Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-02-06

greenback organ, " Blaine mas come out
for silver! And when a shrewd old politi-
cal rat like Blaine turns his frontispece
towark silver, you may depend that silver
is the rising SUM Blaine has got upon the
silver platform so rs to look over into the
greenback camp, and when he sees our
hosts he will wave his tail Mt his old GRO
MES, and joining us will be ready to swear
that he is the original grennback DIR.
Townshend!"
Senator Geo. +. Hoar has written an
excellent letter to the young mems indie
pendent republican clubs in Melrose, in
reply to one which they sent him, reque-t-
ing his advice as to what such an organi-
cation ought to be. He eXats knowledge,
truth, fidelity and patriotism above all
temporary and partisan ends and conclsely
states the mission of the republican party
as being Z" the indication for all citizens OF
the country of their equal rights, the pres
ervation of the public faith, the return to
the use of an honest money of steady value
and purity of administration"
The public debt statement for january
shows II reduction for the month of over
$1,000, 900, and for the seven months of
the fiscal year of nearly $lG,000,000. In
Jan, 1877, the reduction was 100000 more
than for the last month, but the aggregate
reduction for the same months of last year
was little more than one-half Of the reduc-
ton tor the seven months just ended. That
the reduction for January is not greater
is owing to the large falling off in revenue.
The custom receipts for last month, us
compared with January, 1877, fell off
1881, ITO, while the receipts from internal
revenue fell off $l,171,170, making II total
loss in revenue of over $2,000000.
The continued suggestion and argument
in the Washington correspondence of the
New York Herald that the president can
move mountains in legislation, if he will
only abandon his constitutional scruples,
demand some explanation, 1t will be
news to the American people that the ac-
ton of Congress has been habitually di-
reccd from the White House, even by our
most autocratic presidents. Did Gen
Grants resort to " influence relieve him
of the necessity of using the veto on a
vicious financial measure? 1t is nonsense
to say that " the president could defeat the
Bland bill, if he took any particular in
'terest in the question"
Judge Bradley has decided adversely
upon the application of the Louisiana re-
turning board, requesting that thor trial
be transferred from the state to the United
States circuit court. But the Judge init
mates that II possible remedy may exist in
an appeal to the circuit court. The miss
ing returning board member, j. Madison
Wells has been found mt Rigolet's station,
on the New Orleans and Mobile railroad,
where he has been staying since his de-
parture from New Orleans about a week
AGO. not having been at Washington ut all.
He surrendered to in officer, and was tax
en- to the parish prison in New Orleans,
He declines to answer questions rs to his
reasons for leaving town or surrendering.
1t is one of the oddities of politics that
the almost unanimously white. Legislature
of Mississippi finds its sentiments on the
silver question voiced in the United States
Senate by the negro, and not the Caucasian,
representative of the state. A resolution
was introduced the other day thanking
Senator Bruce for his vote in favor OF
Stanley MatthewsS resolution and was
passed. after being amended so us to in
dorso his action. The resolution instruct
ing the senators-or really Lamar, since
Bruce doesn't need ito support the silver
bill has gone through both branches, and
there is good deal of speculation us to
whether Lamar will disregard it.
The Cincinnati Enquirer does not con-
zeal the ultimate intention of the silver
men, 1t says: We will have government
money (meaning unlimited greenbacks,)
silver in reasonable quantities and business
revived rs soon us we get done crushing
the gold beptIeS.n The Washington cor
respondent Of the Springfield Republican
writes :-"The real leaders in this move
: ment Jones, Voorhees,, Kelly, Ben But
Ter and Ewing-dre bent on iHRoti0n-
fCttb tHJUtttUH' lIiIhC llllo pl GtlCblOI
now, in advance, that us soon us the silver
: bill becomes Il law, if it does, we shall sec
| the next step, and it will be right on to-
4 ward more grccnJacbS. Bristow, when he
t was here. said, if the bill should become
a law, wise men would purchase gold, but
C the masses can do nothing of the sort; it i;
. only wealthy people who can protect them
e selves against initiation. The poorer class.
S es will suffer"
The democratic house at Washington
has trouble with its democratic doorkeep
= cr. The last house turned out its door
e keeper for general idiocy. and for writing
, himself down II bigger man than Ole
Grant His successor, Doorkeeper Polk
o has now been sent to- IN investigating com
t mitlec, charged with all sorts OF irregular
$ tiles and offences The most serious allie
CATION is that Polk is interested in lobb,
y schemes, particularly claim for layin!
= the Pennsylvania avenue concrete pave
Il = mcnt. 1t is shown, too that he has ap
pointed some fifty or sixty more subordin
ales than he is lawfully entitled to. an,
Z that he has largely exceeded the allowanc
y Of funds appropriated for his Office. Tn,
) only plialon offered is the pressure OF
= the doorkeeper for places, from hungr
democrats, which is fearful, beyond doubt
l. A Columbia Is. CO. letter to the Ne,
o York SIN gives what purports to be eyi
#, dence duplicating Ex-Governor Chamber
? lnin in the nOtorions GrnulS in that state