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h.7s. SENATE.
slow its 3iSniiic.i Members MAX thcii
stately Speeches.

tF.ou the Washington Ict.er.l
Tn immcmoiial courtesy Of the Senate
forbds any peromptory limitation Of debate,
and the Scnntors would be seriously scandal
lied if some one Of their numbers, fresh from
the House Of representatives,, should sug-
gcst the application of any of the cxpcditivc
means commonly res )rted to in that body.
And so each Senator in turn secures the
floor and having secured It, proceeds to hold
it for at least half a day and some times
longer II evidently appears necessary to
him to make long speech, whether or no.
lie may not have very much to say but at
auY rae he must be Il long while in saying
il. 1t makes no Il ference if the
same things have been said over
and over again by preceding speak
ors; they must be clothed in his
Own peculiar utterancc. Each one also oh
viously deems it his duty to show his entire
familiarity with the constitution and with all
the diEes,s and interpretations thereof and
few are wiling to pose for a speech without
effective scenic accessories IN the shape Of a
pile or two Of sleek and massive law hooks at
their clbDE, int) which they are wont to
peer from time 90 time, with srcctaced
kccuncss # vision ard an air If pr'found
wisdom, for the purpose of extracting and
Ql0tinL thcrcfrOm leaned disqi'stiOus Of
interminab'c length. This Characteristic pro-
liNity attaches itself even to the senatorial dis
putcs. In the House, one member snccrs or
| flies out at another, the latter hits back, the
| former "rcluins with his lett" the latter
counters third intcrferc', and one or the
other or AL three get "knCcked out, all in
| -, : II l. i'm,
| promptu fight bet wccn bantam ROSTERS hut
the contests IN the Senate resemble rather
he elaborate warljkr operations detailed in
the Had. One Senator devotes two hours
| to an argument on constitutional inter
prclatiDr with incidental threats at an
| opponents logia and slurS on his sec
lion Of the country. Does the oflcudcd Sen
ator li.c at once to repcl the assault! BY NJ
mcaus That is not the scna' Orill method.
| Does he claim the floor at the end If the tirsi
senator's remarks? Rarely. AS rule he sit,
compo,edly through the days session rcvolg-
ing is reply in his mighty mind, and or
the following day takes the iipcr viii
dignity aud uses up another hour or two IL
rcc,ing Off his IeDort. Then, in all probability
The first senator desires to make Il few re-
marks" ia response, and consumes an hour OF
SO in doing it. In this way many days arc
employed during a session. In behalf of the
Senate it mus, he said, however, that, i
m re slow and prDiX than the House, it is
also more Industrious and efficient. 1t de
votes some time every day II honest routine
work, while the liOu'c IS too apt to neglcc
all but the leading measures, and thus it ha
come t. pass that !he Senate is away ahead
of the House in the business of the session
ald eau therefore with the more grac
resign itself now aud then to threc-wecks
wrcsllc with constitutional law.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18
rLINDERING TIE TREASURY.

The question Of the disposition of tho
Governments surplus revenue will soon be
settled, if Congress keeps up its raids on
the treasury much longer Just now
the House is grabbing money for pub.
.ic buildings all over the country. The
way Congressman carry through such
measures as this public building grab is by
'pooling issues" and uniting to accomplish
a commoa purpose. "You VOC for my
bill and Ill vote for yours Every man
who votes for my bill will got my vote for
his, is the way Congressman put il, and the
bills 60 through with ncatGcss and despatch.
The abuse is one which ought to he correct.
ed, and public sentiment ought TO he arous.
ell - tina, end.
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express companies is three per cent upon the
gross receipts. The New Jersey bill proposes
to tax home life insurance companies one
per cent upon their surplus and foreign com
panies two per cent upon the premiums coll
lected within the State; in Vermont all in
surancc companies pay tho last named tax,
while upon home life insurance companies
there is an additional tax OF one-balf OF one
per cent upon their surplus. In New Jer-
scy all insurance companies other than
life are to be taxed one per cent upon their
premiums. Taxes are furthermore provided
as follows: Upon amount each gas COM
pany, one-half of one per cent of its gross re-
ceipts and five per cent upon the dividends
of said company in excess Of four per cent
each oil or pipe line company, cight-tenths OF
of one per cent upon its gross receipts each
parlor palace or sleeping car company, two
per cent Of gross receipts. All other corpor
atoms Incorporated under tic laws Of the
STATE shall pay Il yearly license fee or tax o.
oLc-teuth Of ono per cent on the amount o.
lNt ttl''-l SlNth ~ euCu COl p'ldtlou; pioNlNC'
that this act shall not apply to raj way, ca
nal or 6aukng corporations, or to saving
banks, cemeteries or religious corporations
| or purely charitable or educational associa
tons, or manufacturing or mining com
panics or corporations such of these cor
pJra,ious rs are liable to taxation beini
taxed by the municipalities, as were railroad
| in Vermont prior to the enactment of th
prcscnt law. As may be seen, the bill great
| ly resembles the Vermont law, AID affords
ample proof that the latter docs not bear to
hardly upon the corporations.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18
CORPORATION TAXATION IN NEW Jersey

