The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

CHARLES J. MURPHY, special agent
of the agricultural department, is at
Berlin for the purpose of presenting to
the German people the claims of Indian
corn as an article of food. If Secretary
Rusk is responsible for this move, he
should be given due credit.
WITH sincere pleasure DR.. w. A.
Jones' friends will learn Of his hopeful
improvement in health. He now goes
to his store and is attending in
prudent way to bis business affairs.
This is pleasant tidings to his fellow
citizens in Washington county and the
friends he has made throughout The
state.
THE senior class at Harvard has
voted to graduate in caps and gowns,
which is English through and through.
1t is pleasant to notice that an alumnus
of that university m axes vigorous
protest in a Boston paper aginst this
caste movement. Young men at our
educational institutions should aim to
keep in touch with the life about them
as much as possible, rather than to
separate themselves from it.
THE attention of subscribers to the
WATCHMAN is called TO the advertise
mani IF tho Poctop To,,o.,,o1 20, 1oO0
which will be found on the first page.
The Journal has itself disclosed to
every reader all that is set forth in the
advertisement. To those who have not
taken the paper our advice is, subscribe
now. Price to annual subscribers to
WATCHMAN. forty-five cents.
THE fall elections take place on
Tuesday next, and, so far as one can
judge, the republican party has every
reason to expect success in the i'm
portant states of Massachusetts, New
York, Ohio and Iowa. AS the prelude
of the presidential election the result
will be watched with unusual interest.
The closing days of the campaign in
these states are filled with hard and
exciting work by both parties
GOVERNOR PAGE has appointed Hon.
F. G. Field of Springfield inspector of
finance, to succeed the late L. o.
Greene of Woodstock. The appoint
ment is an excellent one, and general
satisfaction will be felt with it. Mr..
Field has been merchant and
farmer, besides being interested in
banking, manufacturing and other
business enterprises, which have given
him a large experience. He is brother
of Chief Justice Field of the Massa-
chusetts supreme court, a man of the
finest legal ability and highest charac-
ter. Mr.. Field has served in both
branches of the Legislature.
The joint debate in fremont Temple,
Boston, between Hon. Henry Cabot
Lodge and Hon. John E. Russell, last
week Friday evening, was creditable to
both speakers, who are interesting talk
ers on any occasion. The subject was
Governor Russell's administration.
The hall was filed, and great enthu-
siasm was shown. The sensation of
the evening occurred when Mr.. Lodge
read the confidential appeal of the
democrats to the liquor-deaers of Bos-
ton to contribute from $50 to 81 900
apiece for campaign purposes. This
was the first joint debate held in
Massachusetts for long time.
SENATOR HoAR: Z" We have a ma
tonal administration of which we are
proud in all departments. The Amer-
can navy is beginning to show itself
again. That department, unde Secre-
tary Tracy, is prepared for some higher
exploits than driving John Roach into
bankruptcy, and leaving that noble
Irishman, who had done so much for
the glory of the country, to die of
broken heart. Diplomacy and peace
have their victories, too, and l think
we shall ask the people of Massachu-
sets before this campaign is over
whether they like best the fishery treaty
of Mr.. Bayard or the reciprocal treaties
of Mr.. Blaine. Meantime the firm
hand of Benjamin Harrison is felt in
every department of the government"
The Vergennes VermOnter comments
with good sense on what Colonel Hooker
is reported to have said to a reporter of
the Ne,o York Times: "What Colonel
Hooker said in his recent interview
with reporter for the Ne,o York Times
is doubtless true in the main. The Re-
publicans of Vermont are enthusiastic