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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
The Silver Question.

1t may be true, as asserted by Wash
ington correspondents, that " the silver
scare is over" But the silver effects
are not over, and these are not favora-
BILE to the trade and business of the
country. No one has apprehended that
the failure of congress to suspend the
silver coinage at this session would
produce immediate financial disaster,
but the danger lies in the indefinite
continuance of that coinage. This dam
ger will only be wholly removed when
a silver dollar and gold dollar have a
substantial equality of value. Senator
Allison has introduced bill on the
subject which is regarded as a more
practical measure than that of Senator
Sherman. The Tribune thus reviews
it: He proposes to make silver coin
exchangeable for gold coin or for legal
tenders, and gold coin exchangeable
for silver coin, at the treasury or the
sub-treasury in New York. The effect
of this simple provision would be to
prevent, so long as the government can
continue the proposed exchange on de-
mand, any separation in value between
the silver or gold coin, or between the
paper nominally redeemable in silver
only and the other paper redeemable in
gold. The power to get gold at pleas
ure in place of silver coin or notes
would tend to make both more gener-
ally acceptable. If holders of certif-
Gates wanted gold for them, they would
only have to draw the silver dollars
which the certificates promised and
then exchange these dollars for gold
coin at the same treasury" This is
not regarded as an adequate remedy
against the dangers of an unlimited
silver coinage, but is intended to miti-
gate some of it's effects.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

much upon the same personal reasons,
though serious offences are laid at
his door. We have nothing to say in
commentator of these appointments;
probably much better ones could have
been made, and yet they are no worse
than a good many others made under
this administration. 1t is not clear
how the confirmation of Mr.. Smalley
can be opposed on the ground that the
removal of Collector Wells was made
on frivolous charges to make place for
his successor. The senate has already
confirmed ex-senator Jonas as collector
at New Orleans, though he succeeded
an ex-Union soldier, who was suspended
in the middle of his term without cause.
1t is perhaps good sign that the SEN
ate republicans show disposition not
to confirm unfit appointments; but they
should at least treat all with equal con-
sideration and justice. If the appoint
ments of the two Maine men who were
engaged in the contingent conspiracy
in that state are to be rejected, then the
same rule should be applied to persons
in the South who have taken an active
part in the successful conspiracies
against free ballot 1t is hardly pos
sible that majority of republican SEN
ators will vote to reject nominations
merely because they are not acceptable
to disappointed democratic faction or
are regarded as menace to somebody's
political fortunes. The better course
would seem to be to lay all personal
and partisan considerations aside and
decide each case on it's merits.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
Washington County Temperance
Convention.

