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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16
Asking Too Much.

The mugwump theory that it is prac-
ticable to have politics without poll
ticians, or parties without partisanship,
and that federal oflice-holders should
be debarred from active participation
in political affairs, is beginning to pro-
woke considerable dissent even from
independent journals. The Boston
Record warns the friends of civil SER
vice reform that they need to be wary,
lest it be made ridiculous and offensive
by carrying it too far. 1t declares that
while an official should not neglect his
duties for campaigning, nor exert the
influence of his Office to help or hurt
either party, nor be subjected to levies
that come with an implied threat of de-
capitation if refused, an official is still
citizen and freeman, and ought to
have the right to hold and express
opinions and to contribute voluntarily
to fund for party expenses. The
New York SIN, which is not friendly
to civil service reform, protests against
the theory that would make it high
treason against government for gov
eminent employe to NEEDLE with poll
tics. 1t says: " For our part, we be-
lieve that an employe of the govern
ment can discharge his duty to his
employer faithfully, and yet have time
and strength to give TO the service of
his party. AS long as they attend to
business, whose business is it what else
they do? The head of great mercan-
tile house, the superintendent of i'm
portant commercial interests, can al
ways find time, if he has inclination
to engage in politics. But what would
be right in him would be wrong, it
seems, in the head Of the government
or the head of a department. A collec-
tor of milk-bills may go to primaries
and conventions and be as busy in
party work as a bee, and still do his
business creditably and well; but a
collector of customs or of internal
revenue shall not have the same
privilege. This would be very curl
Gus country if the mugwumps could
make it over to suit them" There is
much truth in this view, though it is
the expression of journal that is
strongly prejudiced against civil SER
vice reform. The professional civil
service reformers are riding hobby,
and they seem to regard the triumph of
their pet theories as the be-all and end
all of political effort. But they are in
great danger of creating a strong popu-
lar feeling against reform by making
unreasonable and impracticable de-
mands in that behalf.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16

"BETTER not attempt to get out
again and wave that bloody shirt
which Grant so carefully folded and
put away" This is the remark of a
paper in Massachusetts that processes
to support republican principles. So
far as waving the "bloody shirt" and
perpetuating war issues are concerned,
no republican has dissented from any
utterance of General Grant ON the sub
ject. But the evident drift of the re-
mark above quoted is to rebuke Sena-
tor Sherman and other republicans for
insisting that it is an injustice to every
citizen of every other state that thirty
eight congressman and thirty-eight
presidential electors are elected by the
bourbon democrats by practical de-
NAL of the right of free suffrage. 1t is
gross insult to the memory of Gen
eral Grant to claim that he was ever
disposed to palliate or condone the
iniquitous electoral methods of the
southern bourbons. Any person or
newspaper protesting to be republican
that advises the republican party to eX-
cuse or ignore the monstrous crime
against free elective franchise will
find more congenial associations in the
democratic party
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16

keep up with the needs of the increas-
ing population. AS a state Gf the ter
ritory were not divided), it would rank
in population above New Hampshire,
Vermont, Florida, Rhode Island, Della
ware, Nevada, Colorado and Oregon.
Should its present rate of growth con-
tinue until the next federal census, one
third of the states will be inferior to it
in the number of voters. In 1870 the
improved lands and farms in the terri
tory comprised 42,645 acres; in 1880,
$780, acres. The number of farms
in 1870 was 1 ,720; in 1880, II ,439-the
value of those of 1880 being S22 ,400, 900,
and the total value of agricultural
products for that year being S15 1924 900.
Now there are $4,000 farms, and the
number is constantly increasing. Since
June, 1880, the date of the census,
about 25,000,000 acres have been sold
or taken up under the homestead or
timber-culture act. The population is
not of the shifting and uncertain char
acter that may be found in Montana
and Idaho, and it is not likely to de-
crease in the future.
With all the requisites for admission,
there can be but one reason for refus-
ing Dakota's demand. The territory is
strongly republican, and of course
would send republican senators and
representatives to congress. The ques-
ton should be decided without refer
ence to political considerations, but it
is more than probable that the demo-
cratic majority in the lower house of
congress will seek to find some excuse
for not admitting Dakota even as one
state. The democratic plan is reported
to be to refuse Dakota admission until
they can pick out democratic territory
with sufficient population to admit with
Dakota, so as to offset the republican
gain of United States senators and
members of congress with equal demo-
cratic gains. But no other territory,
with the possible exception of New
Mexico, has sufficient population to en-
title it to representative in congress;
and by the last census New Mexico
lacked about 10000 of the requisite
number. Neither party can raise any
valid objection to the admission of any
territory to statehood that can present
satisfactory claims.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16

ties was to redeem the wrong that
had been done to one-half of the coun-
try (meaning the democrats) by their
uniform exclusion from holding office"
But he did not allude to the vastly
greater wrong done to the country by
the exclusion of tens of thousands of
voters in the cotton states of the South
from equal political rights. The New
York Times (mugwump) rebukes Mr..
Wheeler, and says it cannot concede
that the offices under the federal gov
eminent should be divided equally
between any class of people, and says
politics should have nothing to do with
either appointments or removals. But
the Times ignores the palpable fact that
the plea that it was the duty of the
President to divide the offices more
equally between the two parties was
invented by the mugwumps to excuse
his removals of republican officials
when none other but political reason
could be given for such removals.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16
The Brainerd Case.

