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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06
GsH. Great and the Maple Sugar
L-.AALu

The most ungenerous and unmAnly thing
which has been done IN this congressional
canvass has beeu the attempt 70 make il
appear that zen Groat Was remiss in his
duty in not seeing % II that maple sugar Was
included in the bounty list The insinua-
ton Is that he totally neglected this imPor-
tant matter in the beginning and Is nov
talking about it for "bancombe
The actual facts are, As every intelligent
man knows, and as Is fully shown by Mr.
McKinley's letter % Gen. Grout, that our
Vermont member was on the alert in the
interest Of our farmers from the very first.
The original idea Of the House ways and
means committee, having the tariff ball in
charge, was 10 make a straight cut Of tifty
per cent in the duty on sugar, and the
plain understanding Of Gen. Grout with
the COMMITTEES was that If any change vas
made from this be should he notified and
heard. The change 10 bounty, however,
MAS male suddenly, Just before the bill n A.
reported % the House Gen. Grout re-
ceiyed no notice, and no one outside the
committee knees Of the change until the
hill Vas reported As soon As the fact be
came public Gen. Grout sent from his sick
bed t. the committee demand for hear
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06
n. Lai..i Rssn.raaE.

We are indebted TO the Rutland Herald
for this weeks boomerang in the gubernA-
torial canvass, aimed at Mr.. Page, but re-
turning 70 hurt nobody but the thrower.
On Monday the Herald appeared with
leading article a column long, attacking
Mr.. Pages record as finAncier, and claim
ing that his course as state inspector Of e.
nance resulted in great harm TO the inter
ests Of the savings banks and trust compa-
MES Of the state The charges are, first,
that Mr. Page brought hardship, and even
disaster, on the trust companies by causing
them 70 be placed under the same general
Law a. the savings banks, by this means
driving one Of the largest and soundest Of
these institutions out Of existence. In the
second place the Herald says that Mr.. Page
took action which caused an alarming in
crease in the amount Of Western loans held
be had done through ignorance and inc EPe-
rience, he delivered broadside Of invec-
tive against these loans, and secured the
passage, by the legislature Of 1856, Of a Law
cutting down the per cent Of Western loans
which the savings banks could hold, but
not until he had driven millions Of dollars
out Of the state and according to bis own
official report, impaired the soundness Of
Vermont savings hanks This is the sub
stance of the Heralds charges. They are
so sweeping, aud so evidently inspired by
personal dislike Of Mr.. Page, as not TO re-
auire refutation to satisfy the minds of in
telligent and candid men, but the Morris
willie News and Citizen of this week never
t6eless makes a complete and conclusive
answer TO them. The answer is, in brief
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06
Ia NaI.bcII.

Prom the tone Of the Bellows Falls and
Montpelier papers this week it Is evident,
that Col H,oker's fight is being bs>ei
largely. II not mainly. o. Gen Gr1at's
e0urse IN the Brattleboro post -oflce contest.
We wish 70 remind our friends up the dis
trict that the question vas this Had a
majority Of the Republicans Of Brattle-
boro right 10 say whom they wAnt~i for
postmaster And after this cboice vas
made in a caucus held BY direction Of our
Delegation IN Congress. could Gea- Grout
Or any other nemb=r q the deleEation
honorably do otherwise than abide by the
result Of the caucus Col Hooker per-
sisiently boltei the result Of that caucus.
which be asked for and took leading part
in. He tined - have the delegation break
faith With our people by refusing 10 recom-
mend % the President the nominee Il that
caucus, sni i now trying 70 Justify b.
course in - doing This Is the sis; Of the
whole matter truthfully s;a,ei IL the feu
e, possible words
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06
Elect Page Delegate.

