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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08
The Legislative Session.

The present session of the Legislature
opens in pleasant time of the year, amid
agreeable surroundings, and under cir
camstances which seem to presage an
unusually pleasant and profitable session
The republican preponderance in each
body is so overwhelming that there will
be little room for partisan hostility. The
democrats will vote for their own candi-
dates for some of the offices, but merely
as matter of form. Important questions
will come before the two bodies but none
on which any close contest or bitter divl-
sion OF feeling is now foreshadowcd. The
list of members elsewhere printed shows
the names of many intelligent and capable
men. Under such circumstances, it is
fair to expect good working session.
We extend our best wishes to the mem
bers and assure them that they shall have
due credit for all they accomplish for the
public welfare.
The FREE PRESS has made arrange
ments to keep It's readers fully posted -
not perhaps in every detail of dry routine
but on all matters of interest and con
sequence at Montpelier They will knew
what is going on in the committee looms,
and in 1.-THE third House." as we'll as on
the floors of the legislative chamber :, and,
as heretofore, we shall try TO give fail and
truthful comment on all public questions
in State and nation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

We may pei baps lie permitted to con.
gratulate the portion Of the Vermont
press that relied on the FREE pre- for
their returns of State election upon The
somewhat remarkable accuracy of the in.
formation thus furnished to their yeade' ).
The rest adopted telegraphc summary,
prepared for the Aseocia, ed Pres, whit h
gave Ormsbee G1,GSl, Shuulef 1901,
Sceley l5'?, greenback and scattering ga
republican majority 1879. The Fee
PRESS returns gave Ormsbae 3i.il3,
Shurtleff 1,,3lt, Seeley 11I2, greenb lck
COS republican majority 1S,ci2
The official canvass now gives Orm sbee
81 100, Shurtlef II ISL, Seeley ~, gleen-
back GA; republican majority 1888
Our returns thus gave Ormsbce 4 voi S
more than he received, Shurilef q more
and Seeley ! more. While the A. OCT tetl
Press settlement OF the majority was
AGA out of the way, the FREE PRESS st'te-
ment of the majority va, led bat % from
the official count This is as close stcte
ment of the result Of a Vermont election,
- was ever made in advance of the Off
cial canvass.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

A SPECIAL Washington despatch to the
Be ton TrdUCllcr reports a rather lnsa
tlonal interview with gentleman just
returned from Canada in which he al
legged that the following belligerent state
ments have been made by customs Off
Gals at Ottawa
Every United States vessel caught Tish-
ing inside the three limit will be
dealt with according to the law and re-
ceive full benefit. We shall be more alert
than ever, now that so many mean Tricks
are practiced on us by the Yankee skip
pers. III any schooner attempts to escape
we have our instructions to sink them,
and make no bones of it either. IN fact
our campaign against the treaty breakers
Will be extremely vigorous, mere so than
ever before. We will stand by our men
captured on the Alaska coast for alleged
Illicit seal fishing, and if we deem them
not guilty will demand their rcea'e, no
matter what the United States courts
may decide. In the event that our re
quest is not complied with, measures will
be adopted making 1t extremely unpleas-
ant for American traders in our pors.
II any Canadian official is Given TO ak
of this sort, it would he well for some one
10 remind him that Canada is still under
English rule. The Dominion will prob
ably do, in the end, what the home gov
eminent directs, as regards observance OF
treaty obligations and national comfy
There no signs as yet that England has
any thought of letting the Dominion drag
her into a war with this country.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08
MCsICI.n lN.hNm Mon y

