Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-12

wv nNMig 'icOltu 1tuaNVI iIOm hdntds,
! Col, Dorsey, must have some very attrac.
tive points in bis character lie had near.
ly all the votes Of both parties in the Leg.
islature-90 cut Of %. lie is, besides,
the youngest man in the grave and rev.
erend" body.
The Chicago Tribune states land it is
humiiating facD that three United
States Judgcs-namely, Judge Delahay. Of
Kansas; Judge Sherman, of Ohio and
Judge Durell, of Louisiana have been put
in disgrace within twelve months, while
during the previous eighty-threa years Of
Government but two United States judges
had been impeached. All but there was
no Credit Mobiler temptations and no
Oakes Ames tempters IN those days.
Judge Poland has sent to Treasurer
Spinner a certified check fer 1920, the
amount Of Representative Kelley's Credit
Mobiier dividend, which Mr.. Ames testi-
fed be had paid TO him, and with it letter
stating that any future profits or dividends
accruing on the stock might be had by
calling on Mr. Ames Judge Kelley in.
sists that he never owned the Credit Mo.
bilier stock, aud that none of its proceeds
belong to him He intends. publishing an
address to his constituents, explaining aud
defending bis course in the matter.
Mr. Willard secured the passage, on
the last day Of the session Of a Joint reso.
luton authorizing the international Stats.
teal Congress to bold its ninth session 10
the United States. Eight of these sessions
have been held OF the capitals Of Belgium.
Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia,
Italy, Holland and Russia, to the great
advancement of the science of National and
International statistics in its various de.
partments, and to the uniformity Of coin
age weights and measures, and commercial
relations aud statistical publications between
wv uhNlOuc.
There is q difference of opinion among
the members Of the Kansas Legislature
concerning Mr.. Pomeroy. la the report
of the investigating committee which was
submitted to the Legislature Thursday.
majority report, signed by four members Of
that committee, find Poneroy guilty Of
bribery, and attempting to corrupt mem.
bers of the Legislature. A minority re.
port, signed by three members Of the com.
mittee, find the charges of bribery and
corruption against Mr.. Pomeroy not proven.
The minority report was adopted by the
House aud the majority report by the Sen.
ate.
The estimate Of the amount pocketed
by members of the Senate aud House, in
consequence of the increase of salaries, is |
about $4,000 each, the cost Of mileage and
stationary being deducted from the $4,000 |
added TO their salaries. The members
from the moro distant States, as California
aud Oregon, will receive little, if any, /
having already taken it in mileage, while
the Maryland and Virginia members will
receive nearly the whole $4,000. The
abolition of the old absurd system of mile.
age is good thing, as it equalizes the pay
of the members, giving 10 each their ncces-
sary travelling expenses and no more.
Lyman Trumbull, who has Just retir-
ed from the United States Senate, has been
held up by his admirers as a model of
faithful and honorable public man. Last
year the fact was brought out that, while
serving the United States as Senator at
salary Of five thousand dollars, he exacted
a fee Of ten thousand dollars for making
speech of two hours for the Government
before the Supreme Court. That was cal.
cuated to shake faith in bis peculiar sense
OF honor. And now, on the very day that
he was to leave the Senate, he voted to take
five thousand dollars out of the Treasury
and put it in his own pocket under the guise
of increased salary for the past two years.
We think this " model" is as badly marred
as any Of the old torsos.
"A young American scoundrel named
Warren has extended his operations abroad,
and vctimized the Londoners on gigantic
scale by forging the name Of the Roths.
childs and other great financial houses.
lie has cheated some of their shrewdest
business firms out of large sums of money,
and thus far be has successfully evaded all
efforts for his arrest, although reward Of
twenty-five hundred pounds is offered as
the inducement for his apprehension. Great
Britain may excel us on some points, but
she cannot beat us in the matter Of thieves.
We can offer odds to the world on this pro-
duet Of Yankee land. While we do not
wish Ill to our cousins across the water, it
would certainly be great relief to honest
people here if more of the rascas would
take it into their heads to follow the ex.
ample of this young Warren. We are not
without hope that he will yet be caught and
compelled to disgorge.
1t is peculiar feature of the case of
those Congressmen who we're implicated in
the Credit Mobilier swindle, that the less
they said about the matter the better of
they we're Mr.. Patterson's case, Mr..
Colfax's case and Judge Keley's case were
no worse than the cases of Mr.. Scho6eld
or Mr.. Bingham, except that by their per.
s'stent dragging of their improved denials
OF holding this stock before the public, they !
brought down upon their devoted heads a a
weight Of popular indignation which thew
can never outlive. And now Mr.. James
Brooks, another Implicated Congressman,
aud, with one exception, decidedly the /
worst of them all, attempts to divert at. $
tention from his own criminal course BY
throwing mud and making up faces at the
committee which recommended his expul. /.
sion. Better keep still, Mr.. Brooks the |
less this puddle is stirred up with the out. !
pourings Of such filthy brooks, the better