The New Jersey Legislature has been for
a number of weeks periecting bill for the
taxation of corporations. In that State as in
Vermont, the manner in which the CORPORA
tions escaped taxation had long been pub.
lie scandal. Popular sentiment at length
became fully aroused and Legislature was
chosen prln cipally on this issue. The Sen.
ate has just passed corporation bill which
the correspondents report will undoubtedly
be accepted by the House and its rrovis-
ions will be of interest here in Yer.
mont as showing how other States deal
with this important question. The bill, in-
deed, bears marked resemblance to The
Vermont law, Telegraph, telephone cable
electric light and express companies are tax.
ed two per cent upon the gross receipts; in
Vermont the tax 90 telegraph, telephone and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18
MORE CORRUPTION CANADA.
The Minister OF Public works in Re
ceipt of Generous Testimoniais from
Persons TO whom Tie Has Awarded
Fat Contracts.

An Ottawa despatch says: There is con-
siderable excitement in political circles over
the announcement that Sir Hector Langevin,
minister of public works has received Sl7,-
900 in the form of testimonial, subscribed
by contractors having business with hls de-
partment The total subscriptions amount:
ed to $50, 900, while the cash actually pal d
amounted to only $4,000. 1t is said that
all this money came from contractors WHO
had claims on which Sir Hector was to adj
Indicate, or who sought to obtain
contracts which Sir Hector must award.
1t is stated that contractor named
Goodwin had a claim of $4,000, which for
years the government refused to recognize.
| He subscrib d $1,000, it is stated and over
| $4,000 was afterwards awarded him. ii. j.
| Becmcr had claim for $4,000 for extra
work He, it is said subscribed $1,000, and
was afterwards awarded $4,000. Ci:arebcrs
who was denounced in the House Of Com
mons by Sir John Macdonald and Sill
| Charles Topper us unworthy and unit tC
receive any public contract, subscribed large
| " aud receive the ntract for the new de
| partmcut buildings. There are many smilal
cases in which, as a rule, the sums ran high
or. The scandal has fallen like a thunder
bolt IN the ministerial camp. 1t is stated lha
| Sir John Macdonald demonstrated with 81
Hector, and warned HIM that he would &c
| into q sCrapC if he accepted the money.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18
Shall Cuba be Uursl
From the New York H,ral l..

The subject OF the annexation of Cuba TO
the United States was first mooted just alter
the French Republic Was proclaimed in ISIS,
The American government while wiling
should remain Spanish colony, declared
Il at no Other foreign government should
ever possess it. In ls25 Spain had proposed
10 cedc Cuba to the United States in consid-
Grafton of CERTAIN commercial CONCESSIONS
lint This WIS declined. In ls4S President
Po k offered to buy the island for ; ,OOO, OOO
but t. this spun w)lld NJ. listen. In 1919
A iiDusl,nug expedition under Lopez was
prevented 10y he United States government.
A second expedition got away successfully,
bat Lopez was defeated, and himself garrOttd
and other leaders publicly shot. Since leo2
the question OF the acquIsllipn OF CuDa
has entered freely iuto American ppAucs. In
1854 Buchanan, Mason and Soule, American
ministers at London, Paris and Manrd,
drew up the celebrated Ostcnd manifesto,
urlinr that Cuba should belong to the | nj
ted States AMI thai if spain would not sell
il 1t should be taken IN Ter certain cnnlln-
gences, by force.
la 1858 SO the Unitcl States Senate CON
sidercd proposition to pay $50, Goa, oO0 Tor
the island This was the plan OF Shdell OF
Louisiana. 1t was finally withdrawn. Inc
sum named in the bill, which was reported
favorably by both the committee OF The SEN
ate and House, was proposed to be appropn-
ated for nosecret or disguised purpose, but to
enable the President to make payment to
the Spanish government on the full ratlca-
non Of The treaty by spain, without waiting
for its ratification by the Senate and the APP
prnprlution OF the money by Congress. A
minority report was presented by the House
which opposed the bill on the ground that
Cuha would be An improbable acquisition,
owing 10 the neccssty of preventing inter
nal di.ord,r. which would be sure to allSe,
and that il woull be a dangerous precedent
to ALLOW the President to have the disposal
of $50, 90, 600 for the settlement oil a treaty
before its ratification by the Senate.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18
THE IDLEu.
No,es and Gossip Picked Up GA the
street.

