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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
Caledonia County Politics.

Editor Waterman The people had hoped
to present a name to the state convention
that would command the hearty support
of the county and the state for the Office OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The politicians named
Hon. II c. Bates but the people have not
enthused at all, but have showed a decided
liking for b. +. Lincoln He is a good
business man and is not an office-seeker
BY common consent, st. Johnsbury names
one of the senators. l.. ID. Hazen, a promi-
nent lumber and businessman, seems to be
their choice. Barnet presents the name of
Hon. George p. Blair, good man.
The west end feel that 1t is their turn to
name the man, and the name of g. j. Bell
of Walden is mentioned. Mr.. Bell has
every qualification for the Office having
served in the house, and has as wide a
| circle of acquaintance throughout the state
as any man in the county. He has for
| years been chairman of board of selectmen,
| Is school director, and holds other offices OF
| trust and honor. As tirst-class farmer,
| he is in sympathy with advanced ideas in
| help legislation in the interest of the lead
| ing industry of the state. The name of j.
II. George of East Hardwick has been men,
| toned. He has ample qualifications for the
| office, but Hardwick can hardly ask for a
| larger representation on the county ticket
than she now has. Judge Tucker and
| High Baliff Wakefield have given good
! satisfaction, and common courtesy will give
them a reelection. There are no hands up
| for the office of states attorney, but il
Esquire Stafford is prepared to drop his
third party swaddling clothes and enforce
the prohibition laws with their maker, the
republican party, he can have the job.
| We do not hear of any democratic rallies
| The winter was a hard one and most OF
them winter killed. A few who enjoyed
| official pap pulled through and will UNI
doubleday meet, shout for Cleveland and
| reform and nominate a ticket, W,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13

is that shall decide this matter of grave
moment, from whence it derives its
powers and authority to act, and what
binding force will accompany its selec-
ton, we are not informed; but it is
very necessary to have state flower,
and it is very desirable that the selec-
ton be made in way to secure unani-
nous acquiescence. Vermont does not
want, in these distressing times, such a
floral war as once devastated Merry
England. Bloody war, added to the
accommodating miseries of I" Cleveland
times" would be intolerable. So we
pray the electors, whoever they may be,
to act with extreme caution. Don't
monkey with that Ishmaelite of the
posies, the daisy. That won't go
with the farmers. Don't select any
weed-the golden-rod or any other
however much it may be glori6ed by
morbid fancy. A choice anywhere
from this grade of the posted tribes
would be only an lncltement TO dis
cord. With view to securing har-
mony that will flood the state, the
WATCHMAN begs to nominate for the
honors the tribunal has within its be-
stowal a flower that is beautiful and
useful, whose language is industry,
which flourishes in all soils, in all parts
of the state, on the mountains and in
the valleys, in the meadows and on the
rocky cliffs, whose leaves are the SYM
boil of good fortune, and whose virtues
contribute nightly to the states wealth,
For an emblem for the Green Noun
tain State, what flower can for an in
slant claim or maintain precedence OF
the white clover? To name the beauti
full trefoil for state honors is to assure
its triumphant selection and unanimou:
acceptance by the people. Let us have
the white clover and peace.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
The Shock in Illinois.

