The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-03-07

1t is due to the set rs in the Terri Oriei
who have ava'led themselves of the in
= Js'ions Of our la d laws to m X
> homes upon the public domain that h i
titl,s should be u eedily adju ted aud
their honest entries contirmt d by patent
1t Is very gratifying 10 observe the
general IL terest now being MAJ ifesled
= in the reform of our election laws. ThOst
who have been for years calling atlel :
: ii n t. he rp.sing necessity of throy :
ing ab u the ballot and about the elet
tor further safeguards in order that our
elections might not only be free and
pure. hut might clearly appear to so will
welcome the accession Of any who did
not So soon dIscov, the ne, d of re- Orm.
The National Congress has not as yet
taken control If elections in that Use
over which the Consli ution gives it
jurisdiction, but has accepted and adopt.
ed The election laws of III" - vrial States,
provid, penalties for their violations
and n method of SUPERVISION. Only the
in' fficlency of the State laws, or an I'M
fair or partisan administration nf them,
could suggest departure from this pol
! W
C u tampla ion of the trainers of the
@ ms tuition that such AN exigPncy
might arise, and provi ion was wisely
made for il. M power vested IN Cor
grrss or in the Executive, To secure or
perpetnate il, should remain unused up
on occasion. The people OF all the Con
gressiOnal Districts have an equal inter
est that the election in each shall truly
| ~, nj 4 nf
| jOrity of the qualified electors residing
within it. The results of such elections
are not local, and the Insistence of cleo
tors residing in other Districts that they
shall be pure and free does not SAVIOR at
all of impertinence. II in any of these
States the public security ia thought to
be threatened by ignorance among the
electors, the obvious remedy is educa-
ton. The sympathy and help of our
people will not be withheld from any
community struggling with special en-
barrassments or difficulties connected
with the suffrage if the remedies pro,
posed proceed upon lawful lines and are
promoted by just and honorable meth
DDS. How shall those who practice
election frauds recover that respect for
the sanctity of the ballot, which is the
first condition and obligation of good
citizenship? The man who has come
to regard the ballot-box as jugglpr's
hat has renounced his allegiance.
BETTER PATRIOTISM.
Let us exalt patriotism and moderate
our party contentious. Let those who
would die for the fig on the field of
battle give better proof of their patri-
otism and higher glory to their coun-
try by promoting fraternity and justice.
A party success that is achieved by I'M
fair methods or by practices that par
take of revolution is hurtful and evanes
cent, even from party standpoint. We
should hold our differing opinions 10
mutual respect. and, having submitted
them TO the arbitrament Of the ballot, |
shoJld accept an adverse judgment with |
the same respect that we would have de- |
manded Of our opponents If the decision |
had been in our favor.
No other people have government |
more worthy If their respect and love
or land 80 magnificent in. extent, so
pleasant to look upon ard so full of gen
erouS suggestion TO enterprise and labor. |
God has placed upon our head diadem
and laid at our feet power and veal b |
we must not forget that jus Ice and |
mercy hold the reins of power and that
the upward avenues of hope shall be fr
t. all the people.
A LAw-AIDING PEOPLE.
| do not mistrust the future. Dangers
have been in frequent ambush along our
path, but we have uncovered and van
pushed them all. Passion has swept
some Of our communities, but only 10
give us new demonstration that the
great body of our people are staple, pa
triotic and law abiding. No political
party can long pursue advantage at the
expense of public honor or by rude and
indecent methods without protest and
fatal disatfection in its own body. The
peaceful agencies of commerce are more
fully revealing the necessary unity OF
all our communities and the increasing
intercourse Of our Ia promoting mutual
respect. We shall find unalloyed pleas
ure in the revelation which our next
census will make of the swift develop
inert OF the great resources of some OF
the States. X ich State will bring it,
generous contribution to the great ag-
gregate of tho nations increase. And
when the harvest from the felds, the
cattle from the hills and the ores of the
earth shall have been weighed, counted
and valued. we will turn from them all
to crown with the highest honor the
State that has most promoted education.
virtue, justice and patriotism among the
people.
At the conclusion Of the speech Chief
Justice Melville w. Fuller stepped for
I'd loA 10, 10 XII |
and administered the oath to Gen. Har-
rison.
THE CABlNENT.
President Harrison Tuesday sent to
the Senate the following nominations:
Secretary OF State, James & Blaine Of
Maine; Secretary of the Treasury, Will
liam Window of Minnesota Secretary
of War, Redfield Proctor of Vermont;
Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin F
Tracy of New York; Secretary of the
Interior. John w. Noble of Missouri:
Post master General, John Wannamaker
OF Pennsylvania; Attorney General, W.
H. H. Miller OF Indiana; Secretary of
Jeremiah Rusk of Wiscon-
sin. The nominations were confirmed
IN ten minutes session of the Senate.
The proceedings in executive session
were of the most formal character. Ac-
cording to the rlmost unbroken line of
presidents the nominations of members
or ex-members If the Senate were con-
fi-med without reference to committees.
Messrs. Blaine and Window being one
of this class, Vice President Morton's
question as to them: will the Senate
advise and consent to this appoint
ment p was answered affirmatively by
a unanimous vote, and 10 as to all the