Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-12-15
POLITICAL MATTERS.

Gen. Grant is deliberately defended and
exonerated from some of the charges a
gainSt him, in the New York Times of Fri
day. 1t asserts that he has not received a
dollars worth Of property since he became
president outside of his salary. His pri-
vate income is under $4,000. His st. Louis
farm was partly inherited by Mrs. Grant,
and partly bought with The 100000 given
by New York citizens to President Grant
when he was general. His stock in the
Seneca stone company was bought in 1867,
while Cooke, the president of the company,
was not made governor of the District Of
Columbia until 1871. His Chicago invest
ment was made with the savings from his
major generals pay, while his Phladelph-
ia house rents for $1,000. The Times prints
the Suns list of President Grants alleged
relatives holding office, and shows that his
father, father-in-law and several others
were appointed by President Grants pre-
decessors, while eleven Of the others on the
list are no relatives Of tue president, the
rest being competent ersons for their po-
sitions.
Senator BrOwnow of Tennessee returns
to Washington improved in health. He
has been lighting his old rebel opponents
in Tennessee in his old style during the
vacation, and proposes to live out his SEN
atorial term in spite OF their prayers and
hopes to the contrary.
As we expected, the bill repeating the
Woman Suffrage act in Wyoming has
been vetoed by the Governor. This will
have the effect of continuing the law Civ
ing women the suffrage, MS the Legisla-
ture has not Constitutional number of
votes TO overcome the veto.
1t turns out that the one woman in New
York who succeeded in voting at the last
elec ion, while all the others who tried
failed, and who voted for "Boss Tweed,
was man dressed in woman's clothes.
The Prohibiiionists of New Hampshire,
having determined to 60 into the State O.
| lection on the sole issue of Rum or No
Rum, have held convention and nomina-
ted a State ticket. The labor reform state
| convention at Concord last week, nonlin-
ated Lemuel Z. Cooper of Croydon for gov
ernor, by 1870 out of 1879 votes cast, and Levi
| b. Tucker of Pi:tsfield for railroad COM
missioner. Resolutions were adopted en-
DO dying the aims and objects Of the labor
reform party; aud thanking Horace Gree
ley for his "eiorts to expose and reform
the abuse, frauds, corruption, iniquilies
and usurpations of the Grant administers
ton"
woman suffrage convention was held
at Washington on Friday and Saturday o
last week. The Boston Journals reporter
says: The meeting was very successful
and much was done toward counteractine
the prejudices against the movement which
have been created by Mrs. Woodruff, who
was in the city, hut dscreetly refrainet
from any demonstration. Mrs. Mary A
Livermore sustained her reputation as thu
most eloquent woman in America, and the
remarks of Mrs. Howe, Col. Higginson
Rev. James Freeman Clarke and Mrs
Lucy Stone were all in good taste. Thu
abest address delivered during tho con
vention, however, was by Geo. f. Hoar
the Representative In Congress from tn,
Worcester District, who showed that HI
had carefully studied the question, ant
was able to defend 1t with effective earnest
ness. Mr.. Hoar will henceiorth be ranked
among the foremost champions of femal
suffrage.