase it the feats are
to be performed not near the floor but 9aI
away up above the audience, and it is consid-
cred special symptom of cowardice if net
isspread below. The audience that flock to
witness these feats expect to see catastrophe
and at least they want tolerably fair chance
for an accident to present ITSELF They are
often gratified. The papers record fearful fails
frequently. The last we have seen noticed
occurred at st. Louis, on Sunday evening d
last week, when Mile. Sangrina, eighteen
years of age, in performing trapeze act al
the dome, and without netting, while flying
in mid air, missed her hold and was hurled to
the floor-a distance of not less than thirty
.toe feet. Far forward into the orchestra
went the poor woman, her head striking the
back of chair, and her arms music
stand. The result was two broken arms
severe cut in the forehead, and other
and various bruises, Commissions &c. 1t is
gratifying to know that the audience
uttered wild yell of horror at the terrific
sight," and the st. Louis newspapers mildly
hopes such pertormances-not the "yell Of
horror" but the trapeze-will be banished
from every civilized community. A few more
serious accidents will do the business. The
American people are not as callous as those
OF old Rome who focked to the gladiatorial
sport, but they will soon be, if these perform.
ances are tolerated. They will begin to de-
mand real blood before long.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-17

JUDGE BARNARD, of New York, has as
stunned to settle the much-discussed question
What constitutes marriage? in the case OF
Blssel V. Bissel, which will provoke much
comment, and it cannot be otherwise. This
man Bissel asked the woman to marry him.
took her to himself as his wife, acknowledged
her as such, and, after the birth of a child
abandoned her and married another woman
When his victim demanded the protection oil
the law, lie answered that he had deceived
her, by persuading her falsely that their agree
ment was wedlock; but that this was his
means of seducng her. Fortunately for the
woman, the facts were judicially proved, and
Judge Barnard held that private agreement
between the man and woman to be husband
and wife, followed by living together as such.
entitled her to declaration that the mar
rage was valid, and to separation and ali
mony upon desertion by him Had the de-
cision been otherwise than in her favor, there
fore, 1t would have violated the fundamental
maxim of law and equity, that man shall
not be permitted to take advantage of his own
wrong But there is warning on the other
side. Had Mrs. Bissel not been able to prove
the contract in this case, she would have been
cast off to disgrace and poverty. 1t is only by
happy sequence of accidents that private
agreement OF this kind, after long time has
passed, can be substantiated. Women should
remember that when there is genuine love
and an intention to deal fairly by them, there
cannot possibly be the least objection to a
public and formal contract of marriage.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-17
FIRST DAY.
RATu Nov 16

BATH, Nov 16, 1869
The evening session commenced at 71-2
o'clock, with full attendance. Mr.. A. P.
Stone, of Portland, opened the discussion.
Suhect-"Some of the most efficient agencies
in school government" He commenced by
saying that he would not lay down set Of
rules or code of laws, but would as soon as
possible get the school at work,-work does
away with mischief. The mind is naturally
active, and must be kept busy. The teachers
duty is to set the pupils about their lessons
and keep them interested. He would not say
there should be no regulations governing the
school. He would make the rules as they were
needed; and would always show the necessity
of every requirement or prohibition when il is
made. This can be done very easily by an ap-
peal to the good judgment and reason of the
scholars. He would not assume a command
ing attitude before the pupils Oftener than was
absolutely necessary; but would use mild and
persuasive language. While he would use
corporal punishment asa last resort, he would
when necessary to inflict it, make it effectual
Mr. Stones remarks were exceedingly prac-
teal and we regret our inability to give them
in full. 1t is hoped the teachers of Maine will
see full account of them in the Maine Edu-
cational Journal.
Mr.. Stetson next took the floor and occupied
the attent1On OF the audience with remarks on
studies that should be taught in our public
schools, which are now neglected, such as
agriculture for our young men, and the art of
cooking for ladies' Though Mr. Stetson as
usual presented new ideas, and led the
minds OF the teachers to new subjects well
deserving their attention, we thought he wan
dered far from the subject under discussion
unless he intended to be understood as con-
sidering good cooking essential in cultiyating
happy and peaceful nature among the bows
and promOtive of industry with the girls.
which he failed to apply to good school disci-
plne However, Mr.. Stetson's remarks were
well received, and certainly deserve attic n
ton in our school economy.
Prot. Allen being called for by the audience
responded in remarks at len 9Th, on the gov
eminent and disciplining of the pupils at yari-
GUS stages of their school life-taking the
ground that punishment should never be i'll
fiicted upon the pupil in the presence of the
school, He would rarely resort to corporal
punishment He fully believes that pupils
can be educated to a standard of self-respect
and love for good order, that will be vastly
more potent in managing the school than the
rod.
The remarks of Prof. Allen drew forth a
spirited discussion on the kinds Of punish
ment and manner of administering them, that
should be employed in acknowledgements
which Prot. Cruttenden, Messrs Fletcher,
Rounds, Blethen and others took part occupy,
ing the time till 10 IL o'clock, when the con-
vention adjourned. W.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-17

