The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-03
Press Notes.

WOMAN suffrage has been rejected
by the Michigan legislature, and votin ,
in that state will be confined to Michi-
ganders instead of being extended to
Michigeese.-BiU Barlo,0'S Budget.
WHILE European governments are
struggling under the terrible load of
nearly S26, 900, 900, 900 public debts, in
creased the last decade by $780,
900, 900, our government has in the
same period paid off $1,000, 100000 of
its public debt and reduced the per capita
from S3S to SIS. In ten years the
debts of the foreign governments have
increased as much as our debt has been
reduced in twenty years and their mill
tary and naval establishments con-
tinue to take the pound of flesh from
the taxpayers and depress industrial
acknowledgements Journal.
IT is gradually beginning to dawn on
the popular mind that our recent alb
normal exports of gold are due not to
the fact that we are the weakest
among the great financial nations, and
hence most easily deprived of what we
have, but to the fact that we are Just
now, by all odds, the strongest. 1t is
beginning to be observed, as a highly
encouraging symptom, that while our
spring outflow of gold to Europe is
fast approaching the S50,000,0O0 mark,
there is scarcely ripple in our finan-
cial waters, much less a financial
tempest.-Ne,0 York Commercial Ad-
vertiSer.
HENRY d. EsTABRooK, ESQ, a
prominent lawyer of Omaha, and re-
publican, went to Washington as one
of Governor Boyd's counsel to present
his case to the supreme court. Mr..
Estabrook was interviewed by repor-
ter of the Omaha World Herald, on
his return. Passing from the matter
of immediate local interest the reporter
inquired: "How about Washington
politics?" "Well, the atmosphere of
Washington is chock full of politics
and microbes; think | have got some
Of both and am feeling miserable in
consequence. You see | was in a
democratic crowd down there. Judge
Garland, while one of the ablest law
yers in the country, is a rank demo-
crat. Ogden dragged me off down to
Baltimore to reception rendered his
patron saint, Senator German. If the
New York delegation to the next con-
vention is divided between Hill and
Cleveland, it is more than likely that
Mr.. German will be agreed upon as a
compromise candidate for president
The night l left Washington Mr. Har-
rison and party returned from their
trip. The speeches of Mr.. Harrison
have made him friends, for they have
revealed his character in a new light.
He has commonly been referred to as
cold and unfeeling, whereas nothing
could be more genial, unaffected, and
warm-hearted than his numerous little
talks from the platform of his car. His
speech at Springfield and the one at
Indianapolis on the same day have
never been equaled, in my opinion,
since the days of Lincoln for pathos
and tender, manly sentiment. Even
General Garland spoke in the most en-
thusiastic praise of Mr.. Harrison's
ability and qualities as man. l al
most think it would be an easy task to
gain Mr. Garland to the republican
ranks, for he is so uniformly pleased
with the acts of this administration
He thought both Justice Brown and
Justice Brewer were the best appoint
ments to the bench that has been made
for years. Mr.. Garland himself is a
commanding figure in American poll.
tics, and deserves to be. He is, per.
haps, sixty odd years of age, of magnif-
cent physique, simple, unaffected
courtly manners, approachable by all
classes of people, and lawyer OF
great learning and experience. Mr.
Boyd could not have committed his case
| IN halter hands ;,