The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29

comfortable fury. They kick a little at
it now and then, and reproachful tear
seems to gather in their pensive eyes;
but that is all. Small trace is there OF
the irreclaimable righteousness of the
original and undomestcatedm ugwump.
They have found their master, and for
the most part they obey him-sadly,
perhaps, but blindly.-NeW YORK. san.
" IT is low estimate to say that the
total extra cost of the wooden goods
worn by the American people yearly is
S1500O0, 600" says the Chicago Tribune.
" Shall our domestic wool-growers and
muskrat-trapper be protected at an eX-
pense so enormous?" But admitting
that the statement of the Tribune is
correct. is it not better that this great
sum should be paid to our " wool
growers and muskrat-trappers," and so
kept and distributed in our own country
than send it abroad to enrich other peo-
pie? The theory of the free-traders
that only the producers and manufac-
turers get the benefit of a protective
tariff is an exploded fallacy.
THE final report of the royal commits
sion appointed to investigate the reason
for the prolonged depression of trade
in Great Britain has been published and
circulated among the members of par
Lament. The commission says that, in
its opinion, the chief features of the
commercial situation are: First, very
serious falling off in the eXchangeable
,,f I,o IF
ond, increase of production of nearly
all other classes of commodities; third,
a tendency in the supply of commodi-
ties TO outrun the demand; fourth, a
consequent diminution in the profit at
tainable by production; fifth, similar
diminution in the rate of interest on
invested capital.
THE interstate commerce bill has
been postponed until after the senators
have discussed their Christmas turkey.
Its fate at that time is far from certain.
Inquiry at random among the members
of the senate finds sentiment consid-
erably unsettled. 1t would probably
be deemed a piece of irreverence 10
state that it is very likely that not all
of the senators fully understand the
bill. But the inference from some ques-
tons which ] know have been put to
the conferen committee can only be
that the ideas of the questioners, on
some parts of the bill at least, are eX'
ceedingly misty. The railroad men
are makinga good deal of talk in all sec.
tons of the country, criticising the bill
sometimes rather vaguely but often
approximately. - Washington Core
spondence Of Springfield Republican.
THE report that a republican repre-
sentative-elect to the Indiana legisla-
ture has been injured and will probably
die will not be reassurng news to the
republicans of that state. 1t will be
an additional encouragement that he
was elected in a county usually demo
cratic and that republican success is
again problematical. Death played 6
prominent part in the Illinois sena
torial contest Of 1885. During its
progress three members of the legisla
ture died. The first two were sue
ceeded by members of the same party
as the decedent, but on the death of the
third, who was a democrat, the repub
licans, by superior generalship, sue
ceeded in carrying the election. This
gave them majority and ended the
struggle with the election of Genera
Logan. In the Indiana legislature the
democrats have a majority of two OF
the face of the returns, but the repub
licans claim that the unseating of incl
igible and fraudulently-elected mem
bers will give them majority. l
death intervenes, however, it will Ger
tainly add to the bitterness and lengtl
of the struggle and add new elemen
of doubt to the issue.-Trdreller.