In accordance with the call issued by the
county committee, this convention assem-
bled at Montpelier on Saturday. February
18th. 7. r. Gordon, Esq, of Montpelier
was elected chairman, and Rev. j. r. Bart1
lett of Northfeld was chosen secretary.
The forenoon session was occupied in the
appointment of a committee to bring in a.
list of nominations, committee on resolu-
tions and a general discussion of the status
of the temperance work to be done in the
county, after which an adjournment was
taken to half-past one P. NJ.
On the opening of the afternoon session
the committee on nominations reported,
through its chairman, the following list of
officers For county commissioner, j. r.
Bartlett of Northfeld. For county COM
Whitney of Putnamsville, T. r. Gordon of
Montpelier, A. Martin of Calais O. d.
Edgerton of Northfeld. For town commit
tees, Barre, Dr. o. H. Reed and DR.. H. o.
Worthen; Berlin, NJ. w. Wheelock and A.
l.. Hewitt; Cabot, B. P. Elmer and Henry
Dwinell; Duxbury, E. W. Huntley and
f. A. Grey; East Montpelier, George San
ders and j. w HOLSTER; Fayston, Timothy
Chase and Rev. j. F. Buzzell; Marshfeld,
c. c. Bent and f. b. Dwinell; Middesex,
j. H. Holden and w. A. Putnam Mont
pelier, II, c. Lull and f. ID. Fuller; More
town, J. p. Fassett and John S. Long;
Mortified, S. p. Orcutt and w. H. H. Olaf
lin; Plainfeld, o. L. Hoyt and E. j. Bart
lett; Roxbury, Il. S. Stanton and DR., l. H.
Fisk; Waitsheld, Z. S. McAllister and Will
lam Palmer Warren, DR.. E. W. Slayton
and W. A. Averill; Waterbury, C. ID. Rob-
inson and E. l.. Perry; Woodbury. Gilman
c. Bill and Frank Angel; Worcester, NJ j.
Bailey and [. E. Wheeler. The report of
the committee was adopted. The committee
on resolutions reported through its chair
man, g. w. Scott, as follows:
Resolred. That in the death of Chester Clark of
Montpelier the temperance cause has lost firm and
consistent friend, who has demonstrated that tenn
perance hotel can be maintained with credit.
Resolred, That this convention reasserts its con-
idence in the feasibility of prohibition and its 10y
atty the statute law of Vermont designed to sup
press the iniquitous liquor traffic
Resolred, That we deplore the non-enforcement of
the prohibtory law in this county and call upon the
onciary to take measures to duly vindcate the law
by a Just and impartial enforcement.
ReSoIred That in the organization of juries in
of trial for violation of the liquor law regard it
Just that persons believed to be in sympathy with
the illegal traffic should be excluded from the panel.
The above resolutions We're adopted. A
general and quite vigorous discussion on the
subject of the prohibition of the liquor traf-
fic followed, at the conclusion of which the
convention adjourned.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
The London Riots.

The great riot in London on Monday
February s, of which brief mention was
made in our last issue, was renewed on
a smaller scale on Tuesday, but the po-
lice were able to quell the mob without
the interference of the troops which
had been held in readiness for emer-
gencies. The riot on the first day was
created by the attempt of the police to
dispense a gathering of fifteen thousand
unemployed workingmen in Trafalgar
square who had assembled to discuss
their grievances and invoke legislative
interposition. This large crowd was
addressed by one Burns, a socialist,
who made highly incendiary harangue;
but there appears to have been no vio-
lent outbreak until the police inter-
fered to break up the meeting. 1t is
stated, however, that the intent of the
socialist speakers was to provoke a
conflict between the people and the po-
lice; there was talk of attacking the
bakers shops if the government should
refuse to relieve the distress of the
working classes, and there were loud
threats of revolution. 1t is probable
that after all the violent speeches and
indictments to lawlessness the assem-
bly, would have quietly dispersed; but
when the police interfered the reign of
mischief and riot was begun in earnest.
The mob surged out of Trafalgar square
and proceeded to Hyde Park, assaulting
houses and raiding saloons and shops
on the way. AT the park Burns made
more violent speech than his previous
one, and was followed by several other
socialists in equally violent harangues.
BY this time the mob had become
largely augmented by the addition of
all the roughs and thieves Of the city,
who took advantage of the occasion to
pillage the wine and beer-shops and
the jewelry, clothing and other stores
in the streets through which they passed.
1t is admitted that the socialists were
the leaders in the riotous acts. Some
two hundred shops and dozen club
houses were seriously damaged, fifty
shops were pillagea and hundreds of
inoffensive persons were maltreated.
Although at one time it is estimated
that fifty thousand persons We're engaged
in rioting, yet not life was lost nor
was there any bloodshed. The riotous
demonstrations on the succeeding day,
though quite threatening, were unat-
tended with serious results. The dis
tressed working people have the most
reason to deplore the riot, for the nat
ural effect is to diminish public sympa-
thy for them and to influence the public
to withhold aid from deserving persons.
The whole trouble was evidently pre-
cipitated by the socialists. But for
their attempts to inhame evil passions,
the workingmen would doubtless have
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
The Burlington Carnival.