The cAucuses - BE- held next week vii
afford the voters their best and in point q
fact, their only chance - express their
choice for governor. for the nominations
made by the convention the week foIlOWing
vii practically decide the question The
PhEniH gave IT, support . Hon. Carroll
:. Page primarily because Of il opposition
- the promotion rule, and il nov believes
that the Republicans Of Wiudham cJuuty
sboud b the lAst 70 give their countsuAnce
% q return % this rule this year Orii-
nary self respect forbids that Ne should
allow Sne Of cur own citizens 70 be singled
out for an exception and then calmly vie
for a return 70 the psrnicious custom. e.
tablishing il beyond hope Of breaking Il
down 10 future
Bot this Is not the only consideration.
The canvas has been bitter one, bot Mr.
Page has come through it unscathed Nv
cry charge set up against him has been
completely refuted and has returned to
hurt its inventors Whatever may be said
Of the element Of personal work and solicit
alton y hich has entered into the contest in
an unusual degree, it is to the credit Of
Mr.. Page thai be has staid al home through
I it ali attending to his business a. usual.
and whatever work be has done or infor-
nation he has SOUGHT he has gone about it
I openly and without Pretence Of conceal
ment or evasion.
We believe the preference Of our Wind
ham county people TO be strongly for Mr..
Page and that they gill best serve their
own interests, present and future, by elect
[ ing Page delegates in next weeks caucuses.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06
ODD FELLOWS MEETINGS.

John Rettiug, ST, Geo Clark. l. ] Ret
ting, ID. T. Tasker, Ii W Wheeler. a. ]
Willard, A. |. Williams. c. l. Cobb. c. II
Knapp, aud C. t. Endhch attended the
Odd Fellows meetings al Montpelier this
week
The Goth annual session Of the grand en-
campment WAS held on Tuesday. Charters
were granted 70 the new encampu,ents Al
Barre and Ludlow aud 70 the one soon 10
be instituted at Island Pond The repnrts
Of the scribe and treasurer show that the
order IN Vermont was never in such a
hourishing condition a. at the present time
The membership Of the Vermont enesmp
ments are now S04. a gain Of ~ during the
past year. Charles Endlch. 7. L p of
hrattleooro As one Of the new meml--rs
admitted 70 the grand eucampment. In
the evening the members of the encamp
meat psradet the principal streets aud al
teTN ans reception Was given AT the Pa
vnion, These officers were chosen. y
NJ fuher. Bennington, grand patriarch.
Joseph h ktgrrton, Nurthield. high priest
l. u burnham, Darlington. senior warden.
& W FArr' st Johnshury, scribe; d. "
DuulsN' N"ntlvAer grand treasurer. e.
farmenter, Rutland, grand junior warden
among the district deputy grand patri
et'l-1aAtei were ~ D. W n
ard OF Brattlebnro and ; d McI.s,l of
Bellows Falls
The 44th annual session Of the grand
lodge assembled Wednesday with a Iarg,
attendance The report Of the grand ma.
ter show ed that during the YEAR six me-,
subordinate and five Rebekah losises Ia,
been instituted. The grand lodge desre,
was conferred on y candidates. Anon.
the resolutions passei " as one on the deatl
Of Grand Master HmOthy Nntau Of Brat
te6ono, These officers were elected. N
J. Horton, Puuliney, grand master: j. "
gioodell, Burlington, deputy grand master
/ Rstting, Brattleboro. grand warden
II. Parker, Bradford grand secretary
ne electedi, l. r Robinson. Derby Line
grand treasurer. F A Sherburue. Mont
peiler. grand chaplain; ". u. Wilson y
Alhans, grand representative
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06
Ten REASONS FOR PACE


