Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-11
Notes and Comments.

NOttS anu iOIIlDltHtSs
The question of woman suffrage will not
come before the people of Illinois-the con-
stitutional convention having reconsidered its
action, and refused to submit the proposition.
Gen. Logan, Commander-iu-Chief Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic, has issued
an order to all Department District Posts
and Comrades of the G. A. r., directing the
proper observance of Memorial Day on the
3Oth Of May
ITO the parents whose son dies in in
fancy" says the Louisville Courier-Jou rnal
" there must be something soothing in the
thought that no matter what may be the fate
Of The child in the next world, it can never
become a member Of base ball club in this,
The Prohibtory law is now pretty well
enforced in Maine. As a consequence the
liquor dealers and their patrons will make
great efforts this year to repeal it. The At.
tornoy General of the State thinks they would
give two millions of dollars to secure its re-
peal.
The entire number of students in both Of
our Vermont colleges does not equal the
number Of Vermonters in colleges out Of the
State while the ratio Of Vermont students al
home to those abroad is that of IS to 100
Dartmouth college has 70 Vormonters among
its students
There Is much opposition in the National
Senate to the granting of pension to the widow
of Abraham Lincoln Her property is es
tmated at 100000, and it is urged that sh,
might live on the income of this; but it would
be better to give her $4,000 if that will stop
her opportunities
George T. Downing, in a recent letter
says " Can the Democratic party hope foi
our tthe colored) votes under any circum
stances? Certainly not, so long as it lose,
no opportunity to unnecessarily, in obedionc,
to a seemingly inveterate hate, oppose every
move looking toward respect for us
Secretary Boutwell,, the Senate Financ,
Committee and the House Ways and Mean
Committee all differ about the income tax
The first will not object to increasing the ex
emption to $4,000; the second wants to re
duce the tax to three per cent, letting tn,
exemption stay as it Isl and the third viii
both reduce the rate and raise the exemption
as above.
1t will interest many to know what
task the readers" for magazines have sci
before them by those ambitious to achiev,
greatness in the literary line From the re
yival of Putaam's in January, 1868, to tn,
beginning Of this year, 2400 MINIS. were sen
in as contributions OF these about three
ffths could easily be, and were disposed Of il
about five minutes each another fifth had t.
be read over before rejection, while of tina
remaining about $50 were used-a proper
ton Of one out Of nine.
The question of woman suffrage got tn
go-by most eifectually in the United State
Senate on Friday last During the last lively
months huge piles of memorials have been sen
in, asking that the experiment of female SUI
trage be first tried in the district of Colum
bia, and these memorials were supplemented
by bill introduced by Mr.. Pomeroy to car
ry out the wishes Of the sgners. The Distric
Committee on Friday asked to be discharge,
from the further consideration of the subject
and the request was Immediately granted, no
even Mr.. Pomeroy, who has been the specia
champion of the movement, making any OBJ
lection.
The woman suffrage bill which was or
dered to second reading the other day il
the British House of Commons, by a vote o.
124 to 81, only gives the ballot to unmarried
women and widows, and even to those will
such restrictions as to the ownership of rea
estate as would make them rank with NAL,
voters as one to nine; so a member declared
The House was very thin, and the majority
small. There is little probability of the mat
ter coming to final vote. The bill is not
radical enough to suit the real reformers. Il
leaves untouched tho whole system of do.
nestle slavery" Our reformers adyocat,
suffrage as the emancipation of woman from
domestic tyranny. They would hardly b,
content with an act that gives the right t,
vote to Miss Anthony, if she owns house
and witholds it from Mrs Stanton, who MAY
own dozen. Such revolution does no
swing half round the circle.