The capture of Lawrence Brainerd,
the wrecker of the st. Adams Trust
Company, by two Boston detectives, in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been one of
the leading topics of discussion the
past week. Brainerd escaped from his
captors at Minneapolis on Wednesday
night last. 1t is stated that one of the
detectives went to get tickets, and
when the other turned his back for a
moment Brainerd disappeared and no
traces of him could be found. 1t is
supposed he had friends, who followed
him and aided in making the escape.
The integrity of the detectives has
been questioned, and it is suggested
that by the payment of more money to
them by Brainerd than they had been
promised for effecting his capture they
permitted him to escape. 1t is claimed,
however, that two other detectives, en-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16
DakOta's Demand.

The arrival in Washington of the
governor of Dakota, with copy of the
census of the territory for deposit in the
interior department, revives the ques-
ton of admitting that territory as a
state. The new census shows popu-
lation of 400, 000-about 150, 900, enough
for one member of congress, being in
that part of the territory which desires
separate admission as North Dakota,
and about 100000 in South Dakota,
nearly enough to entitle that part to
two members of congress. The terri
tory is growing rapidly, both in popula-
ton and improvements. Railroads are
penetrating the territory in various di-
rections, and transportation facilities
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16

THE Caroline Islands, about which
Germany and Spain have been quarrel
ing, are in the western Pacific, in the
vicinity of the Philippines, Ladrones
and New Britain groups. There are
about fifty islands altogether, all small
and having an area of not more than
twelve hundred square miles. They
were first discovered by the Portuguese
in 1926. The Spaniards base their
claim to the islands in part on the work
of Spanish traders and missionaries,
and in part on the reputed acquies-
cence of the islanders in their domina-
ton. 1t does not appear that Germany
has any claim whatever to their posses
sion, and it is doubtful if Spain can
show clear right to them. For the
present, at least, Germany has decided
not to persist in her claim.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16

THE democratic papers have been
making much of what they term Gre
markable revelations in respect to
the court of Alabama claims, which
for ten years has been adjudicating the
distribution of the Geneva award.
Extravaganza and peculation are al
legged against its expense account. The
Burlington Uowa) HoUkeye publishes
an interview with Hon. James Harlan,
presiding judge of the court of Ala
bama claims, which shows that there
is little foundation for the charges.
The appropriation made by congress
was insufficient to meet the necessary
expenses of the court, but the court
found it impossible to adjudicate the
claims at smaller expense. If the ex-
penses of the court had been reduced,
its existence would have been pro-
longed and the aggregate expenditures
would have been greatly multiplied.
The present complication is the result
of sham democratic economy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16
Notes and Opinions.

THE Charleston Ne,CS and Courier
calls the silver dollar those cart-wheel
things"
THE latest crop reports from Great
Britain and Ireland show an estimated
falling off of nearly two million BUSH
els of wheat and three million bushels
of barley from last year.
IT will be well to keep it in mind that
the United States treasury department
has no more authority to prohibit the
circulation of small notes than the post
office department has to stop the mails
Concord Monitor.
THE London Times acknowledges
that American competition has ruined
the prospects of the Cheshire dairy
farmers, having brought the price of
their cheese down so low as to make it
no longer remunerative to continue the
business.
CAREFULLY collected statistics re-
lating TO institutions of charities and
correction in this country show that
they have from 10000 to II 900 juve-
nile delinquents under their care, of
whom eighty per cent are represented
as having reformed.
If the New York independents de-
sire to endorse President Cleveland, as
is claimed they do, they will have to
vote the democratic ticket. But in so
doing they will also endorse what they
claim to earnestly disapprove. That,
however, does not in the least dismay
them. Your professional independent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16

CAPTAIN EADs' plan of transisth-
milan ship railway, which shall move a
ship on wheels from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, is to have practical trial
on smaller scale. An English COM
pany has commenced to build such a
railway across the narrow neck of land
that connects the peninsula of Nova
Scotia with the province of New Bruins
wick, which will save three hundred
miles to vessels going northward into
the Gulf of the st. Lawrence. If the
practicability of this ship railway is
well demonstrated, it will furnish a
strong support to Captain Eads' pro-
ject for an interoceanic line on the
isthmus of Tehauntepec.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16

