The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-01
Political Notes.

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dent.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has had poor
luck fishing off Fire Island. This is
prophetic of operations on Salt River
this fall.
COLOSSAL ratification meetings at
fremont Temple and the Meionaon,
in Boston, last week Tuesday evening,
opened the campaign in Massachusetts.
THE Kansas republican state con-
vention, held at Topeka last Thursday,
nominated for governor l.. V. Humph-
rey of Independence; lieutenant-gover-
nor, A. j. Felt.
THE New York Saloon Journal has
declared for Cleveland. This is prob
ably because its editors are shocked by
the alleged free whiskey plank in the
republican platform.
Mr.. BLAINE sails from England on
the new steamer q" City of New York "
to-day. A grand demonstration is
to be made in New York in honor of
his arrival, in which, it is said, over
10000 men will take part.
SENATOR WILSON of Iowa has sub
mitted to the United States senate re-
port on the election riots at Jackson,
Miss, in which it is shown that the en-
tire colored vote was suppressed by the
United States officials and the white
league.
THE entire insincerity of the demo-
cratic attack upon the Chicago plat
form is shown by the fact that while
in the East they pretend that the plat
form means " free whiskey," in Cali
fornia they are denouncing it as COM
hitting the party to prohibition.
AT the republican convention of La
noble county, held last week Wednes-
day at Hyde Park, these officers were
nominated: Senator, II. C. Fiske of
Hyde Park judge of probate, r. S.
Page of Hyde Park; assistant judges,
A. M. Kelly of Gilmore and S. A. An
drews of Johnson; sheriff, M. s..
Brunell of Wolcott.
GENTLEMEN from Michigan who
called at the WATCHMAN office last
week report that their state is sure this
fall for republican majority of be-
tween $4,000 and 10000. Fusion of
democrats and greenbackers has been
tried before in Michigan, but did not
work, and this year it is simply for
lorn hope from which there is nothing
to fear.
THE republican rally at Rutland last
week Wednesday evening was attended
by larger crowd than the town hall
could hold. General John L. Swift
made rousing speech on protection.
Judge j. A. Morrison of New York
exposed the anti-Irish tendencies of
the English principles of the demo-
Of 1910
were on the stage.
AT the Caledonia county democratic
convention, held at st. Johnsbury last
Thursday, the following nominatio Ms
were made: State senators, J. p.
Miller of Barnet, H. Z. Folsom OF
Lyndon; side judges, w. E. Peck OF
Barnet, A. A. Fits of Danville; Judge
!, of probate, Elisha MAY of st. Johns.
bury; county commissioner, w. j
Stanton of Danville; high sheriff
Lorenzo Sulloway of st. Johnsbury
high bailiff, Noah Folsom of Sheffield
The nomination of states attorney was
, left with the committee.
? VETERANS CLUBS are multiplying
7 Seventy Harrison men of 1910 and 1885
have organized at Springfield, with
Rev. G.. w. Bailey, president. Ben
nington has over two dozen, several o.
Y whom were Cleveland men in 'S4
9 Thirty-six men have been found il
3 Bellows Falls who voted for Harrison
; in 1910 and will vote for his grandson
| this year. No one who voted for Val
: Buren, in that year has been found wh'
1 will vote for high protection this year
but there are some wings of 1910 whC
will NJ (ilaualanI nd rNbnrp,an
e JUDGE j. J. DEAvITT of ST. Adams
0 lifelong democrat and close OBJ
, server of political events, predicts thu
/ election of Harrison and Morton il
2 November. Judge Deavitt, in a speecl
8 at political meeting in St. Adams
t few years since, advised his friends t.
r leave off the use of whiskey and to
n bacco, and force the republicans to re
s sort to some more respectable way o
e raising revenue than the whiskey an,
e tobacco tax. The increase surplus il
o the treasury would indicate that tn
n democrats did not heed the good advic
! of Judge Deavitt.
IT A CHANGE of heart in the politics o
e business men has been experienced
:. within the last four years and is evi
: denced by the utterances of CONNER
s cial travellers. Fouryears ago it seeme
e quite the thing for them to supper
t Cleveland. One who called at tn
WATCHMAN office last week corrot
grated the statements recently publishe
e that three-fourths of the commercia
= travellers of the country are supporter
u of the republican nominees. He SAT-
. that of ten who happened to meet a
: Bar Harbor short time ago nine wer
. Harrison men. All this is significant.
:. AT the Chttenden county Democrat
q convention, held at Essex Junctio
>, last Thursday, the following count
# ticket was nominated: Senators, G. A
II Hubbard of Burlington, Frank Roger
J.. of Milton and John Quinlan of Char
Il lotte; states attorney, M. V. Bullar
q of Underhill; judge of probate, ex-Cit
ia Judge Seneca Haselton of Burlington
e assistant judges, H. Gear of Shelburnt
p. A. b. Small of Huntington; sheriff
q S. S. Thompson of Colchester hig