The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-09


tenants, Browne and Jones, are on tria
in Washington for infraction of laws
regulating the use of the Capito
grounds. The "army" is encamped in
the city, menace to its health if not to
the public peace. Divisions from other
points are still trampng or seeking
other means of getting to the national
capital, but are not making much
progress. A scheme is preached for
building fleet Of fatboats for floating
Gen. Kelly's army of 1900 men down
the Des Mones river, but it has not yet
materialized.
O'NEIL's pleas for executive Glenn
ency were fruitless. He served out
the full period of his imprisonment at
the workhouse and paid in full his fine
of S6,702 so. The governor was i'm
portuned, on hundred varied pleas, to
moderate the sentence of the court; but
Investigation invariably showed that
the reason set forth for executive inter-
ference bad no foundation in fact, and
the grinding of the mills of the gods
was not abated or impeded. All of
which is very much to the credit of the
frmness and discrimination of Cover
nor Fuller. -
WITH its accustomed incisiveuess,
the New York Sun thus characterizes
Colonel Breckinridge's opening of his
canvass for reelection from the fa-
nous Ashland district: "Colonel Brock
inridge sounded at Lexington the key
note.of bis campaign for denomination
to congress. He is running on the
penitent sinner issue. There is as
much humbug and hypocrisy in this
plea for votes as there has been in
Breckinridge's past life. 1t is not as
penitent sinner that this man stands
before his constituents, but as a de-
tected sinner. There is a great differ
ence between the two kinds of Sinners
THE secretary Of the state grange re-
ports that he has never seen so much
interest in the grange as has been ex-
hibited during the past winter More
grange meetings have been held than
ever before in one season, and many
new names have been added to the
membership rolls, the number exceed
ing 300 since the annual meeting in
December. Very encouraging reports
are also received from the secretaries
OF subordinate oranges. All this seems
to promise well for the farming inter-
est in Vermont. Mr.. Messer, master
OF the state grange, was chosen lecturer
of the national body at its last annual
meeting. He is now in California in
the performance of his new duties. He
is receiving very cordial reception, and
the newspapers are printing very COM
plimentary notices of his public ad-
dresses.
THE Granite City Leader thinks
Barre "should have the states attorney
this year," and names r. A. Hoar, ESQ.,.
for the office. Concerning the sug-
gested denomination of Judge Stanton,
the Leader remarks that RoXbury is a |
small town and probably has less
business for the states attorney than
any town in the county," and is unable
to " comprehend why a man from
that town should be reelected to the
office. Probably STAFFORD has less
business for a United States senator
than any town in the state, and very
likely number of able statesmen have
been unable to comprehend why man
from that humble town should have
been reelected so many times to the !
Office of senator and to hold it for a
generation. But the answer to the
query-the same in the case of the
states attorney as in the case of the
senator-lies so near the surface it need
not be pointed out. The Leader COM
plains that MIR. Stanton has made a
"rather apathetic official" The Grim
inal docket of Washington county court
for the past four years, particularly in
the matter of prosecutions under the
prohibitory law, would be interesting
reading in connection with this COM
plant. All this is entirely apart from
any question relative to Judge STAN
toms denomination. That is a matter
demanding wider range of discussion
than the present occasion affords.
Meantime Mr.. Hoar, or any other aspi-
rant for the Office of states attorney,