The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-09

notified that his seat would be contested
on the ground that he was not resident
of Ohio. The presid nts me 'sage will
be delivered to-day.
JUDGE BARNARD of New York is a
democratic judge, but he sat down last
Saturday on part of Gov. Hills con-
spiracy, which is detailed in another
column. Judge Barnard gave the SUI
pervisors of Dutchess county distinctly
to understand that Deane, the repub
lican nominee for the senate, must be
credited with the votes stolen from him.
Deane is dead, blu his rights, and those
OF his party, are very much alive.
Dom PEDRO, the exiled emperor of
Brazil, died at Paris last Friday, in his
sixty sixth year. He was born in Rio
.Janeiro, and was made emperor before
he was sixteen years old by the abdica-
ton of his father. He was crowned
emperor in 1S41. The events which
led to his forced abdcation are recent
enough to be familiar. When the re-
public was proclaimed the royal family
was banished, and were landed in Lis
bon, December Z, 1885, From that time
Dom Pedro livel quietly in Europe, and
interfered in no way with Brazilian af-
fairs.
AFTER prolonged contest in caucus,
begun Saturday afternoon, December s.,
and ending Monday evening, the 18th,
covering thirty ballots, Crisp of Georgia
triumphed over Mills of Texas in the
struggle for the speakership. Mills was
ardently supported by the former
members of Mr.. Cleveland's political
family. Tue struggle for the speakers
chair was the first skirmish in the battle
for the leadership in the coming cam
paign. Ia Mr.. Mills defeat, Mr.. Cleve-
land, it is conceded, suffers a reverse;
and if Mr.. Crisp is considered to stand
for the opposite of Mr.. Cleveland's
views on the tariff, the democracy seem
10 be left without an issue" on which
TO fight the national battle in 1892.
Says the Galveston NeuS: "The de-
feat of Mr. Mills for the speakership, as
the pecuiarly-recognized champion of
tariff reform on lines of free trade,
would place the democratic party on
the steep road to political bankruptcy
with respect to next years contests for
the presidency and for congress. Such
virtual reputation of the tariff issue
would be an emphatic invitation for the
cause of free and unlimited coinage
of silver to assert itself to the utmost
as the basis of democratic alignment"
AS between Crisp and Mills, in respect
of the tariff and free coinage, the de-
mocracy seem to have been between
the dew. and the deep sea "-and the
Mills-C Cleveland faction will believe the
party has taken the first alternative.
GOVERNOR HILLS effort to steal the
legislature of New York recalls the at
tempt of the democracy twelve years
ago to steal the government of Maine
IN the Pine Tree state the conspiracy
was pushed to the verge of civil war;
There was no election of governor by
the people. The legislature was re.
publican by an undoubted majority {;
but the democratic leaders, avaiing
themselves of inaccuracies in spelling
names Of republican members. of fail
ures to dot the is and cross the It's, pro-
ceeded 10 destroy the republican ma
jority and to constitute a democratic
majority. The democratic part of the
legislature assembled at the state capt.
tai and elected one Dr. Garcelon gov
ernor. The republicans held the fort
at the state house, which was defended
by the militia. After a long period of
feverish excitement, the Maine ques-
ton was got before the supreme court
and the democratic conspiracy was
squelched by the decision of that body.
The republican members, whose cleo
ton the democrats had denied, were
declared to be legally chosen. The
democratic rump legislature sullenly
yielded up the ghos', and order was
finally restored. Garcelon, Pillsbury
and their confederates never recovered
from the disgrace aud ignominy of this
nefarious attempt to steal political
power. So ought it to be with Hill and
his co-workers in fraud and conspiracy
in New York.
CYRUS W. FIELD of New York, after
living life of honor and integrity, now
finds himself in his old age stripped o.
his possessions-ruined by his son, Ed
ward M. Field 1t was sad picture