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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

WHILE civil service r. formers are impiti.
ent, often to the point of disgust. with Cleve-
land and bis administration because 1t falls
so far short of the ideal of what should be
done, it Is worth while TO note the complaints
of the more bourbonish lernent of the party,
because he has done so much. TIE Bali-
more Sun and the Ati,nts Journal, DO b pa.
pers that have been friendly to him, have
both within few days given him "warnIng"
that be must do more for the spoilsmen or
ncuf dangerous enmity. The Sun complains
that neither the Democratic or Republican
masses expected any su,h Ethiopian era OF
politics rs now prevails In all the executive
departments of this government with one ex.
csption and that the treasury department
whose employees, the Sun says, afford ",he
only visible proof that the people voted a
Democratic naturalization into power" TIE
Journal says:
There are many Off ,es not subject to
the civil-service law, aud the reigning i'm.
pulee 10 our politics is to swoop down upon
these as spells Of war. That this impulse is
held In check, that msny valuable Offices are
retained BY Republicans, while hos's of
worthy and hungry Democrats peep through
the cracks Of the crib at the inaccessible corn,
Is fact OF common know ledge"
While the criticism Of the reformer Is to be
welcomed, even when too exacling, because
necessary for the evolution of the higher pol
|tics that are coming, the fact will be recog.
nized BY history thst considering all the cir
oil the other difficult problems it |
,as to deal with, and especially the partisan
hip with which appointmen were satura,-
ID, outside the requirements of the law, by |
he Harrison administration, President
Jlev.l,nd Is doing all that IL pra ticabJe or
bat could reasonably be asked to advance the
suse OF civil service reform.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

Gus business improvement which has been
steadily growing ever since the first week In
ssh0ary hes gone On with increased move
ment the past week since the decisive vote Of
the house passing the Wilson bill. Brad
streets reports the proportion Of mills starting
up to those shutting down as 10 to one. The
wool sales at Boston we're doubled last week.
The New York dry goods market, wholesale
and retail, is reported much stronger, and
isyge retail houses say business with them is
sbout fqual to that Of year ago, which was
concedediya prosperous time. The reasons
fdr the encouraging change are several. the
natural recovery from depression, the ability
sow to fel IN plans on a d & aite idea OF what
tle aew tariff will be, and q rowing convic.
ton that congress means to be fair. The &C.
lion last week changing the dates when the
wool and wooden schedule should 60 Into eff.
feel. was healthful. As the American Woo
and Cotton Reporter says "agents will now
spen fall goods. buyers will begin placing
orders. the doubt and hesitation which has
prevailed will disappear and everything vii
become brighter and more promising
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

TuE sensational reports last week Of Mr.
0iacstone's Intended retirement because o.
failing health, have now been followed b.
more definite statements, and 1t appears to bt
Hiie that the grand old man is nearing his end
though he will not Law down the burdens Of
leadership unless absolutely forced to unit
b. has crowned his life work BY achieving
home rule for Ireland. Blindness is coming
upon him apace. and It has been noticed fol
Some time that bis hearing was failing, so
that be often replies at random to questions
and criticisms Ievelied against him because
he has not heard Alright. Mr.. Smsley writes
to the New York Tribune that an oculist, Dr..
Granger. found upon recent examination
NAT the result Of the injury to one eye by a
blow from q missile thrown from crowd
some time ago was cataract which had de-
stroyed the sight OF that eye, and that another
cataract WAS forming over the other eye. The
refuse TO operate because of bis
age. and II the story is true 1t cannot be many
years, and perhaps not many months, before
Gladstone will have to give up.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

THE debates IN congress this week over the
Hawaiian question 10 the house and he cleo
ton law IN the senate, have been worth fol.
lowing 70 comprehend the consistency OF r..
pub lean argument. In the senate 1t Is that
we should have the election law to enable
the black man to rule In the south, aud In the
ought to yield to the superior civilization Of
the whites, although 10 his own country and
although 1t is fact that the native Hawaiians
or Ksnakas as they are contemptiously
called. are 70 per cent. OF them able to read
and write, a proportion that can be matched
by not more than three countries In Europe.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09
Az the Washington county cas-. h.ve ;

As tse Washington county cas- hsve been
reassisued TO tske the place or the Caledonia
coauty cases for the bslsncs of This week /.
the next csse for besring Il George 5 Csep-
man We Addie Lorg and Fred Long.
rrsnk X Reede W Z b Fraser, appellant,
snd Nationsl Bank OF Barre. trustee, u nov
being hssrd ami IL ~ srf'on Of ss-umpstf.
Plaintiff recovered sio5 OS 10 ID. Orange
county court. Pla'nlif aud oeretdsut wire
formerly p,rrners 10 the grsnits business. ssd
on the dissolution OF the psrtber-hir trcasle
srose 90 the settlement Of The ps-trer-ntt a.
count. Msrtin & slack for plsini q ,nd 4 W
B.soee aud W Gordon Tor defendant,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

