Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-05-09
POLITICAL NOTES.

Senator Sumner has turned his back pay
into the Treasury.
The Illinois Senate refuses, 25 to 10, TO
consider the House resolution condemning
the salary grab.
The woman's Suffrage bill before the
English House of Commons has been de-
feated by a vote of 300 to 1855.
Georgia has repealed the usury law and
notices an increase In the supply OF money,
and decrease In the rate of interest.
Hon. Philetus Sawyer, U. s. Represent
alive from Wisconsin, who was Vermont
er by birth, has bought U. s. bonds to the
amount of his back pay and destroyed
them.
The Ohio Legislature has passed law
prohibiting the lease of one competing road
to another, and requiring two-thirds vote
of the stockholders to ratify the lease of a
connecting road.
Postmaster General Creswell found the
Southern people generally void of vindict-
iveness on his recent trip, and the spirit Of
ostracism of Nortberners fast dying out.
He thinks affairs In Louisiana are improv-
ing, and that most of the evils " i'll be rem
edied by time.
The "white list' OF Congressman who
have returned their back pay into the Treas
ury, now foots up six Senators and twenty
eight Representatives. OF those who have
disposed of the money in various charities,
etc., there are two Senators and seven Rep
resentatives. General Spinner states that
the sum of $77,757.77 has been turned over
to the United States Treasury down TO the
present date. This is about twenty per cent
of the whole amount.
The "Party of the future" is still in the
egg. A few fond but foolish birds like the
New York Tribune take turns slttinS on
that egg patiently "waiting for new chrys-
more definitely appear" Perhaps! But 1t
is possible that they are only sitting on a
| door-knob after all.-Pittsburg (Pa.) Iele-
graph.
We hope sincerely that, as soon as the
next Legis ature of our state shall meet, a
bill will be passed directing the state treas
urer to return the four thousand and odd
dollars of the salary-grab turned over to
him by Hon. Justin s. Morrill,. We be-
| leve that will be done. If the sum Is &C.
cepted and placed with the funds of the
state, every citizen is made sbarer, will
he Mill he, in the coolest and most auda.
cious theft of the age. Senator Morrill, is {
man of too clean conscience TO take tbs
benefit of the plumber to himself, and We
have no doubt he will find his constituents
at least as honest, and that they will refus'
what they can get of the STEAL Montpe'ie
Freeman.
AS we understand it Judge Poland ha
his "back pay" or" grab" money, or what
ever you choose to call it in his pocket, o
course only for the time being, or until III
can find some worthy charitable object t.
which to devote it. The Danville Star init
mates that in accordance with his wei
known zeal in religious matters he will be
stow the funds for the building up of tn
churches. We could applaud such an act
Should the Judge be unable, however, t.
satisfy himself in this direction, we woul'
suggest that he invest the funds in tn
Woo dstock Railroad, which when compile
ted will prove a source of comfort and con
venience to many of his constituents an
possibly on occasions to himself also.
Woodstock Standard.