The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26

1T is now believed that Gladstone
will call general caucus of all liberal
members of parliament in few days,
just before the second reading of his
home-rule bill, and by his explanations
try to secure their support before a
critical vote is had in the house of
commons.
THERE is talk at Washington of dis
ciplining Senator Riddleberger for
drunkenness. This will be new de-
parture. In the past many senators
have made speeches when fuddled, but
they were generally big men, or popu-
lar men. Riddleberger is neither
Traveller.
THE department of scientific in
struction of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union has secured a nota-
BILE Victory in the passage by both
houses of congress of a bill providing
for temperance instruction in all schools
over which the national government
has jurisdiction
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, who has
been making personal investigation
of the matter, says that in the city of
New York there are 10000 children
under twelve years of age who are
homeless, and of these 1000 have alb
solutely no shelter, and sleep where
night and darkness chance to find
them.
WE are under obligations to a west
ern correspondent of the Free Press for
the startling statement that Mr.. Ed
munds is the only man who can cope
with the constantly increasing horde of
the revolutionists that is pouring in
upon us from the old country" Just
think of 1.-THE only man! Here is
food for thought.
BRADsTREET reports that the total
loss on building contracts in ten cities,
on account of the strike, was 800
400 900, the New England cities suffer-
ing 1926, 900 in wages and $4,000, 900 in
new business stopped. Only As 900 of
the 250 900 men who have at one time or
another been on a strike since April pa
were out on May 20.
THE general situation, on the whole,
may be regarded as encouraging. The
tide has evidently turned in the matter
of labor troubles, and as these become
settled one of the most depressing bust
ness influences will be gradually re-
moved. The almost certainty that the
tariff will not be disturbed at the pres
ent session of congress is another ia
vorable indication of reviving pros
perity.-1roreller.
THE vital statistics returned for the
tenth census, which have only Just
been published after a lapse of five
years, place the total number of deaths
in the United States during the census
year at 1855 1893. Consumption stands
at the head of the list of causes, with
| 81 go deaths to its credit; pneumonia
is good second, with SO ,053: diphthera
third, with 3S,143, and heart disease
fourth, with 26,06S.
Mr.. JAEHNE's daily occupation is
now this He stands in front of table
on which rests tin vessel containing
starch water, and from a basketful of
shirts, which have been washed and
wrung out, he picks out one and dips
! its bosom and wristbands in the starch
Then he LAYS this shirt aside and re-
peats the operation until there are no
shirts left. He leaves off work at six
p. M.-Ne,r York Sun.
AFTER looking over our state eX-
changes, we conclude that neither Mr..
Ormsbee nor Mr.. Batchelder are much
ahead in the gubernatorial race. There
appears to be fine opportunity in pros
| pect for some dark horse" The
anxiety of some of the aspirants to
gain the favor of a faction of the party
by defining their position on question
that has no legitimate connection with
the state canvass, may lead to the de-
feat of their fond anticipations.
THE candidates thus far mentioned
for the republican nomination for
acknowledgements are Franklin Fair
banks of st. Johnsbury, c. b. Eddy of
Bellows Falls, Hugh Henry of Chester
and Levi X. Fuller of Brattleboro.
There is standing room for a few more
candidates. The only contests in the
state convention will be on governor
and Acknowledgements The present
incumbents of the offices of secretary
of state, state treasurer and auditor
have filled their places to general ac-
ceptance, and will be unanimously re-
nominated.
THE down-east papers are excited
over the action of the Dominion author
tiles in refusing to allow American fish
ermen to have commercial transactions
in their ports. Besides Selling two
vessels for the offense of buying bait,
they threaten other vessels with a like
penalty, and are INDUCING in much
buster. The American case against
the Dominion is so strong that prob
ably Great Britain will refuse to sane
ton the policy of non-intercourse
Meanwhile Secretary Bayard has re-
quested of the British government the
release of the seized fishing schooner
David j. Adams.
The owner of one of our well-known
newspapers, who had worked an aver
age of twelve to fifteen hours day for
lifetime in building up and sustaining
his paper, and who was worn out in the