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

Kase de people done elected Haryison
Choras-So pick up, etc
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The republicans of Florida have
nominated L. Shipman for governor.
O'DoNovAN Rosa has lately reit-
Grated his devotion to the cause of
Cleveland and reform" Rosa is
suspected of counting on getting the
appointment of chief of the ordnance
bureau if Mr.. Cleveland is reelected.
The Boston Herald (free-trader) in
speaking of the big Bangor barbecue
held for the democrats of Maine last
Wednesday, says of the barbecue gen.
orally, in the United States, that it has
not been naturalized-neither has free
trade.
THE democrat who is not a free
trader should go elsewhere, says
Henry Watterson, four years ago the
high priest of the star-eyed goddess
of REFORM" but now the Jealous apostle
of democratic free Observation-Disclosures
ing assertions Of the astute among the
faithful, that they do not favor free
trade.
THE Boston Transcript independently
says: 1.-THE republicans have the best
of it so far as regards political changes.
There is evidently drift of protection
democrats into their ranks. And the
republican party is more united than
its opponents. They are not troubled
with fractional fights in any of the close
states.'
THE act to increase the pension of
Emily j. Stannard, widow of General
George J. Stannard of Gettysburg fame,
has become a law without the presi-
dents signature. Even the democratic
house is more patriotic in recognition
of such claims than the innocuous
desuetude" enthroned at the White
House.
THE prohibitionists of Orange county
held convention at Chelsea last Fri
day, and made the following nomina-
Chelsea, j. B. Pickett of Bradford;
judges, Ezra Walker of Randolph, L.
L. Livingston of Bradford; sheriff, DR..
l.. w. Hanson of Bradford; high bail
iff, w. j. Tarbell of Chelsea; judges of
probate, H. C. Richardson of Topsham,
M. A. Carpenter of Brookfeld.
AT the Lamoille county democratic
convention held at Hyde Park last
Thursday, the following nominations
were made: d" For Senator, A. p.
Smalley of Hyde Park; associate judges,
George Small of Morristown, George
Phillips of Johnson; judge of probate,
H. NJ. Noyes of Hyde Park; states at
torney, B. A. Hunt of Johnson; sheriff,
C. E. Burt of Stowe; high bailiff, R.
Brush of Cambridge; county commits
sioner, H. S. Atkins of Stowe.
A SIGNIFICANT feature of Catholic
picnic, held July 4 at Highland, Wis,
was the vote for presidential prefer
ences. The candidate receiving the
greatest number of votes was presented
with gold-headed cane. The follow
ing was the result: Whole number of
votes cast 3,O02; for Harrison, 2,127 !;
Cleveland, $50; Fisk, 100. The cane
was sent to General Harrison as testi-
monial of the esteem in which he is
held by the Irish protectionists of that
locality.
In recent speech, made at the ma
tional prohibition camp-meeting at De-
catur, John A. Brooks, the candidate
for the ce-presidency, admitted that he
had been rebel, slave-owner and a
| fire-eating democrat, but thanked God
that he had never been a republican
and that he would not have that sin
to answer for. He exhorted Christian
people to vote as they pray, and as
serted that if the democrats and repub-
lcans did not join the prohibitionists,
the devil would get them.
OUR East Hardwick correspondent
writes: If the colored voters of
Louisiana could have voted without in
timidation and had their votes counted,
the electoral vote of the state would
have been cast for Blaine. Cleveland
was counted in but not elected. Gen
tlemen from Louisiana and Texas who
are spending the warm season here
say the colored men of the South dare
not vote. In some localities they are
not intimidated but their votes are not
counted. How long shall this state of
things continue? The democrats North
know how this is and gloat over it.
AT the Bennington county republi.
can convention, held July 81, the fol-
lowing nominations were made: For
senators, w. p, Madison of SALISBURY
ID. X. Simonds of Manchester; assist
ant judges, F. L. Bowen of Readsboro
w. r.. Dean of Manchester; states
attorney, O. Nj. Barber of Arlington
sheriff, A. j. Pike of Readsboro; high
bailiff, Trenor Harbour of Woodford
county commissioner, Charles Bald wir
of Dorset; judges of probate, LovelanG
Munson of Manchester, E. L. Sibley Of
Bennington. Resolutions were adopted
endorsing the platforms and candidates
! of both the national and state conven