TaE Republicans In congress cannot thus
far be accused of good management In the
tariff contest. They have every time over
shot the mark with overshrtwdness. When
they turned In to pass the income tax amend
ment with the Idea that 1t would so load
down the bill as to insure Its defeat, they only
helped to accomplish good thing, to which
they themselves we're bitterly and almost
unanimously opposed, without hurting the
tariff cause at all. THE has been the result
IN almost every instanc where they Joined
the men of the west aud south In favor OF
more radical M assures than the committee
approved. They ought to learn sometime that
'.pisying politics" cannot take the place OF
craftsmanship as steady thing.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

CONGRESSMAN WALKER of Massachusetts,,
addresses one Of his sIam-bang lett.rs to
Chairman Wilson, denouncing his charge
That taboring men have been coerced and bull.
dozed into signing petitions against the
wills IN bill. declaring It an "insult' 10 ali the
wage workers OF the country, dIscreditinR
Wilson's statement that he had received let.
tiers from workmen making such allegations
sod calling on him to produce his proof or
decidedly Wslkere. aus. lie knows OF course
that Mr.. Wilson cannot honorably produce
sny such letters, because 1t would Inevitably
make trouble for the writer's With their EN-
paoyers. BE knows also that there Is nsces
nsrity moro " lees truth to the charge, for
with human nature ae II IL. 1t Is imp ssible that
here shouldn't be come employers who would
exercise coercive powers. Mr.. Walker hss
h,mseif shown 10 bic correspondence with the
Worcester labor CLUB that be would 60 mighty
near the iIne Of Improperly, If not clear
across, to induce men to oppose what be no
doubt fully believes to be disastrous 10 his 10.
terests and theirs. and to prevent what be calls
'besotted ignorance from expressing itseIf
on the other side. There IL q CHI snce for diff
ference OF opinion ss to how great the use of
a,sgitimate influence has been in getting up
these petitions. Lsrge numbers OF isborinz
mon have or auestionsbly signed them because
they believe the bill ought to be
defeated, but 1t IL the simplest and |
most transparent foorIshness to deny
That some have signed through fear
u their employers, aud still others throu ID q
ies're to curry favor. There are bound to be
ii' kinis OF men among the hundreds of
thousands whose names appear on these
'fPers. and q1est'ous IKE this which Eject
loekei-1ooks always bring oct The ba.er sn
ysce;;e: sijes OF tumau ta,ure.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

THE government treasury Is prompt to re-
feet The improvement 10 business conditions
The deficit TO January is only 3 6, 293, 453
where 1t was estimated at the beg,uniug o,
he month, on the conditions then existing
al 81, 900 900. Customs receipts were ~,
500 COO larger than expected. Pension pay
menls are also decreasing, being title Ies-
'bab scot 600 tor January against $I3,03S.
27) 10 January of last year. 1t has been ap-
parent for the last four or i've months thai
the tide had definitely turned 10 the pension
paymen s, and that henceforth there was
likely to be steady shrinksge instead of an
increase If the roll.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

I'VE believe that with absolutely no protec
I've duty. the American sugar refining COM
psuy can compete with the world IN the man.
utacture Of sugars aud pay s per cent divi'
dends on its t47OO0,O0o Of common stock
which represents nothing but water" So
says the Boston Commercial Bulletin and 1t is
doubtless the fact. When the trust managers
talk about 'protection" being neces-
ssfy for lsoor, they seek simply more than
four or five times reasonable income on this,
honest capitalization. And when they tel
how they will have to cut wages If the duties
are reduced, they mean only that they will
Improve the opportunity to punish labor II
the country refuses to longer submit to their
eKtortions. 1t Is a species of bIackmail tina
h good deal more widespreadjust now than
honest protectiontsts have any idea.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

