Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08
AN EXCITING SESSION PREDICTED.

AN EXCITING SESSION PREDICTED.
WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 3, 1870
Editor Rutland Herald The coming
event-the session of Congress- casts but
faint shndow before it. Not. over fifty
Senators and members have arrived, and
never have seen SO little general hustle
three days prior to this important time in
all of my Washington experience. Still.
eager expectancy is everywhers rife.
Everybody says that the coming session
will be most intensely exciting-without
parallel since the days of Davis, Brecken.
ride and Tombs; that it will be character
lied by a war between Congress and the
Administration, and also between free
trade and high tariff Political prophets
declare that the present Speaker of the
House of Representatives must either Or
ganize the Committee of Ways and Means
in the interest Of revenue reform or sub
NIT to the coalition of the free trade and
Democratic sentiment for the election of
Speaker who will SO organize it. OF
course Mr.. Blain's position is well knlkn,
and the only questions are, will they 20
collesce2 and if so, can they carry the
dayP Perhaps this unwonted calmness
outwardly manifested just now is omen
ous, and that the elements of political war
are silently marshalling forces soon to
rouse the world with their uproar. I
could predict with equal certainty that
many athArs do. ainea many of them must
be wrong; but I purpose dealing with
facts, and let time reveal the prospective.
OFFICIAL CHANGES.
To bring together such diseordant fac.
tons as will meet at the coming session
will naturally produce serious jar, and
the political faith of "trimmers" will vi
brate accordingly. notice that those
most competent to judge are most reluc.
tant to hazard prediction as to what
will be. Rumor has it that important
changes are about to occur in official life.
Mr.. Wilson, of the Land Office. is again
apprised by the "quid nuncs" that his
hour is nigh, although the President is
reported to have almost forgiven him that
he was suspiciously regarded. Mr. W. is
no doubt fortifying himself in congress.
sional influence, and means war. The
facts of his having served 90 many years
in position where many men would
manage to find money, and now is both
feeble and poor, will doubtless gain him
much sympathy. Mr.. Douglass seems to
have the inside track for the Internal
Revenue Department, and Gen. Duncan,
the present acting Commissioner of Pa.
tents, is candidate for the Office of Com.
missioner, with a good show of success
At the capital the usual number of aspir.
ants are said to be on the anxious seat of
political preferment. The Sergeant-at-
Arms of the Senate is said to have his
prospects Swallowed by son-in.law of
Mr.. Dsfrus. Mr.. F. has been running
things very much on the economic plain,
and is genial good-hearted gentleman.
Col. Chapman is spoken of by his friends
as candidate for the clerkship of the
House. The Colonel is member of the
firm of Chapman, Hosmer g. Co.," ex.
tensive patent agents in this city. 1t
will be remembered that he distinguish
cd himself during the Witez trial, where
he acted as Judge Advocate. 1t is gene
rally understood that he is being put for
ward by his friends-mainly the Grand
Army-and not making vigorous efforts
himself for the position.
THE PREMATURE PUBLICATION OF RE.
PORTS.
Much animadyersion appears in our 10.
cal Journals upon the publishing of the
Reports Of Bureau Officials before thew
have been submitted to Congress for
mally. The natural inference, from the
attitude they take, would be that they
would not only refuse to steal las any
high-minded man or newspaper should,)
but would hardly take any thing which is
given to them, especially that none of
their reporters would be countenanced in
oliU"lAx u So"HltsslouSi VI u sctTStdIy IL
ventilate his report beforehand if he saw
fit to do so improperly.
CORRESPONDENTS AND REPORTERS.
The conscience of writer should be as
tender his honor as sacred, and his con.
fidence as invilate as should that of any
other calling, and more than this. An
individual may prove false but his sphere
is limited. A teacher may teach errors.
Ministers may prove false prophets, but
their influences are circumscribed and
their words may be soon lost but with
pens stroke writer may abuse The con.
fidence of thousand of readers, and record
errors which will outlive him. This
should inspire every writer to guard we'll
his pen, but in the case in question the
blame Of publicity must rest with those
whose legitimate business it is to keep the
reports in question, which is not the re-
porters. If they were entrusted with
secrets self-duty demanded their safe
keeping, but the presumption is that they
were not Your correspondent has per-
uced some of thosa raports for the avnwod