The Hon. Zadoc Pratt, 70 years of age, ex
member of Congress from Greene county, N
land millionaire, was recently Joined in
wedlock to a young and beautiful woman oil
the city of New York, named Grimm, a com
pOsitor in newspaper Office.
Admiral Farragut has brought suit in the
Supreme Court at Washington for prize and
head money for the capture of New Orleans
and pretty quarrel between Farragut and
Admiral Porter has grown cut of it. Farragut
he suggested the attack and took the fleet
over the bar, and is entitled to division of
the plumber.
Della Collins has started in Ohio q paper
opposed to female suffrage
The New York papers mention the marriage
of Henry Clay Beecher, sou of Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, to Miss Frances Gertrude
Snow, daughter of Geo. M Snow, late com.
mercial ed tor of the Tribune.
Miss Hattie Pearce, of North Carolina, has
raised profitable tea crop, and is regarded by
her neighbors as a sort of ''sauceress.
The Quarterly Review, in its article on the
Byron mystery, omitted only one thing, which
would have rendered the contradiction of Mrs.
stoves story complete. That one thing is
now supplied in a second edition of the Re-
view. from which it is learned that Lady By
ron herself explicitly disclaimed the charge
whlch Mrs. Stowe represents her to have
made.
Hon. Amos Kendall gave during the last
half dozen years the following sums to institu-
tons in Washington: $4,000 to the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, $4,000 to the Calvary Bap-
fist Church, $4,000 to two Mission Schools
and $4,000 to Columbia College.
Rev. Samuel Sparhawk, Congregational
minister well known in Vermont, fell dead in
the street, near his home in Pittsfield, VT, last
Monday afternoon. He had been running af.
ter his cow, and it is supposed blood vessel
was ruptured near his heart. His age was
past 65, and he left grown up family
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-17
Railroad Enterprises in CANADA.

The capitalists of Montreal appear to be
waking up to the Importance of preserving to
themselves that portion of the western traffic
which the contemplated lines from the New
England seaboard to the great lakes threaten
TO materially reduce-and to increase the
present business by lines through new
regions to the great markets of the West. A
letter to the Boston Adoertiser says:
The Gazette of this morning (12th) urges upon
Montreal and the Grand Trunk Railway au-
thorities the Importance of taking steps to
shorten the railway distance from Montreal to
the sea. 1t points to tie efforts that are being
made to connect by direct lines Ogdensburg
and Oswego with Portland and Boston. by
which large portion of western traffic will
give this city the go-by. The Grand Trunk
route by Richmond is too roundabout for this
last age, and an air line should be commenced
al once. The capitalists of Montreal are
strangely over-cautious and unenterprisipg
a scheme to build railway through the cen
.te OF ontario, from Montreal to Ottawa.
.nence 10 some point on Georgian Bay through
Iertlle and In many parts com paratiyelv tbicix
ee.sieo country, has been for some wears be-
I1re Inein, out has never been acted unon The
ioh oena.or Hamilton aud others are now
nn',t 1870 " see enough stock subscr bed 10
warrant commencing the Construction Of tbo
line IN order to OBTAIN the liberal ia -.
OF four mllllons OF acres, which soon go;
and cannot he expected again. Rnt Monp
does not stir in the matter, and the sanator +;
busy canvassiDg the county districts be, Uae',
here and Ottawa, here he is favorably receiu
ed, and promised assistance by municipalities
Montreal would thus become the receiving and
distributing point of the produce and require
meDts Of large part of Ontario, and trade
would be enormously increased. Both prov.
lnces are extensively engaged in the discussion
vi CONSTRUCTION of new railway schemes and
lines which will open up and connect with cit
&C., ana %Many fertile tracts of country. To- onto
taro T. and the western section of On
uon, and the same spirit is pervadina b,s;ness
men and capitalists of the central part of that
province. lu Quebec, the prosne,ons far, ona'
VI the erd eastern Itowinshps assisting rail-
pr1iec.s thh' WIN improve means OF com
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-17

