Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-18

airy glimpses of unknown scenes that
none ever wants to see, nearly all Chi
cago was trying to convince US that It's
the healthiest place in the world. Just
the coolest place in the summer, and
warm, that is pretty warm, comfortable
in winter; and as for ague, never have
it there at all. Used to years ago, but
all disappeared of late. No matter if a
man should happen to be taken with
fit of shakes in the middle of his argu-
ment, it's all the same. Only slight |
chill, you see; won't last long; caught
it down at Calumet the other day, or |
over at Kalamazoo, or at some other
suburban crossroads. But here we are
chattering away about place thous-
and miles off. Shows how distracting
malaria is.
We will try to throw the bow and
spring lines of our imagination and lash
to
MATTERS AT THE CAPITAL.
Two weeks of Congressional incuba-
ton has passed and nothing of real i'm
portance to the country has been done.
Now this would be bad for the country
in these panicky times were it not Tor
the fact that the country will recover
itself best if let alone. The Senate began
its labors by electing the Rev. Byron
Sunderland, Presbyterian, chaplain, and
few days thereafter Senator Carpenter
| as chairman of the Senate.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, early favored
the Senate with his views upon finance.
He recognized the fact that circum-
stances and events, for which nobody or
party in particular were to be thanked,
had brought us down nearly to the hard
pan of the worlds financial basis. The
most top-lofty of our commercial houses
have toppled over in the operation,
showing us how weak and unreliable
our hot-house financial grown really is,
and that as kind providence has brought
us half way to specie basis, we should
favor the other half by our own effort,
and while we hold our financial heads
proudly UP, at the same time have our
financial feet planted firmly on terra
L -
TRINA in common with all Europe. We
have already made half the descent, and
imitation would only lift us up for the
time to an inevitable tumble IN the flu
y ture. l.. .s.-l- ,.s
/ The other side was championed by
, Senator Ferry, of Michigan. Heignored
terra fqn,a, so-ealled;; and cried for
more circulation. He did not say it,
: I but his argument suggests the idea, Let
us eat, drink and be merry, for to-mor-
row we die. He would not legislate for
q collspse-oh, no-but he would initiate
to an enormous degree, knowing, or ne
ought to know, that the nature of things
y inflated is to collapse. -, 1850,
The idea of an elastic currency meets
: with considerable favor among Senators,
: that is a kind of patent-reversible-
4 double lock-action currency which will
in some way, when demand is light and
: currency too plenty, resolve itself into
4 another kind of government security, to
+ reappear again in its old form IN time OF
need according to demand. We cannot
explain it at length. Indeed it seems
D very difficult for its advocates to explain
: if SO as to make it clear to an ordinary
f intellect Just what they mean,
= MIR. Sumner, hale and hearty, took the
floor early and all eyes were turned to,
:. ward him for something new and re.
t freshing. 1t was-eiVil rights. --s-.l
: AS If to take the world by storms
: i fresh W alter ,one-the various temperance
: organizations throughout the land, al
0 descended upon the Senate with a shower
a of petitions, asking the appointment OF
!, a commissioner with a view to legisia
: ton against alcohol. Nearly every Sen
ator came armed with petition which
) he proceeded to offer with all gravity
e After twenty or thirty introduetions /
n became monotonous as q September rain
f After confirming the nomination TO
! / District Governor, Shepard, the Senatt
; has hung fire for q week over the nom
"a | ination for Chief Justice Williams
It Will wonders ever cease? Objection
l. to Williams is said to come IN Com
is mittee ON judiciary, mainly from Messrs
= Ednunds and Frelinghuysen, and in thu
y Senate from an alarming number OF bot
is democrats and republicans.
2 The main feature of legislation in thu
q House of Representatives has been tn
81 salary question. A hundred more. o
. less seemed burning up with zeal to b
u first in marking down the value of thel
t, services. We always thought that on
n lawmakers were not paid enough to en-
% sure the best talent and honesty, and W
so believe now, but the majority of til
T. House claim, yocifeFously, that they ar
IL paid altogether too much, and since thel
to constituents are of the same opinion,
40 4 must be so. We very much wish thi
:. question had never occurred in the wa
. it has. There is something very ignobl
and not inspiring of confidence in tn
bringing attitude which members ar
a. forced to take in pronouncing upon thel
own value, which cannot be desired b
an intelligent constituency. A fey
speeches were made, evidently dictate
by a legislators highest qualities, VIZ.
!, cool Judgment, independent thinking
! and frank expression, instead OF serVll
] fear, or disgusting policy. We eoul
" not always agree with them, but W
D, could respect them nevertheless. III
OF result of the weeks debate was Ettl
" more than to indicate that a large ma
" iority of members were. III favor Q
= doing something or anything to satlst
~ public clamor against the salary graf
Il what was reasonable, Just or right bein
eY matters of infinitely less account. Th
mr.. debate was productive of many scenes
!. and some of the most virtuous pre-
= chalmers and disclaimers were confront
ne ed with records of the past showing hoy
ii very much they have changed all a
y once. Records are ineonvenient thing
:. sometimes. If you don't believe it as.
x Cox or Lawrence, Then again the
$ may not be so very mischieyous afte
BIS all. for there was Alexander II
n. Stephens, viee-president of the Confed
no. eracy, with all that record of sin at hi
= door, who made the telling speech o
NJ that entire debate A little weaver
or faced old man wearing a skull cap an