Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-04

lie takes the ground that it is unconsti-
tutional, but perhaps the courts would
know more about than he does.
\ very pretty row has been kicked up
in Franklin county by the appointment
of Fuller {. Smith, late editor of the
Vermont Sentry, to a place in the Gus
tom house. His paper was strongly OPP
posed to the railroad interest, and their
friends are not all pleased. Rightly or
wrongly. the credit of the appointment
is given to Lieut.-Gov. Woodbury.,
whose opponents are making the most
of it.
The New York legislature last year
passed law requiring that those deSir-
ing to study medicine should be exam
ined ON these subjects Arithmetic. gram
mar, geography, orthography, American
history. English composition and the ele-
ments of natural philosophy. Now a
strenuous effort is being made to secure
the repeal of the law, but it ought not to
succeed. If there is any profession that
demands educated men, in the fullest
all the States, our own not excepted,
have been altogether too careless about
the qualifications of their doctors.
"Claim everything. concede nothing, =,
appears 70 he the motto of some candi-
dates f.I tical honors. Every dav
or Two one hears that one or another
statesman has scooped up Addison cOun-
ty bodily, is carrying it around in his
pocket and only waiting for the conven-
ton to let it out to vote for him. That
may be good craftsmanship, but it isn't
true. The people OF this county are not
following any bell~wcther, like flock
of sheep; they are carefully weighing
the worth of The candidates, and when
they have formed 'pinions will express
them, and not before. The man who
says he has the county solid either
doesn't know the facts or doesn't tell
all he knows.
Here is Edward AmmidOwn's opinion
of the new tariff bill: Il have watched
the progress of the Mckinley bill from
the start. There never has been bill
/ introduced in Congress which is so thor
oughly expressive of the sentiments of
all our industries. 1t j. particularly cal
culatcd to promote the welfare of Ameri-
can farmers. That interest has been,
and very properly. considered the most
important. for they represent half of our
whole industrial population. Their in
dustries have for series of years
been under Il depression which has final
ly eliminated in IA desperate state of af
fairs. They have received no encourage
ment. even from Democratic congress
but we find in this Mckinley bill tina
they have received careful attention il
every direction"
\ stranger in the State might imagin,
that the choice between the two gentle
men up for the governorship was mat
ter of the most tremendous, consequence
Those of our esteemed contemporaries
up north are in a white heat. and unleS
they calm down, some of the organs vii
burn out their bearings before June am
the convention come. We earnestl
commend to their liberation this eS
= celleut advice of the Rutland Herald lie
the organs keep their tempers for futur
emergencies. a smile and Il pat on tn
back win more votes than a scowl and
pinch; and all the people care about any
way is to see nominated that man who
most available and best qualified to hone
the office and serve intelligently an
faithfully all the people of the State"