Owing to the warm weather which has
prevailed during the past week. the execu-
tive committee of the Burlington Coasting
Club decided that it would be unwise to at
tempt to go on with the preparations for the
carnival this week. Accordingly, at a
meeting held last week, it was decided
to issue the following announcement to the
public 1.-THE unusually mild weather leads
us to believe it wise and honest to postpone
our carnival until February % to 26, inclu-
sive, as we do not wish to have people visit
us except under the most propitious,ci rcum-
stances. The carnival was inaugurated not
for speculation, but for the mutual enjoyment
of our guests and ourselves, and we shall
not relax any effort to carry ont our original
intent. We can assure the public that we
will not permit them to come to Burlington
unless the weather is suitable to fully carry
out our programme, and we are confident
that the time fixed will be propitious." Re-
duced rates on railroads will be given next
week, and entries for races will close one
week later than at first announced. Tickets
for the Snow-shoe Club concert will remain
good until the date of its occurrence. The
performances of the Mikado are necessarily
given this week, but these are the only en-
tertainments which visitors will miss by
reason of the postponement.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
General Hancock.

Another of the prominent figures of
the civil war has passed from mortal
sight. General Winfield Scott Han
cock died at his military headquarters
on Governors Island, New York, on
February 9th. 1t was not generally
known that he was sick, so that his
death was a great surprise to the coun-
try. He had been afflicted with n car
buncle near the base of the brain for
some two weeks. The physicians were
unable to afford relief, and death finally
resulted from exhaustion caused by the
loss of vitality incident to the drain
made by the carbunclo. General Han
cock was born in Montgomery county,
Penn, in 1924; graduated at West
Point in 1874; served mainly on the
frontier until 1916, thenin the Mexican
war, where he was brevetted for gal
liant and meritorious conduct. AT the
breaking out of the rebellion, in 1861
he was recalled from California to
Washington and made brigadier-gen-
eral of volunteers. He served with
distinction in the Army of the Potomac
during the peninsula campaign, being
especially conspicuous at the battles of
Williamsburg and Frazer's Farm.
Later he added to his fame in the bat
ties of South Mountain and Antietam
and became a division commander He
took part in the disastrous battles of
Fredericksburg and Charlottesville.
On the first day of the battle of Gettys-
burg, July 1, 1868, he was sent by
General Meade to decide whether de-
cisive battle should be given there OF
whether the army should fall back. He
reported that Gettysburg was the place
to fight, and took Immediate command
until the arrival of General Meade. In
the decisive action of July 3D. he COM
manded a corps on the left center,
which was the main point assailed by
the confederates, and was severely
wounded. For his conduct at Gettys-
burg he received the thanks of con,
gress April 81, 1864. General Hancock
subsequently took prominent part in
the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsyl
vania Courthouse, North Anna, the
second battle of Cold Harbor and sew
eral other engagements. After the wal
he commanded successfully in Missouri
Louisiana, Texas and Dakota, and was
finally transferred to the Department
of the East. In 1880 he was the demo
cratic candidate for the presidency
His last public appearance as genera
commanding was at the head of thu
grand pageant witnessed in New Yorl
on the day of General Grants funeral.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
The Vermont Appointments in
the Senate.

The attitude of at least several of the
republican senators at Washington APP
pears somewhat threatening to the po-
litical supremacy of Messrs. Atkins and
Smalley in this state, and the fate of the
Vermont nominations of the President
is involved in considerable uncertainty.
On Wednesday last Senator Edmunds
presented in executive session protest
of certain people of st. Adams against
the confirmation of Mr.. Smalley as COL
lector, on the ground that he had APP
pointed two deputies at that place who
were some years ago under indictment
for violation of the internal revenue
laws. Mr.. Smalley admits that these
deputies were indicted during the war
for alleged frauds on the revenue, when
they were running an oil refinery, but
that the cases were compromised. He
asserts that the protest against him is
" an outgrowth of the unfortunate po-
litical and personal feuds that for years
have disturbed st. Adams" He is quite
right in this view; and the fact that the
present movement is based so largely
upon personal spite, rather than upon
high public grounds, makes it less worthy
of serious consideration. Opposition to
the confirmation of Mr.. McGettrick for
postmaster at st. Adams is based pretty
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
Personal.

