Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-03-17

tive days for the consideration of one
measure. The difficulty has become
a serious one. The silver and cur
rency questions, the land grants, the
bankrupt laws. the presidential sue
cession, the copyright question:, and
Pacific railway regulation are all of
pressing necessity, but the country
has to wait while Congressional soph-
ignores are making oratorical dis
plays. AS an instance of the diver
gent tendency of Congressman MEM
Der broke into the debate on the ma
val bill with an allusion to the wool
question. A little later he confessed
he knew nothing about naval affairs,
and that he could hardly tell which
end of a ship went foremost. He next
attacked his opponents for parsimony
in great matters, and accused them
of keeping the surplus revenue idle
in the treasury while the people were
being taxed three per cent. per an
mum on three hundred millions of
bonds owned by the people of New
York. Another member criticised
and soothed the vagrant orator by
saying the latter was interesting even
when he was irrelevant. At another
point in the debate on that day, Mrs.
Langtry's charms furnished theme.
There has been some curiosity to
know who would be the new one
thousand dollar a year attachments
called private secretaries that are
now allowed TO the Senators who are
not chairman of committees. 1t had
been predicted that some of the Sen
ators would appoint their wives, and
daughters to these positions, but in
vestigation shows that only mascu-
line relatives are at present drawing
pay on the private secretaries list.
Several prominent members of the
Woman's Suffrage Association which
held a four days convention here
during the week, made addresses
Saturday before the House judiciary
committee their objective point be-
ing a sixteenth amendment to the
constitution. 1t is noticeable that
the movement has passed in a great
measure out of the domain of ridicule
and is met seriously by those who
have to deal with tendencies of soci-
ETY.. The leaders show more tenn
perance, and discretion than in the
earlier stages of the agitation. The
managers are trying to extend their
organization on system that will
bring the cause into universal notice.
They propose to enter the political
field in a solid body, and use all their
resources to defeat candidates not in
sympathy with them.
The whiskey men got the set back
they feared by the antagonism of an
appropriation bill. Great interest
was manifested in the attempt of the
bonded whiskey. bill to get that meas
ure before the House on Saturday
There was no surprise when Mr.
Morrison's move to go into commit
tee of the whole on revenue bills was
followed by motion from Mr.. Towns
bend that the House 90 into commit
tee on Appropriation bills. The vot
ing was watched with interest, TO
there was an impression that the re
suit would test the sense of the Hous,
not only on the whiskey question
but also on the ability of chairman
Randall to rally majority in cas-
he should wish to put the Appropria
ton bills in the way of the low tarif
tax reduction bill. The vote was il
favor of taking up the postal appro
prlation bill. 1t cannot however b
claimed that any Issue was decide,
by the vote. A large number of dem
ocrats voted in the negative with til
republicans, and an almost equal
large number of republicans with tn
body of democrats.
Delegate Caine of Utah made a
, argument on Saturday before th
, committee on territories in which b
: criticised the Edmunds and Cassid
bills in relation to polygamy as III
t constitutional. He admitted the rigl
+ of the government to punish polyg;
, my as a crime if it desired to do S
e but nevertheless, he said the Mo
| mons believed it was right. e
< thought as they helped hold Califo
: MIA during the Mexican war, they d
= served consideration from the 90
eminent.