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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-07
Note and Comment.

GA GOOD bill was killed by the legislature
when they refused to give due considera-
ton to the matter of using wide tires on
heavy truck wagons" remarks the erudite
Farmers AdUOcdte. But if the AdUocdte
editor knew anything about roads and
wagons, he would not so remark. Wide
tires do well on turf or on hard surfaced
roads, but they cannot be used where the
mud is as deep as it is sometimes on almost
any Vermont dirt road They may not
sink so deeply as narrow tires, but when
down in the mire they stay. If the use of
wide tires is desired roadways hard enough
to keep them on the surface must first be
provided --Mtddtebury Register
Hon. EDWIN f. PALMER retires from the
state SUPPLEMENTARY of Vermont after
having fought heroically the battles of the
great reform. In his time he has seen the
state change radically from conservatism
that was fossilized to an activity that prom
Uses to place and keep the state in the front
rank educatonally. He sees the district
system abolished and the town system en-
throned. He has seen that conservative
state appropriate annually 100000 for
schools which is assuming one-seventh OF
the burden, and, better than that, is so di-
vided as to benefit the rural and hitherto
over burdened districts. His name must be
for all time associated with the great educa-
tional reform of the state.--Journal Of Edu-
cation.
THE Hardwick Gazette announces that
Congressman Powers has gone to Washing
ton in good condition for the trouble which
is certain to happen in congress this winter.
The Judge is bracing up his nervous system
by taking the Kelley cure for smoking His
policy as a statesman is outlined by the Ga
zette: Judge Powers will make 1t his in
dividual business to secure tariff OF four
cents a pound on Canadian maple sugar,
which il vastly injurious TO the Vermont
product by the competition in the states.
This would be in effect prohibitive duty,
and would give Vermont maple sugar 9
monopoly of the market. The Judge does
not hesitate to declare himself utterly OPP
posed to the present sugar bounty law, and
he will work for its repeal He does not
believe that the law is constitutional. The
government, he believes, has no right &C
take money out of the treasury which be
longs to all the people, and present it tt
private parties for the promotion OF pri
vate enterprise. He believes that the su
preme court would declare it unconstitu
tional IL it had an opportunity, aud looks
! for an early repeal of the law"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-07

In the course of an editorial para
graph on the WATCHMAN' recent arti-
cles on "Double Taxation " the Far
merS' Advocate says: " Now the point
is here: If it is right to Offset indebt-
edness against personal property, why
is it not also right to Offset against
realities?" The point is here: Real es-
tate is the chief stone of the corner in
the system of taxation. The state can
not relinquish the right or opportunity
to tax its own soil and the erections
thereon, which with the soil constitute
what is termed real estate. The re-
linqui hment in any degree of the right
or opportunity to tax might deprive
the government entirely or in part of
its only certain and abiding source of
revenue for support or defense. The
value of personal property may be de-
stroyed or the property may take to it.
self wings and fly beyond the reach of
the lister. Such flights are not flights
of fancy. Real estate is not migratory
and it cannot be hidden. The right
to Offset debts against realities " would
be a practical REIMBURSEMENT of the
right or opportunity to tax aud would
inevitably withdraw vast amounts of
real estate from the grand list. Con-
sidering the current looseness of NOR
ais in matters of taxation, little re-
Election will disclose to any one the
plight in which the non-debtor owner
of real estate would find himself, and
the situation of town or state, deprived
of its reliance on the one unfailing and
inalienable source Of revenue, when it
approached the matter of raising money
for schools, roads, ETC., or, in time of
public peril, for defense if "debts should
be offset against realities" 1t hardly
necessary TO 60 into the details of sit
uation that would be not merely pos
sible but exceedingly probable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-07

terest on the house calendar. Scott of
Illinois gave notice of a bill to repeal the
sugar bounty. The republicans held
caucus on the line of policy to be fol-
lowed during the session. Many things
were talked over, but no definite ac-
ton was taken. The presidents mes
sage, received too late for comment, is
published in supplement.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-07

