The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-02-06

cral ManOnc, Onltcu states Senator
elect from the Old Dominion, has de-
carcd his preference for blaine OF
Conkling for president. So row is
brewing down there.
An excursion party of two hundred
pilgrims from Massachusetts and New
Hampshire have been visiting the city
during the past week, during which
time they called at the White House ant
were received by the president.
SENATOR BAYARD's FINANCIAL POLICY.
One Of the incidents of the past weel
was the speech of Mr.. Bayard, of Della
ware, in favor of his bill to demonetizt
and degrade the logal-tender notes now
in circulation. Mr.. Bayard takes tht
ground that these notes are uncorstitu
tional.
BETTER DAYS FOR RAILROAD ENTER
PRIsEs.
AT last we have tangible evidence
that Congress Is about to abandon i'll
no-nothing, repressive policy in respec
to encouraging works of internal i'm
provement.
The railroad committee has actually
oo'Nto opOh tliOit lafOl Vi
the company proposing to connect Sar
Antonio, Texas, with Laredo, on the
Mexican border. This is both encour-
aging and valuable, as an indication OF
a change Of policy.
Writing Of railroads, we cannot for
bear again referring to the remarkable
resolution introduced by Senator Jonas,
proposing to take from the N. o. b. r.
and V. road its Immigrant, and give it
outright to a rival company, existing
only on paper, and peddled about as a
sort of pocket speculation mainly by
one Wheelock. This sort OF thing is
all the more heinous and reprehensible
when senator, Offering and urging
such resolution, proposes not only to
confer the proceeds of the spoliation
upon his friends, but has an interest
himselfin the speculation. Older men,
bcrs of the Senate are too wary to lay
themselves open to such damaging sus-
picion.
INDIAN COMMISSIONER HAYT BOUNCED,
without the usual privilege of being al
lowed to resign. This appointment was
originally one eminently unfit to be
made; and it was evidently done by
Schurz through freak of personal spite
against General Grant, who had previ-
ously turned Hayt out of the Board of
Indian Commissioners.
That bureau has long had bad odor
around it, as of ancient eggs, and it has
been only through the saving influence
of stalwart lump of salt there, in
the shape of Chief Clerk Brooks, that
the offensive smell has been kept down.
THE HON. JOHN NJ. BRADLEY.
Of Arkansas, recently arrived in the
city, and is vigorously urging his right
10 the seat in the House now held by
one w. f. Slemons.
The man Slemons is Bourbon Dem
ocrat, and that is what's the matter.
while Col. Bradley is an Independent
National. If an honest majority vote
In his district is to count for ANYTHING
IN the House Committee on Elections.
he Colonel will speedily be awarded
he seat to which he was fairly elected.
The Slemons case is one of the boldest
'ounting-in frauds we ever read or
heard of.
Formidable labor riots are in progress
It several places in Virginia. The
worst feature of it is, they are race
roubles between whites and blacks.
The military are ordered to be in readi.
less TO suppress the disturbance.
LAWYERS FEE.
Henry l.. Clinton, the counsel of w
L. Vanderbilt, has sued for his little
ee OF $4,000 for services rendered I'm
me suit between the Vanderbilt BROTH
RS respecting the division of the 500.
90, 200 left by the old Commodore.
ANOTHER BOGUS DUEL.
Another of those disgusting affairs
nee common in France, fixed-up du-
!, has Just been played in New Orleans.
his time the "affair" is between one
iearsey and T.. A. Burke, whom we
eem to recall as connected with the
oiitical frauds of 1876. In this social
d affair of honor the two chaps fired a
onple OF blank shots toward one an
Their, when their seconds, surgeons.
ottle-holders and friends wildly rushed
etween and begged that the sanpuina-
scene might close. According 10
rogrammc the terrible duelists de-
lare their honor satisfied, wbereunon
grandiloquent manifesto is drawn nm
Igned, telegraphed all over, and of
curse published in all the papers. thai
you'd do credit TO the first Napoleon.
r even to Bombastes Furioso.
SHIFTING THE FEAST FROM AFFAIR.
Tho pension cormorants are taking
me as we'll as the soldiers by the scalp.
ock. They are flooding tho country
nth blank Ietitions for the soldiers
nd sailors to sign and send TO their
espective members, urging Congress
D pass the Weaver bill without del.v
his done, il would indeed prove a no.
anza.. These pension agents are used
D cutting it fat, and after the slices
hey shall have packed of for them
elves there would be little but bone
III for the soldier. When, i'm addition
the enormous collection and other
ses, there comes to be added an unde-
nable amount for mythical Influence
nd services rendered In getting tbe
Nv passed, the grab that each will get
Mt Of the four hundred and odd mil.
ons to be disbursed, IL the bin be-
)mes law, will make every mothers
IN Of an agent rich man.
This is not the intent of the proposed |
w; and In any event the proposed (
ew code for the Pension Office, as {
repaired by the Commissioner, or some
ling nearly like it, cannot pass whit !
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