The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-04-30
w SHISGTON LETTER.
vTAsurNcroS. April 2s. 1890.

cuesions uiat will arise after The politi-
cal conventions and the completion of
the business now on hand will occupy
at least that time. Ofice-seeking pat
riots must have the privilege OF talking
about prospective bread and butter.
TmDEN's TRIUMrH IN NEW YORK
disappoints but a few here. His nomi-
nation AZ Cincinnati Is considered among
the impossibilitics; but who the sue
cessful man will be is the subject now
most discussed.
Grants nomination at Chicago is
deemed n certainty, and the indications
are that Hancock may be the rising
man at Cincinnati. In some of the
Southern States, particularly in Georgia,
there is q very loud call for the opium
cd knight" of Maine.
In the extreme Republican districts
and states 1t is not to be disputed that
Blaine is q preferred candidate, yet
Grant has the inside track and will
doubtless hold 1t; at least such are the
present indications.
The examination at West Point upon
the outrage perpetraied upon the COL
ored cadet increases in interest, and the
result will probably be that within All
other week sufficient light will be let
in Oh the conspiracy 10 abuse and drive
out young Whitaker, 10 hiring TO the
notice Of the public the guilty persons
connected with the d~isgraceful affair.
this matter should not be encouraged
or commended, and, Ii persisted In,
will probably wipe out West Point
Academy as the military nursery of the
Government.
The six years extension for the oom-
pletiop of the Narthern Pacific road
will probably be granted aud the COM
pletion of the entire line accomplished
within two years, and the Seattle on
the Pacific coast and Superior on the
lakes will shake hands. Proctor Knott
may stand at Duluth and see this done.
The trees in the parks OF Washington
are as green as in June, and the seaso 1
of flowers is upon US,
Ex-senator Cameron, of Pennsylva-
mia, and Senator Ben Hill appear to
still be in trouble with their respective
sweethearts, much to the edification Of
newspaper reporters, Belva Lockwood
and the balance of the bar. Belva and
BENJAMIN are not on very friendly
terms since the former became the
troublesome Jessic's counsel.
After eleven weeks of INSTANT effort
over the question "Who does the mon
CIV belong to?" the Geneva Award bin
has gone to the wall. Every effort has
been made by n side to thwart the in.
tentions of the treaty under which this
money was appropriated by the British
government and hand it over to the in
surance companies, who have no claim,
in justice, TO any portion of it. A
strange feature of the matter was the
sudden conversion of Senator Carpen-
ter, who, after years of battling in be.
half of those who lost their property
through the deprcdations of the Anglo
Confederate cruisers, suddenly changed
his opinions and took q prominent part
in advocating the cause oftbe insurance
companies, who have already been re-
imbursed for all losses they sustained,
1t is probable that an effort will be
made to ascertain something of the true
inwardness of this matter. as protests
loud and deep are already arriving from
every section against the uuwarranted
action.
The fend Smothcrs was convicted
in our criminal court, last week, OH the
Infamous, brutal charge of raping a pre-.
possessing young white lady some two
months ago. The jury was composed
of eight colorcd and four white men
and to their credit be it said, that the,
were only twenty-three minutes in ar
irving at their verdict. SmOthers die
not take the stand in his own BEHALF
fact which greatly initiated agains
him. The sentence of thirty years. i'm
prisonmeht will probably be passed up
on the prisoner this week.
II U. S. ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY,
OF Washington, have illuminated tin
western portion of Pennsylvania ave
nue., during the week past, by attaching
one of their largest lamps to the from
of a prominent building. The loca
press speak of this company's success il
very fattering terms; and the new
light has already established itself II
public favor here.
A ROW IN II SENATE.
. sect out; be off, sirl" said Senate,
Benjamin Hill one day last week on tn,
floor of the Senate to one Soteldo,
f newspaper chap. 1t seems that In,
latter had got up and published a stor,
that the Senator had bought off or com
promised the seduction suit against hin
by one Miss RAYMOND. Hence tn,
honorable Benjamin's pent up wratl
and explosion as Aforesaid. Query
Is this the same Soteldo who
some four or five years ago, was run
ming a very peculiar paper in New Yorl
city called the Free Lance? If Gu,
memory erv us, that fellow speedily
got himself placed under heavy bond.
for libel or something else, but skipped
his bail between two days, and forth.
with turned up in Washington a writer
on the Republican in its evil days, and
a henchman of the man Mnrtagh.
CONGRESSIONAL MoRALIrY(O
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Times, in a reported interview
with Mrs. Spencer, of this city. reports
this lady az paying a glorious tribute of
praise to the exemplary virtue of sena-
tors and representatives, and contrast.
ing them in this regard with naughty
outsiders.
Mrs. Spencer is made to saw. in sub
stance, that amid the wrecks of morali-
ty in the Federal city, the members of
congress are modern Josephs, whose
immaculate virtue rs far transccnds the
debauchery OF their constituents as their
exactcd intellccts eclipse the stolid ip-
norance of the voters at home.
This announcement may be classed as
important, If true.
ain orr minds eve, Horatio," We
can imagine at least half-a-dozen soma
tors indulging in n sort OF hazy wonder
whether If Mrs. Spencer were better
posted, she would moi be wiser.
Tho schools of vice, like ordinary
%seminaries of learning, arc graded, and
the 13-l5-14 puzzle in this relation is--
classes-in-immorality-in Washing
ton city.
The Josephs of the Senate and House
need not all answer at once; our space
is limited.
A~BsENTEEIsM