THE new first controller of the treas
ury department, who is Kentucky
democrat, has distinguished himself by
two peculiar rulings. One is that the
direct war tax was not levied on the
states, but on individual property
holders who were citizens of the United
States. He expected to relieve the
southern people from the payment of
certain taxes which they have been
contriving some way to evade, but the
discovery is made that the effect of his
ruling is contrary to what he intended
it should be. Another of the control
ler's rulings is that loyal southern men
cannot be paid for property taken dur
ing the war. Loyalty, therefore, is to
be doubly punished.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16

IN his letter to the chairman of the
Connecticut republican state committee
Everett p. Wheeler of the New York
Civil Service Reform Association stated
that one of President Cleveland's du-
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-10
HOUSE

Mr.. Randall submitted 9 conference re-
port Oh the sgndry cigii approx ria ion bill.
VI amendments placed upon tie bill an
agreem mt has teen reached rs 40 III lesr-
log 90 still IL controversy. The 80 aureLd
menls on which agreement E2s rot been
reached, involved IN appgol ii siion of 10
244,VoO. ol these 80 were tor public bEiid-
ING which would rquiIe AN exp ni.tu.e
81 81 ,G31 .OOO. For iWo aGi half hours
matters went on very smoothly. The re-
port q the house Was agreed 70. and the
hoase proceeded 10 consider tie amend
menIs upon which no asreem,nt had teen
reached. The house insisted on Its dis
agreement in each case until the amend
mems relative 10 public buildings were
reached
Mr.. Randall asked that they be
recorsiderei in gross, bur objection
was made by those members who desired 10
amend the amendments with new proposi-
tons. M. K ,udail iEereupOn called tie
previous question on the first senate amend
menis, bul point of no quorum having
been raised, further consideration was
and Mr.. Kendall submitted
conference report on the naval arpropria-
tlcn bill, announcing disagreement As
the clerk was reading the report Daylight
began TO stream into the chamber, and the
doorkeepers busted themselves in awaken.
ing many persons who had spent the night
in galleries, and who had enjoyed quiet
naTs, stretched upon The benches. iheir
heads resting on overcoats and other i'm.
provised pillows. New arrivals made their
appearance and the house bsgau TO wear a
brighter aspect, although the air in The
chamber was sitting. Members who had
been stopping in the cloak rooms and lob
bies came into the hall refreshed and pro-
ceeded to the restaurant to secure break.
fast.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-10
Stricken with PARALYSIS,

Margaret futile, dining room girl at
the Garrison house, was found in a semi
comotose condition in her bed yesterday
morning, and removed to her brother-in-
laws in East Sedalia, where medical aid
was Summoned. She was no better last
night and is in precarious condition. Her
physician pronounces her disease partial
paralysis Of the heart. Her brother, John
Tuttle, who resides at Richmond, Missouri,
has been autographed for and villa arrive
to-day.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-10
Dead

Mr.. Geo. Twist, an oil employee in the
K. d L. shops, who has for several days
been indispossd, died very suddenly at L
o'clock yesterday at the residence of his
brother-in-law, Officer Thos. Preniiss. Mr..
Twist was AZ years of age, and leaves a
wife and child, who are at present visiting
in EHglard. The funeral will take place
from the Baptist church Friday at 2 p. NJ,
Rev. j. b. Fuller officiating.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-10

From the worst stages of Heart Dis
ease / CO slider myself cured by the use of
DIR. Graves Heart Regulator.-T. M.
Towns, Tilton, n. III. 80 years have proved
the Heart Regulator sure remedy. Sold
by druggists at 81. per bottle.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-10

ssS% All Ladies Should Know That
Hoods, scaris, ribbons and all fancy
articles can be made any color wanted with
Diamond Dyes. All the popular colors.
Zoe. at druggists. NOue equal them.
Wells, Richardson q Co, Burlington, VT.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-10
GRANT RETIRED.

The bill retiring Grant passed both
houses amid laundering applause. 1t has
been signed by the president and unani-
mously couhrLaed by the senate in open ex-
ecutIve session.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-10
SENT THEIR ASSISTANCE.

The united efforts of the soldiers and
police only suficed TO make narrow pass
age way through the dense thrOng, and the
various organizations which followed pass
ed in review under this disadvantage. A
large number of colored troops were en-
listed in the Third division, and their SOL
dierly bearing and good marching ELECTED
much praise from the spectators. The New
York Sixty-ninth regiment was in this di-
vision about 600 strong, and its fine band
and excellent marching fully met the ex-
pectation which had been raised as to the
appearance of this regiment. The Grena-
diers of Prochambeau, New York, were
also we'll received.
THE BUSCH zoUAvEs,
of st. Louis, wore the most elegant uniform
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-10

proceeded to the dining room of the white
house where they psrtook OF lunch ordered
Tor them by ex-President Arthur. There
were present besides the members of ex-
President Arthur's cabinet, Mr.. Villas, Mr..
Manning, Mr.. Lamont and several others.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
The Iowa Auditor.

