Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-03-10

>idy bills; the House Force and several
Amnesty bills; various postal telegraph
schemes: the Senate bill for the pavmen,
of the French >poliation claims; the bill
declared the intent and meaning of the
Union Pacific Railroad acts: the bill ful
the establishment Of L Bureau of Inter
national Commerce; the Morrill, bill fol
the better government of the District OF
Columbia; Senator McCrcerv's Chear
Transportation bill, and the Ncw-McNico
bill.
FFDEEAL 1>rTEFEI;ENCE IN RHODE Is
I-AND.-It seems that the matter of deter
mining the extent and jurisdiction of fed
cral powers when they come into collision
with the states is not to be confined to
cases arising in the South. There was Il
recent seizure of liquors by the state au-
thoritie> ut Newport, and the L. S. Mar
shal, supported by the revenue cutter and
troops from Fort Adams, interfered to such
an extent that the liquor was abandoned
by the con>tabulary in order to avoid !.
collision with the military. Gov. Howard
has placed the matter before the legislature
in a message in which he takes ground that
the attachments made by the L. s. Mar
>hal are collu>ivc and thinly disguised
>htm. He says:
| share the general sense of mortitica-
ton at the indignitv to which our common
wealth was subjected. | realize also the
gravity of the situation and recognize it As
or imperative duty to take measures for
an early and proper adjustment of the
question. Now that the issue is directly
forced. | think it ought to receive Your at
tention. Your presence here, senators. is
Il mockcry and farce if such proceedings
rs these are sustained by the federal GOV
eminent. and YOUR honorable Judiciary
and executive may As we'll resign their
offices and leave the control and direction
of state affairs to s%ubordinatcS of thu,
United States government. 1t is Il vital
question, for i'll it are involcd the sovcr-
eighty of the /tate and the harmonious re
~lations of tie state with the United States.
| have not the slightest doubt that the au-
thorities ut Washington. when this matter
* properly communicated to them. will
promptly and cmphaticallv condemn and
rcpudiate the Proceedings of the marshal
in the premises.
When the the Dominion of Canada was
formed it was provided that the Senators
should be appointed by the Govcrnor-Gen-
eral and hold office for life, like the Brit
'>h peers. Already there is Il move to
make the Senators elective bv the l~cri>l.-
lures of the several Provinces. and such Il
scheme has secured a majority of the Do
min:on House of Commons. II will re
duce the size of the Senate onc-haIf. and
apportlOn twelve Senators each to Onta-
rio and Quebec, five each to New Bruins
wick and Nova Scotia. and TO Prince Ed
ward Island. Manitoba and British Column
bla, two each. The present Senators are
not to be disturbed. however. and the
change will take place only rs they drop
out OF office by death or other disability.
One of the libel suits growing out of the
'ii'ii' AilIlt bNtNili'NS HIS ltttltu Il con-
%clu>ion. Mr.. Iafford, the Englis!man
who published Il pamphlet entitled the
true history of the Emma minc.' sued the
-Hniny J0urnal of L~en.lon, for %copvino
from Ibis paper Nj. Parks reply to that
pamphlet. in which reply Patfor,l Was al
luded to rs "A person of no cllaractrr.'
The case came on before a London court
on the l7ih Of February, wi Ii the result.
as stated by the London 1u1cyrupa, that
" Il full and complete retraction of All the
charges which had been made rellectjnr
on the plaintiff was offered by the DEFEND
ant. who, in addition. paid Il sum of Goo
Is >olatium, and the case was accordingly
settled on those terms
Subsidy jobs continue to find favor with
the Dominion government. The l,test in
this line Is the granting of 4 subsidy of
$1,000 per mile to Il railroad not exceed
ing l2J miles in length, connectinr tho
Canada Central railroad with the projcctc |
road from the mouth of French river to =
point southeast of Luke Nipi,sing. Con-
tracts for constructing the Georgian bay
and Pacific line, 50 miles in length, have
been awarded to \. b. Foster; terms. $40
600 and 2o,O00 acres of land per mile.
with Il guarantee of / per cent. on S7.l0o
per mile.
Gov Tilden, of New York, has si"ncl :,
bill designating the following HOLIDAYS to
be Observed in The acceptance and payment
of bills of exchange. bank check, and
proml>>"ry notes: Jan. |. Feb. p, Nav
80. July /, Dec. %, and Thanksgiving
Day. When any of these HOLIDAYS fail on
Sunday, the following Monday will be
recognized as a public holiday. On ali
such occasions checks, ~promis>orv notes.
and bills Of exchange will be PAYABLE on
the preceding business day.
lsntit Just possible that President Grant
vetoed the Bounty bill with additional
reilsii when he saw the Nice-Pre>idents
hasty signature upon IL: If it be true. rs
reported. that he has been FESTIVE. unl,.r
Mr.. Wilson'S laudable desire to ind,Ir. in
lectures on The party policy. Gen. Grant
must have enjoyed Aecnly 50 good IN op-
pertunlty of paying back in similar coin.
1t Is pretty evident from the tone of the
press that the Nice-PreSiGent has lost IS
as the President has gained by the
transaction.