CERTAIN of the state newspapers are
felicitating the people upon the pas
sage at the recent legislative session of
the free textbook bill. The contem-
poraries are not doing a newspapers
duty to themselves-to be accurately in
formed. They are false guides. The
free textbook bill did not become a
law. 1t passed the house but the sem
ate's concurrent action was not secured.
Furthermore, certain newspaper pub
locations of the act establishing the
town system of schools are faulty.
Everybody who desires to know what
new laws have been made and how old
ones have been changed should order
the pocket edition of public acts now
going through the WAToHMAN press.
1t will be out in about one week. Sin
gle copies fifteen cents. Send in your
orders.
The Fifty-third Congress assembled
for its last session at noon on Monday.
The president delivered his message on
Tuesday. The first bill on the calendar
of the senate is the anti-option bill.
Mr.. Sherman may present bill for the
repeal of the silver law of 1890. If this
is done, it is believed that owing to the
great interest in the matter 1t would
gain precedence over the anti-option
bill. There is nothing of special in
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-07

THE Woodstock Age sizes it up
thusly: "The legislature has abol-
ished the little pittance paid news
papers for publishing the laws. We
shall not publish them for nothing, if
all our subscribers get hung for violat-
ing them" The Hardwick Gazette
takes a peculiar view of the matter
eff the newspapers furnish their read
ers supplements containing the laws
hereafter, they will do it at their own
expense. The legislature could subsi-
die the earth, and in the case of the
house of correction appropriate a
thousand dollars to build fence around
it, but they evidently did not care to
have the people know what they had
been doing"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-07

THE New York Sun estimated that
10000 hasks were emptied during the
football game in that city between Yale
and Princeton, and allows that " alto
gether, it was the greatest day for pub
lie drinking that New York has seen"
AS not more than one-sixth of the
TASKS could have been emptied by col
lege men, even conceding that every
one of the boys who attended drank, it
is appsrent that the college under
graduate, with all the wildness at
tributed to him, is not Sin it with
the average New Yorker. New York
people do not set very good example
to visitors.
THE Free Press highly eulogizes
Superintendent Palmer for the splen-
did work he has done during his tenure
of the office of state superintendent of
education. All the Free Press says in
praise of Mr.. Palmer is true; and be-
ing true, how could it join Senator
Foster in his scandalous raid on
the office, and the late superintendent
and why did it aid and abet the
senator in that raid? The Free Press
by its article of November 30 confirms
all the stultifying things that were said
or believed of its course in the canvass
for the office of state superintendent
of education.
ONE of the measures of greatest i'm
portance which became a law by the
action of the legislature at its recent
session, is the bill to expedite legal pro-
ceedings. A radical change in hold
ing of terms of supreme court is made.
The old custom of holding a session for
each county at the county shire is abol-
ished. Hereafter, three stated gen.
eral terms for all the counties will be
held at Montpelier, and special terms
at such other times as the judges may
appoint. The fixed dates are: % the
second Tuesday in January; (2) the
second Tuesday in May; (3) the fourth
Tuesday in October.
The National tribune., 1892-04-21
Read Better than Pension" See page 4.
The New Modus yivendi.

On Monday, April IS, another batch Of cor
respondence on the Boring Sea question was
submitted by President Harrison to the Senate
For some unknown reason the correspondence
submitted was marked Executive" and the
seal of the envelope containing it was not
broken until the Senate had gone into Ezecu-
tive session. The document was the new
modus vivend which had been signed by Sec
rotary Blaine and Sir Julian Pauncefote just
before being transmitted to the Senate. The
m0dus is il the form of an additional conven-
ton to the treaty which was recently ratified
by the Senate and is said to be similar to the
modus vivcndi Of last year, with two additional
important clauses. 1t provides that the seal
catch shall be limited to :, 800 for the support
of the natives Of the islands Of st. George and
st. Paul, aud that no vessels of either country
shall take seals out of Boring Sea during the
present season.
The National tribune., 1892-04-21
Work OF the Pension Office.

During the week ending April 8. 1855 claims
were received, of which 515 were original in
valid, 346 widows, 2 bounty land, Is navy 10
old war, 2l5 accrued, and 1867 applications for
increase, and 139 applications for increase under
act June 81, 1890; act of June e. 1890, $3.50
original invalid, 6s6 widows.
Number of claims received to date under act
Of June q, 1890, 766. 234; claims disposed Of to
date under said act 372, 315.
Number of rejected claims reopened, All.
The names and postoffice addresses OF 3,779
comrades were furnished for the use of claim
ants. There were 1926 pieces Of mail matter
received; 90 G5S letters and blanks sent out.
Number of cases detailed to Special Exam
liners, $40; reports and cases from Special Ex-
amiuers, 276; cases hand for special exami-
nation, 5,549.
Report Of certificates issued Original, 1885;
increase, 1894; duplicate, 46; accrued. 142;
total, 8,l17. Total number of claims pending
$40 745
The National tribune., 1892-04-21
The Rush for Lands.

