The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-01-02
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WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 20, 1879.
The Adjournment Of Congress will.
we trust, bring as much qualification TO
the constituency of the members as it
does to the members themsely s. Leg
| lslation has been uphill business thus
tar. The Democrats feared to advance.
Ihey were in the dark, and therefore,
human like, were towards, while the
Republicans, fighting on the defensive,
had no need TO advance; hence Con.
grees, 50 far, shows no record Deyond
the iDtrOdnotiDn of bills and discussion
OF those Of minorimporiancel The pro-
posed Trademark constitutional amend
ments, of course, afforded Sam Cox
tne opportunity for the display of his
oratoricaf poH ers, and the tilt between
him and the Republican wit, of the
House, Mr.. IIorr, Of 1iicligap, was
real good, but bad there been any polit-
ical feature ivolvcd, the redoubtable
sunset would lave been as mute as an
oyster Adjournment till after the hol-
idays Is the proper thing for our politi.
cal Delli9erents, and we wish "a aSolops
ma also their constituents, all, Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Mr.. Updegrah, Ohio's. new member,
has been stirring up matters recently
by delivering an agricultural address i'm
New York, in which he took broad
ground in favor of making the. Depart
ment of Agriculture q Cabinet position.
HIS argument displays much force and
ability, and will be advocated, Doubt
less, in the House TO the fullest extent
by him, yet it will not be accented by
the Democrats, as their policy is to
make no change in the existing Older
OF things by which further power will
be given into the hands of the Repub-
licans. They will kill the foolish pen-
sion bill, which the commissioner of
pensions is so insanely advocating. moi
because it is wrong and fraud. but
because, as stated to us by Democrat
ic member, it gives a Republican official
additional appointing power. s''
The Maine fraud finds warmest adyo-
Gates among the Democrats, and the
only regret we have heard uttered bv
by them is that Governor Garcelou did
not oust even more Republicans. This
support of his outrageous violation of
iaWian right ought to convince your
}readcrs that no effort will be spared in
lseo to accomplish the election of
Democrat as n presldetn, and that.fraud
Will be attempted in the census enum-
Grafton, as well as in all state elections.
we have heard only the express deter
mination to elect their candidate, and
TO secure control, not only of Congress.
but the executive department of the
Government. t--..r raflt
The conclave of Virginia members
who have assumed the right to dictate
who shall be census supervisors for
their state, means that same busi-
ness by which they gave .Goode the
seat IN the House belonging to Platt.
Goode was permitted to take advantage
OF his own wrong-doing, aud so will
their nominated president next year,
unless loyal people interposes to pre-
vent
There is no city in tie United States
where one can ind collected together
SO many scientific ana literary men as
IN washington. As consequence of
this there are o number Of scientific and
literary societies at the National Capi-
tai, whose intellectual ieasGs are not
always prosy and speculative, but often
instructive and entcriaining. For in
stance, this week the s'Anthropolooical
Society met and listened to an, inter
! esling paper on turtle back Shells"
with which the Utes dig roots and herbs
for medicine, and discussion on can
nib4lisin, inwhch The optnion was gen
eral that cannabalism never did exist
among the North American Indians,
land that such ideas were repugnant to
them. As twelve of these bloody sava-
ges are toJvisit Washington soon, the
vindication of their forefathers by these
solemn scieutists will doubtless be high
/ ly gratifying to these anti-cannbals,
and give such assurance to the s.timid
creachas' at the Capital that they will
not be chawed up like "a sirlon steak in
the jaws OF an alligator, that they will
yet up "boom" for their reception.
As Ouray, the chief of the Utes, receives
$1,000 per anuum from the United
States under treaty, his efforts to sub
init the guilty to trial, rather than trust
to the hazards of war and the loss of
his stipend, shows that the "poor In
dian" is actuated by the same motives
that are so potent with the bad white
man.
The completion, by Mr.. Andrews, of
his copy of Sully's portrait of Andrew
Jackson, in the Corcoran Gallery, and
its delivery at the White House, COM
!
trait gallery of presidents at the Execu-
tive mansion. Those of Buchanan and
Andrew Johnson. 1t is advocated by
one Of the Washington papers that the
portraits of the wives of the presidents
should also adorn the walls ofthe White
House. AT present there are but two
who are accorded this honor-Mrs. Ty-
: Ter and Martha Washington, the latter
| of which hangs by the side of General
| Washington. If q president should
happen to be widower three or four
times, posterity might look at the group
and brand him as n villainous Mormon.
The constant changes of dress and
costume which fashion induces, renders
the pictures of ladies of all countries
and ages much more. attractive than
those of their husbands, even though
their faces may be as Interesting as the
blank wall on which they arc. hung,
and we venture to say that the portrait
OF Mrs. Madison, owing to the lead she
e took in fashion, would invite more
comment to-day from visitors to the
D White House, than the combined pic
lures of the presidents, arrayed in their
: solemn, unyarying black. i1ai l..
: A Phenomenon IN Literature.