The report of the il pCCioc o + 'lte
states the noticeable feet thFt the amount
of money loaned by the VelmoIt Nn's
banks, on morts.GC7 of rel ont'
side of the St"te, is sieodily incre, lug ID
now amounts to nearly .fce o'd q ,
mHliOHSi
We need not rereat the e. DIS be D
fore urged in thC' column. why itN9 t
ors, whether banks or ind, d. % Id
regard hi, Clr o 1--we u'e',s wuh srs
picion. Bdt it is wo,,Ny OF note 1T In
spector Pace deems IL nc EN-
phasiHe n Warning of the SINE nd. The
business of inve ment in Ia lue o Sc
curities, he says, is eng oveldonc, and
few caut Gus firanCie } doubt th.t t1e II
suits may be disaS, ouS. pre- euo ley
are booming, but they cfnuot boom for
ever, and when the Crasn CONFESS
cras hes have come before, many E2stern
investors are going to find themselves
loaded with unstable Western lands and
with law suits, in place of their mort ga -
and money
! But the unreliability of many o, these
seductive Western farm mortgages Is not
the only reason why they should be
viewed with especial caution. They are
Objectionable because they take so much
money away from New England which
might be profitably and safely invested at
home, and serve to build up home indus
tries, and benefit the communities in
which investors live.
As an instance of how it works, our
Bristol correspondent has mentioned the
fact that that thriving town cannot
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

The one hundred and ncventcenlh reg
ular session OF the Genera, Assembly of
Vermont is likely - he an intcre ting
and important one. The Leg ,laiure will
elect United States senator. 1t ought to
take some effective meFsu es for the inn
provemeut of the common schools, and
for the promotion of the cause of cduca-
ton. 1t is expected TO provide an efficient
railroad commission If some effective
mearure can be deNigcd to lessen or
wholly abolish the giving OF free passes
by the railroads, especially - lcgislai o, :,
judges and State Officials, il is TO he no ped
it will be adopted. The double tnXaiion
of mortgaged real estate should he done
away. The statute providing COR The
trust ee process viii probably be modified
or repealed. Such ere some of the sub
jects likely to claim attention. For the
mass of the members, who are wholly
new IN their seats, the first four weeks of
The session will be going to school n
the business of legislation. Before mpny
of them have fairly got the hang of the
legislative machine, and have acapi,cd
confidence enough in them elves to tHl;e
any active pat in The bu' inc 9 which
brings them together, the ash of re
closing days " ill set in. At ThankeGiN no
time, seven weeks bepcp, the 50 on " u
end, and the members will re,te top,.
vate life ; and will be more 70, umaiethin
most of their predccc.~os, Is they do 40.
separate saying, if they ave honct with
themselves 1--WE have done the tbin we
ought not to have done, I'D bave lett uu.
done the things we ought TO have donc "
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

secure railroad connection with the
Rutland road, which is greatly needed,
because "the moneyed men prefer to iu-
vest their a. in mort gatcs on Westeln
swamp land" IT is the same in many
other sections OF the State, where local
industries lanRuish because inve toi p. 2
fer to improve Western farms at per
cent payable mi.nnnually. 1t is also
charged that some of the iavinss b"uhs
will not lend money for home nvesi mem,
while they can secure higher rates of in
terest away from home. We believe that
the prevailing craze for investment in
Western farm mortgages involves serious
risk to the investor and loss 10 our home
public, because it takes away funds which
should be employed in building up home
in1uSt lipG
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08
One Day IN Seven.


