The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-12-05
Notes and Comments.


MACON TELEGRAPH: " There are ooun.
ties in the black belt in Georgia in which
the majority doesn't rule, and in which 1t
isn't going to rule"
North CAROLINA will levy no state tax
next year. The western North Carolina
railroad company will pay into the treas
ury $500, 1000. which sum will carry the
state government.
ST. JoHNsBURr INDEX "The governor
has done we'll, and no reason can be found
for refusing him a reelection, except that
he has held the Office one term, and now
it belongs to some one else. 1t is dis
grace to the state that this pernicious rule
seems to prevail in the case of our present
governor, but prevail it undoubtedly will.
This being the case, the nomination
should go to Frederick Billings, if he can
be induced to accept it,"
If several democratic organs and lead.
ers of good repute are to be believed,
their party is in bad way. The election
of Mr.. Carlisle as speaker, according to
these authorities, has left Pennsylvania
hopelessly republican, has made New York
and New Jersey extremely doubtful, and
will solidify the rest of the North against
the democratic party. Between the up
per milestone of business interests " and
the neither milestone of sectional feeling
they fear their party is to be ground "ex-
ceeding small" These leaders are quick
to take in the real significance of Mr..
Randall's defeat. With his success their
prospects in New York, New Jersey and
all doubtful eastern states we're better
than with Carlisle's.
THE first regular session of the forty.
eighth congress convened at noon Mon
day. The new members of the sem
ate were sworn in, but the house not
having fully organized at three O'Clock,
an adjournment was taken without trans
acting any further business. The house
elected Mr.. John G. Carlisle of Kentucky
speaker, he receiving one hundred and
ninety-one votes against one hundred and
seventeen for all others. A further or.
ganization Of the house was prevented by
discussion over the admission of a
member from the second Mississippi dis
trict, which was not terminated at the
time of adjournment. Alta caucus of the
democratic members, Monday night, it
was decided to refer the Manning.
Chalmers case to the elections committee,
report to be made on the prima tdcie
right only.
SENATOR EDMuNDs does not seem to
regard his anti-polygamy bill failure.
In late letter to recently organized ma
tional league for the suppression of polyg.
amy, the senator says: pressure upon
my time does not allow me to 60 into de.
tails. My views in respect of further legis-
lation regarding polygamy are mainly
expressed in the bill reported last session
by the committee on the judiciary, which
l shall again introduce at this session,
with perhaps some additional provisions.
have reason to believe that the legisla.
ton already adopted is operating favora-
bly, to the end desired, and, if it can be
supported and supplemented by legisla-
ton which the committee, on the occasion
of the passing of the former bill, stated
they expected to bring forward, have no
doubt that with good administration,
without which all laws are useless, we
shall gradually extirpate this crime"
Or Vermont's delegation in congress
the Boston Journals Washington CORE
spondent says: vermont retains her
senators - Edmunds and Morrill, and
probably will until, with declining years,
they shall wish to be relieved of political
burdens. Mr.. Edmunds will probably re.
main president of the senate, if the health
of Senator Anthony will not permit him
10 take the old place with which his asso
ciates would be glad to honor him. Mr.,
Morrill, looks in vigorous health, and each
year seems to grow in appearance more
like Charles Sumner. The new representa-
tives are John w. Stewart of Middlebury
and Luke P. Poland of st. Johnsbury
To those who have looked down upon the
members for so many years, it seems i'm
proper to call Judge Poland new mem
Der. Years have not told upon his sunny
face, and one can almost imagine that we
are back in the old days of his former
congressional career, when he occupied
two most important places-that of chair
man of the famous Credit Mobilier inves
tigation, and chairman of the committee
on revision of the laws, which gave ui
our last statutes"
A DEMOCRATIC free trade meeting, al
which Mr.. Beecher was advertised to
speak, was recently held in New Yorh
city, but the attendance was not exactly
overwhelming. There were present rev
enue and tariff reformers like Mr.. s.
Cox and Mr.. Henry Watterson-th'
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