Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-14
NEWS AND NOTES.

The steal of the goYernorship in Ten
nessee will do for the Democracy what
the steal of the Senate three years ago
in New York did for the same party.
Tennessee will be in the Republican col
umn in 1896.
Mr.. Crisp says his "some good West
ern man" is still in the woods. He will
be joined by the balance of the Demo-
cratic party next year.
The long expected death of EXPIRES
ident Seelye of Amherst College, Oc-
CURED at his home in Amherst, at 7.3O
o'clock Sunday evening, of palsy. He
had been i'll over year.
That grave and revered body, the
United States Supreme Court, actually
smiled at some of Mr.. Choate's witty and
telling points. But the whole subject
was funny, for the income tax is the
most ridiculous, side-splitting farce that
was ever called law.
There is a rumOr that Spain's apol-
Ogy arrived in Washington several days
ago. AS nothing regarding it has been Civ
en- out officially, it is presumed that it
must have been received at the Dead Let
ter Office.
1t is peculiar political fact that the
Democrats of the six New England States
were without representative in the Uni
gress, and will be without representa-
tive in the next; yet in the Presidential
contest of 1892 the Democrats pOlled 17G,-
600 votes in Massachusetts, S2,000in Con-
necticut, $4,000 in Maine, $4,000 in New
Hampshire, "a, 900 in Rhode Island, and
10000 in Vermont, total of nearly 4O0,-
600. The Democrats of New England, as
body, are peculiarly sanguine set of
men.
1t is among the possibilities that
Vermont may have to pay Uncle Sam a
little matter of SGGS, ,0S6. The depleted
condition of the National treasury has
raised the question whether the Govern
ment might not call on the States to re-
fund the money given them in 1886 and
known as the United States deposit fund.
Vermont received the amount named
and divided 1t among the towns, who
used it for school purposes.
One Peter Turney who exercises the
functions pertaining to the governorship
of Tennessee by virtue of Democratic
theft, seeks to excuse his usurpation up
on the ground of obedience to his oath
to support the constitution of the State,
and declares if he had abandoned his
Office to the man who was legally elected
he would have been guilty of perjury.
His continuance in Office is in direct viO-
lation of the constitution of Tennessee,
but, even if it were not so, there is no.
thing in an oath of Office that warrants
Turney or any other man in becoming a
thief or protitting, politically or other
wise, from stealing. As a matter of fact,
Turney was one of the most conspicuous
of all the political scoundrels engaged in.
stealing the gOvernorship of Tennessee
His pretended regard for the constitu-
ton of his State only emphasizes his viii
lainy.
Thus far only SIX negroes have been
lynched for some supposed connection
with the murder of white man in But
ler County, Alabama. As there is some
doubt, however, whether any of the mur-
dered negroes had anything whatever to
do with the killing of the white citizen,
the returns are probably not all in yet.
There does not appear to have been any
particular reason for suspecting any of
the six of completely, direct or remote,
with the crime, but they were 'niggers''
and ''niggersn are abundant in Butler
County, Alabama, so the hanging of six
is of no great consequence anyhow. Any
one or all of them might have had some
thing to do with murder, and at all
events, they won't have a chance even to
think about killing white man here
after.
According to the computation of Mr..
Henry Garnett, the well-known statis-
tician, the wealth of the United States in
1880 was S43, ,642, ,OOO,O or an average of
$50 to each inhabtant; in 1890 it was
| S62, 900, 900, 900. or about 81 900 to each
inhabitant; and at both dates it was
greater than the wealth of any other Ma
ton. He goes on to show that per
cent of the total wealth of the country is
owned by millionaires; p per cent. by
people worth from 100000 to 100000
each; 81 per cent, the largest percentage
by those worth from $1,000 to $4,000
| each; and per cent by those owning
| less than 81 900 each.