GiVea b. = CaIedSaia CoaAIy MAa.
From the 81 Johz.s,,iry ReFat4s1An q this we-k
one OF the INST prominent aud widely
respected Republicans Of Caledonia county
writes Us that be is for Mr. Page for GOV.
ernur aud proceeds y give ten reasons
therefor-and ten good reasons they are,
and eIceilently expressed
!. He Is live man and a vide awake
Republican
He h a man Of the people and conse-
quently his sympathiss are With the people
3 He Is in the interest Of no railroad
magnate Or corporation, and has indepen.
dence enough ~ stand on his own bottom.
tie = Nerm0nter by birth and eiu-
cation and has Nermonter pride in the
growth and prosperity Of the state.
.. tie has an eagle eye g. his own bGsi.
usss interests aud can be trusted, We are
confident, 10 guard the interests Of the
state. aud pluck enough, should occasion
require, T. stamp his veto upon Legislative
extrayagancs and misrepresentation
o lie did more than any other man 10
the state during the last Presidential can
palgn ~ bring our the latent energies OF
Nermont r-puhlicanism al the polls, which
told 80 siorlously IN the election II the gal
liant Harrison 10 the presidency
:. lie Is the man that farmers Of the
state can trust 70 put his fuJt On una Is.
aud eNtravaEant measures. which tend L
produce high taxes ani business depression
and failures
=. tie ky-s ia a section 81 the state
which has waited long aud patiently for IL
turn 10 hs hon0r-i with the office Of th,
sOyerulrship.
.. Tie has Leen Wilful.y malgnei by 4
indignant press without cause or prOvoca
tlon, ami We would elect him governor Z
riEht the wrong aud vindicats his honor.
To lie is the peoples candidate. aud a
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06

that the lav q uhich The Herald complains
vs. enacted in lss4. before NJ Page b.
cane the inspector q hnsucs The recoi
flying g The savings tanks lass and the en-.
actment q " hat BE- Substantially the pres
sut general ssvings tank lau. uss dous By
the Legislature q I ~. and uhen Mr. PsEs
came - his ot6cs 30 December u that year
It vas simply bis duty 10 administer that
lAv g. be found i. II 10 any respec. Il
acted severely upon the trus; companies Il
vss no his fsult 10 the sane way Il =
shown that The charge that Mr. Page caused
an immense imitation 10 the smoun; Of West
ern l0ans held. and slso drove millions q
dollars 08t u the state thruogh individual
investment. is falss and uufounded. for it
vss under this sane lsw Of 1854 that these
alleged evils took plsce The las Which
raised the limit Of Western kans that
nigh, te legally hsli by savings hanks from
three fo1rths 10 -siIths. vas psssed dur
ing the sdn.inistrati0u q Nr Pages pre-
decessor 10 the inspectors ofice 10 short.
IL proves 30 Be the Herald that is iguorant
and AZ fault al the way through its article,
and that paper certainly owes Mr. Page an
Acknowledgement ami such reparstion as
lies 10 its power
Mr Pages actusl position A. state in
/ sp~csor with regard 70 the savings banks
and their Western cans Is shown BY bis re-
| port 70 the legislature He tb1oFht the
| grouth q such hans from about = million
I and quarter dollars 10 lS7g 10 m0re than
/ 81 millions and a-hAf 10 ISIS showed =
I teni=ncy ia the wrong iirsction-s tenden-
/ cy - seek the larges; possible dividends for
iepositoTs rather than % sex the largest
{ possiols factor q safety for their savinEs.
He sid this A. ''p1ttinE to- many sgEs in
oue basket. and that there Vas danger
that sine Unforeseen financial disturbances
might 3usstti= their values The PblEnix
tbo0zhi =; the time, and sid. that Mr.
Page I'D ~ sufficiently draw the hne D.
tween god Western hans made thro1gt
responsible agents. and Western Ioans Of 9
doabtfui sni "a idea; nature. bat bis intlu
enee in this respect Uss nevertheless
Ub5l=s1n= snd useful 1ue and It's good st
t-ct % the hanks las been seen il May
cAses Il is uithiu Cur personal knoWle.ig'
that the odie=rs Of the Brattlsboro saving
bauks-oue Of them the largest in Vsruont
-boli Mr. Page in high esteem. On son,
points they we're sharply Al variance with
( him, bat they admire 10 0otspoken worii
his sb-lIiy. ac1teDess, Independence ADe
feArl=ssusss
We believe the people q Vermont VII
also discover these qualities in Mr. Page
thsy elect him their governor.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06
SALE OF THE TELEPHONE tx
CHANGE PLANT

