The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-04

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is unique enterprise.
CONGRESSMAN j. G. BURROWS of
Michigan proposes to introduce bill
to establish legal and uniform bushel
throughout the country, making it a
penal offence for the denominated
measure to be in excess of, or to fall
below, the legal standard. AT present
the standard differs with states.
CANADA has lost &3,000,000 within
the past two years through embezzlers
who have escaped to the United States
with the money. AS American en-
bezzers have taken more than 500
1000 over into the Dominion in the
same period Canada may still claim
that the balance of trade is in her favor.
w. G. GoUDY, prominent western
democrat, is of the opinion that the
battle-ground of the next campaign
will be Indiana, and that the demo-
cratic candidate for vice-president will
be taken from that state. Let the re-
publicans nominate Senator Harrison
for vice-president. That will fix In
diana all right.
THE combined democratic and re-
publican territorial committees of Utah
have issued pamphlet in reply to the
special plea of George Ticknor Curtis
for the admission of Utah as state into
the Union which furnishes abundant
reasons why Utah should not be adj
mitted into the Union with an cum
scrupulous and polygamous theocracy."
IT costs Europe annually 50 100000
600 to keep 100000 young men under
arms, and the cost comes mainly upon
the working-men. The people who are
fortunate enough to get out from under
such an incubus and come to America,
where they hardly see a soldier from
January to December, ought to appre-
ciate their privileges and behave them
selves.-Sprinafeld Union.
SPEAKER CARLISLE is going to at
tempt reply to Mr.. Blaine's recent
criticisms of the presidents message
The distinguished Kentuckian is evil
IDENTITY in need of friend to lead him
aside and pump some information into
him concerning the festive and insidi-
Gus buzz-saw and the danger of mis-
taking the theory upon which it oper-
ates.-iSt. Louis Globe Democrat.
IN October, 1886, the organiza-
ton of the knights of Labor possessed
1913 900 members; in July of last year,
100000; in October, 300, 900, and now
it possesses not over 100000. These
figures are eloquent and show more
plainly than words how alarming has
been the decrease of membership in the
Knights of Labor and how rapidly the
once great organization is now falling
to pieces.
THE cause of emancipation in Brazil
has made rapid progress during the year
1887. A few weeks ago meeting of
Brazilian planters was held at st. Paulo,
at which it was resolved to set all their
slaves, numbering $500, free at an
early date. 1t was decided to hold
another meeting at the same place this
month to agree on a general emancipa-
ton of all the slaves in the province not
later than 1890.
ONE of our reputable publishers an
nounces the withdrawal of bad book
on his learning of its character. Though
it is pity to direct attention unneces-
sarily to evil objects, there are occasions
when it is absolutely essential to the
safety of the community The SUI
preme court of Norway has decided
that the whole edition of sensational
novel Is to be burned publcly.-Ne,o
York Observer.
THE men who sought to destroy the
government have been treated with
unexampled magnanimity. Those of
them who still publicly defend the
president of the old confederacy and
deny the validity of the amendments to
the Constitution adopted since the war
as necessary sequence of it, have no
right to complain if the loyal sentiment
of the country protests against their
admission to the supreme court.-Con-
cord Monitor.
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the democrats propose to print and
circulate the presidents message as a
campaign document. The republicans
propose to print the message and Mr..
Blaine's reply to the same in one docu-
ment for general distribution. 1t might
also be we'll to include extracts from
the English papers commencing the
presidents message as an argument for
free-trade and helpful to the industrial
interests of Great Britain.
THE University of Pennsylvania is
the only one of our leading colleges
that avowedly teaches protection. Yale
and Harvard are VIGOROUSLY pernicious
in their free-trade instruction, while
Cornell and others endeavor to present
both sides with dubious success. Re-
publican fathers have right to ask
that their sons be taught to know some
thing of protection, which the fathers
of the nation hold to be of vital impor-
lance to its welfare. lbany Journal.
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