Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

from the various papers OF the day. showing the ur OF pup
lie opinion all topics Of current interest," irrespective Of
creed party, wish readers to know what the peo
pie think and say Of passing events.
Mr.. Sargent says one side or the other is
going to be cheated. One side or the other
is going To be squarely beaten, and will
have to acknowledge it. Some politicians
can't conceive Of q political victory won
without cheating.-BOStOn Herald.
The passage Of the plan Of n tripartite
commission by both houses Of congress by so
large majorites is subject for profound re.
joicing. Even those who opposed its passage
do so in no raucorous spirit, and are disposed
to rejoice over the success of the bill though
they were unable to vote for it.-Portland
Press
The passage of the electoral bill means
not only peace TO the nation, but abiding
faith in the capacity Of the American people
for selEgovernment and in the stability Of
their institutions 1t means escape from un-
known perils, and an assurance Of tranquil
ity from one end of the republic to the other.
Cincinnati Commercial.
No rights have been compromised No
principles have been surrendered. No con-
victions have been yielded. The only call
for the display Of courage has been on the
part Of those congressman in each party
who have acted up to the dictates Of
their own consciences and to the high level
of craftsmanship aud partisanism.-N. Y.
Mail.
The presidential bill is not compromise,
h,,N g.; 20 hot -, ha poriu
which rejects it without offering something
exually fair, will, if the other accepts it, 60
down. The power OF the president of the
senate to decide between conflicting returns
cannot be sustained. No such power was
ever exercised. 1t has never had the sup
port of majority of the senate.-Senator
Christiancy.
The probability that Tildcn will ulti-
mately be president is felt on all sides, not
only by the democrats aud the independents,
but by both classes of republicans those who
favored the settlement bill, aud those who
opposed it, alike. The chances for Hayes
rested with the technical record. to be inter-
rupted aud pronounced by single man and
partisan, the president of the senate
Springfield Republican.
1t is high time that they should realize
aud admit that there are serious obstacles in
the way when it is proposed that Mr.. Hayes
shall be declared elected and inaugurated.
We claim with them that he has been duly
elected, but such claims do not obviate the
difficulties in the way of carrying such con-
viction into operation, when it is found that
another party, nearly or quite as large, hold
as strongly the opposite views.-BOston Jour
nal.
The newly elected Senator from Massa.
chusetts, Mr.. George f. Hoar, had to defend
himself in the republican caucus at Wash
ingson the other day, from the partisan
charge Of not being thorough-going repub-
lican, because he is an advocate for an hon
est count Of the electoral vote. This is his
only offence. No other is suggested or pre-
tended. Not good republican Well, we
imagine he will survive the charge.-N Y.
Sun.
The idea seems to be, on the part Of some
republicans in both branches, that those who
voted for the bill displayed want Of fidelity
to their party, aud the proposition is to pun
ish them for their recreancy. If these brill
liant leaders were able to accomplish their
purpose of "readng out" all who were heart
lily in favor Of the measure, they would have
left party so conveniently small that there
would be no difficulty in managing it.-BOS-
ton Advertiser.
In these latter days Of universal suffrage,
when the poorest man is the political eqdal
Of the richest, aud legislation may be made
to bear directly upon tho acquisition and
transmission Of property, the owners Of col
ossal fortunes must beware lest, by their
heartless use Of wealth, they excite not
merely the envy of the indoent and shiftless
but the hostility Of the industrious and fru-
gal, to whom skill 10 money-getting has been
ied.-Christian Register.
The quarrel between the two rings of re-
publioans in Congress, the conservative and
extremists, broke out freely in the house
republican caucus, yesterday, but, after
sharp struggle, Mr.. Hoar was nominated TO
the commission. If the present state OF feel
ing continues, it will lead toserious trouble in
the party, aud there are many who think
that it will destroy it. The Chandler Cam
eron clique have no sympathy whatever with
men like Edmunds and Hoar, and they hate
the Bristow wing of the party still worse
Washington Cor. Springfield Republican.
The strenuous effort OF the Chandler in-
huence, represented by Messrs Hale and
Frye, to defeat Mr.. Hoars appointment to
the electoral commission, is proof enough
that they do not dare TO submit the pres-
Dental question to an impartial tribunal,
made up Of the best men from their own
ranks. 1t was fair on their part to oppose
by legitimate means the plan itself. But it
was neither fair nor decent to try TO pre-
vent Mr.. Hears selection by making per-
sonal onslaught on one whose record is 50
clean, and whose ability is universally ae-
knowlsdged.-BostOn Post.
1t goes very hard with Morton, Sherman,
Chandler, Cameron, Grant, aud the other
conspirators, after having set up their game
so nicely, arranged all their plans, and even
marked out the spots at the capital where
the artillery was to be posted on the l4tb Of
February, that the props should be knocked
away and the whole plot tumbled down about
their heads. They were entirely confident
Of success, and had begun to organize the
new administration by sending the so.called
reforming election" with Bristow, Schurz,
and company, TO the rear, as disturbers Of
! the harmony Of the party.-N Y. Sun.