The Young ideas still have considerable
trouble learning to shoot, in spite OF i'm
proved methods of instruction and improved
textbooks. In our Grammar school, when
a new word is tackled, the pupils are re-
uuired to write on the blackboard sen
tence containing it, to show that they fully
understand its meaning. One day TINS week
the word "fossis" came up, and only one OF
the pupils, a very small boy, knew what II
meant. lie was sent to the blackboard to
write senteGCc containing 1t and promptly
wrote
"Fossils are used TO draw teeth with
Fossils" and "forceps" had evidently be-
come mixed in his juvenile mind.
Another word was puppets" and lIltle
Girl was sure she knew what it meant Her
sentence duly inscribed On the blackboard,
was
dogs have puppets"
They tell pretty good story at the ex-
pense of Edward A. Sowles, who has just
now attained no,Hriety that must be pam
full to a modest young mrn. When he was
director in the Vermont and CANADA
railroad company some legal question came
up and he remarked to DtOIhef
director thu, be had some ideas on the SUD
iect which he would like to write out, anC
read at the next meeting of the directors
10 which the brother directors SEN Cnuous
reply was Fire away"
The meeting came Off and Fir. So"le&
ambled in, followed 10y colofed man
l dragging along an enormous gripsach-ore
of those abnormaly blg fellows, seldom Secr
except on the negro minstrel stage. The di-
C rectors fondly imagined that Mr. S)wles
; was going, with his accustomed liberaity,
= to set 'em up on peck OF YER
n mont apples apiece. But when the
. routine business had been completed, MIR.
Il Sowles, to the establishment and horror os
C all, opened the aforcsaid gripsack and pro
c duced an enormous roll Of manuscript, the
; which he proceeded to read He read and
read end reai. The meeting adjourned to
dinner and on reassembling Mr.. Sovles con-
tlnued to read and read and read. But as
all things earthly must have an end, 50 die
e Mr.. Sowless rcading-but the directors arc
N said to have been the most demorallzcd To-
ID OF raroa magna;es that ever sat around {
green table Hon. L. r. Hard Of Bur!ing
ton was one Of the guests at the feas, .
u reason, and as the exhausted crowd OK
cr changed parting greetings he said:
n, "Mr. Sowles, which way DO you 20 home
byEway of White River Junction or Fitch
>, burg?'
"a ''By way of White River junction. re
G. piled Mr. Sowles,
L. "Yes, of course" said Mr.. Hard; "yo
d couldni go by way of Fitchburg, anyhow.
at "CouIdntf' qu.ried Mr., Sowic'' why
10 pray 49,.
in couldn't get that speech OF yours through tt
d: tunnel"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18
TWO OF A KIND.
The Iorr twins Give the DoOrkeeper
Ofthc House Considerable Uneasi-
Washington Republican,

w tSllilS Oh itGpuDllCdn.l
There are two members Of the House who
have twin brothers who greatly resemble
them. The legislators who rejoice in du-
plicatcs are Phil Thompson Ct Kentucky
and Representative lIofr of Michigan. 1t is
not an unusual thing for Mr. Thompson's
brother to find himself gathered by the arm
by one of Hon. Phirs Democratic colleagues
and dragged in on the floor of the House and
the injunction numbered in his car, "Why
the devil don't you get in your seat and
voter Our bill is upon It's passage"
The other day Mr.. lIorr's brother APP
preached the main door of the House, and
the polite Democrat in charge promptly
snatched open the green base door and
bowed him in on the House floor. The
Michigan twin strclcd over to his brothers
seat sat down and took part in all the open
ing ceremonies of the legislative day except
that he failed to answer the roll call. Rep
| rcsentativo Reed of Maine who has some pc
cuIiar way of identifying the Horr brothers,
concluded he would have little fun, and
| slipped over and posted the docrkeeper.
That funcionary stllkcd over to the desk of
| the Michigan statesman, and informed the ir-
truicr that he must come ont. "But," said the
occupant of the chair, my name
| is llorr I'm from Michigan" The
| Democratic door.slammcr looked bard at the
intruder, and woul have weakened had not
Mr.. Reed made signs for him to 60 ahead ;
| hat it was all right. But you're not Rep
rcscutivc llorr," said the guardian of the
| i)usc, land yOumuSt cone Gutside,' Just
hen the real representative of the eighth
| Michigan district came in, aud the door
keep + glared at the two in evident dsmay
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18
DeIcga,rs 10 Chicago.
.Fram the Bnrlaud Herald J

