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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10
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AND SHALL. DIE Tremendous thought This
frame
So costly in its workmanship and strange.
Will not last always; but is doomed to break
And fall in pieces like a common vase
Or perishable clay. Heavens balmy light
And all the smiling scenery OF EARTH
The grand. the bright, the beautiful alike
Will perish from these eyes. These ears will SLEEP
Unconscious Of a single sound that stirs ~
Through the whole range OF being. And these
limbs,
So active now and full OF strength. will lie,
As withered branches by the fallen trunk
On which they grew, sapless and dead. The blood
That urges now the sanitary stream
Through the whole man, Will stand still in its
course;
And with it all the play OF life will stop
In universal death. The tired lungs will rest
And thought will perish from the sluInbering
brain. ss,s.
And then the CRATE Will dcits work. remote
From human eyes; hy dissolution fonl
Breaking the unsightly mass, and turning ali
Back to its own dust.
ANDI SHALL DIE! o! can that word be true:
The hour is coming when the voice OF death
Shall call for me. have stood when others died
Borrowing spectator and have watched
As one by one ife's crumbling props gave way.
Till all were gone, and the fair fabric fell.
And it was fearful then and shook the soul
Only to see how Death did his work.
But there will be tragedy like this
In which the acting of the dying scene
Will all be NINE. Others perhaps may wait
Hard by the spot to tell their sympsthies
By looks Of woe. and stifed sobs and signs
That break forth frem the troubled deep within.
E.,.ff havp hall no plato oa1Z,y
The actors part. The darkened room.
The couch OF pain. the haggard out-stretched
form,
The struggling conflict then will all be mine:
And when the last convulsive gasp is drawn.
And the ebbing of iife's stream dies in the veins,
1t will he said that death has come to me.
AND SHALL BIZ. My years shall have an end,
And shall pass away from the worlds eye
And perish from the sight ofliving men.
Like the state of those who lived before the food
My being will be swallowed up--a thing
Forgotten on the earth-as the light plunge
Ofsome small pebble darted from the beach,
Upon the bosom OF the slumberng lake
Earth will roll on; the sun will still look down.
And all the stars still shine as they do now
On the broad concave Of night. The year will
change,
And times viii hold their ancient order still;
Spring, summer, autumn, winter i'll their turn
Will come and go,and months and days and nights
Will be as now. And men will crowd lifes stage
AS they do crowd it now; and in like style
Will play their several parts each in his place.
Cities will have their commerce, and the pillow :
Will drive the furrow through the rural globe.
The pride of life. the struggles to be rich,
The rush for power, the restless rage OF souls
Laboring to luench their thirst in pleasures
stream.
The war OF passions and the cry OF wrath,
All will go ON; but shall have no part
In aught transacted on this mighty globe.
Like some light shadow hurried o er the plain,
shall have passed away forever.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10
Alltrains daily on main line.

All trains daily on main line.
The Express South bound connects at Lynch
burg for the West and Southwest. and at Danville
for the South. Southeast and Southwest.
The Mail South bounc connects with c. & O.
East and West, and at Lyl -hburg for the South
and South West; at Manassas for Strashurg. eN-
cept Sunday.
For Warrenton 10 IN daily.
Gordonsvifle Local leaves Alexandria 9 40 n. III :,
and arrives at Gordonsville 100 p. IN daily, ex-
cept Sunday. Leaves Gordonsville 4 40 m, and
arrives at Alexandria 40 p m daily, except Sat
nrlay and Sunday.
Passengers for Manassas Line leave Washing
ton daily, except Sunday at 10 a. m. and Alex
andria 40 m Returning. leave Strasburg 90
a. n, and arrive at Alexandria at Is p
North bound trains make close connections
with BALTIC. & Ohio and Baltimore & Potomac
trains to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York,
and to all points North and Northwest.
The Express train has sleeping cars through
without change, between New York and Lynch
burg, and netween Washington and New Orleans
Through tickets to the South and West.
S. SPENCER. Supt Transpn.
J. NJ. BROADUS.
nov II General Ticket Agent.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10
VOL. XII.
Railroads.
C1HEsAPEAK 4 OHIO RAIL ROAD
On and after Monday, November 18th. Passen
ger trains will run as follows:
< 4 OHIO RAIL ROAD.
FROM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Trains leaving Stanton Mt l0:l5 a. M. and 3:55
p. IN. run daily Except Sunday stopping at all
regular stations.
Trains leaving Staunton at 2.55 M, and J., 40
\. M. daily, stopping at all regular stations
between Huntington and Allegheny, and at Cow
ington. Miliboro', Goshen, Waynesboro', Alton,
Greenwood. Mecham's River, Ivy, Charlottes-
vile, Gordonsville, junction and Richmoud-
Sleeping cars run on s:55 q. M and 1240 AIN.
trains between Richmond and Coyington. Also
Sleeping cars will run Nos. 3 and trains he
tween Washington and White Sulphur.
For further information, rates. &C., apply to
!. III. WOODWARD Ticket Agent, Stauton, Va.
CONWAY Il. HOWARD,
". N. s. DUNN. G. p. < Ticket Agent.
Engineer aud Superintendent.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10

