Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-02

In the Illinois Senate the other DAY an
honorable gentleman rose to question of
privilege, and proceeded to brand a fellow
'Iemher as '' q liar and q sneaking cheat
lie gracefully added '' Since the earliest
days Of mankind when Cain slew his broth
cr Abel, and was branded with the red hand
of murderer, God Almighty has marked
all bis packages here below. and it l. writ
ten m bold letters. a- plain was the hand
writing on the wall, ON the face of the gem
tlcman, Mr.. Dame, of Carroll county,
Liar and thief ! thank YOU, Mr. prcsi-
dent and Senators for your indulgence
The MinEc-ltian~ are TO vote in Noycm-
Ter ON an amendment 10 the Constitution
providing for biennial 20 day sessions Of the
Legislature, 10 go into effect after the gen
cral election of 1873.
Your children may never have wealth. .''
observed a western clergyman to his con
@regatian, " but when they grow up it will
hc something for them 20 boast of that their
Fathers We're not members of the FortV-Sec-
ond Cougrc~-
The Alabama Legislature has voted. 10 to
81, to provide for the annexation of West
Flo
The y. Y. Hrald thinks the best thing
the Democratic party can do. at present. i
TO wait the course of events. - for the
Presidential parties of 1876 will be formed
upon the public events and the public ques-
ti0n~ which viii come to the front within
the three years Intervening
\ western newspaper. commenting on the
confirmation of Ex-senator Yates as gov
crnment director of the Pacific Railroad,
says he has one prominent merit he cannot
be brihcd. When Governor of Illinois,
adds the writer, he was offered a million
dollars 10 sign railroad bill which was to
give immense power and opportunity for
gain to n corrupt ring. The bill had passed
both houses of the legislature, but Yates
spurned the bribe and killed the bill.
1t is not likely that the Connecticut Con
stituti0nal Convention will make any change
in the system ol town representation, the
old towns having two representatives each,
largely outnumbcring the new ones with
only one each. of course they will not
agree To any diminution of their powers.
Gen. Garfield has written n letter defend
ing his action on the salary bill, asserting
that he fought the increase at every stage of
its progress, and also in the Committee of
Conference. Finally he voted for the re-
port of the committee, seeing the hopeless
ness of opposition.
Senator Sumner warmly congratulated
Senator Morton ON his management of the
Caldwell case
The Chicago Times thinks - the new
party" if it is to be organized, must be
kept free from all suspicion of being an
emanation Of that unnatural and abOrtiye
compact, the Cincinnati-Baltimore fusion Of
last year.
There is talk in the South Bend (Tenth)
Indiana District of returning Mr. Collax to
Congress, vice Packard, who voted for the
back pay swindle, and thus sealed his own
fate.
THE Capital a wicked weekly paper pub
lished at Washington, calls West Point
- that little school on thesIludson which is
now the Government Of the United States"
Levi II. Kellogg (Dem.) was elected
Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis, last week by
2l7 majority, after sharp contest. The
entire Democratic city ticket was elected.
Minister Washburne-" the next presi-
dent Of the United States,'' according to
the prophetic Halsted-writes to the editor
of the Illinois &Gdts-Zeitunq Z" You have
hit the nail on the head, and you are right.
! have often said that, having put down the
monopoly of slavery, the people now should
address themselves to putting down railway,
telegraph and dexpress monopolies. All that
is wanted is to arouse public opinion, which
Mr.. Webster once said was more powerful
than the lightning, the earthquake and the