Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-02-03
A FULL report of the proceed.

A FULL report of the proceed
ings in the Senate and House OF
Representatives in relation to the
Electoral Arbitration will be found
on the last page Of the OPINION.
The President has signed the bill.
Judge Bradley has been chosen as
the fifth Judge and the Commission
is now at work, Judge Clifford pre-
siding. Below is q brief summing
up of the vote in the House which
may be of interest:
OF the 201 members of the House,
all but fourteen voted, and Douglas
of Virginia, who said he would see
the bill in h-ll before he would
vote for it, was the only man who
did not vote on the first call. On
the second call he repented, and
voted for the bill. Every Now En-
gland member was in his seat and
voted. Banks was the only Massa-
chusetts member who voted No,
and Burleigh of Maine was the on
ly New England Republican outside
of Massachusetts who voted for it.
OF those voting in the affirmative
15S were Democrats and 33 Repub.
leans, and of the negative 6S were
Republicans and Is Democrats. The
States casting a full vote for the
bill were Delaware, Maryland, Mis-
souri,, Oregon and West Virginia,
and those voting solid against the
bill were Vermont, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Nevada and Ne
braska. The Representatives from
Colorado not having been admitted,
that State does not stand on the
record for or again st the bill. The
New England States voted as fol-
lows: Maine, four Republicans in
the negative and one in the affirma-
tive; New Hampshire, two Demo
Gratis in the affirmative and one Re-
publican in the negative. Massa.
chusetts all in the affirmative ex-
cept Banks, Republican; Connect
cut, three Democrats in the affirm.
alive and one Republican in the
negative; Rhode Island, two Re.
publicans in the negative.
-"Egis," said Mark Twain in his
lecture on Artemus Ward, "is a good
word; 1 don't know exactly what
it means, but it is an imposing, pro.
tecting wor1." That's exactly what
Gov. Grover of Oregon thought
when he sheltered himself under
the "agis of the Constitution" of
the United States, as he called it,
while he canvassed the vote of that
State and gave the certificate of
election to Cronin, but violated the
express statute of Oregon and plain
common sense honesty in doing it.
When a certain class of dema.
gOgues find the people indignant at
one of their mean tricks, they always
make for the "9gis of the Constitu-
tion," as certain timid people do for
the cellar during a thunder storm.
EUROPEAN WAR. The decision
of Turkey is for war. The grand
council, which closed it's sessions
last week, to which the patriarchs
of all the different sects of the EN-.
pire were invited Catholics, Ar
menians, Greeks and Bulgarians,
as well as Moslems) unanimously re-
jected the modified proposals of the
European powers. The result, which
would have been surprising two
months ago, has been anticipated
for the past two weeks. The con.
ference of the great powers has
been an utter failure. Unless Rus.
STA backs out war is inevitable, and
the other European powers must at
once decide what part, if any, they
will take in the approaching drama.
The position of England is especi-
ally disagreeable, and her states
men will have to consider whether,
by the skilful manipulations of Rus
STA, she has not been led into such
a course as she will speedily regret.
BATTLE MONUMENT AssOCIA-
TON. The Bennington Battle Mon.
ument Association, finding that they
will have to lay out plan for a
weeks celebration, have decided to
create a State Centennial Commits
sion, which will be composed of
prominent citizens of the State, and
will have exclusive charge of the
States Centennial in August next,
TEMPERANCE MEETING. The an
nual meeting of the Orange County
Temperance Society, for the cleo
ion of officers of the society for the
ensuing year, the nomination of a
candidate for county commissioner,
and for the transaction of other bus
mess, will be held at the Town
Hall, in Chelsea, on Thursday, Feb.
ruary 18th, 1877, at eleven o'clock,
A. M. 1t is hoped that all friends
of the cause who can will attend.
MASONIC VISIT. On Tuesday
by invitation a large delegation
from Charity Lodge visited Miner
va Lodge of Corinth, @. 9. Sargent, {
Master. The lodge was opened in {
due form at o'clock, and the third
degree conferred. After labor in