If every State in the Union had a law that
the body of every suicide should be given
over to the doctors for dissection. suicides
would be heard of only at rare intervals
Free Press. Dubious. Even when they
had special stake in the country. as they
used to have in England, it didn't break up
the habit.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10

1t is supposed that the pirate Kellogg,
who stole poem from Sidney Dobell and
sold it to Scribner's Magazine for five dol
lars, is the cutting" paragraphist OF the ST.
Louis Globe Democrat. KIiptemania-o
clip too many-is what ails him.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10

Her fathers cup of tea was boiling hot.
and he turned it into his saucer in the good
oid-faslioned way. She had never seen
anything drinkable thus served, except her
klttens milk, and she turned to her mother
with the remark, is papa going to lick t?''
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10

'sWill yo. always trust me, dearests ~ he
asked, looking down into her great blue
eyes with unspeakable affection. She VISA
q saleswoman UP at an up town shirt store,
ana she told him business was business, and
he'd have to pay cash every time.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10
miscellaneous.

r. n Pool, President, C. II. VANDERFoRD. Treas'r
T. b. DELANH, Sec & Supt. C. +. HAAS, Attorney
BooTII & GARRETT.
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10
AMBLEK SMITH,
A TTORN Ely ATLAW

1906 PENN. Av., N. w.,
JFASHTNGTON, d. C,
Be Special attention given to claims OF every
description against the Government.
Refers to Hon. q. w. McCrary. Secretary OF
War II. c. Mccormick, Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury: Gen. j. A. Williamson, Commissioner
of Land Office: Hon. ID. W. Mahon. LIST. Auditor,
Treasury, and Hon J. NJ. McGrew, 9Th Auditor.
dec21-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10
TAS. v. BROOKE, Jr.,

ATTORNEY AT LAW.
STANTON, Va,
Will practice in Courts of Augusta and adjoining
counties. Particular attention given to collec-
lions. Ofiice-With Hon. A. H. H. Stuart.
apr. IL 1S77-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10
AN ACQUAINTANCE RENEWED.

General II. b. Mitchell and Congressman
s. $. Cox both relate their recoilections OF
the buoyant aud modest young mau Who
boarded at the same residence, a large
house, kept by Il Mrs. Folsom, and how he
was then striving to build up a business and
gain professional fame. He had been IN the
city but u short time when it seemed to him
equally to be his duty to look after q part
4 ner in life, and the one thought emooldehed
him to call upon Miss Lucy Webb, at the
college. His card was handed to Miss Weoo,
who had forgotten she ever knew such Il
! person as Il. B. Hayes, and was still furth
er convinced that there must be mistake
on his part in sending for her. As she came
into the parlor, on the ground floor OF the
building, and saw Mr.. Hayes, she protested
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10

+ M. QUARLES,
y. ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND COMMISSIONER IN CHANCERY,
STAUNToN, VA.
Practices i'll all the Courts of Augusta. and ad-
joining countless and in the u. s. District Court
at Harrisonburg.
Special attention paid to the collection OF claims
and prompt returns made. feb 17-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10

The browrcst wedding we have heard Of
took place in Tuscaloosa a few days age.
The groom and bride were Mr.. David l..
Brown and Miss Minnie Brown, and the GER
emony was performed by Rev. John Brown,
aud the reception was given by Mr.. Henry
Brown. Miss Minnie Brown has brown eyes
and was attired in brown honsseaM, while
Mr.. David Brown was likewise dressed in q
brown suit. Altogether, tue occasion was a
brown affair.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10
sTAUNTON, VIRGINIA. JANUARY TO- 1878

