Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-11-16
Iron Our Regular ODrrsspoudent.l
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON. D. G., Nov. II. 81.

WASHINGTON ~ SsI ANONs - SAs
The elections are over. The president
has returned to Washington. The star
route men have scored point in the
preliminary engagement. Judge Folger
has been formerly handed the portfolio OF
finance. The hour for the regular session
Is approaching. Candidates for the speak
ership are multiplying since the positive
republican majority has been decreased by
one. Cabinet makers have resumed their
states and their consequential conferences
in corners. Malone is mentioned for a
for place in Arthur's cabinet. II is said
the coming senator from Virginia will be
SOD of the late Governor Henry A. Wise
of ante bellum national fame. II Malone
leaves the senate for the cabinet. there
will be two new senators from Virginia.
The congressional record is to be con-
graduated that the defeated candidate for
Governor Daniels, will not come to the
senate, for he is, perhaps, the greatest
oratorical bore in the United States.
knew him well, Horatio. flor heard him
make SPECIFY fellow of infinite mind,
and most excellent lungs. He can talk
longer, and say less. than any man since
DR.. Mares, the title of whose book.
Macsuley says is as long as an ordinary
preface, his perfatory remarks equal in
xtent an ordinary volume, and the hook
itself swelled to the dimensions of q libra
ry. During the campaign. he has made
not less than one. and often two, speeches
per day; each speech OF full two hours
length. To listen TO him for half an hour
will make any man with nerves, long to
vote for a sphinx, or any respectable in
carnation of silence.
1t is believed in political circles here
that the disruption of The solid south has
been permanently effected in Virginia.
and that, in the next presidential election.
she will cast her electoral vote for the
republican candidate. General Malone
is not the man 10 loose, through negli-
gence, hardly earned position. II he
becomes one OF President Arthurs cabinet.
he will have opportunity to entrench him
self in the territory already won, and to
give Virginia her ancient place ana
prestige in the sisterhood of states,
The counsel for the government in the
star route cases say the prosecution will
be made with unremitting energy. They
propose now 10 go before the grand jury
and secure regular indictment. This
would have been done in the first case but
for the fact that the statute of Limitations
made it necessary for them to use less
dilatory means. But there are other
charges, of more recent frauds. not affect.
ed by the statute of limitations, and it
proposed to proceed with these regularly,
and with the least possible delay.
Uni,ed States Treasurer Gilillan,s report
may be considered one of the most encour.
aging financial documents ever presented
to any people. During the year. over
S90,OO0,0O have been spent in reducing
the national Indebtedness. The increase
of the public revenue over that of last wear
is nearly S30,0UO 900. The surplus reve.
nue for the present year is more than
100000 600 The decrease of the public
debt since June the 30th, has been sos.
900 600, or at the rate of about 81 IS, 900,
600, per year, If this rate can be
maintained for the next ten years. the
mamoth Indebtedness entailed by the
rebellion will be entirely obliterated. As
it is, no nation in the world can present as
good budget as the United States o.
America.