Hon. JAMES X. BATCHELDER of Arlington
has been elected a vice-president of the Chi
Psi Almuni Association of Northern New
York.
REV. e. T. HOOKER, former pastor of
churches in New Orleans, Castleton, and
Charleston, S. c., has accepted call to
new church at Highland, California.
MITCHELL p. MoREY died in Lowell, Mass,
last week Wednesday, aged eighty-two. He
was resident of Windsor for seventy years
and was for many years warden of the state
prison.
IT turns out that Colonel Albert Clarke is
not filling the position of assistant TO Presi-
dent Morey Of the Boston & Lowell road,
but is well established in a law office on
Milk street, Boston,
ROBERT +, PERKINS, who has been manag-
ing editor of the Rutland Herald for the past
six months, has severed his connection with
that paper. 1t is understood that the resig-
nation was made at the request OF the di-
rectors, who were not satisfied with the re-
suits of his management.-Free Press.
DIR. A. G, WILLIAMS, formerly a hommop-
athic physician in North Adams, Mass.
ST. Adams and St. Johnsbury Center, died
in the latter place last week from malaria
contracted in the army. He had been a
member of the Massachusetts legislature;
was assistant surgeon of the Eleventh Massa-
cbusetts Regiment in the peninsula cam
paign and in 1868 was with Grant at
Vicksburg
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

mentl " when first found the mustard freeze in n
mustard-pot, which stood foot from the kitch
was blazing fire all day and every day through u
winter. Yet the mustard froze between every mel
would freeze together and %% sSe BEEN SSH
ne top Of q poctethqFdkerchiQth ne iorer part 9op
ironing, under these conditions is rather slow work
nome wonld naturally conclude f2 Such st9s
The Italics are mine.1
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Raj
road Company is the only road that runs
its through trains every day in the yea
Rain or shine, billiards or zephyrs, the oil
reliable Chicago, Burlington q QuincI
always gets there. 1t is the pride OF tn
West and of the many thousands of peopN
who ride over its different branches. WI
will soon be able to travel over its road-be |
from Chicago to San Francisco. Poor boy
may learn something of profit from the wor
derful career of Thomas j. Potter, the alb |
vice-president of this road. Mr.. Potter wa
but few years ago fireman on a locomd
tive running out of Chicago. Patient alter
ton to minor details and faithful, INTEL
gent devotion to his duties, has given him
rapid advancement from one place of I'd
| sponsibility to another, until his preser|
high position was reached, without any effor|
OF his own, but because the position needed
hlm The report is current in railroad Gin
cles here that Mr.. Potter has received al
! oner OF SOY per year to take the presj
| NVhNJ VI bht y ulOu dtl0t railway, w DeUnpI
ne accepts or not, this offer is a splendid
tribute to the genius and industry of a rep|
| resentative American boy.
Lest some readers of your paper content
! plating trip to the New Orleans exposition
| via Chicago not familiar with the best and
most expeditions route West may be DID
! ceived by unreliable or misleading statd
ments made by interested parties, let mi
! say: Take the Central Vermont to Montreal
and thence West by the Grand Trunk.
! have been something of a traveller owe
every road between the East and the West
and | am just dogmatic enough to assert tina
the Central is one of the finest ballasted, bes
equipped, finest conductor-ed and smoothes
riding roads that it has been my good for
tune to ride over, either East or West. Con
| sidering the great amount of curving neces
| sary in such a road, it is wonderful the tim
! that is made and the few accidents tina
| happen on this road.
Vermont has raised, and is still raising
some "right-smart " railroad men who, lilS
preachers, receive calls to go West an,
grow up with the country. They usual
again like preachers) accept when the sal
airy is sufficient to tempt them. Here the
broaden out into men of national reputation
in railway circles. For instance, william
b. Strong, president of the Atchison, Tt
peka & Santa Fe railroad, once Montpelie
boy, is prominent illustration of Yanke
pluck and brains. He came West an
broadened out into one of the ablest railroa
managers in the United States, but strang
to tell, has finally retired to the SYLVIA
shades of Boston. X.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
HOratiO Seymour.

