The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-05-27
NEWS AND NOTES,

Senator Hill has found out that it
takes something more than declaration
that 81 am Democrat" to make man
President of the United States or even
the candidate of his party for that office.
1t is rather a startling instance of
the stronghold of the free coinage delus-
ion on the Western Democracy that so
important a Democratic leader as Gov
ernor Pennoyer of Oregon has gone over
to the third party because the Bland
bill failed to pass the Democratic
House.
1t is left to one of our most amusing
tariff reform contemporaries to discover
that the difference between the granite
workers and their employers as to
whether the contract year should begin
in May or January is due to the Mckinley
tariff,
of course the Democracy was on the
wrong side of the question of apprOprl-
ating money enough to continue the
construction of the American Navy.
There hasn't been a great broad National
question in the last thirty years on which
the poor old ignorant, obstinate organi-
cation hasn't been squarely wrong.
It's too aged and decrepit to reform.
The Mortified NepS notes the fact
that "the Brattleboro RefOrmer was so
badly ratified over the result of the
Democratic convention that it stated
editorially that Gov. Page had proclaim
ed Friday, May 18th. as May day" All
days are alike to the RefOrmer, since
the Democratic convention of May 5th.-
Clipper.
1t is demonstrated by the completed
census lists of the six New England
States, the only portion of the United
States were the number of aliens is yet
figured out, that little more than one
half of all the adult males of foreign
birth are not naturalized American
citizens. Judging from the ratio estab-
lished in New England there must be
fully 100000 adults of foreign birth in
the United States who have failed to take
advantage of the naturalization laws.
This fact is important both as a political
and sociological factor in the growth of
population.
If Salisbury is defeated at the ap-
preaching general election, and it seems
more likely every day that he will be,
just watch the Mugwunp organs in
America and see if they don't attribute
ONOl w vi HtdTJ
from Free Trade to Protection. The
Free Traders here and in England see
the yawning pit opening to receive them,
and the zeal with which they are every
where looking for soft spot to fall upon
is positively exhilarating,
William II. Vanderbilt, the eldest
son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who died
Monday evening, was, according to all
representations, a particularly bright,
affectionate and accomplished young
man. He stood at the threshold of life
with heart and fortune, potentialities
which make the achieving of noble fame
easy, and while he stood waiting for his
signal to begin work the door was closed
in his face forever. Again we are re-
minded of the fact that is nearly as old
as life, that death is no respecter of
persons.
The Massachusetts, Legislature is
considering a bill to fix a maximum
passenger fare of two cents mile on
every road in the State whose stock sells
at a premium of fifteen per cent. If
such bill is to be passed, the propriety
of making any exception may well be
doubted. 1t is fair presumption that
roads which charge higher rate would
make as much money through increased
business at this price.