The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-21

lars, additional to the one million appropri-
ated by the bill, would be required that
the building, If completed, could only be
used with great inconvenience and disoom-
fort that 1t IS impossible to, even, con-
lecture when 1t will be finished and that,
when completed, II would cost quarter Of
a million dollars annually to light and heat
it.
Whether this veto was measure of wise
or i'll advised economy we will not attempt
to determine. Whether economy would
have dictated the expenditure of from eight
millions to thirteen millions more in order
to utilize the eight millions Of dollars al
ready expended; or whether 1t was better
to throw away the eight millions already
expended in order to fave the further ex-
penditure Of like, or much larger, sum may
be one Of General Grants "debatable CUES.
"tions," but the effect of the veto will be to
stop all public work on the new capitol
building, and thus throw large number of
workmen out of employment-or rather,
to prevent their further employment upon
that particular public work.
But whether the economy was wise or
not, it was the right of the governor to in
terpose his veto, and thus put a stop to the
work; and this effect of the veto was
seized hold of by certain demagogues of
the house as an occasion to address infiam-
atory appeals to the workmen-and the gal
leries were packed with workmen from the
capltol-with the effect that, after the veto
was sustained by the assembly, Friday,
these workmen stood in the galleries for
some minutes after the adjournment, shout
ing, grooming and using insulting language
to the democratic members still remaining
on the floor. The speaker in vain attempt
ed to still the tumult, but as he pounded
with his gavel the noise was redoubled.
Those members, who had voted to sustain
the veto, were upbraided by name as they
passed out; and one of them was assaulted,
and was only saved from severe beating
by the scientific and practical knowledge
of the manly art of fisticufTs displayed by
some of the New York city memt era.
Dozens of the frightened members rushed
back into the hall, and were locked in TO
keep them from the fury Of the mob
while others sought safety by flight through
the back doors of the capitol. Threats
were freely INDUCED in, and the mob re-
sponded to the appeals of labor reform"
assembyman to go home and consider
what further action might be taken to OBJ
tain work, by shouting: Yes, we will
" consider how to shoot five or six men,"
The Albany police were summoned to dis
perse the mob, and for two hours they
guarded the capitol so that the senate might
continue in session and the obnoxious as
semblymen retire unframed.
All of this took place in the city of
Albany, in the present month of May.
What would have been the comments of
the press if it occurred in New Orleans or
Columbia, and these taunts, threats and az
saults had been directed against republican
assemblymenp Does it make any differ
once in tho character of tho act, that tho
disturbance took place in northern, in
stead of southern, capital and that the
threats and assaults were directed against
democratic, instead Of republican, legisla-
tors? 1t was "politeal" disturbance, as
much as any of those that have disgraced
the south during the past two years. The
mob was just as bloodthirsty as have been
those at the south, and only timely inter-
terence prevented the bleodshed. But
would it be reasonable to argue therefrom
that the people of New York were incapa-
BILE of self-government; that the legislature
should only be permitted to assemble
under the protection of federal bayonets
that Albany should be placed under mar
tial law?
Such propositions would be absurd, but
are they more so than that the north
should rise up in arms at every sporadic
outbreak in Louisiana, Mississippi or South
Carolina, and frantically demand that the
harmless, inoffensive people of these states
should be defended by the general govern
ment from the outrages of.white-leagures
and ku-klux? This outbreak at Albany is
no more type of the state of society in
the north, than is the De Kalb massacre of
the state of society at the south. And yet
we shout ourselves hoarse over the De Kalb
affair and demand prompt action on the
part of the authorities of that state; while
at Albany not single arrest is made, there
is no demand for the prompt punishment
of tho offenders, and, even, the press hard
ly gives it passing notice. Have we not
got too much in the habit of attempting to
extract the mote from the southern eye re-
gardless of the beam in our own eveP