The republicans have elected by about
1000 majority their candidate for SUI
preme court judge in the fourth judi
cial district, made up of the twelve
counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Full
ton, Hancock, Mason, McDonough,
Menard, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler and
Scott. This is the first time since the
republican party was organized in
Illinois forty years ago that it has had
majority of the total vote cast at any
election in those counties. Fifty years
ago most of them were whig. They
were for Harrison in 1910 as against
Van Burcn, and for Clay in 1914 as
against Polk, and for General Taylor as
against Cass in 1913. But when a
democratic congress passed the pro-
slavery Kansas n ebraska bill it led to
reorganization of the old parties, and
the Kentucky whig element which was
so strong in these counties left that
party and went into pro slavery democ-
racy. This group of counties from that
time forth voted democratic. They
voted against Fremont in 1856, against
Lincoln in 1860 and 1864, against Grant,
Hayes, Garfield, Blaine, and against the
grandson of Old Tippecanoe both
times, giving Cleveland 1000 major
ity eighteen months ago. All of a
sudden these democratic counties,
which have been democratic for forty
years, have Topped over to the
other side and have replaced dem
ocratic majority of 1000 by repub-
lcan one of 1000. What caused this
immense change? One reason which
has been assigned for it is that the
"voters wanted to rebuke the demo-
cratic bosses who had taken upon them
selves the selection of a candidate and
had deied the wishes of the democratic
people,"
This is flimsy excuse for the defeat.
The democratic candidate for supreme
Judge was a popular and able man.
His qualifications for the position, like
those Of his republican competitor,
were indisputable. Whatever discon-
| tent there was over the manner of his
nomination did not really influence
one hundred democratic voters to flop
over to the other side. Had the cleo
ton been held eighteen months ago he
would have had, in spite of this alleged
dsaffection, the party majority. The
actual cause of his defeat is not to be
looked for in the superior merits of his
opponent or in the slight irritation en-.
gendered by the contest for the nomi'
nation. 1t is to be found in the in
tense disgust of thousands of the dem.
ocratic voters of the district with the
management of national affairsIby theil
party leaders. They voted in 1892 fol
a " change" but did not expect the
kind of change which has taken place
They voted as they were told for E
change to greater prosperity. In
stead of that they have been treated tC
dreadful business depression, to small
wages for the workers in the towns, tC
lower prices for the crops of the farm
ers, and enforced idleness to thousands
They are suffering from bitterly hard
times brought on the country by thu
democratic party.-Chicogo Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13

OREGON held a state election on Mon
day of last week. The political tide is
still flowing, with increasing volume,
towards the republicans. Oregon has
Tor years had democratic governor,
the now notorious Pennoyer. The al
lied democracy and populists have ruled
the state, but at the late election Judge
Lord, the republican candidate for gov
erpor, was elected by plurality of
$4,000. Both republican congressman
are elected. Oregon has been the
stronghold of the populists. In 1892,
Weaver, the populist candidate for the
presidency, had nearly $1,000 votes 10
Harrison $4,000, and, with democratic
help, the populists chose one presiden-
tial elector. The state has awakened
to full understanding of the signif-
canoe of that baleful combination, pop
ulism and democracy, and by an en-
phatic vote turns them both down. In
this connection, the New York San
pertinently inquiries: off the income
tax and the flimham tariff bill are good
for $4,000 republican plurality in pop
ulist Oregon, what are they worth in
states where the populists have had no
strength at alp" An answer is found
in every election, east and west, since
the accession of the democratic party
to power. The tide of republican vic
tory swells in force and volume with
every lengthening hour of democratic
misgovernment. 1t will develop into 6
tidal wave by the sixth of November.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
The State Flower.

The effort to unite all minds and
sentiments in the selection of flower
that shall represent the nation having
failed, it is now proposed that each
state shall choose the posy that shall be
delegated to bloom in its especial honor.
The merits and charms of what flower
shall adorn Vermont's escutcheon is q
matter that just now transcends in inn
portance even the question, Who shall
be the candidate for the Office OF
Acknowledgements? What the tribunal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13

THE legislative committee that is in
vestigating Rev. Dr. Parkhurst's charges
that the police of New York city are in
connivance with the keepers of saloons
and houses of prostitution is unearth-
ing state of things that is appalling
for its revelations of crime and wicked
ness. 1t is shown that police captains
have systematically levied heavy tolla
upon the proprietors of haunts of vice,
in consideration of the payment of
which they should be allowed to ply
their nefarious business undisturbed.
The sums exacted have been $500 an
nually for an s. initiation fee "and $50 a
month. The details of the disclosures
are revolving to the last degree. Men
ambitious to serve on the police force
have bought their positions, and in the
civil service examinations other men
have personated the applicants, all for a
good round consideration paid by the
victims of the greed of Tammany's
minions. A state of monstrous corrup
ton, honeycombing every branch of
the service is disclosed. Boss Croker
has fled to Europe before the rising
tide of investigation and revelation.
Parkhurst is vindicated, and a purer
system of municipal administration
should arise above the ruins of the rot
ten Tammany fabric.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13

