The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-20
dNattbman 4 gournal,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1892

THE democratic majority in the New
York legislature has got in its first
stroke of high-handed business. Three
of the best senators in the upper house
were adjudged in contempt of the sem
ate, last Thursday, because they re-
fused to vote either way on a bill which
had never been printed and which they
had never seen. 1t was the first in
stance in the history of the senate of
any member having been put in con-
tempt. -
THE New York Tribune is a strong
republican paper; there is nothing
mugwumpsh about it. But the 1ri-
bune sets its democratic contemporaries
an excellent example of fairness when
1t speaks open praise of Grover Cleve-
land and his friends. Says the Tribune:
1--WE infinitely prefer to take the risk
of such an administration as Cleveland
would give us, to exposing the country
to the remotest danger of calamity
such as the election of David B. Hill
would be-"
WHEN, next spring, the unemployed
young Vermonter's fancy lightly turns
to thoughts of work, he can get it in
the big Northwest, if he wishes it, as
there is an unusually active demand out
there for farm labor. The St. Paul Pho
neer Press estimates that 10000 men in
excess of the present available supply
will be needed to begin the agricultural
year. This deficiency of labor, it is ex-
planned, is due to the immense crop of
last year, the gathering and marketing
of which has put all manner of farm
work in arrears.
THE Springfield Republican last week
contained the following interesting
communication, under the head of Bel
lows Falls: 1.-THE rumor that the Van
derbilts will take hold of the Central
Vermont railroad system is increasing.
1t is now stated that Superintendent
Foss has been practically asked to re-
sign and that there will be other changes
among the old officials of the road. 1t
is also said that only the northern part
of the system will pass into the Wander
bits hands and that DR.. Seward Webb
will assume active control SOON" The
rumor may be increasing, but the Re
publcdn's stock of information regard
ing the Central Vermont railroad is
still infinitesimal. When the CONSOLE
dalton of the Consolidated Railroad
Company of Vermont is completed, Mr..
Webb will 60 in as one of the directors,
and that is about all there is to it. The
talk about the Vanderblts coming into
possession is all nonsense.
THE WATCHMAN contains this week
only brief summary of the proceed
ings of the Dairymen's Association at
the annual meeting at Brattleboro, last
week. A statement of the awards is
appended. DR.. Hoskins, our agri-
cultural editor, was in attendance, and
will from week to week review the
papers and discussions in his de-
partment of this paper, accompanying
the review with editorial note and COM
ment in way to bring out in the clear
est light the points of greatest impor-
lance to Vermont dairymen. Such of
the readers of the WATCHMAN as were
unable to attend will thus have the SUBJ
stantial part of the proceedings laid
before them, and will be saved the
labor of wading through the great mass
of dairy literature that was evolved
during the three days. meeting. The
attendance was large and the meeting
great success. The association was
never so cordially received and 50
handsomely entertained. The people
of Brattleboro gave the farmers I'M
stinted hospitality. The discussions
were enlivened and relieved by fine
vocal and orchestral music, provided
and paid for by the public-spirited
citizens of the village. Comfortable
ings and for the machinery exhibits
were provided, and at the spacious
Brooks house there was ample and
sumptuous entertainment, with prompt
and always courteous service. The
dairymen will long and gratefully re-
member Brattleboro.
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