The value Of our Congressman on the
DELEGATION is their very large and in
fluential political acquaintance. Judge Po-
land would b Invaluable on our delegation,
rs nearly twelve years Of his life have been
sneul in Congress The same reasoning
recommends Senator Morrill,. Senator
Uoar of Massachusetts headed its delegation
to Chicago in 1880 aud there is no sound
reason why Morrill, and Poland should not
head the delegation of Vermont to Chicago
his yelr. Forbes" in the Boston Journal
saws, ut is suggested that committee OF
he whole he formed to go to Chicago to work
f1r Fdmunds outside of convention sessions.
This auxiliary body should consist OF at least
twenty. 1--WE leading and active Republicans
whose influence could be exercised in the in-
,crest If Senat r Edmund'." There is no
GOOD in this plan, ii the delegates are chosen
ss thrv ought to be from the ranks OF the
most conspicuous men OF the State, measur-
Oh Inv their business and polite a consequence
withiu and without the State. Congressmen
morrill,, Poland and stewart Fred Billings,
Iohu Gregory Smith, ex-Gov. Proctor, T.
q Benedict, Gov. Barstow, Is. ID. Harris,
Go, Walker, General w. Y. W. Ripley and
D. c Denison are men that would do credit
to the State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18

There was remarkable tiial in Kansas,
the other day. 1t was the first case ever
tried by jury in tie Supreme Court and
was the first action in the nature of guo
"a'Tdnto ever brought in that State-or in
any other State, 50 far as at present advised
to Dust an elective officer for lack of dill
gencc in tic enforcement of particular stat
ute. The defendant in the case was n county
attorney, accused of not performing his duty
in the prosecution of vio'ators of the Kansas
prohbitoly liquor law and the jury found
him guilty, upon which verdict the court will
remove him from Office.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18
March borrows from April

The recent surges of cold air from the far
north were due to the break mp of the high
barometric pressure in the bOreal regions
cor sequent upon the increased power OF the
suu's rays and to the indraught OF cyclones
traversiug the middle lattit udes Of tie con.
tlncnt. So marked are the occurrences Oh
abnormal tyres of weather at or near the
same periods from year to year that an emil
nent foieign meteorologis: said last year the
advance now made in discovering these pc
rlOdicitics fOreshawdGws what may be slyleG
'the metcorologY Of the future. Valuable as
daily storm warnings and weather forecasts
have proved for all business, agrlcu,tura!
and general purposes of life, the provision and
fore. announcement of cold and warm spells,
wet aud dry periods, are likely to prove still
more important. Three weeks ago tue SOIL
over asst area Of the country east OF The
Rock Mountains was so saturated with
moisture from the redundant rainfall that
ploughipg ard other agricultural operations
were seriously impeded. On the 2Oth ult.'
the Herald pointed ont that during the sue
ceeding three weeks the PROCESS Of the sea-
son would be marked by "a less redundant
rainfall aud ''s)me Staying Of the recent
torrenlial rail- falls" which would be favor
able for business generally and for agricul-
tural operations. The drying winds and
light precipitation of the last fortnight have
been proplli us for farming operations, and
the soil over large sections of the country Is
now in ii fair condition to be put into cult.
vation Though the temperature just now
is not as high as could be desired, ctLcr ut
m0spht rc conditions are satisfactory tor the
agricuturist, aud he should make the most
of the brief interval between the "horrJwlnG
DAYS of March" aud the setting in Of cCplous
"April showers" After or during the pres
eut week general and steady rise of lem-
perature, with showrIy weather ana more
ireJuenl Thunder storms, may he expected to
prevail until the famous May cold spcl' is
"A,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18
The Goycrnorsi,ip,
Ion ~ pcl.llenoIo Hetolmer.I

