Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-03-26
Missouri and Vermont.

In the House, recently, Cen
Grout made very apt retort Oh
Mr.. Bland of Missouri, one of the
| democratic free traders. Gen. Circuit
said, as reported in tue Congression-
| al Record:
81 do not rise to make a speech,
but L heard, as L came into the hall,
the clerk reading what, as l Was
Informed, was a newspaper article
TO the effect that some officer In
Vermont who must have been the
that many millions of dollars were
placed by the people of Vermont on
farm mortgages III the West, which
L have no doubt is correct. The
gentleman from Missouri then went
on to say that the farmers in the
West were struggling beneath a
great burden OF debt and that they
labored under a great disadvantage
Ill consequence OF the tariff bearing
50 heavily upon them; and cited III
proof of it the fact that manufacture
my states VI New England, which
were taLtening off the tariff, We're
sending millions of money West.
Now, want to remind the gentle
man from Missouri and the House
Gnat Vermont is not manufacture
my state. 1t is strictly an agrlcul-
LuraI state, almost exclusively So;
aud thIs report from tile Inspector
OF finance was respecting tile say
lngS Institutions or Lne state, which
carry tile earnings and savings oI
Tie farmers i'll Luat state. 80, IL
the tanners i'll the West are suffer
my to the extent the gentleman says
III COILS queuce OF the protective
,arltf, winch bears III Vermont pre-
cIsely as Ill Missouri, the people oI
missouri better move to ernOnL,
where the farmers lind no fault with
Cne protective tariff, except that II
Is not high enough
delegates to the National Conven-
tlOu-
The near approach of the State
Convention for Tile selection OF dele
gates to attend the Republican Ma
uIonal Convention to be held at chi
cage, June 10, suggests discussion
sts To whom VIII best represent tile
state. we think it Is the Wish Oh
republicans by and large that a STRONG
delegation OF unpledged men be senC
INTO Tile great convention which Is to
select a presidential candidate.
Custom VIII doubtless demand that
the four delegates at large be select
ed two upon either side of the
mountains" The names most
prominently mentioned for delegates
stJ large have been Redtield Proctor,
}. u. Smith, Frederick Billings ana
Horace Fairbanks. The death OF
governor Fairbanks makes the selec-
lion of one to ill his place a necessi-
W. We suggest that Judge Jonathan
Koss be substituted. The four names
were doubtless suggested from the
TACT that each man was not only able,
out by acquaintance and business re-
lations might be influential i'll the de-
alterations of the convention, much
to exceed the power Of his vote. If
Tor any reason these men, one or
more of them, decline to serve, there
are several among the younger men
of the state who would make active
and useful delegates. Prominent
among those in the 1st district who
have been mentioned are Gen. w. w.
Henry, Guy Noble, James X. Batch
elder and Albert Clark. On the east
side, Frank Plumley of Mortified,
MI. Hobson of Brighton, Mr.. Bates
of St. Johnsbury, ex-governor Farm
ham of Bradford and julius Estey OF
Brattleboro may be named. From
this list men can be selected who can
be relied upon to well represent their
district and their STATE. We hope
that the towns will see that their eau
cuses are Leld and that a quota OF
delegates are chosen who will attend
the conventions at Burlington and
Montpelier, April 4-5.
NaSbV'S Last,