The BrzJtlsbJro telephone exchange.
0v ned by T s. " h aud A " Chilis
has been s5li D. the Nes England telephone
ami telegraph company u Boston. Inch
took formal possession last saturday. The
first telephone u-=I 10 BrArti-toro aud 10
the STATE VA ID l-ss. -.Jn after Ih-
patent nAi teen granted. t-etv --n the toWu
hail and Brooks House a. the time u the
Unitarian festival The hrst hne . be pat
IN operation VA between Cudworth &
Childs's Office and " II ChIds', house
2 " Chilis. Z u FIRST and Il Z IA~
renee were the pioneer, 10 the telephone
business ia the state. ami bet ecu IT,, : ami
ISL they placed instruments IA the houses
4 uumt=r Of local residents ABl c,n
strurtei line % Wilmington The *
change Was prgauiz-i M ISL by + W
ani " r. Chilis, who we're among the
hrst licenses d the Bell telephone cotupa
ny At that time such al organization a.
al exchange with switch bari was not
known. Geo :. Do~ley hal an interest ia
the exchange for one year and VA sue
ce-iei by A W Chiids For four or fve
years a. Frank Hadley 81 Chester hai an
interest whirh be finally sold to + W
Childs Frum small beginnings the II
change has grown until al the present time
zbJut pa Instruments are 10 use. With lines
running al. over the county and connecting
sIth the exchanges at Bellows Falls aud
Gre-uheii, ~ that there l. a ready means
u communication with any place for miles
around
The exchange has been powerful factor
IN the business life Of Brattleb1ru aud
WindhAm county, AMI no man realize, Vhat
= convenience II has been or hoN much
time It has say-,i II has come o. lie one
Of the mO>t useful institutions ia town.
Much credit i due the Messrs Chilis for
the way IN which the exchange has beeu
conducted Contrary 10 general opinion it
has not been an ordinarily god financial
investment. New lines have hal t. h. con
stAntly constructed and several severe
storms have causei serious damAge The
loss from a single storm was Sl7Ui
Only one private exchange, at Montpel
Ter. i now left in this country. the New
I England and Bell companies controlling all
the others The sale Of the exchange does
not mean any radical change and there all
probably L. no Increase Ia rates which are
loSer here than IN any other place IN the
[ uited States + W and 4 " Child,
vii now he the managers and Electrician
LlAry VII! continue T. have general over.
sight Of the lines It l. expected tina; tn,
company will put in metallic circuit he
tween Greenfield and Bellows FalS. thus
giving an Opportunity for talking with Buf
ialo and other places AZ a distance Other
Improvements in construction which will
increase the usefulness Of the exchange are
also contemplated.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06

.Frgm th- M5astsls-f From IL N5utu.l--
WstckrnAn q tsis us-t WAtchnan. Nara o.
thrsr REPEATED i=4l
Ca Grou- d5I tb= To- President has
ostiing = The PtrH1in n1ui-A--t = " Chlis
Ausi app1i1f-t u-m1- flr rsst1lksl@-- q Brat
crattc pusru.aster A. ti-11ru. - --.ts a i--yl
B-a-ti=tsru. tb- t-=~f q. AMI u1Eatie cout-ss u
fce 10 tte Ss-su-s1 Dis "a ciVt a-rrt- r.
triz Nou IT, ftl=-iN f0ru victory l-1r -r-tl-
e tryluE O. s-i-l- IL &C. l@1Es
c1lnf
At the LEI, in this deadly parallel Is COP
led an item vhich the Watchman prints
three times over 10 its editorial columns tins
week. Al the night u an item With Which
j; BEADED is editorial columns in is issue
March 10 Two months Ago the WAtchnau
was pronouncei advocate d the cause Il
civil service reform. Today 1t Is = trsducer
q those " DO have stpoi by that principle.
and the foremost Champion Of the man Eho
persistsntly tultei sud triei - overthrow
the result q caucus in - hich be psrtici
paie,d. ani which y0tei 30 give the princi-
PIE Of civil service reform practical sI
empl6cation in Brattleboro. It i 10 Won
der the WstchmAn coils and strikes
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06
Attesdth the Caueu.e..

