Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-12-13
Letter from Washington.

the President's message and commenced Its
work The House had its customary strug-
g!e between the satisfied and the non satisfied
on the questi n Of drawing for seats, and
vas 80 evenly divided that the iE- only car
RED the day by majority of two There IS
more real interest in these conflicts than in
those exciting debates and eloquent speeches
which figure so prominently ia the Globe
The different parts Of the message have
been referred 70 the appropriate committees,
q select committee having been appointed 70
consider the subject Of Civil Service Reform. I
Upon the question whether that part OF the
message which recommends the purchasing
bv tie Government Of the great network OF
teiegrapI should bc referred to 4 special COM
mtttee there was sharp fight. The special
committee was without question what the
friends Of the measure desired, and what is
usually granted IN matter not belonging
really to any Of the standing Committees.
Tue action OF the House, therefore, 10 retus-
Ing the request. and referring the subject 10
the Appropriation Commute cannot be
construed otherwise than as an expression oi
question the Vermont members were agreed
aud voted with the ma ,ority.
The apportIonment IF Representatives ur-
der the new census WAS also the subject OF 8
debate characteristic Of the House. After
getting thoroughly mixed up on tho question
of what ratio should be adopted, another
question was raised which complicated 4
matter still more. aud that was, what should
ne considered the 5tsjs OF representation IN
the several States The fourteenth amend
,aeut provides Tor diminishing tins basis, IN
certain proportion. IN all States where the
7 night oil mile cit.z as. twenty-oue years OF
age, to vote Is decled or abridged for any
5ther reason than participation in rebe. m
OF other crime and the question comes HP,
"a not qualifications respecting property,
aud residence, and educauou, constitute de-
mails, or at least abritgments, aud come
within the amendment Why not? At all
events tie question was NOT answered during
the debate 10 the House
The Senate on Thursday ordered The print
iuE Of the correspondence connected with
the dismissed Of MIR Catacazy, the Russian
minister This gentleman character for
truth and veracity suf.rs somewhat from
,fe CORE spondcuce IL will be from lack Of
. opportunity ana not of capacity if he Is not
remembered history liar equal IN all
respects 60 Charles 1t 1T Butre Mr.. Cat
a.izy writes an article mtsnify.ns himself
vihlyin. tae President ial-tfyiaz facts in
reference O. q certain claim made by AT
American citizen against the Russian govern
ine0t and tais article. winch appeared 10 the
Cincinnati Eeg-irsr. he acknowledges - d
re,pee9bie gentleman that re had writer
himself TIE article Is noticed. srouse'
Comment Indignation Mr. CAtaca8y hlcl
g. NJ. Ft-h aud witl the most solemn adjur
AZ on he frm- a. man. declares as IA,
representative 1f his august sovereign. YES
p swear. tet1re Almighty Goi rs q Christian
saat u- had IA, connection with the article
knew nothing vt lt, had n>rer s,,g if.
An article appes.s m tire Now York Hot,
en.----ss AIR Adams. t1s head 81 The Hor'.
9E.e in ,l.s .,rs 7t4t,--fr,sn notes taken a
an interview with Mr Csacazy. ami actual
! IL refused ay him MIR CAtacazy' attention
being called g, ,bIs article, he writes "a l,,te
{, Nj F.-h dea1uu,ng i, - tIssue .
ue, and % .-urdttie-, IN which was uud3ubt
envy 'rps aa5 i.ayir., n tae et-.-.s.~s Eng
.i-a Doe could command all c,nuyc-i,n, dree
OF indirect, vita the Words % fs'-e and ab
7lrI assertion
1s. saln- clerk, in Ten. Spinner ofic
Rave been - ini,scrse; as % gst caught ROB
b,n- the public Treasury. They had eni5ve.
, ia a marked degree she confidence OF Gen
, Sp.ura-. One. Frederick 4 Nsrden "a a
chief Of che Division y. accounts. and ra
o-hrr, Seth johnson, was Assistant Payin.
Teller. 10 tur Treasurer ofEce These dc
Elections. which run mack many Years
: smounJ 10 tn casc ut tue former t. from
$1,000 @ SIS 600. and with the latte
q at .es-t Sj0.ooO, Eica helped cover al
,hs y,l'alny % tie other. and there are ri
means af knowing how lan- ,ley might no
have gone On TAI MT eu~picJo4- from our
side parties been communicated % the Treas
urcr. IN view oj raes. acts Is Is quite anus
.n.- d, real THAT part III Con Spiaucr'sr,par
, vince Is. states that for &c tam lcneth @
3 t,mr nos ,eas b, money n-- been lost il
lls Bureau, and piousjy a, we'll as modest,
t~er 60 sll the praise - an ovorru.ing Provi
denee-
Tie Woman Suffrage Convention he'll
s-ion. ia this ei,y on Fri lay ana Saturda,
ia-t. Tie audiences were large. intelligent
and IN sympathy with tie ,pes kers and til,
4 dresses were cisar, logical presentations o
Che different phases VI Jhc great question
Tie last meeting, IN Lincoln Hall. on Satur
day evening wae espec ally a success. Col. T
". Higgiuson, OF Rhode Island, opened viii
an argument, well sustained ami most ban
pity Illustrated, showing that Is woman is en-
JtJed 10 tue ballot. because ahc needs il n,
ucr sell-respect ami self protection. Cells
Bufleign followed with an essay. written II
her delightful style and full OF that praeti
cal good sense which she never loses. Their
lion. Geo F. Hoar, oC Massachusetts. in Ar
exceedingly torcible speech coutended that "a
grant the ballot u woman would be hut fol
living out the fundamental, Democratic
principle on whicn our government ia found
Oh ami which distinguishes 1t from all other
governments IN tie world. Finally. MARY
A. Livermore was introduced, and induced by
loud cries Of ''go on. - on, 10 discourse
till after ten o'clock on the difficulties she
met with in hunting for her "sphere, 10
the Infinite amusement OF 10 audience,
which would have remained aud cried " 20
On an hour or two longer. Il 20 Mrs. Llv-
ermore could have been kept rllking. The
National Republican IN ito reports of pro-
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