The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-18

opinion of the democratic papers, but
the Journal ought to be found in bet
ter company.
IT is stated that the house committee
on the alcoholic liquor traffic is so con-
stituted as to smother any measure on
the subject that may be referred to it.
And yet the prohibitionists will prob
ably go right on with their scheme to
keep the democratic party in power.
THE free-trade journals of the Bos-
ton Herald and Philadelphia Record
stamp are urging American manufac-
turers of boots and shoes to reach out
into the vast markets of the world for
trade that amounts to only 800, 900 900
at the sacrifice of home market of
$240, 900 year.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press under
took canvass of the members of con-
gress on the admission of Dakota TO
the Union, and received seventy-two
responses TO its circular letter. OF
these sixty-one answered in favor of
admitting Dakota in one form or
another, but the democrats largely
evaded the question.
THE states which produce wool are
mostly republican, therefore the wool
duties must be repealed; whereas the
states which produce sugar are mostly
democratic, therefore the sugar duties
must be continued. There you have
the essence and impulse of the free
trade conspiracy against American in
dustries.-Phlddelphid Press.
THE Vermont republicans are rapidly con-
Meeting with the National League. A dozen
clubs have already been formed and state
convention will be held on the 18th of Febru-
airy, when it is hoped forty clubs will be
represented. There are no kickerS among
Vermont republicans.-NaShu Telegraph.
Probably the Telegraph has not seen the
r. Y. of late. The II. Y. kicketh like
a mule. 1t may, however, be gross flat
terry to speak of the r. Y. as republican.
THERE will be cordial welcome in
the republican ranks for the civil
service reformers who strayed away
after false banners three years ago
and now wish to re-enlist, but for the
independents, who gained fame as re-
formers to employ it in the interests of
free-trade, there will be no welcome :;
and none is needed for they will never
return to their old Instrumentation
Journal
SENATOR HALE's poSt-mOrtem exam
ination of the remains of President
Cleveland's reform policy was very
thorough and scientific. The civil
service reformers themselves had a
wake over the corpse in Newport last
August, with Mr. iCurtis as the chief
mourner. The time has now come to
bury the thing out of sight and to write
L" Here lies T" over the Wondering heap
of cant.-Trib,me.
THE Chicago Tribune has ended all
the rejoicing of democrats over its atti-
tude concerning Mr.. Blaines Paris in
terview by announcing that it will
support the next republican presiden-
tial nominee, preferring that the wis
dom of the republican party should
! be entrusted with such tariff reforms
as are necessary to the cutting and
slashing which the Cleveland-Carlisle
democracy has in view.
The nomination of Mr.. Lamar to the
supreme court was confirmed by the
senate Monday by nearly a strict
party vote. Several republican sena.
tors spoke against confirmation. The
vote was thirty-two to twenty-eight
Stanford of California and Stewart OF
Nevada voted with the democrats
The next time the republicans of Cali
fornia and Nevada have a chance tc
elect senators they should choose re-
liable republicans.
GENERAL CLINTON B. FISK, the
prohibition candidate for the presi
dency, put Mrs. Cleveland's name or
his list as contributing 800 to the
prohibition campaign fund, and there
has been considerable talk about it
General Fisk explains that it was all 6
matter of pleasantly. All very appro
pirate, we should say, for the demo
Gratis and third-party prohibitionists are
practically working to the same end
to smash the republican party"
Mr.. CLEVELAND has the party a
his feet. 1t can nominate no othel
man, nor can it construct any othel
platform. Mr.. Cleveland is the candi
date and the platform which tn,
democracy must carry. No compro
mise legislation, no resolutions looking
both ways can, as heretofore, serv,
them. They must shoulder the crush
ing responsibility and go down unde
the odium of it. In our politics tn,
shadow-dance is no more.-NatiOna
Republican.
HARPER's WEEKLY takes a column
or so each week to show how easily tn,
democrats are going to re-elect Mr.
Cleveland and incidentally to demon
strate that Mr.. Blaine has no popula
strength whatever. If Mr.. Blaine is s,
utterly out of the race as Harper
Weekly and the other administration