The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-02-10
Note and Comment.

II looks more and more as if Dave
Hill had sucked his torch. Boston
Herald
THE saving grace of democracy,
whose crv is Beef before Party 20
New York Sun.
THE suggestion is offered to the
Newport Express and Standard that it
buy few Roman cap Ms.
A POLITICAL obituary, from the San
Antonio Cypress:
Grover
Dead all over.
LET'S see! This is the month for the
railroad commissioners and woodchucks
to come out and take an observation,
isn't it2-Hardgick Gazette.
GOVERNOR PAGE of Vermont does
not want second term. 1t is pleasing
to find one oftice-holder who knows
when he has got enough. boston
Record.
THE Ne,O York Sun declares that
Dive Hill would rather see the
democratic party win once than see
Grover Cleveland nominated a thous-
and times"
SOME persons are finding fault with
the appearance of the goddess on the
new silver quarters. DO they expect
to get Psyche, or Hebe. or Venus,
for twenty-five cents?-Chicago Iri-
bune.
A BARBER at Grand Rapids, Mich.
who was afflicted with tapeworm, last
week Introduced big dose of poison
into his stomach tc kill the worm. The
barber may recover, while nothing has
been heard from the worm.
A FEW choice morceaux of demo-
cratic rhetoric culed during the past
week: "Oh, go home and soak your
head. "-Roger @. Mills. "The
boys hadn't the decency to stop eating
when got up to speak. "-Dauid B..
Hill - Rats Rats RoSUell
p. FlOtDer.
THERE is a place in 1892 for the
Columbians as we'll as for the Wage
workers. Political Alliance of the Dis
trict of Columbia, the Independent
Order of Kansas Crauks, the knights
of the Squared Circle, and the Grand
Lodge OF Perpetual Motors. -Ne,U
York Sun.
The alliance party in the national
house has also split in two, all save
Simpson and Otis of Kansas and Wat
son of Georgia going over to the demo
Gratis after tariff reform and whatever
else they can get. Their chances OF
getting anything there seem as good as
the country's.-SprinQfeld Republican
The democratic apotheosis: This
/ e Ill Of hn hoS
brought about revival of convinced
and irresistible democracy. He has
ended the mugwump interregnum. I'm
der him, or whatever other democrat
may be nominated the democratic
party will be of, for, and by, democrats
and no other need apply"
THE Boston Ne,DS last Friday charged
! that the democratic city and state com
mittees had been largely aided pecuni'
arily in late years by the louisiana
state lottery, and that the recent attack
of Mayor Matthews upon the lottery i;
not relished by the officials of that in
stituton. Josiah Quincy, chairman OF
the state committee, Indignantly denies
the charge.
OUR disguised contemporary, the
Evening Post, says: Mr.. Hill Is at
tempting to steal the presidential nom
iuation, and with it the character of hi'
party" This is new feature in tn,
evolution of crime. We have heard o
men who would not hesitate to steal {
red-hot stove, but the attempt to stea
sinking fish is new revelation of tota
depravity.-Ne,o York Tribune.
THE Vermont Woman's Christian
Temperance Union last Wednesda,
sent the following message to Presiden
Harrison: Honored Sir: In behalf o
the homes of Vermont, of the nation
of Chill and our American civilization
the state Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union urges that the Chilial