GEORGE w. CHILD. proprietor of the Phil.
adelpbia Ledger. the genuine philanthrops t
the model employer, the lover OOtn OF hi =
country and OF bis fellow men. died Saturds 4
from the effects Of stroke of paralysis and al
the age OF Is. Mr.. Cbilds has ueservedIy
ranked Tor 70 years as one of the most nota
BILE Americans OF bis time, not so much OF.
cause Of iutelectusl superiority Is of e great.
news OF nesrt snd Of ambition to do good. He
was native of B.ltimoru, finished school be-
fore be was 10. tried life 10 the navy for
Few mORths. then began life In Phiiarelphis
IS candy merchsnt. extending into book
trade. and finally getting into the house Of
tne fetersons, then great publishers. Here
his business genius aud foresight mad Ju-t
great successes ' Tor ne ho.s s'0ff time, 'T IN
bringing out 10 popular form Or. K mes &C
count OF bis Arctic Explorations, Parson
Brownlow's book. popular work, Of science,
etc. Conservative puoiishers freely propht.
sled ruin, but be bad the understanding of
popular taste that fOresaw the results. He
purchased the Ledger IN 1863 when It was
iosin! money at . prodiyiou, rate, and by
bold and resolute management on peculiar
lines. built 1t up 10 be one of the most re mark.
able journalistic successes of the age-candtJ.
digni6ed, free from sens3t,onaIism or immor.
alty, paper which found It's way into the
homes of the people and staid there, the
:. Philadelphia BIoIe." - It was often called
Hts profits have Leen long estim atsd TO reach
3S0O, 900 . year, and he has used his wealth to
do good as few men ever did. His CHARITIES of
all kinds have been unceasing. He has always
paid the highest prices for labor, has estab-
iished an extensive eystem Of pensions for
supersnnuated employees, has built printer q
home, and IN fact hs- been sort Of pstrou
saint for the craft. he was q delightful en-.
t-rtsiner, and probably mum 1ered a re
friends among the famous botn 10 he H..
erary and political world, than any man of
bis time. he was on particularly Intimate
terms with Gen Grant, aud his book Of
Reco ilections" OF the latter gives the mot
lppreciative estimate of the great captain
1st has been priutet.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09


Wool epeculstors are. we hear, going
through the country towns and offering repu.
lar panic prices for wool To induce the
farmer to sell his stock at their figures, they
depress the condition Of the market and pre-
let utter ruin of the wool raiser. To begin
with, they offer rates far below the value Of
wool IN the Boston market. The wilson tar
III has not passed the senate and msy there be
so modified as to protect wool. though not to
the same extent that was granted under the
Mckinley tariff. Wait until the proposed tar.
ID becomes law and see how It works before
letting your wool 60 at speculation prices.
They wouldn't be 20 anxious to buy II they
didn't count on making handsome proGt. 4
large number of farmers are selling their
sheep also. Men wouldn't purchase them II
they knew positively that sheep raising would
become unpro6tahle. There's neither rhyme
nor reason 10 disposirg of either sheep or
wool through fear thst they will eeon De COM
paratively vaiueless. What the farmer loses
through sales made under the infuerce Of
fear Of the fu'ure, spectators gain. Dout
be afraid of the cry "woif-woR" hut wait
until the wolf comes. In fact be- may never
come. In q year from row, ehcep raluus
= ho have dispd sed Of their h".s may be
they badn't been IN 80 bury and
The speculsfors may he smiling as hey re-
member how they "pulled the ~ool" ever the
larmer's eyes.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09
VIII Be and Ought to BE.
From the Springfield RepubIican.

Nevertheless, let this be said: II the fed.
eral government fs to 60 on extending IT'S
functions, II pensions are to go on Increasing.
II the national revenues must 20 on euusline
or exceeding the entire aggregate tax reve-
nue. OF the states snd towns and cities of the
nation, and II we-lthy cit'z n. In so many
cases will go on 'ylecting the aft airs of gov
eminent only so IA a. concerns the sussidiz.
Ing OF their priv g business, and treating
with indifert nee g tendencies to waste and
exIravagance IN the national government be-
cause they are mol called on directly TO give
that government revenue Import properly
commemorate WIN their means.-,hen come
of this burden Of federal taxa; ton win be and
ought to he tai, n from the backs OF the con-
Stunning masses and loaded upon shoulders
better able to be'r It.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

THE Hawaiian resolutions which passed
the House Wednesday are declaration only
Of the Views of the House. They propose to
leave the matter just whore 1t stands now,
and they contemplate no further action. By
inference only, and strained one st thst. do
they approve the presidents action In seek
ing to restore the queen by mediation. Ii is
worth noticing so that the resolutions Of.
fered bv the Republican minority did not a.
tempt justification or approval of Minister
Stevens action They con seded IN effect that
his contuct wss ur unsuitable and In that con-
duct wss The root OF the whole trouble.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

THE poles censu, of the unemployed 10
New York City, like that In Boston, shows
h. number to be very much less than hss
be m popularity supposed. 1t 10 found to be
les than $4,000. instead Of 100.0)0 ss first re.
ported. Even these are being classified, and
ths shiftless and other wise unworthy are
being shifted out. Hundreds Of agencies are
at work to relieve positive suffering by charity
and to furnish employment of some kind to
those who are able to work. And this re-
lief work was never more infelligently ad.
uinistercd than now. Those engaged In II
have learned to discriminate between i'm
posters aud those deserving aid.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09
H0W'a Thai

