The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-17
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advocating the nomination of Senator Ed |
munds of Vermont for president, and SEN
ator Miller of California for vice-presi- |
dent by the next republican national con-
vention. The credit of printing that
article rightfully belonged to the Tribune
of Minneapolis, MINI.
FRANCE made an ample and honorable
apology for the insult of the Partisan
mob to the king of Spain. The naughty
Castilian is not placated and demands
that her republican neighbor shall still
further abase herself for the indignity to
an heir of "divine rights France de.
cines to make further reparation, and
there is talk of war. She has borne her
self with dignity and honor in this I'M
pleasant affair, for which the government
is in nowise at fault. Surrounded by
jealous monarchies, France occupies
very trying position. Americas old
friend and generous ally is entitled to
her sympathy and encouragement.
THE following story is said to have
been told by Massachusetts, republican
stump-speaker: 81 went hunting last
spring and fearful storm came on, and
sought refuge in the hollow trunk of
tree. The rain poured in torrents, and
to my horror discovered that the tree
was swelling and COMPRISING itself in.
side so that felt myself being caught in
its embrace. Soon l could hardly move,
and tried in vain to crawl out of the
hole, but was fast. 1 concluded that
my time had come, and began to think
of the whole of my past life. The deeds
of years rolled through my mind. Last
aud finally the thought came that voted
for Butler last year. When that took
hold of me felt SO small that without
the least apparent effort shook off the
death embrace of the tree and found my.
self free again, and went forth to meet
my friends once more"
New YORK TRIBUNE: While the man
who takes your umbrell, has all seasons
for his own, and the man who has little
story to tell fails not in seed-time nor In
harvest, there is one particular fend who
becomes particularly numerous at about
the time when there is q GOODNESS in the
mornir breeze and no steam in the radi.
ator. We refer to the man who leaves
the door open. He comes to the office on
various ostensible errands, in fact on
about every known pretext-excepting to
settl, bill-but always his actual pur-
pose is to 60 away leaving wide open the
portal through which the atumnal zephyrs
come cavorting with glacial GOODNESS, and
bearing in their chaste embrace full
many token of the pervasive dust from
which we sprang and to which we shall
return. 1t does no good to bawl after
him to shut the door. Oh, no. He is
meandering adown the sunny street,
watching the white-winged clouds play
ing tag in the deep smiling heavens. But
as we lay down the pen, and push back
the chair, and walk to the door and close
it softly and pensively, and then stoop to
gather up the scattered papers that have
been whirled about our feet like fad
ing forest leaves, the blessed Serosch
whispers promises of good time, and we
are consoled with COL fidence that in that
bright dawning era our autumn days will
be free from carking care, for the man
who leaves the door open must CO."
COMMENTING upon the result of the
election in Ohio, the New York Times
says: "But if the election is compare
lively barren of significance in regard to
national politics, it is far from being so
as regards the temperance question, which,
though it has yet appeared only in the
arena of state aft airs, has a national i'm.
portance. Probably more votes were de-
cided by this question in Ohio on Tues
day than by any other. 1t is true that a
large number, perhaps majority, of the
voters on either side voted simply as par
tisans, and would have voted the same
way had there been no talk of temperance,
but very much larger number than ever
before were Influenced by their views and
desires as to the liquor traffic. The OPP
ponents of that traffic were numerous and
active, while the whole liquor interest in
every form was enlisted on the side of the
democrats. 1t is doubtful yet whether
the prohibition amendment was defeated
or not; but if it was, the vote for it was
nearly one-half of the largest vote ever
polled except in a presidential year.
J With this remarkable demonstration OF
voting strength on the part of the prohi-
bitionists, their managers have deliber-
ately thrown heavy vote against the re-
publican candidates, and have done their
best to elect the democratic candidates.
who were openly in the interest of free
liquor. The logic which led to this pc
J culiar action is not easily understood.
: There was no possible chance of electing
the prohibition state ticket or of a pro-
; hibiton majority in the legislature. There
: was chance, and very good one, OF
j securing prohibition amendment to the
. constitution. Yet the firmest and most