Tho Flat Iron," or Sissoton Reservation, in
the northeastern corner of South Dakota, was
settled last week, over 5000 persons being on
the ground at the close of the opening day.
There was DO trouble. The reservation covers
most Of Robert County, laps over on the edge
of Marshall and Oar Counties crosses the
Pan Handle of Grant and tho sharp point Of
tho trangular-shaped reservation extending
down to the center of Coddington n few miles
from Watertown. The northern base of the
triangle extends over into Sargent and Rich
land Counties, in North Dakota.
Tho Cheyenne and Arapahoo lands were
opened on Tuesday of this week, and $4,000
people rushed across the borders The people
there are mainly farmers, not SPECTATORS Still
hundreds realize that they arc not in condition
to hold down claim, and have no intention Of
doing SO. They hope to secure a good piece Of
land and then sell out to some one within two
or three days. If they cannot do this they
will be reduced almost to starvation.
The National tribune., 1892-04-21
Read Better than Pension" See page 4.
Ifaly,s Cabinet Go Ont.

One Of the sensations in Europe last week
was the resignation of the Italian Cabinet in q
body. The immediate cause of the crisis ap
pears to have been that the Minister Of War
insisted on an additional allowance Of l8000,-
600 francs for repeating rifles and the reorgani-
cation Of tho artillery. The Minister of the
Navy asked 100000 francs for fast cruisers.
So far as the request from the navy is con-
ccrned no attention seemed to have been paid
to it, and only $4,000 francs were granted to
the war Office
This sum it was proposed to raise by economy
In other directions, but the Finance Minister
insisted that new taxes should be levied to
meet the expenditures This caused division
in tie Cabinet and their retirement.
The Marquis di Rudini will reconstruct the
Cabinet and the same ministerial program will
be followed out
The National tribune., 1892-04-21

Trouble In tho Emancipation Day Parade.
While the colored people Of Washington were
psrading through the rain on Monday, April
Is, celebrating Emancipation Day, man who
belonged to the Baltimore Rifles, . visiting
company Of militia, fired off his musket.
policeman undertook to arrest the miltiaman,
and his comrades tried to prevent the officer
from making the arrest. Some Of the soldiers
fxed their bayonets, and several other police
mon came to the assistance of the officer, and
the militiaman was finally landed behind the
bars of the station house, and charges preferred
against him of melting riot. Two other men,
who followed the officers on their way to the
station with the prisoners and endeayored to
get the crowd to interfere and release the
prisoner, were arrested also. For short time
it looked as though bloody riot would take
place, but the promptness of the police soon
auieted the disturbance
The National tribune., 1892-04-21
Hills Boom Collapsing.

In An interview in Rochester, N. Y, April
IL, strong personal friend Of David q. Hill
had this to say of his BOOM
AZ am quite sure Senator ELL will not be
nominated and | think that ho realizes that
his nomination is impossible. There was con-
ference at Albany not over 10 days ago, and 1t
was seriously suggested that for the first ballot
in tho Chicago Convention, Gov. Roswell P.
Flower be placed in nomination by the New
York delegation, aud that Senator Hill mako
the nominating speech.
"Mr. Hill will possibly go to the Convention
as substitute delegate from the Elmira Dis
trict. Some of his friends among the Tam
many leaders urge him to place Grover Cleve-
land in nomination. If Senator Hill take this
course, and Mr.. Cleveland be successful, he will
undoubtedly secure the administrations sup
port of his own aspirations fer 1892.
81 predict however, that if Grover Cleve-
land is again nominated he will be defeated,
and that he will lose this Stats by $4,000 ma
jority. The feeling against Mr.. Cleveland
among Hills special friends is intensely bitter"
The National tribune., 1892-04-21
G.. ". Blankenshlp, T,
Jas. Hogg. Seven Riy,