L. OJCCOtOFEttU oItS Spo'
4 JNR. ST. r. GIBSON.
4 IL FORMERLY of Waynesboro')
Physician and Surgeon.
STAUNTON, VA.
OFricE-Oyer National Valley Bank, opposite
spectator Office. nov io-ti
y Attorney-at-Law,
STAUNTOS, VA.
+ Will practice in the Courts holden in Augusts
and adjoining counties nov At
GEORGE M. COCHRAN, Jr.
+ W AttOrMey-at. LAW.
srAUNToN, VA.
Ag- OFFICE opposite Circuit Clerks Office. and
above the office of Clerk of Court OF Appeals.
dee eff
y. ATTORNEY AT LAW
/ STANTON, VA.
/ OFFICE, on Augusta street. in the room occu-
/ pied by George c. Jackson, ESQ.,
!y9
wi Att0rney-af.Law,
sTAUNToN. VA.
caasTs Augusta, Rockingham and Highland
| a s'ntlss. oct IT
| w ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STAUNToN, VA
Will practice in the Courts OF Augusta and ad-
| Joining counties. Prompt attention paid to col
lecticns. Office near the Courthouse. aug 2s-1y
A LEx. f. ROBERTSON.
| N ATTORNEY AT LAW.
SrAUNT0N, VA.
Will practice in the Courts OF Augusta and adicin-
| ing counties.
specialization given to the collection Of claims
and prompt returns made.
rs OFFIcE--No. l. Burns Building. Augusta
Street. Sept. II. '76-tf
| w ATTORNEY AT LAW.
AND COMMISSIONER IN CHANCERY,
STAUNToN, VA.
Will practice in all the Courts Of Augusta and
Circuit Courts of the adjoining counties.
| Prompt attention given to collecting claims.
Office on Augusta Street, opposite Court House.
sept lily
WIN b. HARRISON .,,.....,.,.x
STAUNTON. VA.
Practices in The courts of Augusta and adjoln.
ing counties.
| Particular attention paid to the collection Of
claims and prompt returns made.
| OFFICE-opposite Circuit Clerks Office and
above the Law Library June S-tf
L ATTORNEY AT LAW,
! AND SOLICITOR IN CHANcERY,
STAUNToN VA.
Practice in all the Courts OF Augusta and adjoin-
| ing Counties.
| OFFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
father, Col Geo Baylor, deed, on Augusta street,
opposite the Court-hous nov 10-ly
WIN. f. CRAIG.
w Successor to Trout s. Crai9,)
Attorney NJ Law,
sTAUNTON, VA.
Will practice in the Courts of Augusta, and ad-
joining Counties
Rs- Special attention given to Collections. ~
OFFICE in the building formerly occupie by
Trout Craig. sep 23-tf
FFFINGER, CRAIG d GRArrAN,
ATTORNEYS AT Law.
STAUNTON. VA.
Will practice in Augusta. Rockbridge, Rock
ingham, Highland, Allegheny and Bath.
Special attention given to the collection OF
debts and prompt returns made. sep SOFT
r M. euARLEs, .uronnrv . W
AND COMMISSIONER IN CHANCERY,
STAUNToN, VA.
Practices in all the Courts of Augusta. and ad-
joining counties, and in the u. s. District Court
at HarriSOnburg.
Special attention paid to the collection OF claims
and prompt returns made. feb 17-tf
NH: MAURICE SMITH,
~ Attorney at Law,
1923 Fourth and-a-half ST., between c. and D. SITS.
WASHINGTON, D. G..
Will practice in the Courls Of the District of CO.
lum bia, and the u S. Courts in Virginia.
ES- Special attention given to cases in Bank
ruptcy and private collections. dee l6-tf
John $. MOSBY,
- Attorney at Law,
WASHINGTON, D. G.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10
Hotels.
AMERICAN HOTEL.
N Sta UNION. "a.
Change Of Management.
N. N. CARTIMETL,
PROPRIETOR.

The management of this Hotel has changed
hands and is now being put in thorough repair,
being renodeled and refurnished.
Situated near the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Depot and accessible to the business part OF the
city will make it desirable for transient visitors
and especially for the Travelling Commercial men.
1t is well ventilated and delightfully."- cool in
Summer which will make it pleasant resort for
those seeking comfort and health.
~ Terms will be moderate and special rates
will be made for Commercial men.
omnibus to and from the Hotel free OF charge
Asr Livery Stables attached to the Hotel. ga
ian 25-1y
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10

A stitch in time saves harsh language.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10
GER, CRAIG & GRArrAN,

EFFINGER, CRAIG & GRATrAN,
A ATTORNEYS AL LA w.
STAUNTON, VA.
Will practice in Augusta. Rockbridge Rock
lngham, Highland, Allegheny and Bath.
Special attention given to the collection OF
debts and prompt returns made. sep SOFT
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10

NH: MAURICE SMITH,
~ Attorney at Law,
1923 Fourth and-a-half ST.. between c. and D. SITS.
WASHINGTON, D. G.
Will practice in the Courls of the District of Co.
lum bia, and the u S. Courts in Virginia.
S1- Special attention given to cases in Bank
ruptcy and private collections. dee l6-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10
4 OHIO RArr. ROAD 90.

