Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-10
Editorial Notes.

! HE NUMBER OF uelegdles III inc hepuD
lican National Convention will be seven hun
dred and ffty.six. Necessary to choice
three hundred and seyentynine.
TnE Connecticut delegation will present
Mr. Jewels name TO the Cincinnati conven
ton. General IIawley, however, is for Bris
tow, and most of his colleagues will doubt
less go with him after the first ballot
Ar the commencement Of the session a
number Of Senators manifested in converse
ton a hostile feeling towards the bankrupt
act but more recently several Of them have
changed their opinions and favor a modif-
cation of the act rather than its repeal.
Meanwhile the House committee on the ju-
dietary have concurrcd in the Senate bill,
which provides that an assignment nm
der state laws shall not be a bar to bank
ruptcy.
Mr.. WILLIAM MCKEE, late of the adj
ministration organ in st. Louis, and now Of
the penitentiary, has entered upon his two
years sojoun ain the country" with harsh
feelings toward several old friends. lie re
marked with much pathos on Wednesday
You know what | have done for the party
and the men have made with my paper. Not
one Of them has helped me in my hour OF
trouble. But won't grind them when
get out
HENRY WARD BEEcHER lectured TO an
immense audience in the Brooklyn academy
Of music, last week, in aid Of the Grand
Army project for the establishment Of a sol
diers' home for disabled and needy veterans
I at Pen Yam, whose citizens offer one hun
bred and lightweight acres of land for tn,
purpose. The lecture was new one, OF
"The Loss aud Gain and every effort was
made by Mr., Beecher's friends to give him
larger house and louder applause than Tiltor
received when he lectured in the same place
Subscriptions to the amount OF thiiteer
thousand dollars were received.
Tnf public debt statement for the curren
month makes a gratifying exhibit of our ma
tional finances. The decrease during Apr
reaches the handsome figure Of two million
seven hundred eighty-one thousand one hun
bred eighty-one dollars and forty-nine cents
The decrease since June Both, 1873, j
twenty million seven hundred and fft
Thousand four hundred and sixty-seyen do
lars aud seyenty-three cents. If this rate o
decrease continues until the close Of the pre-,
ent fiscal year on the last day of June, tn
total reduction for the year will reach full
twenty-four million dollars more than the r,
duction for the last fiscal year.
II seems to be difficult matter to settl
on thoroughly satisfactory postal bill
The bill now under the tinkering process
while containing some improvements, need
careful revision before its adoption, 1t
better than the average of postal measures be
fore Congress, one Of theothers, for instance
providing that letters not fully prepaid shaI
be sent to the Dead Letter Office The plal
of Postmaster James respecting such letter
is far more reasonable as it contemplate
forwarding them when the sender is no
known, and charging double rates for tn
deficiency. The plan would be still bet
ter if the letters were to I've forwarded il
all cases
y WAsHINGroN correspondent says tina
Senator Thurman uses a red bandanna hanc
kerchief, and blows the loudest nose i
America. On one occasion Senator Jonei
of Nevada, who early in life had been
brakeman on a railroad, dropped asleep
his desk. Senator Thurman, whose seat
near the bonanza statesman, solemnly wave
his red bandanna and gave his nose a terrif
snort. The sleeping Senator sprang to hi
feet, and Selling his desk, commenced twis
ing it with all his might. lie afterward
explained that he thought Humans blo'
was an engine whistling "down brakes,
and the red handkerchief signal of distres,
Tue Connecticut democrats are having
bitter fight over the Senatorship. James +
English, who holds the position under
gubernatorial appointment, and Congress,
man William II, Banum, who represent
the Fourth district, are the contestants 70
theprile. They are both on the ground am
are using all the means with which they ar
familiar to capture members Of the legisla
ture Mr.. Barnum claims the Senatorshi
in pursuance of bargain made some tim
since, in payment OF certain moneys that h
turned into the democratic corruption funC
Mr. English is also urging his claims in par
upon the same ground At present Barnur
has little the best of it. But if the battl
wakes much hotter, it is possible both O
them may be thrown overheard and Go,
mgersoll or some other new man taken "a
as compromise.