Witt Bros. have several cotton woods, years
old, that SO to Sd inches in circumference
and over 60 feet high Mr.. IIogg has o peach
tree years old from the seed that is 81 inches
in diameter and II feet inches high. He has
& cottonwood years old that is % inches in
circumference. Mr. Gilbert has q pecan tree
years old that is "a inches in circumference
and % feet high. He has black walnut tree
3 years old, from the seed, that is 12 inches in
circumference, IL feet 10 inches high, and that
bore several walnuts this year. Maynard Sharpe,
of Eddy, has 2 peach trees, 2 years old, from
the seed, that bore and matured 7 peaches this
year. He has 1 apple tree, years, from the
seed, that bore apples the past season.
Apples, Peaches, Pears Apricots, Nectarines,
Figs, Prunes, Almonds. MuScat, Tokay, Musca-
Celle, and other varieties of Grapes in sue
cess(ul bearing in this Valley. Over 1000
acres of Muscat Grapes being planted this
year.
Send for maps. illustrated book, eto
The National tribune., 1892-04-21

to call up some cases. Witness assisted him.
and before leaving Morgan said he had some
information connected with tho attack on Gen.
Raum. lie said he did not want to mix up in
it, and finally said he would write If he con-
cluded it would be proper.
Witness, receiving letter from Mr. Nor
gan, showed it to the Commissioner, and found
that Gen. Raum had heard something on the
same subject from representative Williams.
of Ohio.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Dugan recon-
mended the disbarment of James Morgan, Of
Bloomington, Ind. as an attorney before the
Bureau but the committee, on motion Of Mr..
Lind, adopted substitute calling the attention
of the Secretary of the Interior to the ext1aor-
binary character of the testimony of Mr.. Nor
gan, but making no recommendation, AS 1t was
thought better to leave the action of the COM
mittee free.
The National tribune., 1892-04-21
Read Better than a Pension" See page 4.
GEN. T. w. SWEENY DEAD.
A Gallant Veteran OF the Mexican and Civil Wars
PaSspE AWAY.

PaSSeS away.
Gen. Thos. W. Sweeny, o. 8. Army, retired,
died at his home in Astoria, Long Island, N.
Y, on Sunday evening, April 10, in the I'D
year of his age, after an illness OF several
months The Immediate cause of his death was
kidney trouble.
Gen. Sweeny was born in Cork, Ireland, on
Christmas Day. 1920; came to the United
States when IL years old, and after receiving
good education in the schools of New York
City was apprenticed to the printing trade as
a compassion, in which capacity he was work
ing when the war with Mexico broke out in
1916 He served in every engagement in the
campaign of Gen. Scott from the siege of Vera
Cruz to the storming of Cherubusco.
In the latter engagement he lost his right
arm close to the shoulder. At the close of the
war he was hrevetted Captain and presented
with medal of honor by New York City. He
was soon after commi ssioned Second LicUten-
ant in the I'd q. S. Inf, with which he served
in the West. He was commissioned Captain in
January, 1861 and when the rebellion broke
out was, with his company, in charge of the
United States Arsenal at st. Louis, Mo, which
he saved by threatening to blow up the 40 tons
of gunpowder stored there If the rebels at
tackled him.
AS second in command to Gen. Lyon he
fought in the battle of Wilson's Creek, and on
the death of that officer, though severely
that held Prices army in check for three days.
He was soon after made Adjutant General I'M
der Gen. John c. Fremont in the Southwest
He was appointed to the command of a brigade
of Illinois volunteers, and took part with Gen.
Grant in the capture of Fort Donelson.
Ho afterward served under Gen. w. T. Sher-
man, aud at the battle of Shiloh received the
thanks of that officer for his services. In the
advance Of Sherman from Atlanta to the sea
Gen. Sweeny commanded the Second Division
of the Sixteenth Corps, Army OF the Tennessee.
He fought at SnakseCreek Gap, Rasaca, Lay
Ferry, Dallas, ard Kenesaw. ut tho end of the
war he was mustered out of the volunteer
service in August, 1865, with the rank Of Ma
jor of tho 10th u. S. Inf. aud the brevets Of
Brigadier and Major-General of Volunteers.
Gen Sweeny active Irish Nationalist
and took part in the Fenian movement in 1868
and 1866, being in the Fenan forces when the
invasion of Canada took place. lie was retired
on May II, 1870 with the title Of Brgadier-
General in the United States Army.
Gen. Sweeny leaves widow and five chill
dren. His funeral took place Tuesday, April
II. at II o'clock. He was buried in the fam
lily plot in Greenwood Cemetery with military
honors, the United States troops stationed at
Governors Island furnishing the escort. The
members of the Loyal Legion and the Society
of California Pioneers of 1849 attended the
funeral.
The National tribune., 1892-04-21
The Illinois Democrats.

