St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-10-20

Eyes, you can, easy enough
Chow ?"
"By becoming my wife"
go, Jack !"
"Well, what do you say ?"
81 say that "a man may not marry
his grandmother"
But of course he did.
- Mary Bradford i'll Boston Courier.
Services Of VermOnt'S Senators
and Representatives.
"Webb," the Washington cores
pondent of the Boston Journal, furnish
es that paper the following sketches of
the services of Vermo1t's senators and
representatives in Congress during the
last session
HON. GEORGE f. EDMUNDS.
George F. Edmunds stands at the
head of the republican delegation from
Vermont, and is a recognized leader i'll
the Senate in all matters of law and
party policy. He was appointed chair
man of the committee on the Judiciary
and chairman of the committee on for
eign relations for IL time, but he sub
sequently declined service on the lat
ter, and he was also member of the
committee on private claims. He pre-
sented but few bills. Those which
were of public character related to
the retirement of army officers to al
low citizens to sue for claims against
the United States, the purpose of
which is that Il great government may
be compelled to pay just debts due its
citizens to punish counterfeiting of
foreign bonds ; to secure service of
process in United States courts to
defray expenses incurred in cOnse-
quence of the assault upon President
Garfield to amend the law relative to
pOlygamy, and to amend the law rela-
tive to IA quorum of the United States
supreme court. Mr.. Edmunds spoke
on great variety of subjects, includ-
ing the Alabama claims the alcoholic
| liquor traffic the appointment of eX-
confederates in the army the Boston
navy yard the death of Senators Car
penter and Burnside Chinese immi-
grafton franking privilege ; Missis-
sippi overflow, and the three per cent
bond bill. Mr.. Edmunds was absent
during the latter part of the session on
account of illness i'll his family.
JUSTIN 5. MORRILL,.
Mr.. Morrill, holds the very important
position of chairman of the committee
on finance is member of the com
mittees on education and labor, and
public buildings and grounds, as well
as member of the select committees
on the census and on library accOmmO-
dations. He was excused, however,
from service on the two latter commit
tees on account of the eXacting nature
of his duties as chairman of the com
mittee on finance. The only public
bills which Mr.. Morrill, introduced re-
lated to the entry and withdrawal OF
distilled spirits to apply the net pro-
ceeds of public lands and patents t.
education to require written sigma
lures on national bank notes and tC
amend the law relative to the circula-
ton of national banks, and to appoint
IA tariff commission. This latter bill
owing in great measure to his eXer-
tiOns, passed. He also introduced
several bills of Importance in the Dis
trict of Columbia. As the organ of the
committee on finance he reported from
that committee thirty-nine bills, ant
from the committee on public buildings
and grounds he reported ten bills. He
did not ask for il leave of absence, ant
appears not to have been absent from
the Senate single legislative day
His record as to faithfulness of publ,
service is one which no younger mem
bers have surpassed and which few
have equaled. Mr.. Morrill, spoke upol
| pia.tE # II nj M
the bills coming from his committee
He made special speeches on the ap
portionment bill on the bill to per
nit the grinding of Canadian grain IA
mills in the United States on Chimes,
immigration on discriminating du
ties on distilled spirits on the bill
to extend the executive mansion; for
eign tariffs internal taxation; tarit
commission; three per cent bonds
japanese indemnity; labor strikes
reciprocity with Mexico; nationa
banks Pacific railroad sinking fund
and the river and harbor bill. Alto
gether his record indicates wonderful
activity. He is looked upon in his part
: as the representative of sound finan
cial principles and as the most earnes
, exponent of the protective tariff sys
TEN.
CHARLES II. JOYCE
was appointed IA member of the com
: mittee Oh invalid pensions, and of th
: select committees on bounty and bacl
. pay, alcoholic liquor traffic and til
= death of President Garfield. He wa
: an active and industrious member q
!. the committee on pensions, an,
n throughout his public career has bee
+ the soldiers most earnest friend. II
y reported to the house nearly sixty pen
/ sion bills. He introduced good man
pension bills. The public measure
which he introduced were for the alec
# hOlic liquor commission, for appOrtiOn
= ment, for the repeal of the tax on ban
n checks and proprietary medicines. H
!. spoke upon the agricultural appropria
. ton bill, Chinese immigration and o
pensions, bounty and back pay.
y JAMES VI. TYLER.
t Mr.. Tyler was "a member of the con
:, mittees on education and labor an
II the census. The public bills which h
Is presented related to apportionment,
f the inspection of steam vessels, I
Is amend the bill to give the court
r, claims jurisdiction of claims and |
d provide for the erection of "a publ
building at BrattlebOrO. He spoke q
D, the bill to make the agricultural burea
y an executive department, on appOrtioI
ID ment and made a very earnest fight