Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-20

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Somebody who doesn't Ike the new
tangled notion has introduced II bill in the
Pennsylvania Legislature forbidding the
practice Of cremation.
There Is an impression that the patient
persistence of the president may yet win
victory. HIS recent appointments more
over have been notably merilOrious-
NetO York Pubic.
So far as our observation extends, Pre-
sident Hayes has not single enemy in
the entire South-certainly not in the press
and among the better class of people. lie
can well afford the enmity of the radicals
in his party. when supported by such
lriends.-RichmOnd (Ha.) Slate.
Gov. Prescott's vote in New Hampshire
last year was 46,757; this year it is So
AIS; republican loss. 1889. Marcy's vote
last year was 6,726; McKean's vote this
year, 37,769; democratic gain, 1.043. The
scattering vote last year was 396; this
year, $50. The prohibition and greenback
votes are counted AS scattering. The total
vote last year was 1850; this year, H.
1913. Prescott's plurality is 1875, and his
majority, l,l35.
The Philadelphia North american, in IN
article on the lizard Times" says: THE
truth is the people have invited precisely
the hardships they are now called upon to
endure by their extravaganza during an
era of fictitious activity, and by their neg
lect 10 make ordinary provision for the
inevitable rainy day. Saying this will not
of course soften the rlgor of the penalty
of improvidence, but the truth onght to
be stated because of the lesson it incul-
Gates"
On Wednesday afternoon the body of u
negro was found at East Mountain, Will
Jamestown, N. Y. The village authorities
have discovered that his name was Amos
Vincent. II resident of Cambridge, Vt.
From certain articles found on his person,
it was concluded that he was one of the
burglars who, few weeks ago, broke
into the store connected with the Backin-
ton Mills. He had evidently left his shoes
behind him, and, being afraid to take the
cars in his barefoot condition, had started
for Pownal by way of the mountains, and,
being obliged to spend the night there,
was frozen to death.
Speaking of the understanding contro-
versy, the Boston Journal pertinently
=" The assault upon the secretary is
II fair illustration of the warfare which
two or three senators are carrying on
against the administration. They seem TO
have lost all discretion, and even to have
dismissed ordinary common sense, since
they assail the president and his cabinet,
not because they connive at wrongs against
the government, but they attack them for
trying to honestly enforce the laws and
defend the government and service from
wrong"
The Louisiana supreme court has decid-
ed that the Indictment of General Ander-
son was not properly taken, that the Of
tense charged was not n forgery under
the contemplation of law and was not in
dictahle, and that the prisoner should be
released The order of the court does not
release Anderson at once, the state having
five days in which to file an application
for rehearing. but there is no doubt that
the decision will cause all the proceedings
against the returning board to be discon-
tnued. The news caused quite u sensa-
ton in Washington. The president ex-
pressed qualification with the decision and
said the entire union would applaud the
action of the court as patriotic in the in
terest of Cancellation.
Senator Gordon's bill provides for the
issue Of three per cents bonds, in three
denominations of twenty dollars and up
wards, payable in twenty or forty years, at
the option of the government, and in coin.
The special fund of twenty-five millions
of treasury notes is to be created to facli-
tate the exchange on demand of these
bonds. The bonds shall state on their face
they are payable on demand in any legal
tender money. The volume of treasury
notes shall not be reduced below three
hundred and fifty millions, and the new
series shall be issued fundable into these
bonds. All notes received for these bonds,
except special fund aforesaid, shall be APP
piled to the redemption Of any bonds
redeemable at pleasure; the coin in The
treasury to be used to pay the interest on
the public debt, and when necessary,
bonds are 10 be sold to procure coin.
The BONANZA KINGS" DIsPLEASED.
The bonanza kings are not pleased that
the government is buying silver bullion in
Europe. They hoped to reap the harvest
out Of the government, yet in its first
transaction Of buying silver the treasury
has snubbed them. 1t is plain the silver
kings of the Pacific slope are to encounter
opposition In this silver business. The bill
had no sooner passed than one foreign
house in New York city offered the treas
ury five million dollars, to be bought in
London OF Germany and delivered to the
United States ut lower figures than the
bonanza people had offered. And one
million or Whereabouts has been purchased
in London for the Uuited States treasury.
The account shows that this offer or some
other foreign offer was accepted. At pres
ent there is not silver enough in our own
markets to compete with the supply
abroad.
The silver bullion certificate bill. report
ed agreed upon by the house committee
on finance, is simply Il measure to render
void the silver bill which has been passed,
and to give tn. owners of silver bullion
certificates, which will pass current for
money for the entire value of such bull
ion if it was coined into silver dollars of
4l2 IL grains. 1t is practically giving the
silver spectators the benefits of free coin
age. The intrinsic value of the silver
which is required to make silver dollar
of 4l2 1-2 grains, is ut the present time,
in gold or greenbacks, about 80 cents. BY
this bill. the owners of silver which is
worth but 5000 as II commodity can take
the same to sub-treasury of the United
States and get certificates for 81 900,
which Gun be used to pay duties and gen
orally perform all the functions of legal
tender. 1t is, therefore, bid to all silver
bullion owners in the world to bring it to
this country and have 800 made 800.
This bill, should it become II law, will
compel the government to pay 100 cents
for the silver 1t can now purchase for 80
cents or less, so that the measure will ac-
tualIy deprive the treasury of quite a
large revenue.