Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-07
Political JOttings.

THE New York Sun of Saturday came out
in full mourning dress-we hope for
its sins.
A jon lot of democratic conspirators are
left on hand after the campaign is done, and
are for sale, cheap.
FRIDAY has been an unlucky day for Mr..
riden. All three of the decisions of the
Electoral Tribunal have been OH that day.
Ar Columbia, s. G., the ODD ult., the stars
and stripes, draped with black Grape, Aoated
at half mast from many of the public build
ings.
PEOPLE who won overcoats on guessing
the result of the electoral vote find the result
delayed so that the garment is of little use,
but it comes just in time for the spring styles
Of hats.
to fear now is that Hayes will adopt
Southern policy that will split the demo-
cratic party and destroy the color line. The
fear is well grounded.
There is nothing small about Mr.. Tilden
He has done all the dirty work and allowed
Governor Hendricks to come out of the cam
pagn slightly elevated in public estimation.
Mem York Tribune.
TnE House, on Friday, passed sweeping
amnesty bill, including Jefferson Davis and
all other confederates now out in the cold.
We can find no record that the bill was
acted on in the Senate.
Mr.. HEWITT is reported to have said on
the floor of the House of Representatives
day or two ago, that his personal contrbu.
tons in aid of Mr.. Tiden's election had
been one hundred thousand dollars.
TILDEN's serious attempt to capture the
Presidency ended fifty in the farce of Mr..
Field to secure it for him by ii law suit in
the nature of quo cdrrdnto. The House
voted it down by big majority. Mr. Til
den can now file bill in the Supreme
Court, but if it is prepared in his usual
slowness, the President can plead the stat
ute of limitations.
BRrsrow is suggested for Davis place on
the Supreme Bench, representing the South,
The Bristow men in the Republican party,
or in other words, the reformers, and we
assure the managing politicians they are
many and "mean business" would prefer
to see him back at the head of the Treasury
Department.
The Springfield Republican says a good
many Congressman are going to be ashamed
of themselves when they cool off enough to
realize what egregious fools they made of
themselves last Thursday. The truth u.s. a
good share of the most desperate are no
longer members of Congressman that's
what's the matter.
In two instances has the 4th of March,
when a Presidential term began, come on
Sunday, but there has been only one occa-
sion on which new President has been in
augurated Monday March 9TH. Mr.. Monroe
was his own successor March 8, 1921, but on
March 3, 1919, General Taylor was inaugur-
ated as the successor of President Polk
Mr.. ID. d. FIELD will arrive home after
his Congressional career in much the same
condition that ex- Governor Weller, of Cali
fornia, found himself after having been ship
wrecked. A friend met him in San Fran
cisco and inquired il he had lost much.
Lost everything, SIR" said Mr.. Weller,
everything but my reputation" "Gov-
ernor," replied the friend, "you travel with
less baggage than any man ever knew"
The published speculations about the
Cabinet are idle and necessarily valueless.
Whatever the professional politician may
say, all that the country ask is a Cabinet
of strong and honest men, without refer
ence to locality or the satisfaction of cliques,
and we trust that President Hayes has the
courage 10 disregard the latter. The belief
that he will call one or two Southern men
TO his Cabinet is founded in reason, and
not in any belief in a bargain. Why should
not the South be represented
JUST before President Lincolns assassina
ton he received many letters threatening
such an event. One day while Mr.. Matthew
Wilson was painting his portrait, and Mr.,
Seward stood behind his chair, Mr.. Lincoln
opened note and said, 4" Here is another of
these letters" which he read TO both his au-
ditors, after doing which he pointed to a
pigeon hole and said "In that place |
have filed eighty just such things as these.
know am in danger; but am not going
10 worry over threats like these A" and then
he resumed his usual animation, and the
quiet, interested artist went on with his
work. In two weeks from that date the
President was assassinated.