The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-09-11

been disgraced in a much worse man
ner. Colored men have been whipped
and driven away simply because it was
known to the democratic bulldozers that
they would vote the republican ticket
Trenton Times.
WE are uncompromisingly in favor
of the American system of protection"
North Dakota republican state plat
form. eve heartily favor the Ameri-
can system of protection. "-South Dd-
kota republican state platform. "The
chief purpose of the republican party,
second only to the preservation of the
union and the intrenchment of our
| liberties, is the protection of our indus
tries. "-MOntdnd state republican plat
form. If the free-traders can find any
indication here of that "tarff reform"
wave which was going to sweep over
the Northwest, they are certainly a
good deal sharper-sigbted than the
average citizen.-BoSton Journal.
WHEN man gets shot down in cold
blood because he marries a woman that
another man does not want him to
marry, it is likely to make marriage
unpopular, we fear, and especially near
northern Vermont, and it may be
catching and spread. Seriously, how
ever, the murder of George Gould by
Sherman Caswell was as cold-blooded
and wicked as fiendish nature could
make it, and we hope that no plea of
insanity or anything else will be sue
cessfully brought to bear on this case,
and that the law will be fully carried
out in his case. Sometimes such cases
lead us to feel that the law is slow and
there ought to be a quicker way to rid
the world of such brutes, but it is prob
ably best as it Manchester. ". H.,
Union
WE send congratulations 30 Field
Marshal Murat Halstead of Cincinnati
on thecelebration of his siXtieth birth
day. There was banquet in Cincin-
natl on Monday in honor of the memo
rable event that took place at Paddy's
Run sixty years ago, and it was graced
by the presence of many distinguished
men, including the truly good Deacon
Richard Smith, who was once rival of
the field marshal, but is now his friend
and business associate. Brother Hal
stead is yet in prime condition, and he
looks forward and backward most pla-
cidy. Both his body and his mind are
in complete working order, as they
ought to be at his time of life. We
offer him our fluctuations, with the
hope that he will yet enjoy long Ca
reer of usefulness and joy.-Ne,C York
| Sun.
PRESIDENT HARRISON appears to
have made good retort upon the office
beggar which has wit in it. We find it
in dispatch to the Ne,C York Evening
Post from indianapolis. 1t is worth
copying: eve want new postmaster
at Wabash" said the applicant " For
what reason?" demanded the presi-
dent. "The incumbent is a demo-
GRAFT" was the reply. "That can
hardly be considered a sufficient cause
for change" continued the president.
" Well, SIR" retorted the applicant,
"when we were beating about the
woods looking for votes, if I remember
correctly, the principal reason we
urged for turning Mr.. Cleveland out of
office was that he was a democrat. :"
The president was puzzled for an in
slant, but he returned to the charge.
"That may be-" he remarked, /" but if
l remember correctly, Mr.. Cleveland
was permitted to serve out his term,
and guess that is about the privilege
we shall have to grant your post
master"
"THERE is truth in the remark of
Chauncey M. Depew that the Paris eX-
position has saved the French republic
We in this country consider that the
period of national dangers has passed,
but the politicians will do well to keep
close track of the worlds fair com
mittees at New York, Chicago, Wash
ington and cities with ambitions to pre-
empt the exhibition honors of 1892
1t will be the presidential election year.
and unless the republican leaders ey-
perience change of heart, the ques-
ton of tariff reform will again overtop
other public issues. An International
exhibition of manufactured and raw
material all spread out before American
eyes, tagged with cost and selling
prices, would be an object lesson not to
be made light Of" says the Springfield
Republican, and an object lesson that
would so plainly and forcibly illustrate
the benefits of the American protective
tariff that the wayfaring man, though
not robust Intellectually, need not err
in the political way.
Sioux City--.Her Corn Palace.