The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-07-25


A RoUsINe republican rally was held
at St. Adams last week Thursday even
ing. Opera hall was crowded. Stirring
speeches by Colonel f. G. Smith, Frank
Plumley, Esq, and Hon. w. p. Dill
bingham, with music by the brigade
band and Tyro glee club, created great
enthusiasm. The Messenger says: 1T
was a grand rally, showing that the re-
publicans of this town and vicinity
appreciate the importance of the pres
ent campaign and mean to be up and at
work in season."
A HARRISON AND MORTON club of
100 members has been formed in Chit
tenden, with Edward Horton president
60 The Nottingham republican
club has been organized, with A. A.
Butterfeld president and G. S. Chase
secretary. Highgate republicans
recently organized a Harrison and Nor
ton club, with G. S. Rixford president
and ID. w. Steele secretary. 60 The
republicans of Putney have completed
the organization of a campaign club
under the name of the Colonel G. w.
Hooker campaign club, with j. w.
Stowell as president.
Mr.. JOSEPH MARTIN of Newburg,
N. Y, in renouncing his allegiance to
the democratic party, gives reasons rep
resentative of those held by others of
his class. He is large manufacturer
of fine shoes, an Irish-American and
has been a democrat, but "can not 90
any party's measures blind. The
democratic party" says he, must
shoulder the free-trade issue and all its
attendant ills and odiums. They can
not pooh-pooh it now. They have
made a mistake, but it is too late to
rectify it. The fact of their denying
any free-trade intentions will deceive
only the most supplemented. | want
no better authority than Mr.. Mills as
to their intentions"
THE following extract from the cor
respondence of a neighboring town in
dicates popular feeling on current
issues: "The democrats and third-party
prohibitionists have much to say Just
now about the republicans being in
favor of free rum and tobacco and of
keeping the duty on wool and sugar.
The democrats favor duty on sugar
because it is southern industry, and
they advocate an internal revenue tax
on spirits and tobacco to raise revenue
from them so as to cut down duties on
foreign articles like wool, potatoes and
other articles that are raised by farm
ers. There is no more need of an in
ternal revenue tax on tobacco and
liquors than there was before the war.
Other home taxes have been abolished.
Why not these ?''
THE Washington Star gives the fol-
lowing illustration of political preju-
dice: "a gentleman in this city who
is interested in the graphophone has
been exhibiting that interesting device
at the senate end of the capitol, with
the view of impressing senators with
its value and perhaps inducing them
to take some stock. Recently he per-
suaded Senator Salisbury to make an
inspection of the graphophone, and,
after dilating upon its many excellent
and useful qualities, invited the SEN
ator to listen to the pleasing voice of
the instrument. 1t was evident that
the senator had become interested. He
listened, and the first words groaned
out were: Hurrah for Harrisonl
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! Tiger' The
democratic senator quit the instrument
in supreme disgust. Had the graphic
phone hurrahed for the democratic
ticket it would have made friend in
stead of an enemy"
ACTIVE, enthusiastic work is being
done by republicans in all parts of the
state. Operations in Burlington are
noticed elsewhere. Rutland and Brat
tleboro are alive to the situation. The
first rally in the former place is to be held
tonight, with General John l.. Swift
of Boston and Judge A. l.. Morrison of
New York as speakers. The young
mems republican club of the place,
numbering 100, will send large dele
cation to Burlington. A meeting of
what is now called the third campaign
club of Rutland is to be called in few
days to arrange for the details of or
ganization. 1t will be the largest club
in town, the membership now reaching
nearly 500. - The republicans of
st. Johnsbury had several enthusiastic
fiagraisings and a public meeting Fri
day night, with parade and speeches
by Hon. w. p. Smith of St. Johnsbury
and Hon. Henry Ballard of Burlington.
A LONG list of prominent democrats
who have declared for the republican
nominees and protection can be given.
Among these are Judge Handley of
Lackawanna county, Penn. John
Hardy, prominent democratic lawyer
of New York city, has begun to or
ganize protection democrats against the
democratic ticket. Ex-Sheriff James
O'Brien, ex-Congressman Nicholas
Mullen, c. G. Shayne, Oscar H. Bogart
and Nicholas Haughton are interested
in the movement. All through New
York state, without which the demo.
cratic party is doomed in this election
the assertions are numerous and in
dicative of results. William II. Grace
leading business man in Brooklyn
has resigned from his position as q
member of the first ward democratic
association on account of the free
trade platform of his party. Levi
Deland, an active democrat of Roch
ester, n. Y, has come out for Har
rison and Morton. George w. Smith
of Herkimer county, n. Y, twice {
democratic candidate for congress, has
repudiated Cleveland. Dudley Il
Finch, A. ID, Wales and u. II. Rogers