The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-02

making friends for Colonel Fairbanks
all over the state, and particularly in
Windsor and Windham counties, by its
pleasant and complimentary references
to Lieutenant Governor Fletcher and
Colonel Fuller.
BURLINGTON city election resulted
in victory for the democrats, Mayor
Haselton being reelected over Lyman
by majority of 100. The republicans
elected four out Of six aldermen, the
board now standing six republicans and
four democrats.
THE republican state committee, as
sembled at Montpelier last week, called
the state convention for choosing dele
gates to the national republican con-
vention at Montpelier, April 10; for
nominating candidates for state officers,
at Burlington, June %. No other bust
ness was transacted by the committee.
HARRIS neutrality-suspicious. Ga
sette says the WATCHMAN is wofully
mistaken if it considers" that the
young men are to be placated and
muzzled by electing two of them as
delegates to a national league conven-
ton" Seems to US Harris is pettifog-
ging. In fact, we know he is.
The supreme court, last Monday,
ruling in three cases in which importers
sought to test the constitutionality of the
Mckinley tariff, declared that the tariff
is constitutional; that the reciprocity
clause is perfectly lawful; and that the
sugar bounty clause is not worth dis
cussing. The court also sustains ex-
Speaker Reeds famous ruling as to
quorum. -
THE car of all the Russias seems in
clined to choke off the philanthropists
who have been endeavoring to relieve
the sufferings of his famine-stricken,
wretched people. Count Tolstoi, who
has been hard at work in the famine
districts, has been ordered to return to
his estate-an action which was proph-
esied several weeks ago by Russian
refugees in this country. This is one
of the latest and worst instances of
czarism.
A THIRD party was born last Wednes-
day at St. Louis, Mo. born of the in
dustrial conference. The new party
concluded that this is "a nation
brought to the verge of moral, political
and material ruin" As a remedy it
proposes the printing of enough paper
money to make the circulation equal to
$50 per capita, the free coinage of sill
yer, some scheme of government loans
of treasury notes in unlimited quantity
to the people, postal savings banks, no
alien land ownership, and government
ownership of railroads. The new party
will probably not create much damage.
The third party, as it is called for want
of more specific title, will hold its
presidential nominating convention at
Omaha, July a. L, l.. Polk and ]. B.
Weaver are considered the strongest
candidates for president.
THE st. Adams Messenger thus tim
orously brings out its representative
farmer mot one but seven of them
"The Messenger ventures to suggest
the following as among the many gen.
tlemen whose qualifications are beyond
question, and whose selection would
command universal approval, and any
one of whom the Messenger would cor
daily support: Hon. Henry G. Cleve-
land of Coventry; Hon. Victor 1, Spear
of Braintree; Hon. Henry A. Fletcher
of Cavendish; Hon. William Chaplin of
Middlesex; Hon. Henry M. Arms OF
Springfield; Hon. A. B. Franklin OF
Newfane; and Hon. l., b. Harris O.
Lyndon" Many may be called, but
one can be chosen, and the Messenger,
method OF herding its farmer represen'
tatives gives color to the criticism of {
stalwart tiller of the soil that the Mes
senger's real purpose is to kill off tn,
whole group by pitting one against the
other. Select your candidate, Colonel
and stand up for him like a man.
To "Old Customer" whose protest i
published in another column, we would
say that Chaplin and Cooke" is on
of the representative farmer " comb
nations for governor and lieutenant
governor in the present state canvass
that Chaplin is also candidate for rep