1t is rather unusual to say the least for
a minister to vindcate the observance OF
the Sabbath day on wholly economic and
material grounds that, however. is what
DIR. Newman Smyth has done in recent
article in the Forum. Not that Dir. Smyth
ignores or undertakes the divine and
religious considerations for the observance
OF the day, but he believes that even II
these paramount considerations did not
exist the claim Of the Sabbath could be
established upon social and political
grounds alone.
Dr. Smyth begins by taking the unas-
sailable ground that a certain measure OF
industrial independence is necessary in
order that men, in their families, NAV he
good citizens, or sound, healthy units in
the social organism. "If," he says, I'VE
put men. or whole classes of men, beyond
the possibility OF such industrial indie
pendeuce as Is required for human
home, we throw them upon the wrong
side of the social danger line" DR.. Smvth
fixes the measure Of industrial indie
pendence at that amount which will be
sufficient to maintain the family in physi
cal and moral health.
BY industrial independence" DR..
Smyth means, as we find from following
his argument farther, that amount of
leisure which is compatible with the earn
ing OF subsistence for ones self and
family-lesure which is to be devoted TO
the cultivation OF the individual and of
home life. "If Sunday" he says, were
used for no other purpose than the pro-
motion of home life, for the fostering of
family feeling and family affection, its
value to society..and to the state would be
altogether incalculable."
AS for the opportunity for personal cul-
tivatioH afforded by one rest day in seven,
DR.. Smyth declared that, il II man is to be
anything more than mere laboring ma
chine, he must reserve enough time,
which is his personal property, to main
tain his mental moral and social life in
healthy state. The experience of man
kind has been that one whole day in seven,
in addition to portion of the working
hours of every other day, is necessary for
this purpose.
AS the state depends upon the family,
it is evident that the welfare Of the state
also is concerned in the preservation of a
Sunday by. law. This being the case, all
kinds OF business that can possibly be
omitted on the first day of the week should
be omitted and the preservation of Sun
day as day of absolute freedom from in
dustrial and business interests should be
insisted upon. DR.. Smyth's treatment of
the subject is fresh and practical, and he
carries conviction. And when to the
merely material advantages is added the
force of the divine command, the argu-
ment in favor Of weekly rest day be-
comes irresistible. Both revelation and
experience teach the value of reserving
one day in seven for the cultivation Of
our higher powers and our better natures.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

The Legislature has seldom it ever, or
gained more quietly, promptly and har-
moniously than Wednesday. The slight
ripple &C; stoned among the members
who gathered at the Pavilion the evening
previous, by the unfounded Iumor that
Judge Poland was going to enter the lists
for the speakership, had subsidized next
morning, and the only Questions raised
among the 20 s'pers were whether tbere
would be twenty-four or twenty, NC votes
for the democratic nominee for speaker,
and whether Judge Slant IN would pull
out of the canvass or 80 to the ballot. His
friends choce TO present him, and he re
ceived the votes Of ope-foul IN of the re
publcans, the rest going TO Major Josiah
Clout, who took the chaii with entire
self-poss" ion and gee deer of GAm'l-
iarity with its duties, and will make an ex-
cellent 81 aker. The election of Sncretnv
Brownell by The Senate and Clerk ick
ney of the House, were foregDne conol
sions, aud their experience will be of no
little value to the respective Houses. The
governors messages VIII be delivered tc.
day and are awaited with due interest
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

Peter Z. Sweeney has just letru,d 10
New York after long le,ldence in Eu-
rope. Notwithstanding the cloud wrich
hangs over his past life, few mon are bet
te' Informed than he on The quc ,uiore o
intel national politics, end the ,t'us Of
the European governments, to TIE sirdv
OF which he has devoted much time. He
is quoted - saying to New York Nae d
reporter:
the next war in Eurore, come when it
may. and 1t may begin any hour, VIII be
or destructive violence unknoWn ~ to
this day. Every source OF revenue urS
been strained, if not drained. for ;he mar.
tial effect. 1t would be idle TO say That
the world has not yet seen the Ike be
cadse never before has it had such de-
ST. active warlike means Europe j. Il
great military camp. The chlef powe,s
are armed to the tech. 1t is the oombin-
ailon of general etforC. 1t is not ioi pJ-
rade or amusement. Euolmous ~ mic in
the highest condition of discipline aud
arm | to perfection, leaning on their
muokets or Dridle in hand, ave waiting in
camp and field for the sisnrl 80 m llch
against each other. A war in Edlope sct
ties clly one thing definitely. aud III II is
Lne necessity for apo' her war. The APP
preaching war may do more it may set
Tie those who are chiefly enga%cd in it.
The ambition OF kings and elhpe, ors may
thus lead III the enu to their own over
throw and open the way for popular pro
greSS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08
Justin Mccarthy.