Winter Schedule OF trains on V. 4. Il. and II. T.
ana Y. Branch Baltimore X Ohio Railroad taking
,.iin ~.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-10

VIM. Il. HARRISON,
w AttOrney.at.LaW,
STAUNTON, VA,
Practices in The courts of Augusta and adioln.
ing counties.
Particular attention paid to the collection Of
claims and prompt returns made.
OFFICE-opposite Circuit Clerks Office and
above the Law Library. June S-tf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-30

| -AsI 8esWu IL ~ cIe< 1lEdbsA H. 81 4
He was peaceable looking man,
with quiet looking horse attached
to an unattrsctive sleigh, with lunos-
|tentatious bells. He wore b bwide.
trimmed hat and o shad-bellied cost
- he drove easily down South East0n
hill, jOurneyingJ from Bucks county
to the land Of Northampton. He was
observed, by fellow of the species
rough, whom much losfing had made
impudent,s and who lifted mp his
tH6-a-a-y! hat, where are syon goin'
a"V erily, ! journey beyond the riy.
er,a friend" mildly j responded the.
Quaker, sand tthitheri goeth my hat
als0!n .ssitiJ 1Ia il, 9dIi ftfsi93q.g 4.
s"Holdup and take fellow along,
can't yon ri called out the man Of
Wrathbfn tno. 600! ~ god r f!s.tf aG
lMNay, friend, my business and, sin-
clinatious forbid, it," ,;it in rad, Il7g1
"Ill soou fix that" and the fool ran
forward and jumped on. the runner. d
s"Yerily, friend, Ii thee insists on
getting into my vehicle i will even
help thee,Y5 ard the man Of peacs
reached ont . eight ,hsnd ~ resistlsss
~. anl oyster dredge. It caught the
youth around the threat worse than .
fouFryear-old diphtheria, jeRked him,
into the ,sleigh, and slammed him
down among the straw, whore he got
tramped on by . pair OF No. il3 cow
hides until he thought. he had been
caught ont in q shower OF pile-d1iv-
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-30

In the debate in the Senate on, Mat
thews silver resolution, FRIDAY.
Mr.. Window said he; would vote
against this resolution, but did not
thereby intend TO indicate his vote ON
Mr.. Blaine said he would vote
against the resolution. would Meth
er aid the debtor nor creditor. Bonds
were legally payable in either coin,
but he would show when the silver
bill came up that it was to the interest
Of the United States to take advantage
OF the letter of the law and pay the
bonds in silver. He favored remon-
citation, not On this bills plan, bnt q
basis he would propose 4isl tsnsg
Mr.. Edmunds moved to indefinite-
y postpone the resolution. Rejected
-43to 22.s tA.ii -lts9tbht Hat-s;egpta
Mr.. Paddock said he would vote
for full reconciliation but not for
this resolution before the silver bill
came law. '''a !. : .',''''
Mr.. Matthe VIZ resolution was then
agreed to-43 to % as follows:4 H'tsF
Ieas-Allison, Armstrong, Bailey,
Beck, Booth, Bruce, Cameron Of Penh-
sylvania, Cameron Of Wisconsin,
Chaffee, Coke, Como vel, Davis Of nj.
nois,, Davis Of West Virginia, Dennis,
Dorsey, Eusds, Ferry, Gordon, Gro
yer, Hereford, Howe, Johnston, Jones
Of Florida, Jones OF Nevada, Kirk
wood, McCreery, Mcdonald, McMil-
lan;A Matthew's, Maxey, Merrimon,
Morgan, Oglesby, Plumb, RAMON,
Thurman, Voorhees,, Wallace and
Withersl43. 90 tFH 1850 t','i 'f'A y
:Ndys-Anthony, Barnum, Bayard,
Blaine, Burnside, G hristiancy, CoHk-
ling, Dawes, Eaton, Ednunds, Ham
lin, 'Kernan, Lamar, McPherson,
Mitchell, Morrill,, Paddock, Rollins,
RI1ssndolph,' IS Sargent, wadleigh Z and I'd
q r
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-30

