Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-17
Political lettings.

IT is becoming pretty clear to the average
observer that the Oregon barrel of money
was rolled out from Gramercy Park
IT would break the monotony of things
very much if Mr.. Morrison's committee
would only discover where one democrat has
been murdered in Louisiana for political or
any other causes.
TURNER, the Oregon telegraph OPERATOR
says he will continue to refuse answers to
the questions of the committee, in spite OF
the Senate, and that he is acting under or
ders from his superiors.
Mr.. WATTERsoN writes to bis paper, the
Louisville Courier-Jomnai, that The unwill-
ingness of Southern democrats to Join in
the forcible resistance of Hayes has discour-
aged the advocates of Tilden.
THE only hope of the democrats now is
that Conklng and Edmunds may weaken on
the Louisiana case. As these gentlemen are
men of sense and lovers of fair play and
justice, there is not the slightest reason for
believing that they will lend themselves to
the iniquitous schemes of the democracy.
THERE were two Republican Senators
and nine Republican members of the AS
sembly of Illinois who did not go into the
caucus which nominated Senator Logan a
few days ago. These, with the five indie
pendents will hold the balance of power in
the election, and fourteen of them must vote
for Logan to elect him.
SENATOR SHERMAN concludes as follows
letter to a Mansfield, Ohio, paper "And
let me say that there are not fifty democrats
in Ricnland county, if they had read as !
have the testimony taken before the return.
ing board, but would scoru TO secure cleo
toral votes Tor Tiden by the crimes commit.
ted for that purpose in Louisiana"
SINCE the Republican government Of
Louisiana, backed by the highest authority
of law, dare not resist the violence of the
white leaguers, is it matter for wonder that
defenceless negroes dared not go to the polls
and vote the Republican ticket ? The com
pactness, power and determination of tn,
military organization of democrats serve tC
prove the truth of the testimony taken by
the returning board.
MIR. PACKARD, of Louisiana, in his inaug
ural address makes an interesting poin
against his opponents. He shows that tn,
action of the returning board OF which the,
make the most oomplaint-that of throw
ing out statements of votes cast-was re
sorted to by the McEuery returning board
constituted solely by and of democrats
This ought to moderate little of the new
fury of democratic virtue.
GOVERNOR HAYES has quietly aud mod
estly waited for his vindcation from tn
people his whole course being consisten
with his declaration that he would not &C
cept an office secured by fraud, while Tide
has been putting in operation every possibl
device to gain his point Whatever ma
have been thought of the two candidate
before the election, their course since ha
given a marked preference to the former
The difference between the Senate an
the House committees course with the telt
graph operators, is the difference betwee
the legal and fair way of accomplishing any
thing, and the irregular and lawless way q
doing it. The Senate committee mad
specific descriptions OF such papers as
desired, and the Senate held that il coul
order the operator or company to produc
them. The House committee wanted to G
over the dispatches with a drag net, an
take out such as somebody fancied woul
be interesting. The House, upon furthe
consideration, refuses to sanction this III
heard of proceeding, aud the matter ha
been referred back to the committee.