Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-04

defenses must be strengthened, and |
it must be provided with a navy
carrying the banner Of the free that
in the language of the poet will
make tyranny tremble.
The nomination of Isaac p. Gray
by the Democrats Of Indiana, for
Governor of that State, is looked
upon in Washington as assuring the
Hoosier State to the Republicans in
October and November. 1t is not
believed that they could have put
up any man that could have tri-
umphed over Calkihs, SO popular is
the Republican candidate, but with
no stronger man than Gray to con-
test the race with him, Calkins
viii have the next thing to walk
over.
The misunderstanding contest
was settled on Wednesday, by ad-
hitting the first named gentleman
to seat in the House. This was
but simple act of justice, as no
fair-minded man who knows any
thing whatever about the case
doubts that Chalmers was honest
ly elected, and by large majority,
too.
General Hawley has been invited,
and has accepted the invitation to
make the opening address at the
North Carolina Exposition. The
President desires to attend the open
ing ceremonies, and if the public
business will permit him he will go
there. 1T is understood that this
Exposition will at its close be moved
to the New Orleans Worlds Fair
which opens next December.
Governor Cleveland's Private
Secretary telegraphed to Washing
ton this week that Grover would
unquestionably be Endorsed by the
New York delegation, and vouch-
safed the information that he weuid
be nominated for President on the
first ballot at Chicago. There was
general expression of regret that
the Private Secretary of the tidal
wave Governor Of the great Empire
State should have gone wrong so
early IN life, though Republicans
wished that the guess of the enthu.
siast, which he thought to be an ao.
complished fact, might be 'consum.
! mated on the 9Th of next month.
4 The million and half of one and
two dollar notes ordered printed by
4 Secretary Folger have been printed
! and are being distributed by the
/ Treasury Department.
The Mexican pension bill, meas
ure in which the general public are
perhaps, as much interested as any
that has come before the present
Il Congress, passed the Senate the frs
of the week. So many changes anC
amendments were made in and to i
jthat it is hardly recognizable as the
bill sent over by the House. AS i
now stands pensions are given t
Mexican soldiers or their widows
) sixty-two years of age, and to Mex
lean soldiers subject to any dIsabili
ty or dependency equivalent to tn,
same cause prescribed or recognized
by existing pension 4aws'as suficien
reason for the allowance of a pen
;. sion; and it is made requisite tina
such disability should not have beef
, incurred in any manner in the lat
war. The most important feature
of the bill, however, are those whicl
touch and affect the general pension
laws. New principles are intro
duced respecting the granting o
pensions to soldiers of the late wal
: and at least one new, and what i
|, seems will prove to be a very larg
3 ,class of pensioners, is created. Tn
ejbll provides that every person VIII
served in the Union army for tire
? months in the late war and who i
} or shall be disabled, and shall ais
= be dependent on his own labor 70
support shall be entitled to a pen
sion. 1t is not necessary that til
{ disability shall be in any wise al
9 tributable to service in the army
e The pensions of widows and mino
: children of soldiers,is increased fror
e eight to twelve dollars month
y There are numerous other change
s in the present laws, all of whic
: either increase pensions to soldier
0 or are designed to make it easie
: for applicants to obtain them; bu
/, what are noted above are the mos
!, important. 1t is asserted by thos
t who ought to know that the bill wi