Mr.. Just u Mccarthy, who ha9 come -
Ia counDy in pat lecture Oh the SUD
jec, of home lule for Gland, is one Of the
mot prominent lrishhen of bis Ii re.
Poet, jou. Uaist, auihor, histC an and
lc5,slUt d, LIE holds Il Pike" in the lii7I II e
Fad history of the day, which entiileF - Il
10 lcspt ctful attention. Like Mr..
Gil Que he is Il "scholar IN pol les,
and be he devoted him.e'f 10 the cause
of his opples d country from his ca'l'c-,
entrance into public life. Ten yea p O
he prophesied That the Jr.h que, ion
VIC nd IN the nelr fnt,ue make end I'M
make British miui tlieS and con ;nue o do
so until il wa3 .igh eou,ly settl Il,
and his prophecy is ahe,dy fulfilled. IN
some particulars his views differ from
tho of Mr.. Gladstone. M. McCei ny
believes that home rle when it cones,
will come as a cory measure. He dee res
himself confident that the conce 'ion of
the right TO rule herself is near ct bad
for Ireland The struggle has been lon Z
and bitter one, but be sees victory ap-
preaching.
Mr.. Mccarthy recog nizes the powel ~
influence which American sentiment h :
upon the settlement of this gre 1t ores.
ton. aud his lectu,Cs will undoub ilv
Increase the stIong and growing sympl-
thy for Ireland which exits throughout
the United State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

Secretary Manning's advice to all young
men is, Keep out of politics keep out oil
Office" But if all young men-that is, eli
worthy young men, to whom, we suppose
this advice is particularly addressed
should keep out of politics, what would
become OF this great nation in the futu'
The trouble now is that too many of our
conscientious, high minded able men
keep out OF politics because they are run
by men with whom they do not care to as
soclate. So our politics are leftto the pre-
fessional politicians and offices, ekers.
This will never do. If hieh-minded men
persist in eschewing politics, the doom of
the nation is sealed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

The Philadelphia Lcdgcr calls attention
to the curious way in which the name OF
candidates are coupled, in r,ions of the
political field For instance two Taylors
are candidates for governor OF Tennessee
DR.. Ames is the democratic clnddate Tor
for governor of Minnesota and Oliver Ane.
the republican candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts. A few yca, ago ClevC-
land wfs an unknown name il M tional
politics; now, with Mr.. Clevcland in the
presidential chair, another Cleveland is a
candidate for governor of Connecticut
The democrats in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey run TO colors, Black heading the
ticket in one State and Green in the other
In Vermont the democracy is reduced be-
low its last shit, for il has not got is
Shurtett, but has rot Whaleu.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

An Ottawa despatch says that Wig9irs' :
denial that he made his great earthouake
prediction is false. He did make the State
ment and supplied it to the press in his
own handwriting. He said his storm wag
due at Halifax at o'clock Wednesday,
and would then take a southerly course
down the Atlantic, rushing by Sandy
Hook with the force of hurricane.
The Dominion government are at last
getting tired of Wiggins's rubbish and
will order him for the future to attend to
his office duties, copying letters, etc, in
the finance department, and let the stars
and planets alone.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08
Convict Labor

