Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-01-09

EPresident- elect Cleveland has been
constrained to announce publicly his
opposition to the election Of Chairman
Murphy, of the democratic state COM
mittee, as member of the United
States senate from New York. He
does not consider Mr.. Murphy to be
well qualified for post of such re-
sponsibQity. In this most people, who
are not particularly attached to the
s'machine," will agree with him. Mr..
Murphy is a brewer and a politician
by profession. He has an ambition to
close his political career in the senate
OF the United States. 1t is nothing
in his favor to say that men have been
elected to this position no better quail
flied than he. He would perhaps be
quite as useful in that body as Sena
tor Quay or Senator Cameron. But
the senate is place for men who
have developed capacity for public
business, and particularly for states
manship. Mr.. Murphy had develop
ed capacity simply to run the tina
chine'' of his party. No one denies
that he has run it we'll; but seat in
the United States senate for six years
is entirely too big a reward for such
services. We honor the President
elect for his courage in openly oppcs-
ing the election of Mr.. Murphy.
The acquittal Of Professor Briggs,
on the charge of heresy, by the New
York Presbytery after a trial involving
large expenditure of time and la
Dor and money, in reality settles moth
ng, and the trial has not been pro-
ductive of any essential benefit. A
jury of nearly one hundred and fifty
of equally earnest and sincere Christ
ians have decided, by bare MAJ GRITTY,
that the professor is guiltless Of here
sy, but the verdict Is to be appealed
from and the entire controversy is to
be fought over again. Had the decision
been different it would probably net
have affected his standing as religi-
Gus teacher. Professor Smith, of Lane
seminary and Professor Smythe, of
Andover, both of whom were convict
ed of heretical teachings, continue in
their relations to those institutions,
and continue in the respect and con-
fidence Of the religious public.
The clergy are now taking up the
question of National quarantine, and
urging the reform as necessary to
Nation. This question is constantly
growing in Importance, and will con-
tinue to grow. Congress cannot af-
ford to ignore the urgency of public
opinion on the subject. The time to
act is, of course, at this session, since
the cholera is almost knocking at our
doors, and it is alimportant to pre-
vent it from gaining admittance in
this year of our Worlds Fair. We
hope to have many thousand Of Eu
ropean visitors, but, Of course, they
can not be expected to come if the
cholera is here, or if there is a pros
pect of their being held in quarantine
for any length of time. Uniform,
stringent and consistent quarantine
regulations are imperatively demand
ed
The semi official statement that /
Mr.. Cleveland favors the plan Of
Congressman Gear for the appoint
ment Of committee by the Demo
cratic caucus of the next House to /
prepare a tariff bill in conjunction
with the Secretary of the Treasury,
no doubt means that that plan will be |
followed out. The bill will be con-
sidered at an extra session of Con-
gress to be held late next summer.
Meanwhile the Republican robber
tariff will continue. 1t is not so aw
fully bad after all. The democratic
party is willing to stand it for six
months Or a year or more.