]
Accounts reach Us from various points in
the state, Of growing under-current Of SEN
,imcut, for c. b. Eddy Of Bellows Falls, rs
the Republican candidate fer governor. One
informant saws that care has been taken TO
keep it out Of the newspapers" but there is
no question tina, such . movement is taking
form.
Col. PinCre,, if he ever had ny idea Of
getting out OF the way, as the organs early
claimed, has changed his mind, aud will do
the best he can before the convention. Hall
dozen other names, including that of Hugh
Henry of Chester, have been brought for
ward, while there is no knowing how many
"stil hunts" are in progress.
There is another able and active Wlndhanl
county man, whose dreams have lately been
disturbed with visions of the guberna'orial
lightning striking him, and whom There are
elements in the State ready to push, II oppor'
tunlty should Offer He spells his name b.
d. Harris.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18

And Still there is a painful lack of har-
mony in the Democratic camp. The Dem.
ocralic convention in Pennsylvania to
choose delegates to the National convention
declared enthusiastically for Randall for
PRESIDENT and adopted an on-the-f fence plat.
form; whereupou the Boston Post, organ Of
tne New England Democracy, observes
Show us Democratic dodger and we will
show you man who likes the Ohio and
Pennsylvania platform. 1t vaguely recop.
nises the popular demand for tariff reform
but commits nobody to any definite plan, or
70 even the first steps for bringing it about
II Mr. Randall has fixed that little affair TO
suit him, we hope be will now look after
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18
Given up by Physicians

"The large experience that We have had during
the past thirteen years, In which we have treated
many thousands OF cases with our new Vtalizlng
remedy" say Drs. Starkey Palen, OF ll01 Glrard
ST. Philadelphia, Pa, "saish3s us that nlne-tenths
Of the diseases which have been sieadly growing
worse in spite Of the best medical treatment the
country affords can be cured or greatly helped by
The use of this agent. Wedo not say this In any
hoastfu way The decl sratoa Ia based upon results
of 50 surprising a character and In so wide range
of cases many of them given up by physicians as
hopeless trat It stands as fact open TO me elear'
desires 10 verify the reports AMI testimonials whlcn
we law before the public the largest opportunity Tor
1einp So" Write u them for their pamphlet de-
scrbinR the nature and action OF this new aa1 re
markahle Treatment 1t vii be sent free
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18

Grant that there are portions of Maine and
other prohibitory States where there is con-
siderable clandesiine liquor traffic after all,
it is nevertheless true that there is not a
1.-THE OF the liquor sold in those prohibitory
States as compared with the amount sold in
license States United States internal rev.
enue statistics show the Government tax on
liquors in Maine to be cents and mills
in Vermont A cents and mills in Kansas
. cents and mills in Massachusetts 81. 1G.
per capita. These figures do not tell the
whole story, but they are one evidence. The
prohibitory areas OF Maryland Georgia,
Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, ETC.. etc
tell the same, when compared with the
license areas of those or other States.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18

The New Hampshire Republican State
Convention, for the choice of delegates a,
large to the National convention, will be
held in Concord on Wednesday, April 30.
The second district convention will also
be held there the preceding day, and the
Republicans of the first district will meet at
Manchester the 22d. Among the gentleman
mentioned for delegates are Hon. L. II.
Rollins, Daniel Barnard, DR.. j. II. Calm.
ger, ex-Congressman Briggs, O. c. Moore,
Ruel DuTkee, Joseph B. Clark, Charles II.
Sawyer, Frank d. Curricr, James A. Wood,
and George II. Stowel. All accounts agree
that the feeling throughout the State is I'M
doubtedly strong for Edmunds.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18

for miles around, and would frequently dis.
rr.s the origin OF the pastoral nomenclature
He even projected sort of dictionary Of
these names, with bricl accounts of their
history. lie began al article too, on the
influence Of climate on family chlraCcris-
tics, based on the difference o. SC yahlc in
the portraits of the English aud American
branches of our family for the last five gen.
Crations.
aist. lie has n peculiar beautiful eye of a
limpid brown, which en- on occasion flash
fire like steel. re has "A large share of hui
NOR, and can see now the twinkle in that
brown eye as he ncars the point of a funny
storYn