One of the mo- SCI iouS Que tionS wi h
which the philanthlopist, the Sto,c. Gnd
,o, iely in general has 10 dc.l j. that sit h
respect 10 HE bC method o. I,iorming
the rimiual ella scS in our ~ rll iu-'l -
lions. As a general thing, thi- class j.
extremely hard 10 reach The HNct."e
criminal is not easily tone hcl by tefol NJ
ing influence 1T lC st, not genuinely and
pei manently. The force of Tie criminal
habi.. supplemented, peril p ~ heledi-
tary tendencies, acts sroneiY 70 draw
he discharged convict or prisoner back
into The old evil ways. Nmpathy, Il
chance TO reform, au opportunity for hon
st labor, while occasionally ellie" clous,
do not IN the ma ioliiy OF IN 'nCc3 eject
reform in the cr,mjual Neyei unelCee
it is ipht 50 SUI round ctihinals in ouf
penal il thuiion9. 3" far pc possible, with
religious lnhuouc.', andto give them a
chance TO reform aud lead hodc lives
when discharged, Tor he reason that in
hose Eases which hablt and heico'tv have
not render ed hopeless, t1cte - chance
that the criminal will experience aCh nge
of heart aud lite. Young offender, are
some,lm,S reached some OF the uhCoi-
tunates, who have been driven into
crane by the force OF q cunt lnCeS' gre
SET IN me f'';hu p3'h again. auu however
d'scout'"'ot me s''llN'icS or ChPphnh
work, prisoners a'd u 'o-HconH, neheV-
olent society ana chnrch WORK III prs
ons may De, oneNe melhods lot 'ectir-
ing cflm mas ousht D be conl'nu'n'
1t viii be remembered by thoee INF rect
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o. Vermont Tue io'o" h9 :" oiutlon
anon" news WfN reiel.cd 10 Tue cF"cu-
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cir, 10, ,oimprove The moral a. a,,u ',u;,l
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owe. m, 20, th. INC. !, ,h?li .u.,.cr be
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

In the following passage from the address
OF Henry Cabot Lodge at the Massachu
setls republican convention, he gave some
good reasons for the political faith that is
| In him.
We are loyal to the republican party be-
cause we believe that by 1t and through it
the measures most needed for the highest
ana best Interests of the country can be
most surely and speedily attained. BY
and through the republican party we be
lieve that labor will be protected and
temperance promoted that honest cleo
mons vii be obtained that the reform of
the civil service which we have begun
VIII be extended and firmly established :
that the protection of American labor
ana industry will he guarded and main
tanned that American interests and Am
erlcan honor will in all our foreign rela-
tlons be defended with courage and dig
nlty that our credit will be kept IN
stalhed and our currency sound that
the claims OF our soldiers will always be
watched over and met in a just, generous
ana grateful spirit that a new navy will
ne oullt, Mormonism suppressed new
states admitted aud the measu e. demand
ed oy our business interests rapidly pass
e. FOR these reasons, with pride and
talth In the past and with confidence in
the future, we once more enter upon 9
n great political struggle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

The $4,000 was the amount the Rutland
Herald talked about as being the price at
which the Legislature was to be pur-
thased.-St. Adams Messenger
So it was not the FREE PRESS, but an
other paper, that said $4,000; and that
paper didn't say anything about a $50
600 corruption fund in Franklin county %
This is about rs near to the facts as the
Messenger commonly gets, when it calls
us to account Is it not about time for
our st. Adams contemporary to begin to
go slow" in the business of printing I'M
founded imputations
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

Mr.. st. John elegantly remarks that
'the prohibtionists will complete theil
conquest in 1892 by giving the old moss
back Bourbon democracy the worst lick
ing 1t ever had" In the meantime St. John
and his third party ave rendering all the
service they can to the old moSs-back
Bourbon democracy. When the latter Is
well seated In the saddle through theft
aid, it will be quite able to take care of
itself in '92 and Indefinitely theree ter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

Major Grout is commended for the
speakership by the Rutland Herald, St.
Adams Messenger mildly, Bellows Falls
Times, Newport Express, Barton Mon
ttOr, Bennington Banner, Morrisvillt
News and Citizen Essen County Her
aid, Montpelier Waterman, and other
papers. But one Vermont paper, so fal
as we have noticed, has expressed a pref
erence for any other man for the place
What is more to the point, the members
elect are very generally favorable to Major
Circuit.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

Senator Shermans speeches in the
West are having an excellent effect. They
are models OF sound doctrine, TO say moth
ing OF their logic. Senator Shermans
change of base on the silver question-it
it really is a change Of base-is especially
gratifying to his party friends He be-
lieves, he says, in "A silver currency, but
contends that the silver dollar should con
tain enough silver to make it the equal OF
the gold dollar in actual as we'll as legal
value This is the only safe ground to
take on the silver question.