Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-02-03
Edliorlnl Nnins.

prince five years Of age succeeds to the
throne, and another that it is not yet deci
ded who will succeed the dead emperor
The strong-minded women Of st. Loui,
have been holding mass meeting to con
slider the question Of demanding seats in The
constitutional convention 20 be held in that
state next spring. As result movement
has been inaugurated 10 send delegates from
all parts Of the state to the convention.
DAKorAn TERniroRY is added to the list
Of places made destitute by the grasshoppel
plague, and territorial relief committee ha,
been organized, which will send out no so
Letting agents, but will be glad of donation.
from any source An appeal for aid ha,
been issued, signed by the governor
WHILE we think it was exceedingly un
wise in the Republicans in Congress to at
tempt to circumvent the minority by new
rule, making a majority vote answer where
two-thirds now is necessary, we think the
democrats are equally unwise to fllibuster to
defeat measures which the Republicans are
willing to take the responsibility of.
DURING the past year the New York
Young Mems Christian Association has fur.
nished two thousand young men with EN-
ployment and hundreds with comfortable
homes. 1t has given, also, sixty-two thous-
and meals to poor young men, and its Friday
evening tea is a source of cheer and bond of
union TO hundreds.
THEY say that Tom Scott is still confident
that he can float the Texas Pacific bonds at
the expense Of the government through the
votes Of the members who go out, this ses-
sion. The New York Times sounds the
alarm, and it hopes that a Republican
Congress will not add this new scandal to
the history Of the Republican party"
The supply of red-tape has run short in
the Postoffice Department, or else Mr.. jew
ell would never have teegraphed to the
Newport, Rhode Island postmaster, in reply
to despatch that his Office was burned, the
following" All right. Do the best you
can and try not to spend too much money
but do not let the mails be delayed any
where"
IT is rather an alarming statement that
comes from New York-that most Of the west
em roads with eastern connections are on
the verge of MISUNDERSTANDING, if true,
which it probably is not. But that they
are in a most unsatisfactory condition is
most likely the fact, and the proposed reduc-
ton in passenger rates and in wages is I'M
doubtedly necessary.
The immense monopoly in sewing ma
chimes which benefited the members of the
combination, consisting of the Wheeler &
Wilson, Wilcox & Gibbs, Singer & Howe
companies, has been broken by the refusal of
Congress to renew to A. b. Wilson patent
on the " four-feed arrangement. 1t is said
that the prices of machines will drop more
than fifty per cent. in consequence.
The Tribune man says that Mr.. George F.
IIoar moved heaven and earth to get Mr.
Foster, of the subcommittee on the Louisiana
matter, to modify his report so as to make it
more favorable to the radicals. On the other
hand Mr.. Foster writes to Judge IIoar that
the Tribune man is entirely mistaken. Years
ago there was a Tribune man who, if he had
been in Mr.. Fosters place would have said
you lie, villain"
ApGusT BELMONT, Seligman and other
bankers comprising the syndicate, are in
Washington to ask an extention of six
months of time wherein they proposed to
take and market the balance of the five per
cent funding loan, amounting to about 800,
100000. The time expires the LIST of Feb
ruary. As the government cannot make bet
ter terms elsewhere, it is probable Secretary
Bristow will grant the extension.
The famous bonanza of Virginia City is
undergoing a little reaction. The excite
ment is abating. The aggregate decline in
the stocks for one week recently reached
fifty million dollars. But still the fact as
yet remains undisputed that an immense
body of valuable ore has been discovered in
the consolidated company's mine. If the
quarter that has been told is true, the yield
Of silver in Nevada is surely in its infancy.
JAMES PARTON, in lecture in Chicago,
Sunday evening" said " 1t cannot be denied
that the worst scandals in the politics of the
United States began in 1920, when Andrew
jackson, in order to wreak revenge upon
Henry Clay for imaginary wrongs, turned
out two thousand competent and exemplary
oifce-holders. The six previous presidents
had removed ninety in all,-ninety in forty
years. The rule of the scalawag began then
in March, 1920. Responsibility and com
petence began then to avoid the public
service"
THE Republican Senators at Washington
, have held a caucus 10 consider the Southern
question. The subject was canvassed but
no decision was reached. For our part, we
trust none will be reached until the Senators
feel sure that they stand upon the right
ground and that the country will support
them. The care and deliberaton with
which they are treating the matter give
promise of wise and well-advised conclu.
sion. This question must be settled upon q
broad basis of justice and right
LENT will begin this year on the tenth OF
February, much earlier than it has done
since 1860. This will bring the high festi
val of Easter this year on the 2Sth of March
which is within six days of the earliest pc
riod upon which il can ever possibly occur
On some years Easter falls as late as the 9Th
of April. Some years there are as many as
nine Sundays between Epiphany and Ash
Wednesday, but this year there will be only
FIVE Sundays intervening between the jubilee
of Epiphany and the solemn feast of Lent
THr New York Times well says; ave have
too many great farms, too many vast, half
cultivated tracts, too much idle capital locked
up in untouched fields and ranges We
may as well settle down to the belief that we
have squandered good deal of the national
domain, and that we must make better use
of what we have. The ideal "little farm
well titled" is not frequent enough We
shall see higher and more profitable condi
tion of agriculture when we cease buying
and begin to TILL"
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WHAT 1T MEASs.-The President has adj,
vised an APPROPRIATION of 100000 for coast