Hon. Horatio Seymour of New York,
who filled a large place in political life for
some twenty-five years, died at the resi-
dence of his sister, Mrs. Roscoe Conk-
ling, in Utica, n. Y, on Friday night.
The immediate cause of his death was
cerebral effusion, the usual process of
death in old age. He was born at
Pompey in 1910, and was educated at
Geneva College and at Captain Par
tridge's military school in Middletown,
Conn. After entering the legal pro-
fession he was elected to the New
York legislature and served as speaker
of the assembly. In 1850 he was nom-
mated for governor by the democrats,
but was defeated by two hundred sixty
two votes. He was elected governor in
1852, but was defeated in 1854 by three
hundred nine votes. He was for peace
in the war crisis of 1861. In 1862 he
was again elected governor, but in 1864
he was defeated by Governor Fenton.
In 1864 and 1868 he presided over the
democratic national conventions. In
the latter convention he was nominated
for the presidency, on the twenty
second ballot, and was overwhelmingly
defeated in the election by General
Grant. After his defeat he retired TO
private life and thereafter could not be
induced to accept any Office In the gift
of the people or of presidents. He
found more enjoyment in private than
in public life, and during the past
twenty years he had made some valu-
able contributions to the press upon
agriculture, internal improvements So
cial science and other economic and
philanthropic questions.
AS a political leader Governor Sey-
mour was able and adroit. AS public
speaker he was one of the best, and
his oratory was singularly effective.
His course during the war provoked
much rancor from the friends of the
Union. In the outset it is said that
he was opposed to coercing the states
which seeded. AS Governor of New
York he tried to have President
Lincoln postpone a draft for troops in
the most critical period of the war
until the question of the constitutional
ity of a draft could be determined by
the courts. During the draft riots in
New York city he addressed the mob
as "my friends" and this expression
brought him execration throughout the
North; but he proclaimed martial law,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

had a peaceful demonstration. The
profession of socialistic opinions is no
crime, and probably no one will deny
the right of persons to proclaim them if
they threaten no infraction of law and
order; but when the fanatical socialist
leaders declare themselves the enemies
of society in general, and counsel at
tacks upon the persons and property of
others, there should be no immunity
for their dangerous actions. The in
dustrial distress in England is very
great, and requires prompt measures
for its alienation; but the laboring
classes have nothing to gain by follow
ing the counsels of labor demagogues
and communists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

and by moderate course secured the
restoration of order without resort to
extreme measures. 1t is also to his
credit that when Lee invaded Pennsyl-
vania, in 1868, Governor Seymour re-
sponded to the call of the government
for more troops with the greatestprompt-
ness. In private life he was most ex-
emplary and was held in high esteem.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-23
D4eE.a aV s'AY I

Three,fourths of our people are
troubled with Dyspepsia or Liver
Comp IN some form or other,
which by natare Of the disease has a
depressing influence on the mind or
bodyprcventing them from thinking
or acting clearly in any matter of
Importance Indigestion, coming up
Of food after eating, dyspepsia, sick
headache, acidity Of the stomach or
ans arrangement of the stomach or
liver upon which the whole action
Of our system depends) are speedily
and eifectually overcome by the use
of Green's August Flower The most
stubborn eases have yielded to its
influence, as thousands Of letters re-
criyed will testify. The immense
sale Of this medicine is another
guarantee of its merits, (oyer mill
ION and half bottles sold last Year,
So we ask, will it pay to suffer from
any of the above diseases when you
can have immediate relief in the
August Flower. Three doses will
prove its worth. 1t is sold by all
druggists and general dealers in all
parts Of the world.