Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-16

pOIltlcal views, Oh dlllerenJ reli'
of social conditions and progress,
yet there has always been the greatest
personal harmony and good will between
the members of that body. We have al
ways been friends They are, as rule,
almost universally kind and courteous,
even in the heat of debate. So from year to
year, as time spins on and great events
have come and had their day, there has
| been continuously present u concord of
difference, if may use such a paradox, on
which tolerance of opinion, believe, rests
the safety of the government. lap
plause.]
There is one thing more which wish to
say, although it is out of the line of fes
tive address. 1t is in regard to the value,
the coordinate value, to the progress of
government of this arrangement of the
Senate of the United States. 1t is differ
ent, greatly different, from any similar
body in existence in any government
which is not republican, and in some that
are. The republic of France, for instance,
so recently established, and fear in some
danger of being overthrown, has its Sen
ate composed in away entirely different
from ours Although not hereditary in
Great Britain, from which country have
recently come, there the Senate, known as
the House of Lords, theoretically possesses
almost the same powers in many respects
as our Senate, but its membership is he
redlvdry its membership is ii family prop
erty with some exceptions which 1t is not
necessary to enumerate here, and what
has been the result? In the course of
! time this body, composed of an aristoc-
racy instead of based on the choice or the
people as ours, has lost the practical an
| thority, which it originally possessed, and
no longer acts as a real check on the ac-
tions of the House of Commons. While |
was in England gentleman, a member
of the House of Lords, asked me if it was
possible that our Senate dared reject bills
| which had been passed by the House of
| Renresentatives CONCERNING imnortnnt
n,onsnras iIo soid tha uoIso nf cd
did not often venture 70 take any such
stand .t The nresent day that rarely in
recent wears had the Unise of Lords nm
dertakeu TO finally stop the passage of a
bill of which the Commons approved and
| which involved any wcighty principle. In
consequence of this condition of things
the question had arisen, and is now wide
ly discussed in England, whether 1t would
hot ne potler ~ Iecons'llo'e 'hG Iiou' ~, vi
nat If nir Sonnte Hnn1area I tbini,
| hat we who are the cousins. not the de-
| pendants of the present British people,
| nay rejoice thae atter Uhe lapse Oh less
,,t'n ~ y,
ratune of orr scheme of Government has
| iuved itself to be so valuable that 1t is
| kelly at no distant day to be adopted by
| ne empire from "hlch we separated IN
| l'iei " iouiii u'li p"n i.o.!l al 'p'a'oe.
ne senate Vi l.e ohlIeu Stales mas pech
| ne plea'est saieSuaIu vi tne lePuplIc III
| IVY Nlo,oen uue, lniouEn eNei9 SUI. vi
crlSlS anu our eAaiiiple ol the Ndlue ol u
iSelNa.lNe lep.'piIc W ,he Meilare any.
Pi9sPeiI,y oi eIeat people Is Stch that 1t
nu.H ~ W p ne "WuoP,tu pS oui hl'ule'5 il''
! non ol lme olu orlu' 90 Ill lhe words vi
.ne hnSiisi, poeO'
ne we front the sun ana on the purple ridges
me VIRGIN 'nture III Us her yen OF snow
i Th nf wa Ian an Vi Spe''uor o'''eeS
! rprcla,,,ad n,,,I7,,.o
| L loioilG is, ap,lause. ,:a.,,
+ iitb afI i,trn t' WI oi,,od
;+ ~ f, pautoo,,i anu ie'ei''u
WIN frequent "ppi"u'e'
III. the cr-Gorcrn0rSQ Vermont worthy
ine, honest, honorcd and successful III war
anu pc"tc'
EN Governor roswell farnham, was
called on to respond to this sentiment He
said we have rightly made prominent the
eo;l fo+,,,o, ,f .hi ,,,.>+ .,,o,o,,f,I o
/ -,
caSioh we shaIl 20 hehce cheereu anu
strengthened by this meeting, and feeling
that we have good reason to be proud of
the wise and Good mon of our state We
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navy '"rl,c II INK en- INC ven
cradle kylahu fletcher ana Inland Hail.
honOred and esteemed by all, in their ripe
old age: Frederick Holbrook, who commits
stoned most of our officers in the civil war,
who is ALWAYS kindly remembered nv Our
snldiers. lain Grarorv smith also n
,,.,,rth,, ,r,, r',.or,,,,, ,,h,,,, ,,a oil h,,.a
Lenn i;IoI tn 77oeet hare pniiI nilIinghnn,
universally esteemed and beloved John
r pnre Who id faithful srrvice to the
State for MANY wears as treasurer and GOV
prnor. I;nnrgn Il Hendee tn whnm the
office feu on the death Of the lnmpnted
/ Wnshhurn and who was a wise and
canahln inventive Jnh,W stewart nhIe
iufirinllS and nniversaiIv resnected. Hor,
ACC Enirh,nks nrudent ind etfirient. Rcd
tinId proctnr ana Jnhn l. Rarstow both
brave soldiers faithful to every duty and
honored and trusted in civil life, Gov.
| Farnhum closed with n humorous note of
warning tn tho voi,ld .ha ,rovarnnrs Over
M"i ms W Wv "ot'I' w =
,.',ittan ..IIo v,ho enta,-s bera Iaaves hono
habindu \va haVa eaan :, d.fanted cnndi
Iat, fnr ,,ovarnnr renrh nvaIted diniomatic
ctntinn 9thera was ~ Tina NOT lnpry sincn
when the twn men most looked and most
iilto,,sd 70 in tha Rritisb Hon. ~ n'JL
100 ~ Earmontar. mo nrom"tinn