Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-12
NEWS AND NOTES.

Business men want new bond issue.
What they really need, and will have, is a
new administration.
"A man who, year ago, made for
tune by selling the market short was
asked on what basis or tips" he oper-
ated He replied: son my faith in the
incompetency of the Democratic party
when it came into power and the belief
that it would maintain its time-honored
reputation"
Lizzie Borden has again come into
prominent public notice. When she
was being tried for the murder of her
parents, the Y. W. G. T. u, of which she
was a member, and which occupied one
of the rooms in the Borden block, passed
resolutions of sympathy with Miss
Borden. since she was acquitted, how
ever, Miss Borden has been 'cut'' by
some of the members of the organization
named, and now she has turned the So
ciety out of her block.
The action of the Senate Tuesday in
endorsing the finance committee in the
matter of the sugar schedule means that
the crucial test has been met and that
the supporters of the amended Wilson
bill have won the most important skir-
mish. Within ten days the bill is ex-
pected to pass the Senate finally. But
there is to be a fiercely fought contest
over the income tax feature, which is
not considered exactly germane to the
bill itself, and which may therefore be
stricken out without endangering the
bill. Opposition to the ''income taxi
feature seems to be growing, and the op-
ponenGs in all the commercial centres
are becoming more aggressive. The
chances in favor of Republican support
from the West seem to be waning, and
if the feature is retained at all, which is
by no means certain, it will be because
of the ability of the members of the fl
nance committee to hold the Demo
cratic and Populistic votes for the tax.
Vermont, in common with many
other States, is particularly interested in
the lumber schedule of the new tariff bill,
and it will be serious news for many resi-
dents of this commonwealth that all kinds
of manufactured lumber are made free
of duty, as the tariff bill stands at present.
This decision affects an industry in which
$3.50, 100000 is invested and which pays
more than,$lS5, 100000 year in wages.
And all this was done in order to gain
the solitary vote of Allen of Nebraska.
In order to gain this populist vote, the
the Democrats propose to destroy every
planning mill in the United States and
transfer across the Canadian line this in
dustry, whose importance is indicated
by the figures just gwen. AS matter
of fact the Democatic members of the
finance committee of the Senate were in
favor of a small duty ON Jumper, but
when it came to deciding between
question of principal and the gaining of
avote for the tariff bill, there was only
one thing to be done from their stand
point. Senator allen made threat on
the floor of the senate that he would
never vote for the protection of the lum-
ber interests of New England and the
Northwest, and the tariff bill was amend
ed accordingly. Thus does the turbid
stream of tariff reform" wend its
blighting way.
The defeat of the bill in the House of
Representatives for the repeal of the
State bank tax law is gratifying victory
for sound money. The bill should never
have been introduced. 1t would never
have had any standing had it not been
for that prolific parent of all evil, the
Chicago platform. Its object was to
flood the country with paper currency
that would be perpetually under suspi-
cion, that would be a menance to bust
ness stability and credit and that would
eventually in many instances cheat and
rob innocent holders.