THE seventy-fifth anniversary and re-
union at Thetford Academy will occur
Thursday, June %. A reception to former
principals and teachers will be held in the
academy hall in the morning. In the after
noon the literary exercises will be held at
the Congregational church. Rev Carlos
Slater of Dedham, Mass, will deliver the
historical address, Hon. Thomas W. Bick-
nell of Providence, r. l., will speak on the
Edward A. jerks, Esq, of Concord, N. III :,
will read an original poem. A dinner will
be served in a large tent at the close OF
these exercises. Senator Morrill, is expected
as one of the speakers at the evening meet
ing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13

THE twenty-seventh annual meeting of
the Vermont Press Association will be held
at the Van Ness House, Burlington,
Wednesday evening, July IL. The entire
evening will be devoted TO the discussion of
topics and matters Of practical interest to
the press, and all newspaper men in the
state are cordially invited to be present.
The excursion on Lake Champlain, July II
and 49, will include visit to Ausable
Chasm and day atHotel Champlain, Bluff
Point, n. Y:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13

THE Springfield Repubhcan believes
the inner facts of the sugar conspiracy
are going to be brought out. That APP
parent conference between members of
the senate and representatives of the
sugar trust in room at the Arlington
hotel, which kept the Pennsylvania
manufacturer, CASTOR, awake one night,
materializes into very important form
when one of the members of the trust
admits that there was such a confer
ence at the hotel and that Senator
Brice of Ohio and Senator Smith of
New Jersey were present. Another
similar conference has also been
brought to light in which Senator Jones
of Arkansas and Senator Camden of
West Virginia figured, along with
Havemeyer and others of the trust.
1t will be the fault of the investigating
committee now if the whole truth does
not come out -
THE great coal strike is still I'M
settled. During the past week there
have been armed conflicts between
rioting strikers and deputies who have
interfered to protect persons and prop.
erty. In several states the militia has
been called out to maintain order and
secure the running of railway trains.
Some twenty-five have been killed since
the strike began and many more Sc
verely injured. The situation is deplor-
able to the last degree. Two years ago
the democratic press, not excepting our
esteemed contemporary up street, was
denouncing the republican party in I'M
measured terms for the occurrences al
Homestead. That affair pales into in
significance in the presence of the wide
spread ruin and loss of life that is the
natural and inevitable accompaniment
of democratic warfare upon the indus
tries of the nation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13

CoxEy, Browne and Jones were released
from Jail at Washington last Sunday morn
ing. No demonstration attended their de-
parture. They went to the wealers' camp.
Coxey and Browne spoke during the after
noon. Coxey said it now looked as though
the men might extend their stay at the
capital into the winter. A census OF the
camp showed that there were fortv.eight
men present.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13

Park, White River Junction, September A.,
3, 6, 7, next. Each purse for the races will
be increased 500 over what it was last
year. The innovation will be made this
year of granting contributions to reputable
independent exhibitions, and an extra effort
will be made for successful fair.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13

PROFESSOR FRANK BRADFORD OF Benning-
ton died last week in hospital in Albany,
N. Y, where he had gone for treatment.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
PICKS TEN BALES A DAY.
Successfully Demonstrated Cotton
 Can be Picked by Machinery.

