The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-10-28

came up, against Il; and because | re.
placed it in the treasury am regarded
by the Buffers and Carpenters as q dema.
gogue and coward. Well, confess to
respect for public sentiment. covot
your goodwill and that of my former
constituents. Because would cultivate
such graces,am l a coward Must man
be highwayman or bank manager 10
order to show his pluck Is it necessary
to despoil the poor, the widow and the
orphan, to clutch from the public till the
earnings of labor, placed there by patr-
otto devotion, in order to be a hero ? l
hold that public morality exists. Let
the people press forward and elbow nut
Of place the mercenaries who disGgure
our social order and despoil our industries.
am happy to receive your appreciation
and your nomination. On this salary
business | believe-irst, that | never
contracted for that back-pay second,
| never expected it and never earned it.
The old salary | received while men,
Der during twelve years service was
plenty. 1t was $4,000; then raised to
$4,000. ooh but we will steal" said
one, "uness we get more salary" That
was the speech of member whom |
placed on the Credit Moblier committee.
[ was ashamed of that appointment when
| heard the remark. But | pardon him,
as he was the principal advocate of in.
creasiug the presidents salary.
Congress will SOON assemble; and,
unharrily honorable gentlemen have
come TO believe that they have but to set
the tune, and the party organs will obedi-
emily grind it from Maine to the Pacific.
Let the republican press undeceve them.
Let Congress know that its party friends
are jealous Of the party fame, and do not
mean to imperil republican supremacy by
winking at any jobbery or unsound legis-
lation. The opposition will, of course,
denouncc everything. Let the party press
denounce everything that is unworthy the
republican character and best traditions.
Shall we not leave hostility to our op.
ponents? you ask. Hostility to what ?
Shall any press or party be swifter to ex-
pose errors and censure extravaganza or
corruption than the republican Mr..
Sheperd, for instance. is to be nominated
for governor Of the District of Columbia.
The Senate ought not to confirm the
nomination, Shall not republican news.
papers say what republicans very well
know and privately declare ?-T Harper' +
Weekly.
Why should the republican press oil
this state, or Of the country, be ruled by
the politicians, instead of ruling them ?
Some editors, it is true, hold Office under
the party, and some papers cannot afford
to be independent. But The great multi
tude own themselves in every sense, and
their voice would oe power that nc
mere politician could Withstand Geo
w. Curtis in Iarper's Weekly.
THE HEATING OF Cause.-The Railroad
Gazette heralds the cold season with O
timely discussion Of methods Of heating
cars, and suggests among more important
Improvement this minor comfort: There
is of course great diversity among pas.
sengers regarding the degree Of warmth
demanded. The old and feeble usually
want it warm the young and robust re.
quire less tastes. We have heretofore
called attention to the Importance of pro.
viding thermometers for cars. If they
were supplied with tell. tale index which
would show the highest temperature indi.
Gated during any given time, it would en-.
able those who superintend the care Of
cars to know how hot their subordinates
allow the temperature to become. AT
present there is no means of knowing. A
thermometer would also give the attend.
ant guide by which to regulate the
warmth. BY simply placing a conspicu.
Gus notice under it stating that tempera
ture OF the cars should be kept at 10 de.
grees it would become the arbiter be
tween passengers and the persons in
charge of the stoves, and would either
justify them in complaining or be the au
thority for disTegarding their complaints
At present it is no unusual thing fol
some one to complain to the brakeman
that the car is too cold. lie Immediately
fires up" aud III a short time it become,
so hot as to be hardly endurabe. Com
plants arc then made by others that it il
too hot. The human nature Of the FIRE
man then asserts itself by quoting tn,
complaint Of the first man, disregardine
entirely the fact that since it was frs
made, the temperature has gone up 30 Of
40 degrees. A reference to thermom
eter would Of course settle all such dis
putes, and probably help to keep the TEN
perature Of mems minds, as well as tina
of the atmosphere in the car more equ
able.