Pending the issuing of the proclamation oil
emancipation and for long time afterwards
the Copperheads found great comfort in the
prediction that the colored race would mi
CRATE North. We think they will not care to
deny that the terrible prospect of disarrang-
ing the entire industrial forces of the Lntry
by leaving the Southern States destitute oil
and flooding the North with negro laborers.
buoyed up their spirits and KEEP. them com
parativey cheerful during the prevalence OF
Northern victories. When the final triumph
OF the Union armies was assured they felt that
all was not lost, and that in the degradation
and cheapening of white labor at the North
they would find frequent opportunity for sa
gaciously observing 81 told you So" But OF
lale, events do not justify Democratic predic-
tions, and this shares the fate of all the rest.
Experience demonstrates that the Blacks 20
further South rather than come North. Even
the Border States have suffered somewhat
from the tendency of the negro Southwark
Under the old condition of things negroes
came North for safety, but now that the whole
land is free they consult inclination and COM
fort. The result is, the number coming North
is diminished rather than increased. 1t is un.
fortunate for the Copperheads that nothing
turns out as they predict.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-17
Political Notes.

THE Democrats of Mississippi are Dent.
lists.
1T is rumored that James H. Cochrane
Esq, for many years the efficient and popu-
lar deputy Secretary of State is candidate
for the office of Secretary of State. We do
not vouch for the truth of the report.
A DEMOCRATIC paper in Mississippi, when
supports Dent for Governor, speaks OF the
President as "the whiskey soaked bundle OF
old hides and cigar stumps at Washington,
| and as an sinebriated boor." The bother
inJaw should call off so foul a cur as this.
On the occasion OF the late election in Chi.
cago a certain candidate boosted that DURING
the day he would drink more beer and Doll )
bigger vote than any of his associates. Afte,
drinking his 62nd glass of lager he was made
insensible; whereupon his malicious antago
nists carried him to the polls and deposited
him under the table, the result of which was
that those who came up to vote for him in.
continently resolved to go for the other man
His supporters lin a double sense) rallied and
took him away, but the sad conclusion aftel
| all was that he staggered considerably The
couldn't run) behind his own ticket.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-17

The great. perhaps the greatest need of the
hour is economy, and it may not be too early
to say that the people of the State are expect
ing the Senators and Representatives so soon
to assemble at Augusta, to emulate within
their appropriate sphere the good work 50
auspiciously commenced under the admins
tration of Gen. Grant. The State is largely
in debt as also is nearly every city and town
OF which it is composed. The extraordinary
circumstances which made it necessary to
contract these debts have happily passed
away, but the familiarity with large approprl-
atoms and lavish expenditures still remains,
and it will require something of an effort 10
return to the mode of doing things that pre-
vailed prior to the war
To preach economy is one of the easiest
things in the worid-to practice it is amonc
the most difficult Especially is this trne
when applied to Representative bodies. The
tendency is constantly toward extravaganza
and the temptations besetting the legislator
are SO insidious that almost before he is
aware Of it he finds himself committed to
some scheme involving unnecessary expendi-
ture of money.
The people OF the State are able and will
ing to pay all that is necessary to keep their
educational and charitable institutions up to
the requirements of the times-to pay their
plblic servants, whether at the State House,
upon the bench or in county offices, a fair
equivalent for services rendered. They desire
that the interest on the public debt shall be
promptly met, that suitable repairs shall be
made upon all public buildings, and in short,
will not demur at the imposition of any tax,
the product of which is spent for necessary
and proper purposes. But they willscan with
jealous eye any appropriation that fails to
bear upon its face the evidence of necessity.
1t may be somewhat dsagreeable to investi-
vestigate with scrdpulous care all the meas
ures calling for expenditure of money
that may come up before the Legislature,
but the people expect and require it TO
be done, and will hold their SER
wants to strict account for the manner
in which they discharge their duty in this
behalf 1t is essential to the prosperity of the
State that the various State and municipal
debts be paid as speedily as possible, and it is
OF the utmost Importance that money raised
by the people should not be diverted from the
payment OF these debts to other purposes not
absolutely necessary. We believe that the
incoming legislature appreciate the need of
economy and hope hat many of the members
willprove worthy of being called the "watchful
bull dogs of the Treasury