Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-29

~ ~COout Al uiItlelpdtlou u Olu oHSlilIliS
on this occasion, left inscribed the sent
ence which express that ambiguous i'm
preston. It is that in addition to al
the charges hurled at the offending
! Schur2 he was Swallowed
tsyvi' man o. horrible and awfu'
y hich even to name wad be unlawful
but which Conkling promised shoul(
be forthcoming on investigation. But
Schurz shed off personalities ant
spoke TO the question, carried the popu
lar applause and got the better of hi'
opponent perhaps more through the yir
tue of self-control than otherwise Ht
didn't seem to scare bit. We dom
know what may result from Conkling's
investigation of Senators; but if any
have been guilty Of improper officia,
conduct, we believe the people SHOULD
know it. The spirit of reform is that
corruption has taken refuge behind pc,
sition long enough, and clean hands need
not fear to open. Let everything be
laid square open, and the people will
umpire this little game which politicians
are trying so hard to run. Let the truth
circulate 1t is the mainstay of re-
public.
Trumbull took the floor on Thursday
and intimated that since the main ques-
ton had been discarded for side issues,
he would make some general remarks.
He addressed himself first to the few
republican Senators, whom, he said,
that while the uprising sentiment of hon
esty was crying out against public
abuses and demanding reform, met all
honest efforts looking to reform with
the one cry of PARTY! Party. Party!''
and claimed that the party can only live
by preserving intact its republican prin-
ciples, that the generalization naturally
incurred by the war must be rooted out,
the pruning knife must be freely piled
to every diseased limb, and that the OPP
position were doing more to destroy con-
fidence in the party by opposing refor-
matory measures, and covering up abuses
by party cry than can be done by all the
enemies of the administration. He read
the call for the Cincinnati convention of
independent republicans, and stated that
the privileges therein enumerated were
those upon which the party had rose to
power and achieved its glorious record
the principles upon which he had al
ways acted, and which, with Gods help,
he should always hold to. There is no
man in the Senate that gives more char
acter to the move than does Trumbull.
There is ring of honest principle about
him, of justice above policy.
Nye spoke to-day to the greatest audi
ence of the time, not only galleries, but
the floor was crowded with gentlemen
and ladies. His wit generally turns the
laugh on his opponents, but his Heathen-
Chinee-of-a-muddle was too much
Truth demands Of us to say he labOred ;
results not flattering. There is great
excitement and all sorts of rumOrs are
rife With every move, things seem to
become more and more mixed. The ut
most assurance prevails in some quarters,
and embarrassment in others Some
poh at this and say alls well, this
all amounts to nothing, etc. ; but it's
like whistling to keep up courage, to be
frank. AS for democrats, as such, we
have not seen or heard Of one for, oh, so
long. Such a good-natured set of fell
lows. with broad sunbeaming cOun-
ienances. Postum. This thing has ap-
parcntly many days to run yet, and will
doubtless be followed by some other
startling development.
THE HOUSE
has deferred in a commendablc sort Of a
way to the Senate muddle, and done but
little, and that little in a quiet way.
Some little furOre was INDUCED in by
the House over the two reports of the
Ku-KluX committee. The republicans
saw fit to give prominence to the minor
ity report by opposing it for while and
then accepting it, and as such. along
with the other. it goes to the people for
campaign purposes. 1t is to be presum-
ed that very few people will take the
trouble to read either. The House also
passed, by a vote Of 1873 to 50, bill
abolishing duty on tea and coffee, and
also refused to repeal the income tax.
Exciting times are always favorable to
cob,
have been put forward, The new issue
currency bill was also carefully put for
ward We are told of the great need Of
a new issue of currency, but we arc not
told of all the side influences prompting
this dire need. TO grant this issue will
be to make decided difference in the
business relation of, to say the least,
three powerful bank note companies,
''speciticd paper makers, and Transport
tatiOn companies, to say nothing OF adj
ding "a few hundred employees to the
bureau of engraving and printing at the
Treasury, and all this at the expense of
a few millions extra. OF course, if
there bc need for a new issue, it should
be done The expense is a mere item.
We never saw the intelligence of the
country better represented at the capital
than now; not in Congress specially, but
in delegations representing different Sec
tions, industries and interests. The same
may be said of the whole world, for a
goodIy number from other nations are
also here helping us to see to our little
affairs. 1t is kind in them, no doubt too
much 50. We ought not to allow them
to take this trouble, but to help our
selves. X"
Vermont and NeSy York Milk Pre-
duCcrs' Convention.
Some three or four hundred persons
were present at the adjourned meeting
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