A field trial of Bloom Bros, cot ton-picker was had yesterday near Bentonia, in Yazoo county, on the plantation of Capt. II. l.. Taylor, which was very successful and gratifying to the owners of the machine.
 Mr. J. c. Dietz, well known machinist of this city, was present and had charge of the trial. He was seen at the Edwards House last night by Clarion-Ledger reporter to whom he said:
 "The trial was good one, a successful one, and q satisfactory one. It demonstrated to the planters assembled at Bentonia to see the machine work, that cot ton can really be picked by ma chinery--it solved the greatest of problems and wlll rcvolutionize the cotton industry.
 ''The cotton picked was not left in the most desirable condition, because the machine picks up a good many leaves and burrs, mak- ing the sample trashy, but it ac- eomplished wbat it was intended for-ths gathering of the open cotton.
 What per cent, of the open cotton did it gather!" Why, it got most all of it-at least ninety per eent.-put it in bags and left t at the end of the row. With q
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
H. c.. Evans.
past 30 ye

It seems that on the face of the returns II c. Evans has been elected Governor. The result is q bitter disappointment 10 us as we believe it will be to majority of the people of Tennessee, many of whom contributed to the result by remaining away from the polls through over-confdence. It didn't seem possible that the brave old veteran and grand old Demo- eat, man born in Tennessee and of an ancestry that'goes back to it's earliest history and with the record of the best administration the State has had since the war. could be defeated by Pennsyl- van carpet-bagger, who voted for the force bill in Congress end declared that the white people of the South needed to be "disciplin- ed'' by Federal bayonets. But so it is. It is a bitter pill for free born Southern white men to swal- low, but it will cure. Mr. Evans may be Governor for two years. but by the end of that time the Democratic party will be in col umn and ready for battle. Let the preparation begin now. Let the Democratic party proceed to get itself together, to bury all dis sensions, to close up it's ranks and make ready to enter the field and wipe out this stain upon its arms. It may be said once, It shall never be said again, that force bill car pet-bagger dishonored the highest office in the gift of Tennessee Commerctat.AppeM.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

re>to ation of silver to its former place, by he Democrats, was the main cause that gave Republican victory. In the West, the failure of the Democrats to pass a free silver bill, which many of the people believed caused the hard times, had wonderful effect in con- tributing to the defeat O: Demo- cracy. In the South, what losses We sustained were because the re- form Tn tariff legislation was not radical enough and the silver legislation was unsatisfactory.
 There were other causes which operated everywhere. The ap- parent indifference of the adminis- tration had is baletul influence. and the extremely dull and tight times caused people to vote con  trary to thoir political faith, in the hope of a change for the bet ter. The senate tariff bill had been denounced by Democrats, before its passage, as little better than the Mckinley bill, which as. sertion, many voters fully believ. ed up to the election, and the in situation that the sugar trust had bought U. $. Senators had It's effect ln certain quarters; while on the other hand, the protective tariff benefciarics and sugar trust con spirators were using all manner of means to defeat the party that had cut off n portion of their rob. bery gains.
 Such being the existing condi ton it is plain to be seen that tht people must be ome better inform ed, more compromising and less suspicious of their leaders if they ever escape the clutches of tht robber element which has haC them bonnd and gagged for tn, past 30 years.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
A Care For Mad Dog Bites.

The following may be worth re, membering and trying by some person who is so unfortunate as to be bitten by rabid dog.
 The elghty-two year old Royal Forster, Caster, declares: "I will not take my often approved reme- dy to cure the bite of mad dogs. to the grave with me. but publish it for all; 1t is the last service I can do for mankind:
 Take warm vinegar and wash the lacerated part, dry it, then drop muriatic acid III the wound; it will destroy the poison and make it harmless. This is less painful than burning or cutting n piece out. Vinegar enough can be heated in tin cup over q lamp immediately; the quicker the bet ter" Van Bwen Press.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
The Exposition Lid It.