Il Is probable that al the Winiham e,au-
~ cAucuses for the choice q delegates 30
the state ami congress5onAl conventsous
ull b he'd % the SANE date. Satariay o
next week. A. recommended By the state
and district committees. and We Wish now
- urge on al Republicans the iuiy q a.
tending thess caac1s=s II they wish -
have any choice 10 the selection Of their
otficials their presence q; the caucus l. even
more essential than s, the polls 10 Ssp;em-
Der. for it i in the cA1cuses and c1nven-
tons thA; the result Of the ele-ti1ns : prac-
tically decided. The cAucuses viii afford
the best opportunity that the farmers vii
have to show their appreciation Of the good
work which Gen. Groui hss done for them
in Congress and 10 give him their renewed
support, while saving also by their votes
that they EAnt - see the high character Of
Vermont's congressional representation
maintained
Ia like manner they viii have chance
70 vote against the pernicious promotion
rule IN oar state politics and 10 take man
direct from the people for elevation 70 til,
governors chair.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06

This weeks issue Of the Montpelier
Waterman makes more painfully evident
than ever how cruelty the editor Of that pa
per feels himself thrust through By or
plain declaration that his paper has gone
hack On iis whols record for consistency By
is 6oP on the congressional question. Half
ais editorial space i devoted 70 vicious drives
Al Tie PhEuiT On this subject One can
think q nothing bat rzttlesnAke coiling
and striking in futile rage. It's piece Of re
slstAnes i the resurrection Of an anony-
mo1s extract or report alleging. Nitbo1t the
proiuctiJn q sciutilla Of proof. that Gen.
Gro1t dictated 70 bis brother. the Speaker,
the makeup q the House committees il
lS,5. and 80 csgs=i the railroad commission
ball - te "hAmstruuE o. robbed Of Ger
tain essential features
NJ RJq=.s attack Is bai one, and pas
ats,=rvs;i1n i=sds u 20 be verv doabtfu
Ab.out complete recovery.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06

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VT. n.rriII .. IL. .il,,r ill.

Senator Morrill, proved the uBdiminished
strength aud visor uh,ch remains 70 him
IN his slst year IL his strong, incisivs
speech On the silver biIl on Monday He
took ground. as might be expected. against
the free coinage scheme Of the extreme
silver men. though nos oPposed 70 any pru-
dent measure which wo1ld give silver an
enlarged use He SAID the first class 70
fell the psruicio1s effect Of deprecated
currency wo7li Be the wage sarners. who
would have 70 pay higher price. for every
thing they bad 10 buy, and free c1inags
woali also Dc direct blow At the creditor
class. The New York Trib1ne in its
Washington report ot Mr.. Norrill's speech
says that the venerable Senator can a.
NAYS command an interested and almost
affeclsonate audience, and that on this
occasion the Senate paid him the marked
compliment u turning cot in almost un
broken strength - hear his views, and
there xsre many auditors besides IN the
Senate galleries. Mr. NOrrills voice Is
not strong. bot With the perfect order pre-
served while he SPIKE il ooald be heard
distinctly all over the chamber Most Of
the matter Of course, vas read from notes
bat many Of the passages were delivered
with marked freedom and effectiveness
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-06-06
L. S. B. PLEASE NOTICE

mn 800 IVA AttttAaiT4
The Democrats oi Nvrn0at. in the plat.
form Which they lately adopted at their
state convention, spoke Of the elrction nf
lSSo As Temporary defea," of the De
mocraey. This Is a droll misapplicAtiou ii
terms. The election Of 1884 Was the tenn
porary triumph Of the nemocratic party.
while the election Of ISIS rvturuel il 10 is
normal condition OF iefeat-a condition
Tor n hlch It's character and antectslvnts
Wen nj IT. In the same platform Mr. Cleye.
iand Is reierred 10 a. ma nifcent iu hi,
private HE. Magnificent Is good
In view Of his recent remarks abut
Chas A. Dana, for instance