The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-02

marked by scenes of disorder that never
had an existence in the American
house of representatives, even in the
bullying days of the ascendency of the
slave power. Chamberlain, the Union
list leader, reserved to himself the clos
ing of the debate and brought bitter
and studied diatribe against Gladstone
down to a comparison of the grand old
man to Herod, and was proceeding to
carry the parallel to its infamous con-
clusion when an impetuous Irish men,
Der shouted Judas" Thereupon the
brawl began. A conservative prig of
the nobility struck out at an English
Gladstonian, and the melee became
general. Blows were delivered right
and left, and marks of the fracas were
seen in blackened eyes and confused
faces. The speaker was called, and on
the appearance of that officer quiet was
restored. The uproar continued for
nearly half an hour. With character
istic brutality, the tories undertake to
charge upon Mr.. Gladstone RESPONSE
bility for the outbreak, but the fault
lies clearly at the door of the tory
leader and his following of hot young
bloods.
THERE are 1885 national banks in
the country. Correcting the erroneous
statement the newspapers are making
that 200 of these banks have failed
since January l, 1898, the comptroller
of the currency informs the public that
only 105 have passed into that officials
hands since the above date. OF this
number, fourteen have already resumed
business, several others will reopen
during the present week, and before
September l considerable additional
number will have complied with the
requirements of the comptroller and
opened their doors for business under
favorable conditions and possessed of
the confidence of the communities of
their location. Thirty-three have gone
into the hands of receivers, and fifty
eight are in the hands of bank examin-
ers, with application to comptroller for
resumption. The failures are dis
tributed as follows; New England
states, two; eastern states, two; middle
and Mississippi valley states, fifteen;
north q at a. q tot
tifty-fve; southern states, twenty five !;
total, 105. Colorado has the largest
number, fifteen; Washington, ten;
Texas, seven; California, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Montana, six each; Nebraska,
five; Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Mis-
souri,, North Dakota, Tennessee, Utah,
three each; District of Columbia, Iowa,
Michigan, New Hampshire, New York,
Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, two each !;
Alabama, Mississippi, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Wyoming,
one each. In twenty-one states and
territories there have been no failures.
REPLYING to the declaration in re-
cent editorial article of the WATCH
MAN, that the Sherman act was a tenn
porary eXpedient, buffer to deaden
the shock that free coinage of silver, a
pet democratic measure, would have
communicated to the financial credit
and business interests of the country,
the Brattleboro Retormer interposes the
stock democratic bubble that when the
silver purchase act was under consid-
Grafton the house, on test vote, re-
peatedly defeated free-coinage amend
ment, and that, even had congress voted
for free coinage, beyond was Preside mt
Harrison's veto. All this is sheer eva
sion-dust to cover the real attitude of
the democrats on the question of free
coinage. The Sherman act was a
buffer, and this elastic fender received
and dissipated the force of the dem,
ocratic free coinage onset. Public sen
timent sanctioned compromise meas
ure that was believed to be fair anC
Just to the silver interests. The sound
money men favored the measure, ant
enough of the more conservative of thu
silver supporters were attracted to The
measure to render impossible the pas
sage by the house of the extreme FIRE,
coinage amendment that was proposed
as substitute. But it is not necessar,
in order to bring on a crisis that pro
posed law should be actually enacted
1t is enough that large and powerful
political faction favors the measure
works for it, speaks for it, votes for it
and the fact that the democratic mem
bers, with a dangerous approach t.
unanimity, were working, speaking an
voting for very dangerous measure
was only less menacing to public in