The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-09-13

The Hoosick Falls On. " Democrat
complains that the surrogate of that
county demands commission of forty
per cent, for the advertising from the
Office. The advertising in so pOpulous
a county as Rensselaer, must he very
large, and this commission, added to
the surrogate's legitimate income, must
be plum worth having. If we pub
lished a paper in Rensselaer, county,
however, there would be large sized
hornet buzzing around that surrogate
office.
In addition to what is said elsewhere
we desire to call attention to the very
able speech, one of the best we have
heard this year, of Gen. j. G. McCul-
Tough at North Bennington, Monday
evening. The audience was composed
of train load of orderly people who
went over from this village reinforced
by the citizens OF the north part of the
tOwn-an appreciative and thoughtful
assemblage. Gen. Mccullough spoke
at length on the issues of the campaign
and congratulated the Republican party
on the result in Vermont and Maine,
the news of the latter victory having
just been received. We have never
attended finer reception, taken to-
gether with the speaking as descibed by
our North Bennington correspondence,
than that Of Town Representative-elect,
Yelling, on Monday.
THERE are few wiser students of his
tory and popular tendencies in the
world than Rev. DR.. Edward Everett
Hale of Boston, author of "a Man
Without Country" His article in an
other column on the parallel between
the Harrison campaigns of 1910 and
1888 is full of instruction and is admira-
bly, expressed The Rutland Herald
says: He makes one point, however,
about which we are in doubt. He says
that many of the Southern leaders would
be glad to restore slaverly if they
could The probabilities are the other
way. The present system is cheaper
for them. Now they have no CAPT al
locked up in slaves and ifa laborel
falls i'll they do not have to care for
him. They hire the negroes at low
wages, pay them largely in truck and
keep them as low in the social and pc.
litical scale as possible, so that they
may always cheat them. The politica
equality of the negro is the only thing
that would lead the old masters to de
sire the restoration of slavery, and sc
long as they can "shoot few niger,
and brighten the rest" and keep the
Democratic party in power so that NJ
fuss is made over it, they will not bt
mucn disturbed by an equality that il
embalmed in the Constitution"
JOHN TEMPLE whom we have known
for many years, and who is response
BILE man whose integrity is above ques
ton, dislikes to be called liar in prin
in connection with the discharge of three
of COoper's men, election day. And We
don't blame him either. The BANNEI
gave no space to the alleged politica
discharge of Edward Granger, Johr
Kirby, Michael Morrissey and Thoma!
Hughes. The latter was taken back anC
the places of the three first filled. Mr.
Temple say that Granger had been on
one and one-half hours in the fournool
without asking leave, that he and tn,
others went in spite of him Temple a;
superintendent of the room, although he
offered to let them go and vote one at {
time and so keep the machinery run
ming which could have been done, tina
it became a question of discipline anC
who was boss" and they took the con
sequences. Moreover two of the new
men are Democrats and voted that tick
ct, showing that so far as Mr. Tempt
was concerned no political considera
tions entered into his motives of action
1t was business with him. We don
think Mr.. Temples veracity is question
ed in this community but give him space
above to allay any such impressions
there be any.