Dies MONIES, Iowa, March Go
day state auditor Brown was again
arrested, this time on an information
charging him with refusing the gov
ernor access to the auditors Office
anu books Brown waived examlna.
ton and gave bail. The charges on
which he was first arrested was based
to have been referred to the grand
jury by Justic McMartin. The
report of the commission of experts
which was the occasion of Browns
suspension by Governor Sherman is
made public tonight. 1t proceeds to
show that the business Of TIE auditors
Office has not been conducted accord
ing to law-that Brown refused to
make report required, that he failed
to pay over to the state 81, 400, fees
for examination Of state banks, that
for his expenditure Of $4,000 of
contingent fund he had cnIy
two vouchers amounting to $56; that
he has destroyed valuable records
which are the only means to ascertain
the actual amount of insurance fees
paid il to his hands for the year 1883,
and that his deputy has received out
of clerks funds, IN addition to his
salary, 1890, for which no voucher
has been filed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
Cattle Disease.

ST. LOUIS, March 1,-Advices from
Fulton, Mo-, state that that pleuro
pneumonia has developed in a herd
of Jersey cattle belonging to the State
Lunatic Asylum at that place. Eight
COWS died within a month and others
are sick The infection was commun-
icated by bull purchased last July
from S. S. Trip, Peoria, Ill.
AS soon as. the animal was
known to be infected he was
isolated fron the herd, but the con-
tagion had spread with the above re
suit. DR.. Trumbower Of the agricul-
tural department at Washington has
been at Fulton everal days, making
thorough exam alton. He declares
it to be pleuro pneumonia and advises
the killing of the entire herd afflicted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
The Size Of cur Lakes.

The latest measurement of our fresh
water seas are as follows:
The greatest length Of Lake Super
Tor is 335 miles; its greatest breadth is
100 miles; mean depth, 686 feet; eleva-
ton, 627 feet; area, $4,000 square
miles.
The greatest length of Lake Mich
gan is $50 miles; its greatest breadth,
108 miles; mean depth, 800 feet; ele>
walton, sos feet: area, $4,000 square
miles.
The greatest length of Lake Huron
200 miles; its greatest breadth. 169
miles; mean depth, 900 feet; elevation,
274 feet; area, $1,000 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Erie Is
$50 miles; greatest breadth, 80 miles;
mean depth, "a feet; elevation, 555
feet; area, 5000 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Ontario
is $50 miles; its greatest breadth, 65
miles; mean depth, 800 feet elevation.
261 feet; area, 5000 square miles.
The length of all five is 1 ,26S miles,
covering an area upward OF $4,000
square miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
FRIDAY, MARCH 6,

Sendte-Senate bills passed: To pro.
vide for greater economy in the pur-
chase of supplies for state institutions.
To limit the time to bring actions con-
corning lands heretofore sold for the
unemployment of taxes, where the title
claimant has paid the taxes thereon.
To provide for the purchase Of an
executive residence, at a cost not to ex
coed S20,000. Ayes %, noes Z. Re-
lating to telegraph, telephone, electric
light and other wires and cables. To
amend section 997, revised statutes, re-
lating to the census. To amend section
1889 of the revised statutes, entitled an
act to drain overlooked lands. To
amend chapter Is Of the general laws
of 1882, eatitled, ian act to grant the
land necessary to Increase the depot
accommodation of the northern hospi-
tai for the insane correcting n error
in the description of the land therein
mentioned.
House.-In the house large amount
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
Hazen Wants q Trial,

WASHINGTON, March TT is IN
derstood that Gen. Hazen has written
a letter to the new secretary of war,
asking that no steps be taken to dis
solve the court martial recently or
dered to try him Git having been in
timated that such action would be
taken by President Cleveland), and
requesting that be may be tried in
justice to himself.
The counsel for Gen. Hazen will
challenge all members Of he
court martial on the ground shat ;he
late secretary of war, acting as accUser
IN the case, also made the detail for
the court, thus legally tainting its
character as a judicial body. Inspector
General D. B. Sackett, of the United
States army. is dangerously i'll athis
residence. His friends do not believe
he will live until morning.
Miss Cleveland held her first Saur-
day afternoon reception at the white
house to- day. The callers, both lades
and gentlemen, numbered several
hundred, a majority Of whom were
strangers who had been in attendance
at the Inauguration ceremonies.