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Show KKSIONATIOaV Or hrualor PJmui.ls: Mr Has llrl.l lilt Position fur A Ifutrtcr of A Century. A MOST tXCITINQ CUCTIOII IN CHICAOO, Canadian Papers Comment on (lie IVlllure of Tupprr's Mission lo Waslilnjlnn. Hy T.laxrasii to tiis ms. SI.MIHII i.nur.Mis. lie llealiaa. ill. I'liire In Ihe fulled males Aenale. WAf.niMiTn.v, April 7. Senator Crorge J'V IVImunds of Vermont, who hasUeulntheBeiiate of tho United Hialisi slum April, 1KIKI, nud lu nearly, If not quite all ufthat time lien mm of the reimDIIcnii leaiiens, lias n-stnm-l, to tatteelltal on the 1st of November neat. In hla letter tu the governor lio sarsi "In thus terminating my nlllclal relation W llll the Htatc, I beg to ex. press lu her tteadfasl, Intelligent and sitrlollu1tU"iis my irufoiiiid gratl-tudo gratl-tudo for tho long and unwavering cou-flderuti cou-flderuti and sups,-t they have glvoll inu (covering mi uvcutful perl.sl or n luatlrrofareiduryl, liimy ellorU tu promote and defend, au far as I Jiavu been able, thtlr honor and welfare, 111 tsjiiiiuou with that of all Ihu i.coplo uf tt e Unlleil Htatc. "In ceasing to Is senator I am proud tli at I continue to lien cltlmu of our ts'lovisl cointiioiiwejilth, and Ihlit '1 tnay,wlth my rullowclllteiis In private life, continue to strive, for thu maintenance mainten-ance of those principles of liberty, piality and Justice In government which have, without tlio shadow of turning, animated them from the foil n-datlin n-datlin of tho republic." The senator nlso sent a letter of liotl-flcatlou liotl-flcatlou lo VM-Prisildent Morton. |