The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-10-18
NEWS AND NOTES.


The New York Tribune relates In 8
story: Three leading Dem.
ocratic papers OF three principal cities
early in the campaign mt Z rec trusted
correspondents to canvas Connecticut
and New Jersey, with the intention of
doing New York later. They were to
talk with represe native men of all par
ties and report the exc ct situation IN the
respective States, One was to supply
his paper with "broadside" of a page
for each of the smaller States and two
pages for New York The others were
to report daily as the canvass went on.
The three correspondents. after can
wasting Connecticut and New Jersey,
came to New York City and from them
| learn the result of their different can
vases. The paper which wanted the
"broadsides" decided not to print them,
and closed its arrangement with its cor
respondent without any canvass of New
York. One of the correspondents on
reaching New York reported to his paper
that he could not conscentiouly contin-
ue the ccnvasS, as he was taking the pa
per's money without being able to send
the editor any matter favorable enough
for use in a Democratic journal. The
other correspondent met his editor here
and was told by him that it was hardly
necessary to canvass New York after
MS uufavOrable reports of the other
STATES. Nothing OF the facts presented
by these correspondents was published
by any one of their journals"
Hon. A. N. Swain, in retiring from
tk., n.,Il,,,., E,ll., V1s,o1p al-n5 fha fol-
lowing graceful and just acknowledge
ment: 1t we have attain ID any meas
ure of success, as has been intimAted by
many kind friends. credit for the same
ought to go where it belongs Another,
not directly in public view, has done
vastly more for whatever has been the
success of the Times than has been I'M
derstood, at least outside of local limits.
Illness last winter his prevented general
work in the last eight months, but in
many years previous Mrs. Swain work
has been frequent and often very labor
ous, The reports of concerts, book re
views, musical conventions, etc, and es
pecialIy the Vermont Academy com
mencement reports. as well as of many
public gatherings have ben i'herwholly
or jointly her work.
The Boston Journal says: The some
what improbable story is related that
there are 10000 New York Democrats
who vii support Cleveland and bolt
Hill for Warner Miller, The improbabil-
lty of the story consists in the total
unlikelihood of there being as may as
10000 Democrats in New York State
who would find anything at all offensive
in Hills obsequiousness to the saloon or
his generally malOdorous record as a
politician. But even if the disaffected
Democrats number no more than five OF
ten thousands, there is urgent need for
that indol sement from the White House
which Hills friends are demlding.
Since Warner Miller began his vigor-
Gus onslaught on the saloon not a single
Democrat in AL New York State has
dared to peep free whisky Even the
liquor sellers, who were lOudest in shout
ing " free whskey" at the Republican
party, have concluded that they were
not helping Hill and Cleveland any by
their gable, and have shut up.
Bear in mind that it is not some Re.
publican paper but the Brattleboro Re
former which speaks thus of the Dem
ocratic candidate for Lieutenant Gov
or:'Candldate ShurtIeff made few
speeches, and Candidate O'Sullivan
few more when the Democrats would
raise S2j a time for hearing him invite
them to vote for him."
A. chance visitor to a ID ,mocralic eau
Gus in Tuled,, o the other day, saw TWO
postal clerks knock down two honest
citizens, while another Government en-
pIoye was stulfing the ballot box. 1t
is surprising how perfectly the reform
sentiments Of this Administration is ex-
empitiied by even its humblest officials.
In a case involving the right of Cook
county, Illinois, to pay money to aid
the support of several Catholic indus
trial and reformator institutions the
State supremeC Court has just decided that
such payment is clearly unconstitutional
and that hereafter these institutions
must receive no public money whatever.