Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-03-01
MADISON, Wis, Feb. %, 1877.
From our own correspondent.

| MADISON, Wis, Feb. % 1877.
From own correspondent.
Wednesday morning, Feb. 81, The
Plymouth Church orator opened the
session of the Assem- bly, with prayer,
and the Lord knows good many of
the peoples Rsprese ntatives need to
be prayed for. l had good view
of the man on whom all eyes were
rivetted tor short time; his Ian,
gnage was select, his voice good and
pleasant and from his gray locks
judge him to be over sixty years of
age. The ladies lobby was very
crowded by the fair sex, who. as
soon as Mr.. Beecher had left the
Speakers stand, retired from the
Assembly Chamber-snfficient proof
that the great orator is yet held in
high honor and generation by them.
his lecture in the evening was well
attended and there were not seats
enough to accommodate all who had
the good luck to see and hear him.
"Hard Times" was his theme. His
language was select, bringing, how
ever, no new ideas before bis audi
ence' The financial crssh of 1873
was dwelt upon considerable time,
not attributiDg hard times to a credit
system, but uphoIding the same as a
moral Discrimination. Vivid pictures
were drawn by him upon modern
railway building, particularly touch
ing the Northern Pacific Road,
whose officers and agents by allure.
ments and Misrepresentation gobbled
up nearly all the small earnings and
savings of the mechanics and work
ing men. A a stiking incident was
that of Vermont school ma am,
"made up of steel and catnip," who
upon the recommendations of too
religious party contracted her u. S.
bonds, treasure she had earned and
gathered by the hard labor of good
many years and the nterest of which
she greatly relied upon for small
income, into Northern Pacific Rail-
road bonds. A great many others,
the lecturer among them, had done
the same thing. The crash came;
parties holding the bonds could not
realize interest or capital. Hero he
admonisheu his hearers never to put
TOO much trust and confidence in
TOO religious person. He spoke
abou. hard and soft money, gave the
rag baby doctrine sound kick, and
as mach as called fools the advocates
of that theory. He asserted the
standard of morality of the people of
this county to have been of higher
character before the war thar it was
during and after it. During the war
when all industries fourished, the
commerce of the nation being all 1t
could be desired audwith the volum
nous amount of money, people were
better pa d, had more money and
became reckless, but as we are near
ing thepoint where our promises to
pay become on lnvel wi b gold, we
may expect better days where peo>
pie will not be carried away by fan
tastes and wild speculations. They
will settle down to realisies. He
touched upon a good many points
too numerous to mention and was
applauded very frequently. Many
expected better thing; but as do
not want to set myself up as critic
and as l had the good luck as rep
resentative of the press to be favor
ed with free ticket, it would seem
ungrateful in me to say | was disap-
pointed also:
| During the lecture rivers OF tears
were shed by some parties as they
thought how eastern schoolbook mon
opolists are depressing the people OF
Wisconsin. Printers here take every
stranger for a school book publisher
or school book agent. They sup
pose all of them come from New
York, Cincinnati or Chicago to lob
by against the interests OF the school
book Capitol, and to work against the
philanthropic fraternity of this place.
The peoples representatives need no
importuning on that score; they are
supposed to understand their own
business and the wants of their con-
stituents.
For final adjournment OF the
Legislature no definite time is yet
set and from all appearances the SEES
sion will be of usual length. me
main work of the legislature is done
mostly in committees whore bills are
given careful attention and consider.
alton. Lucky are those who by
some chance or mischance are not
placed on important committees
they find a little leisure time. A bill
to prevent certain officers and teach.
ers from acting as agents in the sale
of school books caused considerable
discussion and after several dilatory
motions was ordered to third read.
ing.
The State University this year
asks nothing from the hands OF she
} people, the institution has good
and suffi cient income and is pros
pering. Science Hall which was
hu;l, nv the State at a cost of over
$40 900 is q splendid structure and
Mrs. Thorp's "Madison Lake Seen
; erv" will ere long sdorn its walls.
The Democrats here think, as the
, game of counting Tilden in as Presi.
dent is played out and as Judge Da
Wis will, in order to take his seat al
3 Senator from Illinois, resign hi
5 iudgeship on the 4th day of March
that Senator Tim 0 Howe will be re
warded by President Hayes in th'
shape of judge-hip on the Supreme
f Bench. In that event the presen
Legislature will have a sugar plum
to give awav in securing a successor
to Senator Howe. This may be th'