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any csse of Cssrrh that can not be cured BY
Halls Catsrrh Cure.
r.. j. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo. o.
We the undersixn' d. have known r. j.
Cheney for the last is yesrs, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transac
tions and hnsUciaily able to carry out any Oh
legations made BY their firm.
West & Truax. wholesale Druggists. Toledo,
o. Wslding, K'nnsn & Marvin. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. OHIO.
Halls Cstsrrh Cure is tsken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucou. sur
fsces OF the system. Price, 75c. per bottle,
SJh by all Drugg'ste. Testimonials free.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

The Democratic party made two great
pledges to the country In 1892, to repeal The
silver. purchase act and to reform the tariff
The Hrs, perpicious law. passed by congress.
that was Republican In both branches, has
Aen repealed by one that was Democratic 10
both, and that pledge fulfilled though large
section of the party desired to violate 1t. The
second Is fulfilled so far as the House Is con-
oerned with surprisingly small opposition and
Il Is safe to predict that the senate will fall
1ntn line.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

An Important work 10 In steady progress In
this Democratic congress which will do as
much to improve the business situation as the
mccess of tariff reforms Sayers of Texas
chairman of the house committee on appro'
pristIons promises saving Of $50 100000 In
appropriations made by this congress as com
pared with the previous one. In the bills all
ready reported 10y bis committee the reduce
ton of appropriations Il $24 Cos 100.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

THE reconciliation between Bismarck an
Emperor william alrsa iy promises 10 be fol
owed by one important development, IN tn
renewal OF the traditional friendship betwe
Russia and Germany. The Emperor mad
q significant address at parliamentary d
ner given BY Chancellor Won Caprivl Monday
In which ne said rejection by the Ksichs 81
OF the commercial treaty arranged betwe Z
Germany and Russia would inevitably be FOL
lowed by war, and he adied that the large
and unexpected concessions made by the st
Petersburg government had been inserted In
the treaty at the personal dlcta ion OF the Gear.
The treaty Is one which proposes to adn. it
German manufactures into Russia on tx
tremely easy terms, notwithstanding the pro-
tests of the Russian manufacturers, who will
Dc undersold The schepe IL well nlgn Bis
MARKHAM 10 Its concepta.s. n the overture
embodied 10 this treaty IL accepted-and this
's likely to take place, now that William III.
has disclosed its full significance land the old
cordial relations OF the II 'manoffs and the
HohenzoIlerns be really restored, It Will
mean th practical isolation of France among
the great powers, with not only he dreibund.
Germany, Austria and Itaiy, against her, but
also England and Russia. Ii IL needless TO
say that such situat on wouli be full of
8 ave danger to the r. public. The interest of
the sovereigns Is to unite, even az they did
against the First Republic, 10 crush 20 i'm
pressive lesson OF the benefit of free instttu.
lions and the worse than uselessness of kings
aud emperors. This is easy enough to see,
and international relations are fuli of even,s
10 At can be seized on rs pretexts. TIE nope
On the other side il, irsr, the Jealousy Of two
such war giants as Germany and Russia, lest
one or the other be strengthened, and second
Ind more lmDortsnt, that the p opie are now
'ac or 10 be reckoned with everywhere. The
conditions are very different from 100 years
lgo and union OF desp0ts 10 strange the Re- |
public might be followed by sumo very ssrI
Jus consequences for some of them at home
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

If the Republican senators persist In their
threat to flibuster because of the
Finance committee's refusal to usc-
lessly waste time 10 repetition
of t'r'f "hsarlnzs!' It will bso,Iy another
proof Of how the high tariff idolatry has spoil
ed tis party. The country s not In q mood
tolsrate any such tactics. 1t has hsd dis
cussion, and debats and hearings u its full
satisfaction all through the last six years, and
what 1t wants Eow is ie6aite action so that
business can make defnate cslcu Iatious for
the prosperity thai Ia returning to the land.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

~ anybody had any doub which side
knew itself TO be wrong In the Hawaii IN busi
ness. be has only 10 note the temper of The
debate fn the house this week. Men do not
descend to the bitterness and viup, ration OF
Boutelle and his followers unless they realize
candid discussion.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09
THE REFORM Err.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 1874

GTas State supreme court has just decided
"a unusual case, Mrs Laura Caswell whose
husband James Caswell. is IN state prise
for life on a murder sentence, has been re
fused Q divorce from him on the ground thai
she knew his civil condition when she married
HIM. He was then awaiting an appeal from
his sentence.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09
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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

Their NAV be and doubtless is cunning
politics In Qusy's proposal to hitch the free
silver and high tariff caus g together But
Is consisent--it IL Pennsylvania politics and
just the thing tue coun'r, has got tired OF.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09

The Republican senators who are demand
ing more tariG hearings ought to appreciate
that the people und 'rstand that sort OF blum.
Eight years OF hearings on this subject ought
10 suffice,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09
The Purest OF all Baking Powders
Is the New Horsford's,

IL txoeis sll o. hers 10 baking strength. fs
strictly pure, aud beneficial to health. Rec
by physicians. Try II.