News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-02-21

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The past week has been an unusual
ly dull one in both houses. The Sen
ate is waiting to finally dispose of
the gold standard bill, on which a
vote will be taken next Thursday,
when of course it will be passed. One
or two speeches only remain to be
read by the opposition. The repub-
licans are not discussing the measure
which needs no endorsement, and are
only allowing the other fellows to do
the talking and tire themselves out.
The Quay case will come up this week
and very likely occupy several days
in discussion. The week, therefore,
will be practically wasted in the Sen
ate. Quay says he will have the vote
of every republican Senator, but this
is utter nonsense. Senator Burrows
of Michigan, republican, heads the
majority report of the committee on
elections against him, and other re-
publican Senator's are OutspOkenly
against him. Nearly all, however,
refuse to commit themselves on the
| subject and the result is very much in
doubt. Meanwhile the hearing before
the committee as to the right Of Sen
ator Clark of Montana, democrat, to
his seat is dragging along. The more
witnesses the committee have the less
| they know of the merits of the case,
from the fact that with possibly two
or three exceptions the witnesses are
self-cOnfessed and professional liars,
who have made business for years
of selling out to every body and max
ing an affidavit of anything and for
any purpose for a consideration.
They all own up to it and glory in
their experiences until the hewildered
committee find it impossible to be-
lieve anybody on oath. This very
reasonable doubt" will very likely
benefit Senator Clark in the end and
will probably retain his seat. Mr..
Bard, the new Senator from Califor-
MIA, has left home for this city, and
will arrive and take bis seat this week.
He is a native of Pennsylvania, a
hard-headed and able business man
and the greatest qualification for a
seat in the Senate, he is million
aire. That settles it.
The arrival of Senator Bard will
make the Senate consist Of 81 repub-
licans, 26 democrats and 10 insur-
gents and Phillipnos of various
grades. Three or four of the ten, how
ever, Jones and Stewart of Nevada,
Teller of Colorado and Kyle of South
Dakota are republicans to all intents
and for nearly every purpose. The
real, boiled down traitors in the SEN
ate number only three or four.
The members of the Vermont dele
cation are continually busy with
some detail or the preparation of
some stupendous scheme of state
craft, and are by no means loaing
away the golden hours of luxurious
idleness. There are petitions and
resolutions and papers to be prepar-
ed and introduced every day, there
are delegations and candidates and
aspirants for everything and every
purpose conceivable to be met and
heard, vast quantities of mail to an
swer at length and carefully, the adj
vices and opinion of the Vermont ed
itors to peruse and consider and d.
gest, and on top of everything else a
big stack of pension claims to "call
up" and hurry up, very frequently a
pension claim necessitates a personal
visit to the pension office and an ex-
animation of the files. A Senator's
or Representatives. salary is about
SALT per month, or about $104 per
week, approximating $15 ner day
for every day in the ye4r. You can
figure from this what his time is
worth, when you ask him to spend
two or three hours in your sprvire or
ask bis time discussing the possibili-
ties of rain. See?
The government has at last decid-
ed not to assign any particular rou-
tine work to Admiral Dewey, and will
only call on him for advice and conn
sci on important matters concerning
the Navy. He therefore has all his
time practically to himselfand abund-
ant leisure for rest, social duties and
the enjoyment of marital felicity. He
says that Mrs. Dewey represents "the
wealth of the world" to him, in which
case, and considering all the attend
ant circumstances, he must consider
himself pretty well fixed. The posi-
tion of flag lieutenant on his person.
al staff, made vacant by the death
of Lieut.. Brumby, is not yet filed
but it is expected that his nephew
Lieutenant Theodore, will be assign.
ed to the place if the Admiral makes
the request.
/ The status OF the parcels post bill
regarding which there is 40 much dis
cussion in Vermont, is just now very
much in doubt. The bill is wei
thought of and has many friends, but
will meet with warm opposition for va
rious reasons. The greatest of these
just now seem to be that the depart
ment can not afford it. 1t has tC
meet big deficit each year, largely
caused by the abuse OF the second
class postage laws by illegitimat,
publishers and swindlers generally
and until this abuse is uprootpd anC
adjusted the government dislikes tt
!, assume added expense in the face o