Senator John NJ. Palmer, of Illinois, Is work
ing openly to secure the influence of the Illinois
Democrats in the Democratic National Conven-
ton, and Interstate Commerce Commissioner
William r. Morrison is working quietly to have
himself Endorsed by the State Convention.
Both are old Eoldiers, and they both are said TO
believe that should they succeed in occurring
the Democratic nomination for the Presidency,
they could carry the Sucker State. Senator
Palmer's chances are considered the better of
the two, and some of his warm sdmirers claim
that the Illinois delegation will be instructed
10 do all in their power TO have him nominated
fer the Presidency.
The National tribune., 1892-04-21
The Georgia Alliance.

The Executive Committee of the Farmers
Alliance in Georgia has issued an Order calling
on all the subaliances who have joined the
Third Party to revoke their action, under a
penalty OF forfeiture OF their charters if they
fail to do So The action is supposed to be due
to Mr.. Livingston the father Of the Order in
Georgia, who insists that tho Alliance should
be a mon partisan though political Order
If the commands are regarded it will seriously
embarrass the Third-Party movement in the
South and make a split on the Third Party
question.
The National tribune., 1892-04-21
Cleveland and GrRY.

At a conference Of all the leading Cleveland
and Gray representatives of Indiana, it was
agreed that the most influential representa-
tives of tho Cleveland and Gray element should
go to the State Convention and urge the adop-
ton of the resolution indorsng Clovcland's
Administration and declaring that tariff reform
should be the leading Issue Of the coming cam
paign, and if the Chicago Convention fails to
nominate Cleveland, the Indiana delegates On
deavor to effect Gray's nomination.
The National tribune., 1892-04-21
WASHINGTON, .. C., April IL, 1892.
His ExceIiency, JAMES g. BLAINE, Secretary 0

WARRINGTON D. C.. April IL. 1892
His Excelency, JAMES G. BLAISE, Secretary Of
State.
Mr SECRETARY OF STATE: You were pleased to
inform by your note OF to-day, that the Federal
Government had decided pay 10 Italy, by way OF
indemnity, tile sum of $4,000 francs 10 % DIS
tributed by the Italian Government among the
families of The royal subjects who were victims OF
the massacre which took place March H. 1891, Ia
the City of New Orleans. Your Exceency also
expressed the hope that the decision reached by
the President would put end TO the unfortunate
incident to which that deplorable Occurrences gave
two countries would be firmly re-esablished.
After having tax note. with much pleasure, OF
The language used by the President In his message
of December last, and after having fully apprec-
ated the words OF rcgre. and ceuSnTe uttered win
SO much authority by the Chief Magistrate Of the
Republic and likewise the recommen dation5 TO
Congress that were suggested by his lofty wisdom
by the unhappy incident, the Government OF His
Majesty is glad TO learn that the United slates
acl: nowledge that it il their solemn duty and &C
the same time great pleasure, to pay an indem-
nifty to Italy.
The Kings Government does not hesitate to
cept This indemnity, without prejudice to the judi
cal steps which it may be proper for the parties to
take, and. considering the redress obtained gum
cient. it sees no why the relations between
the two Governments. which relations should
faithfully reflect the sentiments OF reciprocal
esteem and sympathy that animate The two ma
tioEs, should not again become intimate cordial,
and friendly, they have additionally been In the
past, and it is hoped they will ever be In the
future.
In bringing the foregoing TO your knowledge. In
virtue of the authorization given me by His Ex-
cellency, the Marquis di Rudini, President OF the
Council Minister oil Foreign Affairs in the name of
the Government Of Ills Majesty, the King of Italy,
my august sovereign. have the honor TO declare
to your Excellency that the diplomatic relations
between Italy aud the United States are from this
moment fully Te-established.
hasten moreover, IN obedience to instructions
received 10 inform you that, pending the Minis
ters return this Capital, have taken charge OF
the Royal Legation, III the capacity OF Charge dAf
fnires.
Be pleased to accept, etc, IMPERIALI