Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-05-17
FOrty.fOurth congress.


announcing that the statue Of Colonel
Ethan Allen, by Larkin G.. Mead has been
completed and delivered to the architect OF
the Capitol to be placed in the National
>tatuarv Hall Ordered to be printed and
lie on tie table
The chair also laid before the Senate =
communication from the Commissioners
of the District Of Columbia in answer to
he resolution of Mr. EdmundS. saying
that no discrimination exists in the man
| cmcn of schools in the District, and no
additional Legislation is required to srcure
equality in the schools.
Mr. Edmund>, from the Committee on
he Judiciary. reported with amendments
the Joint resolution recently submitted by
hun in regard to counting the electoral
,oc for President and Eice-Prc>idcnt.
The report provides as follows
In lieu of the twelfth Article of the
amendment of the Constitution :, new art
Gle is to provice that the electors shall
transmit certified list, Of all tn. votes to
the presiding Justice Of the Supreme
Court; the Supreme Court shall publicly
open and count the votes; if no person has
| majority this shall be Immediately rcrti-
lied to the House of Representatives., which
must, forthwith. from the three persons
having the highest number of votes for
President. choose the President by riru
f. ,cc vote the voting must continue until
4 President shall be elected, or until the
llh day of March next following. when, if
no President has been thus chosen. the
Vice. President shall act as Prr~i lent. a.
in c-t~t. of death or other constitutional dis
ability of the president; no person holding
the office of Justice of the United States
SuprcmcC omt shall be eligible Jurisdiction
Is President or Nicc-P president until the
expiration of two years next after he shall
h:,ve ceased TO hold office rs a member of
tiIat court.
The Senate adjourned till Monday.
U,u>,. Mr.. :. :. Cox WAS elected Speak
or ylrO tenn during the absence IF Mr..
Kerr.
The proposition to abolish the FREE d.iv
rry postal system in small cities was do
tt"ttcd . To -.
SATURDAY. Uo2Sc. y good part of the
dlv va, occupied on the Ftzhuyh matter,
! IN account of which is given elsewhere.
MONDAY. .Sc1lute. There was 4 session
for consultation, us Il court of impeach-
mcnt which WAS of course secret.
UlH,e The House rejected the Payne
silver bill authorizing the issue of $1,000 -
900 in silver in exchange Ion lpGtl-tcn'er>.
but the vutc-l5; to 1j--hoW> Il decided
nlroritv i'll it, favor. 1t required Il two
thirds vote to ret it up. but thu ways and
means committee can 50 report 1t, when
it will be sure 10 pas.
The House passed the Senate bill to al
low Mrs Minnie Sherman Fitch to rrcriv,
Tree of duties her welding present from
he hhrdive Of Egypt.
Speaker Kerr i, Il good deal better and
improving fast since hi, trip to Virginia.
ana expects to come back, the last of the
Wctk X. we'll enough to resume his duties rs
speaker.
IuEsDAN. .>,Autc. There WAS n sharp
passage 1T arms between Edmunds and
| ConhIlug in which tie two Senators used
the sarcasm for which each is famed
ANOTHER O>E.-FI,lhuLh Of Texas.
,.oorAcrvcr in the House Of Representa-
| tiNc-, i, in trouble. On Saturday, Mr..
Durlnm. = Kentucky democratic Con-
re >~man,rose to a person Il cNplanllion in
winch he stated that Fizhuyh had been
indicted three times for divers offences.
DurIlam and Fitzhugh brn. sworn in one
IF the trials differed in their testimony
upon very material point Fitzhurh
,Worc one way and Durham another. Bat
| Durham declared that his testimony Wa
correct. He also stated that had he been
present ut the democratic caucus which
nominated Fitzhugh. he should have then
made his statement to the caucus.
Subsequent to Mr.. Durlrtm's cxplane-
ion, Mr.. White, also Of Kentucky, rose ia
Il personal explanation. and had read IN
,rticle of the Louisville C,uricr-Joul1ln'
on Ftzh"gh, saying that Nj. Durham
could show thtt Ftzlu-h hll pcrurrd
himself. and also tn ll:trr'> silly letter
recently published. The reading of thi>
letter excited the prolonged merrimrn. of
The House.
y resolution WIS finally presented from
he democratic side of the House to the rf
,cct that Fi,zhugh is unworthy to hold tn,
position of doorkcepcr on account of tit,
be dismissed forthwith
Mr.. Lamar said that while the court
records show that Ftzhngh was acquitted
they also show that he WAS IN indivi,lu.
guilty of moral tcrpitule, and Infamous
The resolution was referred To Il commit.
tee
liz CENTENNIAL EXIIE!TION.-T
crowd 1T the Centennial grounds was not
Is large on Friday on Thursday.
Work is going on in the buildings. and ;
great Improvement is noticeable \ gan.
Of laborcr5 is employed On Bclmon
avenue in clearing away the rubbish, etc.
In Machinery Hall many people were
attracted by the numerous printing presses
upon which editions of til" New YorI
papers are being worked off
! The United State, Centennial Commits
lion on Friday tabled areport ordering til,
opening Of thc Exhibit gates at 1o'clocl
i'll The morning. \ resolution for the ap
pointmcnt Of a committee Of three TO confe
with the FOrei IN Commissioner, relatiu,
unity, the plan to be recommended 70
adoption by all the governments, Wa
adopted.
At Il large mass meeting ut Philadelphia
on Saturday evening Speeches in favor o
opening the Centennial Exhibition on sun
, day We're made by Col. J. W. Fornev an,
the Rev. DR.. Bellows, Of New York. Rc,o
III ion, f'voring the opening on Sun,a
8 were passed and a committee appointed t
present them to the managers Of Ill
: Exhibition.
The attendance at the Ccntcnni.
Exhibition on Saturday was estimated a
forty Thousand
( ",-I| persons paid to enter the Cen
=. t2mnIal grounds on the openinr day.