The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-09

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NINETEEN million dollars were paid
out on Tuesday, August l, as July divi-
dends on American railways, and nine
millions more as interest on railway
securities. That is an encouraging
feature in the business and financial
situation. -
THE pilot of the boat is blamed for
the drowning of nine persons in Lake
George last week. Primarily, respon-
sibility for the disaster should rest upon
the person or power guilty of neglect
ing to mark properly, by day and by
night, the locality of the sunken pier
upon which the yacht struck.
A BARRE granite manufacturer says
he voted for Cleveland, but declares
that eff the country voted for presi-
dent tomorrow, Cleveland would not
get as many votes as have workmen
in my shop" There il a rapidly grow
ing unanimity of sentiment on this
point among laboring and business men
in all departments of industry and
business. -
The author of the communication
6 "reminiscences of Fortyniner," in
the WATCHMAN of last week, makes
the following correction: 81 should
have felt quite forehanded if had had
500 90 on :hand when l arrived at the
mines, as printed in my article in last
weeks WATCHMAN. 1t should have
read Twenty-Five cents instead of t,centy-
tho dollars"
MESS pork got a very black eye in
Chicago on Tuesday of last week. In
forty five minutes this dainty dropped
from 1925 a barrel to $40 so. In the
slump several houses went down, in
Guiding that of E. W. Bailey & Co., the
principal of which is a former we'll
known Montpelier man. This house
has strong vitality, and Mr.. Bailey's
friends will expect to see him speedily
on his feet again. The disaster came
from no fault of his.
CONGRESS met at noon on Monday.
The house organized by the reelection
of Judge Crisp as speaker, the republic
cans voting for ex-Speaker Reed, the
populists-seven of them, all told-for
Jerry Simpson. The senate after some
formal proceedings adjourned as mark
of respect to Senator Stanford, who had
died since the adjournment. The
senate's adjournment prevented the
delivery of the presidents message on
Monday. Its delivery was looked for
on Tuesday, and, if the WATCHMAN's
plans succeed, it will appear in a supple
ment to this issue.
WHAT is the state of Illinois, pre-
sided over by the anarchist Governor
Altgeld, going to do about re-electing
Judge Joseph E. Gary to the supreme
judicial bench of that state? Judge
Gary is republican, and the republic
cans will renominate him. He is OPP
posed because he presided at the trial
of terrorists and red handed murderers.
Governor Altgeld has pardoned those
of the murdurers who were fortunate
enough to escape from the grasp of the
law unhung. In promulgating his
pardon he most bitterly and indecently
assailed Judge Gary, who struck a
blow at anarchy that has made life and
property safe in Chicago. Is he to be
sacrificed for courageously doing his
duty? Will the democrats of Illinois
nominate him for judge, and thus ad-
minister proper rebuke to the gov
ernor of their creating for his act of
double infamy in pardoning the MUIR
derous villains and in brutally assailing
the just judge who tried and condemned
them?
Nor many weeks ago the Brattleboro
Phynir had an editorial squib that was
copied quite extensively by the state
press, generally accompanied by sar'
castle comment. The Ph0niU stated
in substance, that while other towns in
the state were welcome to all the rum
cures they saw fit to establish within
their borders, Brattleboro desired none
and needed none. The latter statement
attracted attention. Right on the heels
of this declaration of complete i'm
munity from the evils of the use O
intoxicating liquors, the Picnic, las
week, contained three-column stor,
of the arrest, trial and conviction O
Patrick Lynch of that village, for beat
ing his horse 80 severely that the ami
NAL fell by the roadside and died il
great agony. One of the scare line
in the heading of the revolving story