Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-22

viii strenuously oppose ii by long de-
bate, yet they claim that bill will be
passed by over two-thirds majority in
the Senate and that the House will
rally for its support with equal siren
9Th, thus throwing the whole respon-
sihiliiy upon the President of making
it a law.
To-day heing Monday is by the
rules bill day; and the House has its
usual food, each member seeming
blest with a constituency in great
need.
Mr.. Blaine is again in his seat, but
returns apparently not mach invigo-
rated 10y his rustication. Father
Time is not dealing gently with him,
but he may he made of that stern
stuff which has kept Alexander Ste
phegs alive, and which enabled Par
son Brownlow to retain his Senatorial
seat for years though afflicted more
severely than hundreds who succumb
to the same diseases. AS we looked
at Mr.. Stephens when lie was listen
ing to the reading Of the Presidents
message, sitting in his wheel chair
near the reading clerk, wrapped in
his shagls with hat on, seemingly a
mere anatomy veriest pinch Of life,
We fancied that We owed his presence
alone to the exercise of will, for there
is nothing apparently in his physical
appearance to warrant the retention
of his spirit with the body, beyond
the night.
Our temperance people have taken
strong stand against the further sale
Of liquors i'll the House and Senate
Restaurants, ard have caused the in
PRODUCTION of stringent prohibitory
bill into the House. Mr.. Randall
took occasion under it to disclaim all
responsibility for this condition of af-
fairs, and threw it upon Congress.
We will soon sec whether a stop can
be put to tipping in the Capitol
Every device is resorted to by some
Of the Members to get their customary
stimulus from the lunch rooms. A
call for certain kind of tea means thai
the honorable NJ. C.. desires drink
Of whiskey, and the various dodges
by which the rules are violated equa
those OF Boston, which when under it,
law Of prohibition managed to sup
port over 1000 liquor stores.
A strong effort is being made b,
the New York Bank Note Printing
Companies to secure the destruction
of the Treasury Bureau Of Printin;
and consequent removal Of all print
ing to New York. Horrible tales o
crime and seduction are imputed t
the officials in charge CT this Bureau
and if we may believe these Ne,
York periectionists the interests {
morality alone demand that the Treas
ury should cease further connection
With money printing, More villain
GUS SANDERS cannot wei | be conceive
chan those concocted by int restc
parties against the moral status {
our Treasury women, and the officer
j over them and which are Cunningl
told to Congressman in order to g
charge Of government printing. "
y venture to say in defence of theS
y ladies', that there is not more rcpu
able body Of employees in the worl
: than they. Far more honest and il
- dustrious than the mail clerks, fl
not one steals or dabbles in polite
to the exclusion Of regular work, an
:, with rigid care exercised TO prevel
improper women icing EN- ,)loye
- among them, it is a great outrage
charge the mass with RIGHTEOUSNESS
= We know scores OF the purest a.
, best of women in this Bureau who
IN poverty have forced there to en-
~ bread for themselves and families.