Two weeks ago Mr. Cullom, of Illinois, a brother to the distin- guished senator from that state, came to our land office with a par ty of homeseekers and homestead ed about 500 acres of land in Crawford county. Monday morn ing Thomas A. Wilkinson, immi- grafton agent of the St. l.. X l. NJ :. By, was at the land office with another party from Minnesota and Nebraska, consisting of Swedes, Norwegians and Englishmen, all of whom took homesteads in Crawford county for the purpose of farming and fruit culture.
 MT. Wilkinson says that he lo- cated fifteen families up there within radious of five miles, and that he will locate 500 families on the public lands and lands of the railroad within the next two months. Many who come have the money and buy out settlers who want to sell.
 The exhibits of Arkansas at the Worlds Fair opened the eyes of the world to tho great resources of the state, and 1t is now bearing rich fruits. The state of Arkan- sas never spent l5,O00 more pro ftably than that spent advertis- ing her resources at the World s Fair.
 The wealth brought into the state in the two instances just re- ferred to will soon reimburse the state for every cent so expended. There is no telling what the wealth of Arkansas will be ten years from to-day If the country is let alone and not plunged into chaos by political eormorants.
 Well said by our respected CO., temporary, The Dardanelle Post. It was good investment the state made when it spent s15,000 in ad vertising it's resources. It was bread cast upon the waters that will return a heavy crop. There never was so fine an advertise. ment for so samll Il sum of money never a case where dollars will come back for the expenditure of ceats. Looking back now, with the splendid results all before us, IS 1t not strange that there should have been opposition to the move ment to exhibit the resources of Arkansas at tho Worlds Fair?- Ark. Democrat.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

Free and unlimited colnage of silver in the United States means the opening of our hints 10 the nations of the earth. It means that Mexico, South America, Cen tral America, Australasia and Elrope can dump their bullion up- on Us and have it coined into American dollars. Now our sil- yer dollars by their stamp guaran- tceing redemption are worth 100 cents, while their silver dollars, with more silver, are worth from forty-eight to ffty-fve cents. By having their silver coined in our free, unlimited and independent" hints and stamped with our stamp they would inst double the value of their dollars-that is they would take fifty cents worth of bulhon and make a dollor ou. ot it. Could we carry this load in addition to the $500, 1000, ,000 in sill yer and silver certificates we are now carrying?-Ark., Demoerat
 Look here. neighbor, you are beside yourself. Arkansas is a free silver state from one end to the other, and we want no kicking in camps. 1.-the foreign nations are willing to dump their silver on us and have it coined into American dollars, we suppose they would want us to give them something we had fol these dol. lars, and t would thereby give us an opportunity of selling and the foreign nations chance to buy-what we want and need so just let them dump.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
A Review of the Causes

That the Democratic party was defeated on the 9th of November 1894, goes without saying.
 There were combination of causes which contributed to this result. And careful survey of the field after the smoke of battle has subsided discloses the fact that in the South, alone, the Democrat ie party held its vantage ground. In the East and West everything went down, with a mighty sweep, and even in the South the major ities were reduced and an occasion- al line was broken. What lead to this unexpected result is the ques- tion that demands logical solu. tion, in order to prepare for an. other conflict.
 In our humble opinion the caus- es are manifold, and it wall reauirc a patriotic and compromising spir. 1t to regain our losses. In the East, the income tax. the modi- fled tariff law and the fear of tue
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

few little improvements l believe the machine will gather even more than ninety per cent, of the crop
 I do not doubt that machine will be tound to clean the lint that goes through this picker. The principle of the picker IS as good as Whitney's invention of the saw, rib and brush to take lint off the seed cotton.
 "The capacity of the picker is of course dependent on the amount of open totton in the field, its condition, etc. On land that will make bale to the acre the ma chine will pick from ten to twelve bales of cotton per day.
 "four mules and fElr hands arc required to operate the machine, but as they gather as much as twenty-five or thirty field hands per day the difference in the cost of harvesting is largely in favor of the machine.
 "The cotton that goes through the picker is not of the highest grade, but that objection will be overcome hereafter by cleaners When this is done the cotton in dustry oi the world will have beer revolutionized to the great advan, tage of the planters.
 "The patent on this machine i' owned or controlled, I think, by Bloom Bros, of New York anC Dallas, Texas. They were at the trial, and were delighted with th' work done.-Clarion- Ledger.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

GROVER CLEVELAND, President of the United States, is n man of great influence, and if that intlu- once had been exerted in behalf of his patty the rcsult of the recent election would have, no doubt
 been entirely different; but Mr. Cleveland saw fit to do otherwise and there is no remedy for it now.