gate cost last year having been $685.
322. exclusive Dr. Che thousands paid
to tn District Aftorneys. We are
therefore vefys gid tobee that Hon,
Hen1 RiclSi, Of Fayctte, has ente lsd
yigofOusly Upolfa crusAdc to 4ut
dow4 these ee8pcn1es. La him ptr.
sue k WITT I'll kkeN indAstry he@cAn
command, assured that he viii have
the unanimous approval Of the tax
paying public. Besides limiting the
fees that may be paid to attorneys as
signed by the court to defend penni-
less culprita and besides relieving
counties from the scandalous expense
incurrea ca account Of criminAlswit-
ness fees why not provide also
against allowing fees to more than
three witnesses In any state action
who may be summoned to prove the
same fact or facts |? This might now
be done by rule Of the courts, but II
viii not do to depend upon the courts
to exemplify economy, or to. supply
the omissions OF faulty Legislation
Both branches of the General aSsem-
bly, have some able lawyers, men who
are competent to close up the yy9wn-
ing chasnis in our judicial syBtAin
that are now swallowing up such
countless thousands OF the public
treasure.-DubuQue Times. 20 AZ
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-30
Abetdss our Court Expenses.

For two or three years past the
convietion has been growing in the
public mind that the administration
Of justice IN lows 10 . very expensive
part ofpublic aAairA The eoHviction
IL mot ct al the product Of guess
work, nor Of hsphasard conjecture
upon the maryelous latitude and dis.
erection extended BY law to courts, At
.torneys and litigapts; It 10 the prod
,uct OF ! dollar and cent calculation,
a demonstration, whereby al dou bt
ID put to rest and public credulity put
to the seYerest OF tests. Coy. New
bold makes some statements in his adj
mirable message upon this point thas,
although everybody was in some sort
prepared for them, nevertheless pro.
duced = sense Of wonder. He avers
on the authority Of the criminal sta
ustics Of the state that IN 1862 the ~.
erage cost Of each conviction wes
1884; in 1857 was $9z.78; IN 1872
was $l58.47; and in 1877 had grown
ito the enormous figure of $3.50. ST.
Let the membership Of our General
Assembly reflect that the conviction
Of each criminal Of the several courts
Of the state cost the people over $3.50 4
During the past I'VE years the Cover
nor 'asserts, the expenses ofour courts
have more than doubled, their agsss.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-30
PERCEPTIONS II Enklish.

The following petition, Is being cir
cuiated in many districts, and receives
numerous signatures, ~ ~ ' rs.
70 The Senator's and ssRepreseata-l
toes of tie State OF, IoUa-s s6t al a5gl
We, the undersigned citizens Of tAe
State of Iowa, hereby. aremonstrste
against the enactment of any law pYo-
tecting tie practice, Of medicine in
the state Of lows. In our Judgment
such law would tend to establish q
monopoly, and We hereby ask the en-
Actment of q law requiring all drug
gists to, label all packages, parcels,
bottles preparations and prescriptions
Of every, kind and descriptions issued
bv them, in the English language,
and requiring all physicians and 9TH
er persons to write out prescriptions
in the English language, to the end
that all such labels and prescriptions
may be plain and understandable to
the ordinary mind. And we hereby
ask the enactment of law requiring
every person contemplating the prac-
tice Of medicine to give q bond, in
some penal sum TO the State OF Iowa,
for the use Of, any person injured.
conditioned for The faithful perfor,
nance Of his duties as practitioner
Of medicine, said bond to be filed
with and approved BY the County
Auditor OF the County In which he
desires to practice and further, to re-
turn to said Auditor, within two
weeks after the death OF any patient.
9 statement in writing Of the disease
Of which the patient died, and of the
medicine used. ,''i 80 a>tt
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-30

The once southern divine and now
United States Senator; from the state
Of Mississippi by the aid Of the CHS
holm massacre, =. g., G. Lamar. de-
.livArsd himself, on the oath inst.,i of
athree and . half hours speech on fl.
nances in the Senate. Tt was d labor
ed, carefully spEspared effort, bedeck-
ed with fowerya rhetoric and pro-
nonnced In the very fair style of era
tory for which that gentleman is not
ed, The study 81 Lamar just now no is
to satisfy his southern silver. constit-
uency and at the same time secure q
banquet in an eastern metropolis
from money brokers' q Ia. ,Bristow,.
whichshall give him4political stapd-
ing i'm Wall street. .AiAkeen SOUTH
ern statesman is abfe, by means
Of the ignorance of his home constitu-
ency, to play quite a successful game
in theiJanus faced business.e Lamar
snot suited with anything presented
ON the financial question and yet he
don't formulate into, an amendment,
resolution or bill, what he is in favor
Of The reason for this is plain, as
we have stated, viz; that he lis not
engaged In the work of trying to have
successful Legislation, bnt to trim
ming bis political status.