Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-07-24
NEWS AND NOTES.

A bill was introduced in the House of
Representatives last Monday appropriat-
ing 100000 for surveys and estimates OF
the most feasible route for q ship canal
from the great lakes to the Atlantic
ocean, the canal to be owned and operat-
ed by the government.
1t is the Washington correspondent OF
Democratic paper who states that
'The Southerners, who entirely COM
pose the conferees, are to be told to
smash the industries of New Y Ork, New
Jersey and Ohio to their hearts con-
tent" That describes the situation
with unexpected accuracy.
A cheerful confidence finds general ex-
preston that polygamy will not be coun-
tenanced by State Government in Utah;
But no one explains how the United
States Government could interfere II the
Mormons, entrenched behind the dignity
of a State, should revive their old prac-
tees.
The Pullman employees have lost $780,
600 in wages since they inaugurated the
strike. 1t would take them some little
time to recoup, even at Republican
wages, which are yet three years off. In
these times, if a workingman can secure
wages enough to keep him out of the
poorhouse, he should think himself for
tunate-Worcester Telegram.
There is an opening in Coxey's army
for Debs and Sovereign. Let them
strike out for the oommonweal. The
walking is tolerably good now-Spring-
field Union.
Gen. Debs hasn't made much better
success of his attempt to stand on the
Chicago platform than the Democratic
party has done. We have a suspicion
that platforms of Chicago make are not
built to stand on.-Lowell Citizen.
The present Congress long ago out
lived its usefulness as a legislative
body, but its capacity as producer of
creases day by day. Its work in that
line deserves the praise of every patriotic
citizen.
Governor Tillman and Senator Butler
of South Carolina are still calling each
other all the bad names they can think
Of The trouble with those gentlemen
is that they won't leave anything to the
imagination.
The usual fate of the public men who
insist on writing letters seems to have no
terrors for Grover Cleveland. The fat
witted humbug is as pleased to see one
of his efforts in print, as is child with
new and handsome toy.
ga confiding people," says Mr.. Cleve-
land. "still trust in our hands their pros
perity and we'll being" the gentleman
is all wrong. A confding people do
nothing of the kind. They tried it and
found out their mistake long ago. Their
one hope is that through the quarrels
and chickering's of the tricksters and
traders the interests of the people may
escape further injury.
The vagaries of not weather states
manship find striking illustration in
the appearance of Senator Voorhees, as
an ardent and self appointed champion
of liberal pensions for all veterans of the
war for the Union. Time was when Mr..
Voohees had difficulty In restraining
himself from prosecuting the Union
army for trespassing on the soil of the
Southern states.
A great toe has served very useful, if
somewhat criminal, purpose, in enabling
its owner to extort insurance money in
this country. And now the Healthy and
Artistic Dress Union of London an
nounces that the great toe is intimately
connected with the brain by nerves. But
people who wear tight boots found that
out long ago.