Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-09-06

that never nation had such soldiers
as the American volunteers, never
nation owed SO much to it's soldiers,
and never one that had the financial
ability and resources to pay that
debt so literally.
In his speech at Sebago Lake
Mr.. Blaine showed that during the
recent session of Congress the repub-
licans were all but unanimous for
protection, while the vast majority
of democratic members were against
it. In the nine states where the
greatest number of people are en-
ployed in manufacturing, the depos
its in the savings banks were only
$I60, 100000 in 1861, when the re-
publicans enacted the Morrill, tariff
and during the 20 years in which
protection has been enforced, these
deposits have increased to more than
81, O2O, 100000. During that time
the population has increased but 80
per cent, and the peoples savings
have increased 800 per cent. The
same productive policy has served
to give an enormous development to
industries IN the west. A larger
number of workers in the British en-
pire have only four-tenths the saw
ings of those In the New England and
and Middle States.
The Union is "nOt aware that the
party prohibitionists IN this city have
ever lent their influence actively to
the enforcement of the law" We
presume not; the execution of the
law has never been delegated to the
| prohlbitionists indeed the least sus-
picion Of proclivity in this direction
has been pretty certain to exempt one
from the responsibilities of office. II
looks to US like the depth of coward
ice for great party in power to at
tempt to excuse it's officials and IT.
self from even the attempt to NEE
its duties and responsibilities by
sneaking behind few individuals
who maintain that the thing ought tC
be done. 1t is of course, the duty o
the private citizen to give his genera
influence and example in favor o
every wholesome law, but it is not hl
duty to hunt up evidence to convic
the guilty or to supply starch for tn
cartiIaginous back bone of an official
We presume the editor of the Unio
is opposed to theft and to the house
of ill fame, but we are aware that h
has ever lent his influence actively t
the enforcement of laws agains
these evils, that it is not his provinc
nor is it ours to seek evidence agains
the violators of the liquor law
Springfield Republican.
Mr.. EditOr,-I write to inform 20
that we had a visit on the I'd ms
from the noted "fugleman'' recentl
spoken of in the MONITOR, who We
searching the Valley in the interest
of Jay Gould & Co. Reports say b
is loaded with arguments CD for tt
defeat of Geo. F.Edmunds. He pass
2 ed by your subscriber ION the othe
: side" as did the priest and Levitt
: At the village he enquired if thel
d were any anti-Edmunds men in town
e wanted to know if the Rutland Tel
I qram had been received in tow
S He was informed that there were fe
e if any anti-Edmunds men in Lowell
and that the Telegram had not four
favor in this section. Our Frank
county adviser hoped we would n
., instruct our representative to vote f
u Edmunds. We shall probably sci
staunch, trustworthy republics
from this town, who will not need i
Z structions to do honor to his toy
q and state, and who cannot be swer
- ed fron right by any outside induen
e es. FAIR PLAY.
- LoaceU, Sept. Sd.