Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

without Senatorial aid that we have
next to no shipping, save that engaged
in coastwise trade. to require protection,
and that as certainly needs very little
naval supervision. 1t only requires
glance at the enormous aggregate voted
to our navy since the war to verify the
correctness of all he has alleged in that
direction and many who have made
the matter a special study agree with
him substantially that if only a small
part of that vast aggregate had been
judiciously applied to maintaining few
steamship lines to America and other
countries, markets for surplus product
of our farms and manufactures would
long ago have been established, which
would in turn have reacted to our old
time supremacy on the seas. The mat
ter of transportation of our exports and
imports has such vital bearing that it
cannot be winked out of sight. 1t is
constantly obtruding itself in any and
every plan for revival of our ante-war
prosperity.
The present extremity of our European
competitors would seem to be our OPP
portunity to wrest from them the carry
ing trade of the world, if we are not so
bull-headed as to refuse to see the ex-
ceptional chances offered us in the ex-
listing situation. Mr.. Blaine seem to
have demonstrated that we are nearing
that tide in national affairs that leads
on to fortune if taken at the food and
that we shall always have to bewail the
asinine stupidity that led us to withhold
our hand, if we allow the opportunity to
60 by without profting by its proximity.
The grandmotherly old Bourbons who
charge themselves with preserving peace
in the family-among them Thurman
have to some extent, recovered from the
hysterical turn that Bragg gave them by
his mutinous conduct last week, though
still nervous over the situation. With
the aid of Randall who made ducks and
brakes of rules, precedents. the regular
order, etc., in order to hold back the in
furiated Confederate brother who longed
to strangle Bragg for his temerity, the
warning factions have so far been kept
from a second encounter. Bragg
though elected to represent Wisconsin
Democratic District, has never won the
Confederate shackles with humility
and when they have full possession o.
both Houses and come to push the ava
lanche of rebel claims awaiting tina
time, it looks as Northern Democracy
might contribute enough, Braggs will
the Republicans, to seriously intefer
with the cut-and-dried programme. TIL
chance for fatal family rupture ma.
be quoted as from good to fair and still
growing.
The committee on transfer of tn
care of the Indians the War Department
fails to recommend such an innovation
1t consisted of eight members, thre
senators and five representatives, and
is understood they were tie, Reput
E licans voting against the proposition
There is hardly crime known to tn
Statutes that the report of those favor
ing the transfer (Democrats) do NJ
charge to the existing management {
the Indians under the Interior Depar
ment. 1t is also denied that the Indian
have made any marked progress toward
civilization. The Republicans or di.
senting report has not yet been made.
Mr.. Finley, Chairman of the Commit
mittee which Investigated the govern
, ment printing office and who recon
+ mended its abolition, is accused {
conduct in the matter that will refet
, anything but credit on the constituent
? that sent him here if they prove tru,
1t is alleged that the expert on who's
o testimony he based the report which /
r in vain tried to get his committees
t adopt. deliberately ignored all fac
r standing IN the way of an adverse r.
port against the establishment.
| Prof. Gangee's method of freezing OIL
, yellow fever is booming. He seems
have secured the endowment of all tt
t scientific government officials. and no
r Mr.. Thompson. the we'll known philar
r pist. is heartily cooperating to secure i
adoption. UNDINE.