The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-10

on November is to celebrate Cleve-
lands second election to the presi-
dency." Between the shoulders of Mr..
Cleveland-or a little below-may be
seen, without telescope, about the 4th
of next March the No. II boot of the
great American people who will thus
indicate to his excellency that his serv-
ices are no longer appreciated Min
neapoES Tribune.
TIE Chinese must 90, but China
will at once proceed to retaliate. Chang
Chitung, viceroy of Canton, has adj
dressed "A memorial to the emperor,
calling for the Punishment of Ameri-
can Kerosene from the realm. The
vicerov declares that it has done in
calculable injury to life and property;
that it is responsible for nine-tenths of
the fires every winter in Canton, and
that it imperils more lives than opium.
1t has almost destroyed the native in
dustry in peanut and bean OIL too.
Therefore it seems that, as the Chinese
must 90 from America, American pc
troleum must 90 from China.
CHAPLAIN MCCABE says: We be-
lieve in prohibition, but large majority
also believe in the republican party, and
think at this time the urgent need is to
get this government out of democratic
control. As Mr.. Lincoln put il, 'One
war at a time Some of us may favor
local option and some oppose it, but
there are few of us who are in favor of
third party as a temperance aid at
this iuncture. OF our eighteen bish-
ops, live-sixths probably are opposed to
'l,n Tntr
the prohibition ticket, but the majority,
think, can be counted squarely against
it,"
In view of the provisions of the law
that emo officer, clerk or other person
in the service of the United States
shall, directly or indirectly, give or
hand over to any other officer, clerk or
person in the service of the United
States, or to any senator or mem
Der of the house of representatives, or
territorial delegate, any money or other
valuable thing on account of or to be
applied to the promotion of any pOliti-
cal object whatever" it really becomes
of some importance, as Senator Haw-
ley suggested, to know whether Pres-
dent Cleveland sent $4,000 as a con-
tribution to political committee which
includes in its membership Senator
German and several members of con-
gress.
IF any one tells you that the demo-
cratic party is not free-trade party,
quote for his edfication the follow
ing utterances of Hon. Henry Wat
terson, democratic national committee
man and editor of the Louisville COlr-
ier-JOundl: II" We demand tariff reform
and we set our faces in the direction of
free-trade." "The democrat who is
not free-trader should 90 elsewhere"
" The conflict between free-trade and
protection is irrepressible and must be
fought out to the bitter end. We spit
upon compromises and propose neither
to ask nor to give quarter" "The
democratic party, except in the person
of imbeciles hardly worth mentioning,
is not upon the fence. 1t is a free
trade party or it is nothing"
{" IT looks as though pretty nearly all
the clergymen in the state, regardless
creed, would be actively arrayed against
Governor Hill, as the representative
and tool of the liquor interests and of
all the corrupt democratic politicians.
That unlucky phrase about Miller
the Methodist by one of the ablest of
Hills supporters, will cost the latter
thousands of votes. "-Muil and ET-
press. Alas for the unfortunate who
coined this alliterative phrase. He
should have remembered what another
alliterative phrase did for Blaine in "a.
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion {"
proved fatal to the plumed knight four
years ago, and history may repeat it.
self. ALTERATION has thus far proven
to be apolitical boomerang, extremely
hard to handle.